Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | first elected | result | candidates |
| tennessee 2 | john jennings | republican | 1939 | re - elected | john jennings (r) 56.6% clay james (d) 43.4% |
| tennessee 3 | estes kefauver | democratic | 1939 | re - elected | estes kefauver (d) 68.7% jerome taylor (r) 31.3% |
| tennessee 4 | albert gore , sr | democratic | 1938 | re - elected | albert gore , sr (d) 88.9% h e mclean (r) 11.1% |
| tennessee 6 | w wirt courtney | democratic | 1939 | re - elected | w wirt courtney (d) unopposed |
| tennessee 7 | herron c pearson | democratic | 1934 | re - elected | herron c pearson (d) unopposed |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1940
Statement:
herron c pearson was re - elected before john jennings
Answer:
supported