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.Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 284, 306–307. Tyson won the general election, defeating Republican Attorney Hugh B. Lindsay with 57.3% of the vote.
Lawrence Tyson was sworn in as a Senator on March 4, 1925.Lawrence D. Tyson: Philanthropist . Retrieved: February 3, 2011.
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
Republican primary
General election
See also 1924 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1924 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1924 United States Senate elections
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