1934 United States Senate special election in Tennessee

none related races 1934 United States Senate elections the other Senate election in Tennessee held in parallel 1934 United States Senate election in Tennessee March 2026 January 2025 1934 United States Senate special election in Tennessee Tennessee presidential no 1930 United States Senate elections in Tennessee 1930 1936 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1936 November 6, 1934 x150px File:Nathan L. Bachman.jpg Nathan L. Bachman Democratic Party (US) 200,249 80.09% File:John Randolph Neal 1925 (cropped).jpg John Randolph Neal Jr. Independent politician 49,773 19.91% 1934 United States Senate special election in Tennessee results map by county.svg 325px County resultsBachman: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Neal: #bdbdbd 50–60% Senator Nathan L. Bachman Democratic Party (US) Nathan L. Bachman Democratic Party (US) The 1934 United States Senate special election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1934, 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 was held because incumbent Democratic Senator Cordell Hull resigned to accept the appointment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the office of Secretary of State.Benton James C. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctv31xf5rf Fraying Fabric: How Trade Policy and Industrial Decline Transformed America 2022 University of Illinois Press 978-0-252-04465-6 33–35 10.5406/j.ctv31xf5rf Democratic Governor Hill McAlister appointed Nathan L. Bachman to finish the Hull's unexpired senate term. Bachman ran for a full term in the special election and won with 80.1% of the vote defeating Independent candidate John Randolph Neal Jr.TN US Senate https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=90221 14 Feb 2021 OurCampaigns Democratic primary Candidates Gordon Browning, U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 7th congressional district Nathan L. Bachman, incumbent senator Democratic Party primary resultsOur Campaigns - TN US Senate - D Primary Race - Aug 02, 1934 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385123 2024-04-10 www.ourcampaigns.com Nathan L. Bachman (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 166,293 57.85% Gordon Browning Democratic Party (United States) 121,169 42.15% 287,462 100.00% General election General election resultsTN US Senate https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=90221 OurCampaigns 14 Feb 2021Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1935 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1934 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1934election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office Democratic Party (US) Nathan L. Bachman (incumbent) 200,249 80.09% Independent (US) John Randolph Neal Jr. 49773 19.91% 150,476 60.18% 250,022 Democratic Party (US) See also 1934 United States Senate elections 1934 Tennessee gubernatorial election References 1934 Tennessee United States Senate Tennessee 1934 Tennessee 1934 United States Senate 1934