1938 United States Senate election in Maryland

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November 8, 1938

1944 →


Nominee	Millard Tydings	Oscar Leser
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	357,245	153,253
Percentage	68.28%	29.29%

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Millard Tydings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Millard Tydings
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The 1938 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Millard Tydings was re-elected to a third term in office, overcoming a primary challenge from U.S. Representative David John Lewis and easily defeating Republican Oscar Leser in the general election. As of 2022, this is the last time a Democratic Senatorial candidate won every county in Maryland.^[1]

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Arthur E. Hungerford
David John Lewis, U.S. Representative from Cumberland
Millard Tydings, incumbent Senator since 1927

Results[]

1938 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (inc.)	189,719	58.86%
	Democratic	David John Lewis	124,439	38.60%
	Democratic	Arthur E. Hungerford	8,186	2.54%
Total votes			322,344	100.00%

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Oscar Leser, Baltimore City Judge and tax reform activist^[5]
Galen L. Tait, former Chair of the Maryland Republican Party^[6]^[7]

Results[]

1938 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[2]^[3]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Oscar Leser	48,716	56.69%
	Republican	Galen L. Tait	37,225	43.32%
Total votes			85,941	100.00%

General election[]

Results[]

1938 U.S. Senate election in Maryland^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Millard Tydings (inc.)	357,245	68.28%
	Republican	Oscar Leser	153,253	29.29%
	Union	George W. Hunt	5,784	1.11%
	Socialist	Elisabeth Gilman	3,311	0.63%
	Labor^[a]	Frank N.H. Lang	2,330	0.45%
	Communist	Harry Straw	1,301	0.25%
	Democratic	David John Lewis (write-in)	12	0.00%
	Write-in	All others	2	0.00%
Total votes			523,238	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Notes[]

^ Multiple "Labor" parties existed in the United States at this time, including the American Labor Party and Labor Party of the United States. It is not clear to which party Lang belonged.

References[]

^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
^ ^a ^b https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000157/pdf/am157--299.pdf
^ ^a ^b "Results" (PDF). msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 12, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ "Oscar Leser, MSA SC 3520-14421". msa.maryland.gov.
^ Goldchain, Michelle (February 19, 2018). "Bethesda home that housed one of Maryland's most controversial figures lowers price to $1.59M". Curbed DC.
^ Orton, Kathy. "Bethesda house was home to politics and a Pulitzer". Washington Post.
^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 12, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1938". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ "Results" (PDF). msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-20.

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1938 United States Senate election in Maryland

Contents

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

General election[]

Results[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]