district                                   incumbent       party  first elected                                        result                                        candidates
0  tennessee 2                           howard baker , sr  republican           1950                                  re - elected  howard baker , sr (r) 68.9% boyd w cox (d) 31.1%
1  tennessee 4           joe l evins redistricted from 5th  democratic           1946                                  re - elected                         joe l evins (d) unopposed
2  tennessee 4                            albert gore , sr  democratic           1938  retired to run for us senate democratic loss                         joe l evins (d) unopposed
3  tennessee 5          percy priest redistricted from 6th  democratic           1940                                  re - elected     percy priest (d) 67.5% homer p wall (r) 32.5%
4  tennessee 6  james patrick sutton redistricted from 7th  democratic           1948                                  re - elected                james patrick sutton (d) unopposed
5  tennessee 7          tom j murray redistricted from 8th  democratic           1942                                  re - elected                        tom j murray (d) unopposed

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