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Election 1938 Results

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1938 US Senate election in Missouri

J. Bennett Clark (Democrat) beat Henry S. Caulfield (Republican) in Missouri in 1938, 60.7% to 39.1%, a margin of 21.5 points and 268,900 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1932, when J. Bennett Clark also won.

Democrats led in 76 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 39. The largest, St. Louis, cast 280,670 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.2 points. The closest was Crawford, where 9 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
J. Bennett Clark won Democratic 757,587 60.7%
Henry S. Caulfield Republican 488,687 39.1%
All other candidates 2,004 0.2%
Total1,248,278

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
St. Louis 166,847 59.4% 113,038 40.3% 785 280,670 D+19.2
St. Louis City 137,156 62.6% 81,227 37.1% 611 218,994 D+25.5
Jackson 124,042 82.2% 26,814 17.8% 15 150,871 D+64.4
Greene 14,250 51.8% 13,233 48.1% 20 27,503 D+3.7
Buchanan 14,246 65.5% 7,494 34.4% 14 21,754 D+31.0
Jasper 11,181 54.5% 9,298 45.3% 54 20,533 D+9.2
St. Francois 5,726 50.4% 5,616 49.5% 14 11,356 D+1.0
Jefferson 6,265 55.3% 5,038 44.5% 16 11,319 D+10.8
Franklin 5,145 47.8% 5,598 52.1% 11 10,754 R+4.2
Pettis 6,093 58.3% 4,347 41.6% 6 10,446 D+16.7
Cape Girardeau 4,986 48.9% 5,194 51.0% 11 10,191 R+2.0
Newton 5,043 50.2% 4,990 49.7% 8 10,041 D+0.5
Cole 5,734 60.2% 3,788 39.8% 3 9,525 D+20.4
Lafayette 4,832 50.9% 4,656 49.0% 12 9,500 D+1.9
Butler 4,775 50.8% 4,609 49.1% 12 9,396 D+1.8
Lawrence 4,374 48.7% 4,605 51.3% 6 8,985 R+2.6
Barry 4,239 49.3% 4,353 50.6% 10 8,602 R+1.3
St. Charles 4,298 50.0% 4,285 49.8% 19 8,602 D+0.2
New Madrid 5,734 70.2% 2,432 29.8% 6 8,172 D+40.4
Nodaway 4,447 54.9% 3,650 45.1% 5 8,102 D+9.8
Stoddard 4,349 58.0% 3,133 41.8% 13 7,495 D+16.2
Howell 3,151 44.3% 3,950 55.6% 5 7,106 R+11.2
Cooper 3,497 50.2% 3,467 49.8% 2 6,966 D+0.4
Johnson 3,912 56.9% 2,963 43.1% 4 6,879 D+13.8
Henry 4,670 68.1% 2,184 31.8% 6 6,860 D+36.2
Macon 4,129 61.4% 2,585 38.5% 6 6,720 D+23.0
Bates 3,843 59.1% 2,655 40.8% 5 6,503 D+18.3
Marion 4,383 67.6% 2,094 32.3% 8 6,485 D+35.3
Livingston 3,391 53.1% 2,994 46.9% 3 6,388 D+6.2
Carroll 3,000 48.3% 3,210 51.7% 4 6,214 R+3.4
Webster 2,895 47.7% 3,172 52.3% 1 6,068 R+4.6
Polk 2,507 42.2% 3,436 57.8% 1 5,944 R+15.6
Texas 3,172 53.4% 2,753 46.4% 11 5,936 D+7.1
Pemiscot 3,817 66.2% 1,944 33.7% 1 5,762 D+32.5
Scott 3,975 69.3% 1,758 30.6% 6 5,739 D+38.6
Laclede 2,479 43.7% 3,189 56.2% 8 5,676 R+12.5
Adair 2,833 51.1% 2,704 48.7% 11 5,548 D+2.3
Saline 3,291 60.8% 2,121 39.2% 5 5,417 D+21.6
McDonald 2,943 55.9% 2,318 44.0% 6 5,267 D+11.9
Clay 4,007 77.8% 1,138 22.1% 7 5,152 D+55.7
Andrew 2,299 44.7% 2,843 55.3% 5,142 R+10.6
Vernon 3,385 65.9% 1,750 34.1% 3 5,138 D+31.8
Boone 4,075 81.4% 923 18.4% 7 5,005 D+63.0
Phelps 3,287 66.0% 1,688 33.9% 2 4,977 D+32.1
Dunklin 3,454 69.5% 1,506 30.3% 13 4,973 D+39.2
Perry 2,207 44.5% 2,756 55.5% 1 4,964 R+11.1
Grundy 2,373 48.0% 2,570 52.0% 4 4,947 R+4.0
