U.S. Senate election, 1938

The U.S. Senate election, 1938 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second term. This occurred six years after the Democratic landslide in the 1932 election, and so the opposition Republicans gained six seats from the Democrats. However, the Democrats retained a commanding lead over the Republicans with more than two-thirds of the chamber.

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United States Senate - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Democratic - 1932 election - Republicans

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The Republicans took an open seat in New Jersey, and defeated five Democratic incumbents:

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• Augustine Lonergan (D-CT)
• George McGill (D-KS)
• Fred H. Brown (D-NH)
• Robert J. Bulkley (D-OH)
• F. Ryan Duffy (D-WI)
 
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