Elected as a Democrat to Sixty-seventh Congress by the Tennessee's 7th congressional district to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lemuel P. Padgett, Turner served from November 7, 1922, to March 3, 1923.
Turner was chosen as a Democrat to fill the vacant seat in Tennessee's 7th congressional district during the Sixty-seventh Congress, following Lemuel P. Padgett's death from November 7, 1922, to March 3, 1923.