1930 United States Senate elections in Tennessee

1930 United States Senate special election in Tennessee

← 1924 November 4, 1930 1934 →
 
Nominee William E. Brock F. Todd Meacham
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 144,019 49,554
Percentage 74.40% 25.60%

Senator before election

William E. Brock
Democratic

Elected Senator

William E. Brock
Democratic

The 1930 United States Senate special election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 1930, 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 came upon the death of incumbent Democratic Senator Lawrence D. Tyson.[1] Democratic Governor Henry Hollis Horton appointed William E. Brock.

In the special election, Brock was elected to fulfill the balance of Tyson's term, but he did not run for the full six-year term that was on the ballot at the same time, and his service as a U.S. senator ended on March 3, 1931. He was succeeded by Cordell Hull who won the succeeding term ballot.[2][3]

1930 United States Senate election in Tennessee

← 1924 November 4, 1930 1934 →
 
Nominee Cordell Hull Paul E. Divine
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 154,131 58,650
Percentage 71.30% 27.13%

Senator before election

William E. Brock
Democratic

Elected Senator

Cordell Hull
Democratic

  1. ^ East Tennessee Historical Society, Mary Rothrock (ed.), The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), pp. 498–499.
  2. ^ ""Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1930"" (PDF).
  3. ^ "The 1930 Senate Race: Cordell Hull Comes To the Senate | The Knoxville Focus". Retrieved 2024-04-11.

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