1939 United States elections
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Elections in the United States were held in 1939.
Federal-level elected officers are United States senator and United States representative. These are only held in even-numbered years, except to fill a vacated seat.
In 1939, there were no such special elections for the Senate, and ten such elections for the House of Representatives. All ten of the newly elected representatives were of the same party as the representative who had previously occupied the vacated seat (eight Democrats, two Republicans). The most historically significant was the election of Estes Kefauver, who became a national figure and won most of the 1952 Democratic presidential primaries.
Amongst state elections, in the 1939 New York state election, parimutuel betting was approved by a ballot measure, leading to the growth of OTB gaming. There was no change in power in the three gubernatorial elections that year.
The background of this election was the beginning of World War Two in Europe.
See also
[edit]- 1939 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1939 United States gubernatorial elections
- 1939 New York state election