United States presidential elections in Tennessee explained

State:Tennessee
Number Of Elections:56
Voted Democratic:25
Voted Republican:18
Voted Whig:5
Voted Dem Rep:7
Voted Other:1
Voted Winning:37
Voted Losing:18

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Tennessee, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1796, Tennessee has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War. At that time, Tennessee was controlled by the Union and held elections, but electors were not ultimately counted.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
2020[1] 1,143,711 37.45 Donald Trump 1,852,475 60.66 — 11
2016[2] Donald Trump 1,522,925 60.72 870,695 34.72 —11
2012[3] 960,709 39.08 Mitt Romney 1,462,330 59.48 —11
2008[4] 1,087,437 41.83 John McCain 1,479,178 56.90 —11
2004[5] George W. Bush 1,384,375 56.80 1,036,477 42.53 —11
2000[6] George W. Bush 1,061,949 51.15 981,720 47.28 —11
1996[7] Bill Clinton 909,146 48.00 863,530 45.59 105,918 5.59 11
Bill Clinton 933,521 47.08 841,300 42.43 199,968 10.09 11
George H. W. Bush 947,233 57.89 679,794 41.55 —11
Ronald Reagan 990,212 57.84 711,714 41.57 —11
Ronald Reagan 787,761 48.70 783,051 48.41 35,991 2.22 10
Jimmy Carter 825,879 55.94 633,969 42.94 —10
Richard Nixon 813,147 67.70 357,293 29.75 —10
Richard Nixon 472,592 37.85 351,233 28.13 424,792 34.02 11
Lyndon B. Johnson 634,947 55.50 508,965 44.49 —11
481,453 45.77 Richard Nixon 556,577 52.92 —11
Dwight D. Eisenhower 462,288 49.21 456,507 48.60 19,820 2.11 11
Dwight D. Eisenhower 446,147 49.99 443,710 49.71 — 11
Harry S. Truman 270,402 49.14 202,914 36.87 73,815 13.41 12 Electoral vote split: 11 for Truman, 1 for Thurmond (faithless elector).
Franklin D. Roosevelt 308,707 60.45 200,311 39.22 —12
Franklin D. Roosevelt 351,601 67.25 169,153 32.35 —11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 328,083 68.85 146,520 30.75 —11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 259,473 66.49 126,752 32.48 —11
Herbert Hoover 195,388 53.76 167,343 46.04 —12
130,882 43.59 John W. Davis 158,537 52.8 10,656 3.55 12
Warren G. Harding 219,829 51.29 206,558 48.19 Parley P. Christensen——12
Woodrow Wilson 153,280 56.31 116,223 42.70 —12
Woodrow Wilson 133,021 52.80 54,041 21.45 60,475 24.00 12
117,977 45.87 William Jennings Bryan 135,608 52.73 —12
105,363 43.40 Alton B. Parker 131,653 54.23 —12
123,108 44.95 William Jennings Bryan 145,240 53.03 —12
148,683 46.33 William Jennings Bryan 167,168 52.09 —12
Grover Cleveland 136,468 51.36 100,537 37.83 23,918 9.00 12
138,978 45.76 Grover Cleveland 158,699 52.26 —12
Grover Cleveland 133,770 51.45 124,101 47.74 —12
107,677 44.26 Winfield S. Hancock 129,569 53.26 6,0172.4712
89,566 40.21 Samuel J. Tilden 133,177 59.79 —12
85,655 47.84 Horace Greeley 93,391 52.16 —12
Ulysses S. Grant 56,628 68.4 26,129 31.6 —10
Abraham Lincoln — Under Union control by 1864 and held elections, but electors (who voted for Lincoln) were not ultimately counted.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincolnno ballotsStephen A. Douglas11,2817.7John C. Breckinridge65,09744.6John Bell69,72847.712

Elections from 1828 to 1856

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Buchanan 69,704 52.18 no ballots 63,878 47.82 12
56,900 49.27 Winfield Scott 58,586 50.73 no ballots 12
Zachary Taylor 64,321 52.52 58,142 47.48 no ballots 13
59,917 49.95 Henry Clay 60,040 50.05 —13
William Henry Harrison 60,194 55.66 47,951 44.34 —15
26,170 42.08 Hugh Lawson White 36,027 57.92 various 15
Andrew Jackson 28,078 95.42 1,347 4.58 no ballots 15
Andrew Jackson 44,293 95.19 2,240 4.81 —11

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" Andrew Jackson 20,197 97.45 216 1.04 no ballots 312 1.51 11

Elections of from 1796 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all eight of Tennessee's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)Runner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Monroe - 7 Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
James Monroe 8
James Madison 8
James Madison 5
Thomas Jefferson 5
Thomas Jefferson 3
Thomas Jefferson 3

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. 3 November 2020 . November 15, 2020.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.

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