The United States Senate special election of 1938 in New Jersey was held on November 8, 1938.
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County results Barbour: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Ely: 50–60% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William H. J. Ely | 286,625 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 286,625 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Warren Barbour | 309,967 | 89.83% | |
Republican | George O. Pullen | 21,645 | 6.27% | |
Republican | C. Dan Coskey | 13,444 | 3.90% | |
Total votes | 345,056 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Warren Barbour | 816,667 | 52.98% | |
Democratic | William H. J. Ely | 704,159 | 45.68% | |
Prohibition | Louis H. Kelley | 8,201 | 0.53% | |
Socialist | John Palangio | 3,671 | 0.24% | |
Townsend Pension-Labor | Fred Turner | 3,521 | 0.23% | |
Communist | William Norman | 3,515 | 0.23% | |
Socialist Labor | John C. Butterworth | 1,873 | 0.12% | |
Majority | 112,508 | 7.30% | ||
Turnout | 1,541,607 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |