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The1938 Alabama House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 1938, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in theAlabama House of Representatives. 105Democrats and oneRepublican, Percy M. Pitts ofChilton County, were elected to the 1939 House.[1]
RepresentativeHugh D. Merrill ofCalhoun County was unanimously elected for a second stint asSpeaker of the House on January 10, 1939.[2]
Source for 1934 election winners:Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1935.[3]
| District | Democratic | Republican | Total | ||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | Maj. | Mrg. | |
| Chilton | G. C. Walker | 2,152 | 49.34% | Percy M. Pitts | 2,210 | 50.66% | 4,362 | −58 | −1.33% |
| Cleburne | Grady W. Cook | 1,393 | 58.75% | Lee Haywood | 978 | 41.25% | 2,371 | +415 | +17.50% |
| Cullman | M. L. Robertson (inc.) | 3,307 | 56.55% | Henry F. Arnold | 2,541 | 43.45% | 5,848 | +766 | +13.10% |
| DeKalb | W. M. Beck | 5,256 | 65.76% | Frank Hixon | 2,737 | 34.24% | 7,993 | +2,519 | +31.52% |
| Etowah p. 1 | James B. Allen | 3,637 | 86.16% | Bernard Thompson | 584 | 13.84% | 4,221 | +3,053 | +72.33% |
| Etowah p. 2 | Roy D. McCord | 3,656 | 85.80% | Charles M. Williams | 605 | 14.20% | 4,261 | +3,051 | +71.60% |
| Franklin | Frank L. Haynes | 2,604 | 62.58% | W. H. Hudson | 1,557 | 37.42% | 4,161 | +1,047 | +25.16% |
| Shelby | L. H. Ellis | 2,258 | 72.44% | Mark Sims | 859 | 27.56% | 3,117 | +1,399 | +44.88% |
| St. Clair | John R. Robinson | 2,147 | 71.83% | Mack Davis | 842 | 28.17% | 2,989 | +1,305 | +43.66% |
| Winston | Roy Mayhall | 1,793 | 55.91% | J. A. Posey (inc.) | 1,414 | 44.09% | 3,207 | +379 | +11.82% |
| Source:Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1939. (p. 708–710)[4] | |||||||||
Unlike other multi-seat counties, candidates in Jefferson County ran an at-large basis rather than for designated places.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Sidney W. Smyer | 12,747 | 94.91% | |
| Democratic | Mark Hodo | 12,735 | 94.83% | |
| Democratic | W. S. Welch | 12,729 | 94.78% | |
| Democratic | Hugh Kaul | 12,732 | 94.80% | |
| Democratic | Roger Snyder | 12,719 | 94.71% | |
| Democratic | Ivy J. Gwin | 12,717 | 94.69% | |
| Democratic | Tram Sessions | 12,717 | 94.69% | |
| Republican | A. P. Longshore Jr. | 711 | 5.29% | |
| Republican | U. S. Holliman | 708 | 5.27% | |
| Republican | C. O. Vardaman | 704 | 5.24% | |
| Republican | Frank Hurst | 700 | 5.21% | |
| Republican | H. H. Grooms | 698 | 5.20% | |
| Republican | Grady Miller | 697 | 5.19% | |
| Republican | C. A. Wiegand | 696 | 5.18% | |
| Total votes | 94,010 | 100.00% | ||
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