1944 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 12[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Tennessee was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 60.45% of the popular vote, against New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R), running with Ohio Governor John Bricker, with 39.22% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 308,707 | 60.45% | |
Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 200,311 | 39.22% | |
Prohibition | Claude Watson | 882 | 0.17% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 792 | 0.16% | |
Total votes | 510,692 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt[5] Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey[5] Republican |
Claude A. Watson[5] Prohibition |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[5] Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Anderson | 3,476 | 50.23% | 3,424 | 49.48% | 6 | 0.09% | 14 | 0.20% | 52 | 0.75% | 6,920 |
Bedford | 2,651 | 77.81% | 733 | 21.51% | 14 | 0.41% | 9 | 0.26% | 1,918 | 56.30% | 3,407 |
Benton | 1,901 | 60.85% | 1,195 | 38.25% | 21 | 0.67% | 7 | 0.22% | 706 | 22.60% | 3,124 |
Bledsoe | 795 | 40.11% | 1,187 | 59.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -392 | -19.78% | 1,982 |
Blount | 2,836 | 31.28% | 6,193 | 68.30% | 21 | 0.23% | 17 | 0.19% | -3,357 | -37.02% | 9,067 |
Bradley | 1,312 | 33.21% | 2,616 | 66.21% | 21 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.05% | -1,304 | -33.00% | 3,951 |
Campbell | 2,008 | 38.10% | 3,244 | 61.56% | 3 | 0.06% | 15 | 0.28% | -1,236 | -23.45% | 5,270 |
Cannon | 1,002 | 61.47% | 627 | 38.47% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 375 | 23.01% | 1,630 |
Carroll | 2,077 | 40.82% | 2,996 | 58.88% | 4 | 0.08% | 11 | 0.22% | -919 | -18.06% | 5,088 |
Carter | 1,662 | 25.35% | 4,873 | 74.33% | 21 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,211 | -48.98% | 6,556 |
Cheatham | 1,398 | 86.51% | 216 | 13.37% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,182 | 73.14% | 1,616 |
Chester | 1,156 | 55.28% | 931 | 44.52% | 4 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 225 | 10.76% | 2,091 |
Claiborne | 1,649 | 40.24% | 2,426 | 59.20% | 15 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.20% | -777 | -18.96% | 4,098 |
Clay | 754 | 53.70% | 650 | 46.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 104 | 7.41% | 1,404 |
Cocke | 989 | 21.75% | 3,554 | 78.14% | 2 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.07% | -2,565 | -56.40% | 4,548 |
Coffee | 2,703 | 82.56% | 568 | 17.35% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,135 | 65.21% | 3,274 |
Crockett | 1,421 | 64.24% | 782 | 35.35% | 6 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.14% | 639 | 28.89% | 2,212 |
Cumberland | 1,174 | 39.40% | 1,786 | 59.93% | 9 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.37% | -612 | -20.54% | 2,980 |
Davidson | 26,493 | 72.07% | 10,174 | 27.68% | 60 | 0.16% | 33 | 0.09% | 16,319 | 44.39% | 36,760 |
Decatur | 1,515 | 54.83% | 1,235 | 44.70% | 5 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.29% | 280 | 10.13% | 2,763 |
DeKalb | 2,341 | 52.00% | 2,161 | 48.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 180 | 4.00% | 4,502 |
Dickson | 2,379 | 79.57% | 600 | 20.07% | 7 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,779 | 59.50% | 2,990 |
Dyer | 3,368 | 73.60% | 1,190 | 26.01% | 18 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,178 | 47.60% | 4,576 |
Fayette | 1,417 | 89.06% | 172 | 10.81% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,245 | 78.25% | 1,591 |
Fentress | 657 | 27.65% | 1,696 | 71.38% | 13 | 0.55% | 10 | 0.42% | -1,039 | -43.73% | 2,376 |
Franklin | 3,958 | 86.55% | 600 | 13.12% | 13 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,358 | 73.43% | 4,573 |
Gibson | 4,632 | 74.57% | 1,568 | 25.24% | 11 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,064 | 49.32% | 6,212 |
