1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Tennessee House of Representatives: Hamilton 1
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
Allen Edgar (R) won with 49.9% of the vote, defeating James W. Vancleave (D) by 0.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Allen EdgarRepublican · winner
49.9%4,147
James W. VancleaveDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%4,082
Al L. SealsIndependent
0.9%78
8,307 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)