Sullivan 2,612 53.1% 2,301 46.8% 3 4,916 D+6.3
Montgomery 2,324 47.4% 2,577 52.6% 2 4,903 R+5.2
Daviess 2,291 47.0% 2,576 52.9% 3 4,870 R+5.9
St. Clair 2,694 55.7% 2,135 44.1% 8 4,837 D+11.6
Wright 1,886 39.4% 2,894 60.5% 3 4,783 R+21.1
Washington 2,430 51.8% 2,253 48.0% 8 4,691 D+3.8
Bollinger 2,330 49.9% 2,341 50.1% 2 4,673 R+0.2
Barton 2,308 50.3% 2,274 49.6% 5 4,587 D+0.7
Osage 2,434 53.3% 2,127 46.6% 7 4,568 D+6.7
Harrison 1,834 40.2% 2,725 59.7% 3 4,562 R+19.5
Miller 2,029 44.6% 2,506 55.1% 10 4,545 R+10.5
Wayne 2,451 55.2% 1,989 44.8% 1 4,441 D+10.4
Randolph 3,561 80.5% 856 19.4% 6 4,423 D+61.2
Linn 2,608 60.1% 1,726 39.8% 3 4,337 D+20.3
Moniteau 2,086 48.6% 2,207 51.4% 3 4,296 R+2.8
Callaway 3,390 79.1% 895 20.9% 4,285 D+58.2
Gentry 2,489 58.4% 1,770 41.5% 1 4,260 D+16.9
Crawford 2,090 49.8% 2,099 50.0% 7 4,196 R+0.2
Cedar 1,638 39.2% 2,534 60.7% 2 4,174 R+21.5
Caldwell 1,810 43.8% 2,325 56.2% 1 4,136 R+12.5
Christian 1,317 32.1% 2,780 67.7% 7 4,104 R+35.6
Dent 2,264 55.6% 1,801 44.2% 10 4,075 D+11.4
Cass 2,548 63.8% 1,446 36.2% 2 3,996 D+27.6
Holt 1,590 39.9% 2,389 60.0% 1 3,980 R+20.1
Clark 2,033 51.6% 1,904 48.3% 2 3,939 D+3.3
Atchison 2,083 53.2% 1,833 46.8% 3 3,919 D+6.4
Morgan 1,765 46.1% 2,058 53.8% 2 3,825 R+7.7
Pike 2,729 73.3% 986 26.5% 6 3,721 D+46.8
Dade 1,332 36.5% 2,318 63.5% 2 3,652 R+27.0
De Kalb 1,724 48.2% 1,849 51.7% 3 3,576 R+3.5
Douglas 1,138 32.1% 2,392 67.5% 13 3,543 R+35.4
Pulaski 2,119 61.7% 1,312 38.2% 1 3,432 D+23.5
Audrain 2,572 75.5% 834 24.5% 3,406 D+51.0
Oregon 2,466 73.4% 891 26.5% 2 3,359 D+46.9
Ray 2,653 79.2% 692 20.7% 3 3,348 D+58.6
Ste. Genevieve 1,736 52.2% 1,589 47.8% 1 3,326 D+4.4
Shannon 2,259 68.3% 1,032 31.2% 15 3,306 D+37.1
Madison 1,761 53.9% 1,504 46.1% 3,265 D+7.9
Howard 2,614 80.2% 640 19.6% 4 3,258 D+60.6
Ripley 1,939 60.5% 1,262 39.4% 6 3,207 D+21.1
Scotland 1,891 59.1% 1,302 40.7% 6 3,199 D+18.4
Chariton 2,243 70.6% 932 29.3% 1 3,176 D+41.3
Knox 1,952 61.5% 1,223 38.5% 1 3,176 D+23.0
Dallas 1,040 33.1% 2,100 66.8% 2 3,142 R+33.7
Monroe 2,691 87.5% 385 12.5% 1 3,077 D+74.9
Stone 845 27.6% 2,214 72.3% 2 3,061 R+44.7
Lincoln 2,194 72.5% 831 27.5% 2 3,027 D+45.0
Benton 1,064 36.1% 1,886 63.9% 2,950 R+27.9
Gasconade 645 23.0% 2,162 76.9% 3 2,810 R+54.0
Camden 1,127 40.5% 1,652 59.4% 1 2,780 R+18.9
Iron 1,730 64.3% 961 35.7% 2,691 D+28.6
Clinton 1,789 68.7% 813 31.2% 2 2,604 D+37.5
Shelby 1,970 75.7% 628 24.1% 3 2,601 D+51.6
Maries 1,678 65.7% 874 34.2% 1 2,553 D+31.5
Lewis 1,827 73.3% 664 26.6% 1 2,492 D+46.7
Taney 947 38.1% 1,536 61.8% 2 2,485 R+23.7
Platte 1,865 76.5% 570 23.4% 2 2,437 D+53.1
Worth 1,409 58.1% 1,014 41.8% 2 2,425 D+16.3
Schuyler 1,458 60.6% 946 39.3% 2 2,406 D+21.3
Ozark 714 29.8% 1,682 70.2% 1 2,397 R+40.4
Putnam 657 28.2% 1,667 71.5% 6 2,330 R+43.3
Warren 581 27.9% 1,501 72.0% 4 2,086 R+44.1
Mississippi 1,470 71.6% 579 28.2% 3 2,052 D+43.4
Ralls 1,561 80.3% 384 19.7% 1,945 D+60.5
Carter 1,198 62.7% 707 37.0% 7 1,912 D+25.7
Reynolds 1,346 73.6% 484 26.4% 1,830 D+47.1
Hickory 505 29.5% 1,207 70.4% 2 1,714 R+41.0
Mercer 518 32.2% 1,091 67.7% 2 1,611 R+35.6

