1934 United States Senate election in Tennessee
November 6, 1934
 
Nominee Kenneth McKellar Ben W. Hooper
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 195,430 110,401
Percentage 63.40% 35.81%
U.S. senator before election

Kenneth McKellar
Democratic

 Elected U.S. senator

Kenneth McKellar
Democratic

The 1934 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 1934. Incumbent Democratic Senator Kenneth D. McKellar was re-elected to a fourth term in office, defeating Republican former Governor Ben W. Hooper.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1934 Democratic Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenneth McKellar (incumbent) 212,226 83.99%
Democratic John Randolph Neal Jr. 40,463 16.01%
Total votes 252,689 100.00%

General election

Candidates

  • Ben W. Hooper, former Governor of Tennessee (1911–15) (Republican)
  • Kenneth McKellar, incumbent Senator since 1917 (Democratic)
  • C. W. Hoisington (Independent)

Results

1934 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kenneth McKellar (incumbent) 195,430 63.40% Increase4.08
Republican Ben W. Hooper 110,401 35.81% Decrease4.85
Independent C. W. Hoisington 2,443 0.79% N/A
Total votes 308,274 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TN US Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  2. ↑ "TN US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  3. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1935). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1934" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
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