- Source: 1938 United States Senate special election in Tennessee
The 1938 United States Senate special election in Tennessee took place on November 8, 1938, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The special election came upon the death of incumbent Democratic Senator Nathan L. Bachman who had died in office.
Democratic Governor Gordon Browning appointed George L. Berry after Bachman's death. Berry ran for a full term but was defeated in the Democratic primary to Tom Stewart. In the general election, Tom Stewart defeated Republican candidate Harvey G. Fowler with 70.5% of the vote.
Eligible to begin serving immediately, Tom Stewart instead waited until the expiry of his term as district attorney on January 16, 1939, to take his Senate seat.
Democratic primary
= Candidates
=John Randolph Neal Jr., attorney, law professor, politician, and activist
John Ridley Mitchell, U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 4th congressional district
George L. Berry, incumbent senator
Tom Stewart, district attorney for the 18th Circuit 1923–1939
= Results
=Republican primary
The Tennessee Republican Party chose to hold a convention instead of a primary election. Harley G. Fowler, a former president of the Tennessee Bar Association, of Knoxville was declared the party's nominee for U.S. Senate by its executive committee.
General election
See also
1938 Tennessee gubernatorial election
1938 United States Senate elections
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 1938 United States Senate special election in Tennessee
- 1994 United States Senate special election in Tennessee
- 1938 United States Senate elections
- 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee
- 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee
- 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama
- 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee
- 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia
- 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee
- 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee
