Langbahn Team - Weltmeisterschaft

1938 United States Senate Democratic primary special election in Alabama

← 1932

January 4, 1938

1944 →


Nominee	Lister Hill	James Thomas Heflin
Party	Democratic	Democratic
Popular vote	90,601	50,189
Percentage	61.81%	34.24%

County results
Hill: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Heflin: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Dixie Bibb Graves
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

J. Lister Hill
Democratic

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There were 2 elections due to the August 19, 1937, resignation of two-term Democrat Hugo Black. Democrat Dixie Bibb Graves was appointed August 20, 1937 (by her husband, the governor) to finish Black's term

J. Lister Hill won the primary on Jan 4, 1938 with 61.81% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

J. Lister Hill, U.S. Representative from Montgomery
James Thomas Heflin, former U.S. Senator (1920–31)
Charles W. Williams

Alabama special Democratic primary, January 4, 1938^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Lister Hill	90,601	61.81%
	Democratic	James Thomas Heflin	50,189	34.24%
	Democratic	Charles W. Williams	5,783	3.95%
Turnout			146,573	1.87%
	Democratic hold
Majority			40,412	27.57%

After congressman J. Lister Hill won the January 4, 1938, Democratic primary, Graves resigned and Hill was appointed to continue the term until the April 26, 1938, special election, which he won unopposed.

Results

Alabama special election, April 26, 1938^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Lister Hill (Incumbent)	49,429	100.00%
Turnout				1.87%

Alabama election^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Lister Hill (Incumbent)	113,413	86.38%
	Republican	J. M. Pennington	17,885	13.62%
	None	Scattering	1	0.00%
Turnout			131,299	4.96%

References

^ "Our Campaigns - AL US Senate - Special D Primary Race - Jan 04, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ Heard, Alexander; Strong, Donald (1950). Southern Primaries and Elections 1920-1949. University of Alabama Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 9780836955248.
^ "Our Campaigns - AL US Senate - Special Election Race - Apr 26, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1938" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
^ "Our Campaigns - AL US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ Heard, Alexander; Strong, Donald (1950). Southern Primaries and Elections 1920-1949. University of Alabama Press. pp. 17–18. ISBN 9780836955248.

Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1938 United States Senate election in Alabama

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

References