Giles | 4,249 | 84.98% | 751 | 15.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,498 | 69.96% | 5,000 |
Grainger | 605 | 23.73% | 1,938 | 76.00% | 3 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.16% | -1,333 | -52.27% | 2,550 |
Greene | 2,726 | 35.56% | 4,922 | 64.21% | 17 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,196 | -28.65% | 7,665 |
Grundy | 1,462 | 77.48% | 406 | 21.52% | 10 | 0.53% | 9 | 0.48% | 1,056 | 55.96% | 1,887 |
Hamblen | 1,723 | 46.27% | 2,001 | 53.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -278 | -7.47% | 3,724 |
Hamilton | 17,527 | 62.21% | 10,379 | 36.84% | 78 | 0.28% | 189 | 0.67% | 7,148 | 25.37% | 28,173 |
Hancock | 431 | 18.23% | 1,929 | 81.60% | 4 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,498 | -63.37% | 2,364 |
Hardeman | 1,949 | 81.21% | 444 | 18.50% | 7 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,505 | 62.71% | 2,400 |
Hardin | 1,358 | 38.80% | 2,124 | 60.69% | 11 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.20% | -766 | -21.89% | 3,500 |
Hawkins | 1,756 | 32.17% | 3,692 | 67.64% | 8 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.04% | -1,936 | -35.47% | 5,458 |
Haywood | 2,522 | 92.35% | 208 | 7.62% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,314 | 84.73% | 2,731 |
Henderson | 1,009 | 28.19% | 2,570 | 71.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,561 | -43.62% | 3,579 |
Henry | 3,111 | 81.21% | 702 | 18.32% | 14 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.10% | 2,409 | 62.88% | 3,831 |
Hickman | 2,223 | 78.11% | 618 | 21.71% | 4 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,605 | 56.39% | 2,846 |
Houston | 976 | 79.74% | 248 | 20.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 728 | 59.48% | 1,224 |
Humphreys | 1,327 | 78.01% | 367 | 21.58% | 3 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.24% | 960 | 56.44% | 1,701 |
Jackson | 1,407 | 66.56% | 695 | 32.88% | 4 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.38% | 712 | 33.68% | 2,114 |
Jefferson | 966 | 23.32% | 3,159 | 76.25% | 12 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.14% | -2,193 | -52.93% | 4,143 |
Johnson | 450 | 14.25% | 2,699 | 85.47% | 9 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,249 | -71.22% | 3,158 |
Knox | 18,482 | 46.85% | 20,742 | 52.58% | 78 | 0.20% | 150 | 0.38% | -2,260 | -5.73% | 39,452 |
Lake | 1,440 | 90.57% | 150 | 9.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,290 | 81.13% | 1,590 |
Lauderdale | 3,732 | 90.63% | 382 | 9.28% | 4 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,350 | 81.35% | 4,118 |
Lawrence | 4,662 | 51.68% | 4,359 | 48.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 303 | 3.36% | 9,021 |
Lewis | 955 | 79.12% | 252 | 20.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 703 | 58.24% | 1,207 |
Lincoln | 3,735 | 86.54% | 573 | 13.28% | 8 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,162 | 73.26% | 4,316 |
Loudon | 1,632 | 34.09% | 3,147 | 65.74% | 3 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.10% | -1,515 | -31.65% | 4,787 |
Macon | 701 | 23.02% | 2,322 | 76.26% | 6 | 0.20% | 16 | 0.53% | -1,621 | -53.23% | 3,045 |
Madison | 5,706 | 75.91% | 1,793 | 23.85% | 6 | 0.08% | 12 | 0.16% | 3,913 | 52.06% | 7,517 |
Marion | 2,666 | 58.81% | 1,761 | 38.85% | 106 | 2.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 905 | 19.96% | 4,533 |
Marshall | 3,812 | 88.34% | 500 | 11.59% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,312 | 76.76% | 4,315 |
Maury | 4,814 | 86.29% | 747 | 13.39% | 11 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.13% | 4,067 | 72.90% | 5,579 |
McMinn | 4,435 | 58.93% | 3,091 | 41.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,344 | 17.86% | 7,526 |
McNairy | 1,712 | 38.83% | 2,697 | 61.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -985 | -22.34% | 4,409 |
Meigs | 727 | 57.74% | 532 | 42.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 15.49% | 1,259 |
