1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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Nominee Alexander Wiley Herman L. Ekern F. Ryan Duffy
Party Republican Progressive Democratic
Popular vote446,770249,209231,976
Percentage47.66%26.58%24.74%
1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg
County results
Wiley:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Ekern:     40–50%
Duffy:     30–40%     40–50%
U.S. senator before election

F. Ryan Duffy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Alexander Wiley
Republican

The 1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator F. Ryan Duffy ran for a second term in office. In a three way race, Alexander Wiley defeated Duffy and Lieutenant Governor Herman L. Ekern.

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Primary elections were held on September 20. Senator Duffy was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. The Republican primary was a rematch of the 1936 gubernatorial primary; Wiley defeated John B. Chapple, who had been nominated in the previous two Senate races. After losing, Chapple entered the general election as a candidate advocating for the Townsend Act. In the Progressive primary, Ekern defeated Thomas R. Amlie by roughly 9,091 votes. [1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1938 U.S. Senate Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic F. Ryan Duffy (incumbent) 109,129 100.00%
Total votes109,129 100.00%

Progressive primary

Candidates

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Results by county:
  Ekern
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Amlie
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%

Results

1938 U.S. Senate Progressive primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Herman L. Ekern 79,885 53.02%
Progressive Thomas R. Amlie 70,79446.98%
Total votes150,679 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1938 U.S. Senate Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alexander Wiley 70,400 32.91%
Republican John B. Chapple 56,40326.37%
Republican William Henry Stafford 26,53312.40%
Republican Edward J. Samp 25,66912.00%
Republican William J. Campbell23,79011.12%
Republican Stephen J. McMahon 11,1115.19%
Total votes213,906 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1938 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Alexander Wiley 446,770 47.66% +11.46%
Progressive Herman L. Ekern 249,20926.58%+26.58%
Democratic F. Ryan Duffy (incumbent)231,97624.74%-32.24%
Independent Republican John B. Chapple 7,2510.77%—
Communist Fred B. Blair 1,2830.14%-0.13%
Socialist Labor Joseph Ehrhardt1,0140.11%—
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Parties and Elections: The Primary Election". Wisconsin Blue Book, 1940. p. 541. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1939). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1938" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.


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