The 1938 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1938 in

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. The incumbent Democratic Senator,

Bennett Champ Clark Joel Bennett Clark (January 8, 1890 – July 13, 1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a circuit judge of the District of Columbia Circuit. He was ...

, was re-elected with 60.69% of the vote. He defeated

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candidate and former

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Henry S. Caulfield Henry Stewart Caulfield (December 9, 1873 – May 11, 1966) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1907 to 1909 and was the 37th Governor of Missouri from 1929 to ...

Democratic primary

Candidates

, incumbent Senator since 1933 * Joseph T. Davis, lawyer * Willis H. Meredith, former

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for Butler County and

Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives Speakers of the Missouri House of Representatives are (listed by year they assumed office): * 1820 James Caldwell Democratic-Republican - St. Genevieve * 1821 Henry S. Geyer Democratic-Republican - St. Louis * 1826 Alexander Stuart Democratic- ...

*Robert I. Young, farmer

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

, former

* Ray E. White, real estate dealer

Results

General election

Candidates

, former

(Republican) *

, incumbent Senator since 1933 (Democratic) * J. G. Hodges, nominee for U.S. Senate in 1932 (Socialist) * Karl L. Oberhue (Socialist Labor)

Results

References

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