B. Everett Jordan Democratic B. Everett Jordan Democratic The 1958 United States Senate special election in North Carolina was held on November 4, 1958.
Interim Democratic Senator B. Everett Jordan was elected to complete the unexpired term of Senator W. Kerr Scott, who had died in April.
On April 16, 1958, Senator W. Kerr Scott died in office.
On April 19, Governor of North Carolina Luther H. Hodges appointed B. Everett Jordan to fill the vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected.
Jordan's appointment capped a twelve-year period during which eight different men[a] held this Senate seat.