1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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The 1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]
Tennessee was won by former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Kansas), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 49.99% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 49.71% of the popular vote.
Eisenhower’s victory was the first of three consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Tennessee would not vote Democratic again until Lyndon B. Johnson’s landslide victory in 1964. This is also the only presidential election since 1924 in which Tennessee voted differently than neighboring Kentucky.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 446,147 | 49.99% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 443,710 | 49.71% | |
| Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 1,432 | 0.16% | |
| People’s | Vincent Hallinan | 885 | 0.10% | |
| Christian Nationalist | Douglas MacArthur | 379[a] | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 892,553 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Dwight David Eisenhower[4] Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II[4] Democratic |
Carl Stuart Hamblen[4] Prohibition |
Vincent William Hallinan[4] People's |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 10,489 | 53.88% | 8,939 | 45.92% | 38 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,550 | 7.96% | 19,466 |
| Bedford | 2,611 | 37.44% | 4,362 | 62.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,751 | -25.11% | 6,973 |
| Benton | 1,304 | 34.57% | 2,452 | 65.01% | 16 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,148 | -30.43% | 3,772 |
| Bledsoe | 1,229 | 50.85% | 1,158 | 47.91% | 30 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 71 | 2.94% | 2,417 |
| Blount | 11,708 | 69.22% | 5,163 | 30.53% | 24 | 0.14% | 18 | 0.11% | 6,545 | 38.70% | 16,913 |
| Bradley | 4,606 | 63.36% | 2,646 | 36.40% | 9 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,960 | 26.96% | 7,269 |
| Campbell | 4,557 | 65.63% | 2,346 | 33.79% | 19 | 0.27% | 21 | 0.30% | 2,211 | 31.85% | 6,943 |
| Cannon | 930 | 37.97% | 1,491 | 60.88% | 6 | 0.24% | 22 | 0.90% | -561 | -22.91% | 2,449 |
| Carroll | 3,741 | 56.46% | 2,841 | 42.88% | 23 | 0.35% | 21 | 0.32% | 900 | 13.58% | 6,626 |
| Carter | 9,019 | 76.15% | 2,707 | 22.86% | 118 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,312 | 53.29% | 11,844 |
| Cheatham | 536 | 19.31% | 2,222 | 80.04% | 5 | 0.18% | 13 | 0.47% | -1,686 | -60.73% | 2,776 |
| Chester | 1,674 | 53.01% | 1,484 | 46.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 190 | 6.02% | 3,158 |
| Claiborne | 3,221 | 59.62% | 2,182 | 40.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,039 | 19.23% | 5,403 |
| Clay | 842 | 46.24% | 968 | 53.16% | 11 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | -126 | -6.92% | 1,821 |
| Cocke | 5,688 | 82.02% | 1,247 | 17.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,441 | 64.04% | 6,935 |
| Coffee | 2,110 | 37.25% | 3,537 | 62.44% | 7 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.19% | -1,427 | -25.19% | 5,665 |
| Crockett | 1,343 | 38.27% | 2,155 | 61.41% | 7 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.11% | -812 | -23.14% | 3,509 |
| Cumberland | 3,282 | 59.75% | 2,059 | 37.48% | 81 | 1.47% | 71 | 1.29% | 1,223 | 22.26% | 5,493 |
| Davidson | 35,916 | 40.99% | 51,562 | 58.84% | 81 | 0.09% | 71 | 0.08% | -15,646 | -17.85% | 87,630 |
| Decatur | 1,406 | 45.35% | 1,681 | 54.23% | 13 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -275 | -8.87% | 3,100 |
| DeKalb | 1,814 | 48.21% | 1,949 | 51.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -135 | -3.59% | 3,763 |
| Dickson | 1,415 | 25.22% | 4,196 | 74.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,781 | -49.56% | 5,611 |
| Dyer | 3,231 | 41.30% | 4,531 | 57.92% | 61 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,300 | -16.62% | 7,823 |
| Fayette | 1,029 | 46.73% | 1,173 | 53.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -144 | -6.54% | 2,202 |
| Fentress | 2,143 | 69.65% | 934 | 30.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,209 | 39.29% | 3,077 |
