1924 United States Senate election in Tennessee

none March 2026 January 2025related races 1924 United States Senate elections 1924 United States Senate election in Tennessee Tennessee presidential no 1918 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1918 1930 United States Senate elections in Tennessee 1930 November 4, 1924 x150px File:TYSON, LAWRENCE D., SENATOR LCCN2016862170 (cropped).jpg Lawrence Tyson Democratic Party (US) 147,871 57.32% File:Hugh-barton-lindsay-2.jpg Hugh B. Lindsay Republican Party (US) 109,859 42.59% 1924 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg 300px County resultsTyson: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Lindsay: #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90% Senator John K. Shields Democratic Party (US) Lawrence Tyson Democratic Party (US) 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.Our Campaigns - TN US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1924 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267968 2024-04-11 www.ourcampaigns.com Lawrence Tyson was sworn in as a Senator on March 4, 1925.Lawrence D. Tyson: Philanthropist https://web.archive.org/web/20100610012113/http://web.utk.edu/~mklein/tyson1.html June 10, 2010. 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 Democratic Party primary resultsOur Campaigns - TN US Senate - Special D Primary Race - Aug 07, 1924 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385131 2024-04-10 www.ourcampaigns.com Lawrence Tyson Democratic Party (United States) 72,496 41.85% John K. Shields (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 54,990 31.75% Nathan L. Bachman Democratic Party (United States) 44,946 25.95% George L. Casey Democratic Party (United States) 791 0.46% 173,223 100.00% Republican primary April 2024 General election General election results"Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1924" http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1924election.pdf Democratic Party (US) Lawrence Tyson 147,871 57.32% Republican Party (US) Hugh B. Lindsay 109,859 42.59% Independent (US) S. B. Williams 242 0.09% 38,012 14.73% 257,972 Democratic Party (US) See also 1924 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1924 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1924 United States Senate elections References 1924 Tennessee United States Senate