1948 United States Senate election in Tennessee

The 1948 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 2, 1948, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election, as well as 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. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Stewart was defeated in the Democratic primary by Estes Kefauver. In the general election, Kefauver defeated Republican Congressman B. Carroll Reece.

Candidates

 * John Hardin
 * John Hickey
 * Estes Kefauver, U.S. Representative from Chattanooga
 * John Randolph Neal Jr., attorney, professor and perennial candidate
 * John Ridley Mitchell, former U.S. Representative from Cookeville
 * Tom Stewart, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1938