| Franklin | 2,015 | 29.48% | 4,786 | 70.03% | 29 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.06% | -2,771 | -40.55% | 6,834 |
| Gibson | 3,766 | 35.90% | 6,687 | 63.74% | 26 | 0.25% | 12 | 0.11% | -2,921 | -27.84% | 10,491 |
| Giles | 1,649 | 25.98% | 4,640 | 73.11% | 29 | 0.46% | 29 | 0.46% | -2,991 | -47.12% | 6,347 |
| Grainger | 3,030 | 76.28% | 937 | 23.59% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,093 | 52.69% | 3,972 |
| Greene | 6,864 | 64.98% | 3,656 | 34.61% | 18 | 0.17% | 25 | 0.24% | 3,208 | 30.37% | 10,563 |
| Grundy | 709 | 21.47% | 2,583 | 78.23% | 7 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.09% | -1,874 | -56.75% | 3,302 |
| Hamblen | 5,031 | 67.19% | 2,395 | 31.98% | 62 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,636 | 35.20% | 7,488 |
| Hamilton | 29,681 | 55.14% | 23,832 | 44.27% | 139 | 0.26% | 178 | 0.33% | 5,849 | 10.87% | 53,830 |
| Hancock | 1,830 | 79.50% | 458 | 19.90% | 14 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,372 | 59.60% | 2,302 |
| Hardeman | 1,256 | 31.17% | 2,747 | 68.18% | 8 | 0.20% | 18 | 0.45% | -1,491 | -37.01% | 4,029 |
| Hardin | 2,459 | 59.28% | 1,677 | 40.43% | 12 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 18.85% | 4,148 |
| Hawkins | 5,295 | 68.19% | 2,404 | 30.96% | 13 | 0.17% | 53 | 0.68% | 2,891 | 37.23% | 7,765 |
| Haywood | 940 | 27.80% | 2,432 | 71.93% | 9 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,492 | -44.13% | 3,381 |
| Henderson | 3,317 | 67.45% | 1,601 | 32.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,716 | 34.89% | 4,918 |
| Henry | 2,421 | 29.77% | 5,677 | 69.81% | 12 | 0.15% | 22 | 0.27% | -3,256 | -40.04% | 8,132 |
| Hickman | 1,044 | 28.38% | 2,625 | 71.35% | 4 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.16% | -1,581 | -42.97% | 3,679 |
| Houston | 465 | 27.45% | 1,229 | 72.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -764 | -45.10% | 1,694 |
| Humphreys | 898 | 25.16% | 2,670 | 74.81% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,772 | -49.65% | 3,569 |
| Jackson | 1,138 | 40.25% | 1,686 | 59.64% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -548 | -19.38% | 2,827 |
| Jefferson | 4,622 | 78.87% | 1,228 | 20.96% | 9 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,394 | 57.92% | 5,860 |
| Johnson | 3,590 | 87.65% | 506 | 12.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,084 | 75.29% | 4,096 |
| Knox | 44,358 | 62.32% | 26,681 | 37.48% | 113 | 0.16% | 26 | 0.04% | 17,677 | 24.83% | 71,178 |
| Lake | 487 | 24.66% | 1,475 | 74.68% | 6 | 0.30% | 7 | 0.35% | -988 | -50.03% | 1,975 |
| Lauderdale | 1,390 | 24.26% | 4,340 | 75.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,950 | -51.48% | 5,730 |
| Lawrence | 4,561 | 51.07% | 4,299 | 48.14% | 71 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 262 | 2.93% | 8,931 |
| Lewis | 540 | 29.05% | 1,308 | 70.36% | 11 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -768 | -41.31% | 1,859 |
| Lincoln | 1,654 | 26.78% | 4,510 | 73.01% | 8 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.08% | -2,856 | -46.24% | 6,177 |
| Loudon | 4,311 | 66.52% | 2,138 | 32.99% | 17 | 0.26% | 15 | 0.23% | 2,173 | 33.53% | 6,481 |
| Macon | 2,602 | 69.20% | 1,158 | 30.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,444 | 38.40% | 3,760 |
| Madison | 7,243 | 45.50% | 8,623 | 54.17% | 30 | 0.19% | 23 | 0.14% | -1,380 | -8.67% | 15,919 |
| Marion | 2,227 | 42.91% | 2,938 | 56.61% | 12 | 0.23% | 13 | 0.25% | -711 | -13.70% | 5,190 |
| Marshall | 1,525 | 28.44% | 3,837 | 71.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,312 | -43.12% | 5,362 |
| Maury | 3,582 | 32.58% | 7,377 | 67.09% | 36 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,795 | -34.52% | 10,995 |
| McMinn | 5,778 | 62.39% | 3,440 | 37.15% | 18 | 0.19% | 25 | 0.27% | 2,338 | 25.25% | 9,261 |
| McNairy | 3,426 | 55.94% | 2,698 | 44.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 728 | 11.89% | 6,124 |
| Meigs | 850 | 52.31% | 754 | 46.40% | 2 | 0.12% | 19 | 1.17% | 96 | 5.91% | 1,625 |
| Monroe | 4,581 | 55.11% | 3,693 | 44.42% | 39 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 888 | 10.68% | 8,313 |
| Montgomery | 2,573 | 30.78% | 5,759 | 68.90% | 17 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.12% | -3,186 | -38.11% | 8,359 |
