1938 United States Senate election in Missouri

None March 2026 September 2023 1938 United States Senate election in Missouri Missouri presidential no 1932 United States Senate election in Missouri 1932 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri 1944 150x150px Bennet Champ Clark.jpg Bennett Champ Clark Democratic Party (US) 757,587 60.69% Henry Stewart Caulfield.jpg Henry S. Caulfield Republican Party (US) 488,687 39.15% 1938 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg 270px County resultsClark: #7a97e3 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Caulfield: #e38080 50–60% #d85d5d 60–70% #d82b2c 70–80% U.S. senator Bennett Champ Clark Democratic Party (US) Bennett Champ Clark Democratic Party (US) The 1938 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1938 in Missouri. The incumbent Democratic Senator, Bennett Champ Clark, was re-elected with 60.69% of the vote. He defeated Republican candidate and former Governor of Missouri Henry S. Caulfield. Democratic primary Candidates Bennett Champ Clark, incumbent Senator since 1933 Joseph T. Davis, lawyerhttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/138310666/ FORCES ORGANIZED AT MASS MEETING TO ELECT DOUGLAS 20 May 1938 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 16 December 2022 St. Louis, Missouri 8A State Historical Society of Missouri Willis H. Meredith, former State Representative for Butler County and Speaker of the Missouri House of RepresentativesHistorical Missouri State Legislators: M https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/history/historicallistings/molegm Missouri Secretary of State 16 December 2022Officers of the Missouri Senate and House 1820-2011 https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/history/historicallistings/officers Missouri Secretary of State 16 December 2022 Robert I. Young, farmerhttps://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/138334544/ Who's Who in Senate Race in State's August Primary 20 May 1938 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 16 December 2022 St. Louis, Missouri 8C State Historical Society of Missouri Results Democratic primary August 2, 1938Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1939 - 1940 1940 Missouri Secretary of State's Office 345 https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/bluebook/id/19947/ 12 December 2022 Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 574,526 78.81 Joseph T. Davis Democratic Party (United States) 92,946 12.75 Willis H. Meredith Democratic Party (United States) 35,543 4.88 Robert I. Young Democratic Party (United States) 26,029 3.57 729,044 100 Republican primary Candidates Henry S. Caulfield, former Governor of Missouri Ray E. White, real estate dealer Results Republican primary August 2, 1938 Henry S. Caulfield Republican Party (United States) 168,312 85.97 Ray E. White Republican Party (United States) 27,470 14.03 195,782 100 General election Candidates Henry S. Caulfield, former Governor of Missouri (Republican) Bennett Champ Clark, incumbent Senator since 1933 (Democratic) J. G. Hodges, nominee for U.S. Senate in 1932 (Socialist) Karl L. Oberhue (Socialist Labor) Results 1938 United States Senate election in MissouriStatistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1938 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1938election.pdf 19 December 2022 Clerk.house.gov 12 Democratic Party (US) Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) 757,587 60.69% -2.57 Republican Party (US) Henry S. Caulfield 488,687 39.15% +3.38 Socialist Party of America J. G. Hodges 1,712 0.14% -0.57 Socialist Labor Party of America Karl L. Oberhue 292 0.02% -0.01 268,900 21.54% 1,248,278 Democratic Party (US) References 1938 Missouri United States Senate