1938 Alabama House of Representatives election

The 1938 Alabama House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 1938, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. 105 Democrats and one Republican, Percy M. Pitts of Chilton County, were elected to the 1939 House.

Representative Hugh D. Merrill of Calhoun County was unanimously elected for a second stint as Speaker of the House on January 10, 1939.

General election results

Party gains Source for 1934 election winners: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1935. Chilton: Republican Percy M. Pitts was elected. Democrat C. B. Cox won this seat in 1934. Republican gain. Winston: Democrat Roy Mayhall was elected. He defeated incumbent Republican J. A. Posey, first elected in 1934. Democratic gain. By district

District Democratic Republican Total Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Votes 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)

Jefferson County (at-large) Unlike other multi-seat counties, candidates in Jefferson County ran an at-large basis rather than for designated places.

1938 Alabama House of Representatives election

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