1938 Ohio's 4th congressional district special election

1938 Ohio's 4th congressional district special election

November 8, 1938
Ohio's 4th congressional district
Nominee Walter H. Albaugh Roy E. Layton Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 47,631 39,112 Percentage 54.9% 45.1%
U.S. Representative before election Frank Le Blond Kloeb Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Walter H. Albaugh Republican

A special election was held in Ohio's 4th congressional district after the Democratic incumbent, Frank Le Blond Kloeb, resigned when he was appointed as a district court judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Walter H. Albaugh, the winner, was elected to finish Kloeb's term.

The special election resulted in a gain for Republicans, picking up a seat that they had not held since five years prior to the election. The 4th district remained in solidly Republican hands after this election, and has not had a Democratic representative since Le Bond Kloeb's resignation.

The winner of this election, Walter H. Albaugh, was not a candidate for the next election. Robert F. Jones, also a Republican, won the election by 24.5 percentage points, a far greater margin than that of Albaugh's nine-point margin during this special election.

Results

1938 Ohio's 4th congressional district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter H. Albaugh	47,631	54.91
	Democratic	Roy E. Layton	39,112	45.09
Total votes			86,743	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic