The 1946 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democratic Senator Kenneth D. McKellar was re-elected to a sixth term in office. He defeated a primary challenge by Edward W. Carmack Jr. and easily won the general election against Republican William B. Ladd, and Independent candidate John Randolph Neal Jr.
1946, united, states, senate, election, tennessee, held, november, 1946, incumbent, democratic, senator, kenneth, mckellar, elected, sixth, term, office, defeated, primary, challenge, edward, carmack, easily, general, election, against, republican, william, la. The 1946 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5 1946 Incumbent Democratic Senator Kenneth D McKellar was re elected to a sixth term in office He defeated a primary challenge by Edward W Carmack Jr and easily won the general election against Republican William B Ladd and Independent candidate John Randolph Neal Jr 1946 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1940 November 5 1946 1952 Nominee Kenneth McKellar William B Ladd John Randolph Neal Jr Party Democratic Republican IndependentPopular vote 145 654 57 237 11 516Percentage 66 6 26 2 5 3 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 Edward W Carmack Jr candidate for Senate in 1942 and son of former Senator Edward W Carmack Byron Johnson Kenneth McKellar incumbent Senator since 1917 and President pro tempore of the U S Senate John Randolph Neal Jr attorney academic and perennial candidate Herman H RossResults Edit 1946 Democratic Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kenneth McKellar incumbent 188 805 61 95 Democratic Edward W Carmack Jr 107 363 35 23 Democratic John Randolph Neal Jr 3 130 1 03 Democratic Herman H Ross 2 995 0 98 Democratic Byron Johnson 2 495 0 82 Total votes 304 788 100 00 General election EditCandidates Edit William B Ladd Republican Kenneth McKellar incumbent Senator since 1917 Democratic John Randolph Neal Jr attorney academic and perennial candidate Independent Herman H Ross Independent Results Edit 1946 U S Senate election in Tennessee 2 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kenneth McKellar incumbent 145 654 66 60 nbsp 3 80Republican William B Ladd 57 237 26 17 nbsp 3 02Independent John Randolph Neal Jr 11 516 5 27 nbsp 5 26Independent Herman H Ross 4 303 1 97 N ATotal votes 218 710 100 00 N ADemocratic holdSee also Edit1946 United States Senate electionsReferences Edit TN US Senate D Primary Our Campaigns Retrieved February 14 2021 Cook Rhodes February 14 2021 America Votes 32 2015 2016 Election Returns by State CQ Press ISBN 9781506368993 via Google Books TN US Senate OurCampaigns Retrieved February 14 2021 Clerk of the U S House of Representatives 1947 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5 1946 PDF U S Government Printing Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1946 United States Senate election in Tennessee amp oldid 1173910250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
