1924_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee Knowpia

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]

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

Democratic primary edit

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

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%

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

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