1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

Of the 9 Tennessee incumbents, 7 were re-elected, 1 retired, and 1 lost re-election.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Tennessee 1	Jimmy Quillen	Republican	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jimmy Quillen (Republican) 79.4% Bernard H. Cantor (Democratic) 20.6%
Tennessee 2	John Duncan Sr.	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Duncan Sr. (Republican) Unopposed
Tennessee 3	LaMar Baker	Republican	1970	Incumbent re-elected.	√ LaMar Baker (Republican) 55.2% Howard P. Sompayrac Jr. (Democratic) 41.8% Sarah Delaney (American) 2.9%
Tennessee 4	Joe L. Evins	Democratic	1946	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joe L. Evins (Democratic) 81.1% Billy Joe Finney (Republican) 18.9%
Tennessee 5	Richard Fulton	Democratic	1962	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Fulton (Democratic) 62.6% Alfred T. Adams Jr. (Republican) 36.8% Scott Douglas III (Independent) 0.4% Lee Galvani (Independent) 0.1%
Tennessee 6	William Anderson	Democratic	1964	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	√ Robin Beard (Republican) 55.3% William Anderson (Democratic) 43.1% William N. Doss (American) 1.6%
Tennessee 6	Ray Blanton Redistricted from the 7th district	Democratic	1966	Retired to run for U.S. Senator. Democratic loss.
Tennessee 7	Ed Jones Redistricted from the 8th district	Democratic	1969	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ed Jones (Democratic) 70.5% Stockton Adkins (Republican) 29.5%
Tennessee 8	Dan Kuykendall Redistricted from the 9th district	Republican	1966	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dan Kuykendall (Republican) 55.4% J. O. Patterson Jr. (Democratic) 44.1% Louis L. Porter (Independent) 0.5%

Federal government

U.S. President
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U.S. Senate
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U.S. House
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Special elections
Senate, 1964 Senate, 1994

State government

Gubernatorial elections
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Ballot measures
Amendment 1, 2006

See also

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