H. Roy Wheeler (November 14, 1904–February 1978) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the Mayor of Linden, New Jersey.

Wheeler again ran for the Senate, this time against Republican Assemblyman Nelson Stamler, who won statewide fame in the 1940s and 1950s as a racket-busting prosecutor who waged a war on illegal gambling.

Because control of the Senate was at stake, the race between Wheeler and Stamler attracted considerable attention from statewide officials.

[1] In October, Hughes accused Stamler of raising money from the New Jersey Homebuilders Association, which opposed the expansion of anti-discrimination housing laws.

The New York Times noted the highly negative tone of the Senate race: "The campaign has veered sharply in the last two weeks into a vitriolic struggle with attempts at character assassination overshadowing all other issues.