Counties as they stood in 1938; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Missouri Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Josh Hawley (R) R+13.7
2022 Eric Schmitt (R) R+13.3
2018 Josh Hawley (R) R+5.8
2016 Roy Blunt (R) R+2.8
2012 Claire McCaskill (D) D+15.7
2010 Roy Blunt (R) R+13.6
2006 Claire McCaskill (D) D+2.3
2004 Christopher S. Bond (R) R+13.3
2000 Mel Carnahan (D) D+2.1
1998 Kit Bond (R) R+8.9
1994 John Ashcroft (R) R+24.0
1992 Christopher S. Bond (R) R+7.0
1988 John Danforth (R) R+36.0
1986 Kit Bond (R) R+5.3
1982 John C. Danforth (R) R+1.7
1980 Thomas F. Eagleton (D) D+4.3
1976 John C. Danforth (R) R+14.4
1974 Thomas Eagleton (D) D+20.8
1970 Stuart Symington (D) D+2.9
1968 Thomas Eagleton (D) D+2.0
1964 Stuart Symington (D) D+33.1
1962 Edward Long (D) D+8.9
1958 Stuart Symington (D) D+32.9
1956 Thomas Hennings Jr. (D) D+12.8
1952 Stuart Symington (D) D+8.0
1950 Thomas Hennings Jr. (D) D+7.2
1946 James P. Kem (R) R+5.6
1944 Forrest C. Donnell (R) R+0.1
1940 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.4
1938 J. Bennett Clark (D) D+21.5
1934 Harry S. Truman (D) D+19.8
1932 J. Bennett Clark (D) D+27.5
1928 Roscoe Patterson (R) R+4.0
1926 Harry B. Hawes (D) D+3.6
1922 James A. Reed (D) D+4.5
1920 Selden Spencer (R) R+9.2
1916 James A. Reed (D) D+3.1
1914 William Stone (D) D+8.8