1938_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Jersey

1938 United States Senate special election in New Jersey

1938 United States Senate special election in New Jersey

Add article description

The United States Senate special election of 1938 in New Jersey was held on November 8, 1938.

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...

The vacancy was created when incumbent Senator A. Harry Moore resigned to become Governor of New Jersey. Interim appointee John Gerald Milton did not run in the election.

Former Republican U.S. Senator William Warren Barbour returned to the Senate after defeating Democrat William H. J. Ely, the state administrator of the Works Progress Administration.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...

Republican primary

Candidates

Declined

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...

General election

Candidates

  • William Warren Barbour (Republican), former U.S. Senator (1931–37)
  • John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
  • William H. J. Ely (Democrat), administrator of the New Jersey WPA
  • Louis H. Kelley (Prohibition)
  • William Norman (Communist)
  • John Palangio (Socialist)
  • Fred Turner (Townsend)

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Secretary of the State of New Jersey. "Results of the Primary Election Held September 20, 1938" (PDF). Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Barbour Far Ahead in Senate Primary". The Camden Morning Post. September 21, 1938. p. 11. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Frelinghuysen Race Hinted". The New York Times. June 8, 1938. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Frelinghuysen Declines to Run". The New York Times. June 17, 1938. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1938" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Our Campaigns - NJ US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 08, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This New Jersey elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1938_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_New_Jersey, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.