Election Name: | 1934 United States Senate special election in Tennessee |
Country: | Tennessee |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1930 United States Senate special election in Tennessee |
Previous Year: | 1930 |
Next Election: | 1936 United States Senate election in Tennessee |
Next Year: | 1936 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1934 |
Image1: | File:Nathan L. Bachman.jpg |
Nominee1: | Nathan L. Bachman |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 200,249 |
Percentage1: | 80.09% |
Nominee2: | John Randolph Neal Jr. |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote2: | 49,773 |
Percentage2: | 19.91% |
Senator | |
Before Election: | Nathan L. Bachman |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Election: | Nathan L. Bachman |
After Party: | 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.[1]
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..[2]