en 1942 United States Senate election in Tennessee

1942 United States Senate election in Tennessee
	Results by county; Stewart: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Meacham: 40–50% 50–60%
Senator before election; Tom Stewart; Democratic	Elected Senator ; Tom Stewart; Democratic

The 1942 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 3, 1942, concurrently with United States Senate elections in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Stewart won re-election to a full term, defeating Republican candidate F. Todd Meacham.^[1]^[2]

Democratic primary

Democratic Party primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Stewart (incumbent)	136,415	51.89%
	Democratic	Edward W. Carmack Jr.	116,841	44.44%
	Democratic	John Randolph Neal Jr.	9,653	3.67%
Total votes			262,909	100.00%

General election results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Stewart (incumbent)	109,881	68.88%
	Republican	F. Todd Meacham	34,324	21.52%
	Independent	John Randolph Neal Jr.	15,317	9.60%
Majority			75,557	47.36%
Turnout			159,522
	Democratic hold