1938 United States Senate election in Ohio
November 7, 1938
 
Nominee Robert A. Taft Robert J. Bulkley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,255,414 1,085,792
Percentage 53.62% 46.38%
County results
Taft:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bulkley:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Robert J. Bulkley
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Robert A. Taft
Republican

The 1938 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 7, 1938. Incumbent Senator Robert J. Bulkley ran for re-election to a second full term in office, but was defeated by the Republican nominee, former state Senator Robert A. Taft, the elder son of former President and supreme court chief justice William Howard Taft. Taft's victory was a part of a major Republican wave nationally, where Republicans gained 8 Senate seats and 81 seats in the House of Representatives, which was largely attributable to incumbent Democratic President Franklin Roosevelts's unpopularity in the aftermath of the Recession of 1937–1938 and the President's controversial plan to add more seats to the Supreme Court, which he proposed after the court ruled some of his New Deal programs unconstitutional. Taft's victory marked the beginning of 4 consecutive Republican victories in this seat, and Democrats would not win it again until Governor Frank Lausche won it in 1956.

General election

Candidates

Results

1938 United States Senate election in Ohio[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Robert A. Taft 1,255,414 53.62% Increase6.14
Democratic Robert J. Bulkley (incumbent) 1,085,792 46.38% Decrease6.14
Total votes 2,341,206 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1938" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com.
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