1964_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Tennessee Knowpia

1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee
	County results; Bass: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Baker: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
U.S. senator before election; Herbert S. Walters; Democratic	Elected U.S. senator ; Ross Bass; Democratic

The 1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee was held on November 3, 1964, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well the other regularly scheduled U.S. Senate election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Following the death of Senator Estes Kefauver, Governor Frank G. Clement appointed Herbert S. Walters to fill the vacancy until the special election could take place. Walters decided not to run in the special election. Democratic nominee Ross Bass won the election, defeating Republican Howard Baker with 52.1% of the vote.

In the primary, Bass defeated Governor Clement by almost 15 points.

Democratic primary edit

Democratic Party primary results^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Ross Bass	330,213	50.79%
Democratic	Frank G. Clement	233,245	35.87%
Democratic	M. M. Bullard	86,718	13.34%

Republican Party primary results^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Howard Baker	93,301	84.94%
Republican	Charlie Moffett	10,596	9.65%
Republican	Hubert David Patty	5,947	5.41%

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ross Bass	568,905	52.14%
	Republican	Howard Baker	517,330	47.41%
	Independent	Melvin Babcock Morgan	4,853	0.44%
Majority			51,575	4.73%
Turnout			1,091,088
	Democratic hold

^ "TN US Senate - Special D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
^ "TN US Senate - Special R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
^ Cook, Rhodes (October 26, 2017). America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State. CQ Press. ISBN 9781506368993. Retrieved February 14, 2019 – via Google Books.