The 1940 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic Senator Kenneth D. McKellar was re-elected to a fifth term in office, defeating RepublicanHoward Baker.
1940, united, states, senate, election, tennessee, held, november, 1940, incumbent, democratic, senator, kenneth, mckellar, elected, fifth, term, office, defeating, republican, howard, baker, 1934, november, 1940, 1946, nominee, kenneth, mckellar, howard, bake. The 1940 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5 1940 Incumbent Democratic Senator Kenneth D McKellar was re elected to a fifth term in office defeating Republican Howard Baker 1940 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1934 November 5 1940 1946 Nominee Kenneth McKellar Howard Baker Sr Party Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 295 440 121 790Percentage 70 80 29 19 U S senator before electionKenneth McKellarDemocratic Elected U S senator Kenneth McKellarDemocratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Kenneth McKellar incumbent senator since 1917 John Randolph Neal Jr attorney academic and perennial candidate Claude C TolenResults edit 1940 Democratic Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kenneth McKellar incumbent 230 055 91 54 Democratic John Randolph Neal Jr 14 583 5 80 Democratic Claude C Tolen 6 671 2 66 Total votes 251 309 100 00 General election editCandidates edit Howard Baker Sr former state representative and candidate for governor in 1938 Republican Kenneth McKellar incumbent senator since 1917 Democratic John Randolph Neal Jr attorney academic and perennial candidate independent Results edit 1940 U S Senate election in Tennessee 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kenneth McKellar incumbent 295 440 70 80 nbsp 7 41Republican Howard Baker Sr 121 790 29 19 nbsp 6 62Independent John Randolph Neal Jr 35 0 01 N ATotal votes 417 265 100 00 N ADemocratic holdSee also edit1940 United States Senate electionsReferences edit TN US Senate D Primary Our Campaigns Retrieved February 14 2021 TN US Senate OurCampaigns Retrieved February 14 2021 Clerk of the U S House of Representatives 1941 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5 1940 PDF U S Government Printing Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 United States Senate election in Tennessee amp oldid 1187117102, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
