1924 United States Senate election in Tennessee

For related races, see 1924 United States Senate elections.

The 1924 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 1924, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator John K. Shields was defeated in the primary to Lawrence Tyson.^[1] Tyson won the general election, defeating Republican Attorney Hugh B. Lindsay with 57.3% of the vote.^[2]

1924 United States Senate election in Tennessee

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Nominee Lawrence Tyson Hugh B. Lindsay Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 147,871 109,859 Percentage 57.32% 42.59%

Tyson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90-100% Lindsay:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

Senator before election John K. Shields Democratic Elected Senator Lawrence Tyson Democratic

Lawrence Tyson was sworn in as a Senator on March 4, 1925.^[3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• John K. Shields, incumbent senator
• Lawrence Tyson, former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives and former general over Tennessee National Guard troops
• Nathan L. Bachman, associate justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (resigned in 1924 to run for the U.S. Senate).
• George L. Casey

Results

Democratic Party primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Tyson	72,496	41.85%
	Democratic	John K. Shields (incumbent)	54,990	31.75%
	Democratic	Nathan L. Bachman	44,946	25.95%
	Democratic	George L. Casey	791	0.46%
Total votes			173,223	100.00%

Republican primary

General election

General election results^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence Tyson	147,871	57.32%
	Republican	Hugh B. Lindsay	109,859	42.59%
	Independent	S. B. Williams	242	0.09%
Majority			38,012	14.73%
Turnout			257,972
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1924 United States presidential election in Tennessee
• 1924 Tennessee gubernatorial election
• 1924 United States Senate elections

References

1. Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 284, 306–307.
2. "Our Campaigns - TN US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1924". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
3. Lawrence D. Tyson: Philanthropist Archived June 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: February 3, 2011.
4. "Our Campaigns - TN US Senate - Special D Primary Race - Aug 07, 1924". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
5. ""Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1924"" (PDF).