| Moore | 354 | 30.00% | 826 | 70.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -472 | -40.00% | 1,180 |
| Morgan | 2,565 | 63.22% | 1,492 | 36.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,073 | 26.45% | 4,057 |
| Obion | 2,682 | 36.51% | 4,623 | 62.94% | 32 | 0.44% | 8 | 0.11% | -1,941 | -26.43% | 7,345 |
| Overton | 1,453 | 39.47% | 2,209 | 60.01% | 6 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.35% | -756 | -20.54% | 3,681 |
| Perry | 762 | 39.00% | 1,192 | 61.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -430 | -22.01% | 1,954 |
| Pickett | 1,003 | 64.71% | 547 | 35.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 456 | 29.42% | 1,550 |
| Polk | 2,283 | 55.63% | 1,821 | 44.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 462 | 11.26% | 4,104 |
| Putnam | 3,183 | 43.73% | 4,096 | 56.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -913 | -12.54% | 7,279 |
| Rhea | 2,520 | 54.46% | 2,090 | 45.17% | 14 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.06% | 430 | 9.29% | 4,627 |
| Roane | 5,583 | 60.13% | 3,702 | 39.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,881 | 20.26% | 9,285 |
| Robertson | 1,834 | 26.59% | 5,063 | 73.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,229 | -46.82% | 6,897 |
| Rutherford | 3,196 | 31.77% | 6,793 | 67.52% | 24 | 0.24% | 48 | 0.48% | -3,597 | -35.75% | 10,061 |
| Scott | 3,274 | 73.82% | 1,161 | 26.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,113 | 47.64% | 4,435 |
| Sequatchie | 535 | 37.57% | 882 | 61.94% | 7 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | -347 | -24.37% | 1,424 |
| Sevier | 7,244 | 87.17% | 1,066 | 12.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,178 | 74.34% | 8,310 |
| Shelby | 65,170 | 47.53% | 71,779 | 52.36% | 112 | 0.08% | 36 | 0.03% | -6,609 | -4.82% | 137,099[b] |
| Smith | 1,412 | 34.80% | 2,622 | 64.61% | 15 | 0.37% | 9 | 0.22% | -1,210 | -29.82% | 4,058 |
| Stewart | 641 | 22.71% | 2,170 | 76.87% | 1 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.39% | -1,529 | -54.16% | 2,823 |
| Sullivan | 15,596 | 56.58% | 11,849 | 42.99% | 71 | 0.26% | 47 | 0.17% | 3,747 | 13.59% | 27,563 |
| Sumner | 2,233 | 28.10% | 5,674 | 71.40% | 40 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,441 | -43.30% | 7,947 |
| Tipton | 1,312 | 19.54% | 5,351 | 79.68% | 34 | 0.51% | 19 | 0.28% | -4,039 | -60.14% | 6,716 |
| Trousdale | 261 | 17.43% | 1,236 | 82.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -975 | -65.13% | 1,497 |
| Unicoi | 3,453 | 74.81% | 1,163 | 25.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,290 | 49.61% | 4,616 |
| Union | 2,087 | 75.78% | 667 | 24.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,420 | 51.56% | 2,754 |
| Van Buren | 393 | 36.12% | 674 | 61.95% | 10 | 0.92% | 11 | 1.01% | -281 | -25.83% | 1,088 |
| Warren | 1,912 | 34.68% | 3,568 | 64.72% | 21 | 0.38% | 12 | 0.22% | -1,656 | -30.04% | 5,513 |
| Washington | 12,023 | 69.31% | 5,245 | 30.24% | 43 | 0.25% | 36 | 0.21% | 6,778 | 39.07% | 17,347 |
| Wayne | 2,439 | 70.63% | 1,008 | 29.19% | 4 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,431 | 41.44% | 3,453 |
| Weakley | 3,043 | 41.83% | 4,198 | 57.70% | 34 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,155 | -15.88% | 7,275 |
| White | 1,374 | 37.00% | 2,319 | 62.44% | 13 | 0.35% | 8 | 0.22% | -945 | -25.44% | 3,714 |
| Williamson | 2,326 | 36.17% | 4,085 | 63.53% | 19 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,759 | -27.36% | 6,430 |
| Wilson | 2,449 | 32.57% | 5,070 | 67.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,621 | -34.86% | 7,519 |
| Totals | 446,147 | 49.99% | 443,710 | 49.71% | 1,432 | 0.16% | 885 | 0.10% | 2,437 | 0.27% | 892,553[c] |
Notes
- ^ Except for two votes in Shelby County, votes for the Christian Nationalist Party were listed as a state-wide total and not by counties.[4]
- ^ The total for this county includes two votes for Christian Nationalist candidate Douglas Macarthur.
- ^ This total includes 377 votes for Christian Nationalist candidate Douglas Macarthur that were not separated by county.
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
- ^ a b "1952 Presidential Election Results – Tennessee". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; TN US President, November 04, 1952