Monroe | 3,385 | 49.64% | 3,424 | 50.21% | 5 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.07% | -39 | -0.57% | 6,819 |
Montgomery | 2,971 | 80.60% | 702 | 19.05% | 7 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.16% | 2,269 | 61.56% | 3,686 |
Moore | 742 | 83.84% | 143 | 16.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 599 | 67.68% | 885 |
Morgan | 1,201 | 46.19% | 1,399 | 53.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -198 | -7.62% | 2,600 |
Obion | 3,670 | 85.39% | 615 | 14.31% | 11 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.05% | 3,055 | 71.08% | 4,298 |
Overton | 1,449 | 60.65% | 935 | 39.14% | 3 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.08% | 514 | 21.52% | 2,389 |
Perry | 771 | 66.58% | 387 | 33.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | 33.16% | 1,158 |
Pickett | 416 | 34.72% | 761 | 63.52% | 10 | 0.83% | 11 | 0.92% | -345 | -28.80% | 1,198 |
Polk | 4,842 | 92.65% | 378 | 7.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.10% | 4,464 | 85.42% | 5,226 |
Putnam | 2,788 | 61.17% | 1,770 | 38.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,018 | 22.33% | 4,558 |
Rhea | 1,581 | 45.68% | 1,880 | 54.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -299 | -8.64% | 3,461 |
Roane | 1,971 | 41.95% | 2,711 | 57.69% | 14 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.06% | -740 | -15.75% | 4,699 |
Robertson | 3,074 | 82.90% | 622 | 16.77% | 6 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.16% | 2,452 | 66.13% | 3,708 |
Rutherford | 4,730 | 83.89% | 879 | 15.59% | 7 | 0.12% | 22 | 0.39% | 3,851 | 68.30% | 5,638 |
Scott | 850 | 30.01% | 1,971 | 69.60% | 5 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.21% | -1,121 | -39.58% | 2,832 |
Sequatchie | 851 | 67.11% | 417 | 32.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 434 | 34.23% | 1,268 |
Sevier | 711 | 12.58% | 4,930 | 87.24% | 6 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.07% | -4,219 | -74.66% | 5,651 |
Shelby | 48,625 | 81.66% | 10,839 | 18.20% | 40 | 0.07% | 40 | 0.07% | 37,786 | 63.46% | 59,544 |
Smith | 2,107 | 70.09% | 887 | 29.51% | 9 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,220 | 40.59% | 3,006 |
Stewart | 1,916 | 85.12% | 335 | 14.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,581 | 70.24% | 2,251 |
Sullivan | 6,290 | 54.49% | 5,223 | 45.24% | 23 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.07% | 1,067 | 9.24% | 11,544 |
Sumner | 4,076 | 80.30% | 990 | 19.50% | 4 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.12% | 3,086 | 60.80% | 5,076 |
Tipton | 4,046 | 92.80% | 310 | 7.11% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,736 | 85.69% | 4,360 |
Trousdale | 1,170 | 89.72% | 131 | 10.05% | 1 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.15% | 1,039 | 79.68% | 1,304 |
Unicoi | 779 | 28.11% | 1,992 | 71.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,213 | -43.77% | 2,771 |
Union | 627 | 26.15% | 1,768 | 73.73% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.08% | -1,141 | -47.58% | 2,398 |
Van Buren | 526 | 64.15% | 291 | 35.49% | 3 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 235 | 28.66% | 820 |
Warren | 2,560 | 74.66% | 848 | 24.73% | 13 | 0.38% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,712 | 49.93% | 3,429 |
Washington | 4,060 | 38.29% | 6,485 | 61.17% | 31 | 0.29% | 26 | 0.25% | -2,425 | -22.87% | 10,602 |
Wayne | 630 | 22.34% | 2,185 | 77.48% | 3 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.07% | -1,555 | -55.14% | 2,820 |
Weakley | 3,434 | 68.15% | 1,595 | 31.65% | 10 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,839 | 36.50% | 5,039 |
White | 1,339 | 66.58% | 668 | 33.22% | 4 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 671 | 33.37% | 2,011 |
Williamson | 2,656 | 81.27% | 602 | 18.42% | 8 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.06% | 2,054 | 62.85% | 3,268 |
Wilson | 3,148 | 76.97% | 942 | 23.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,206 | 53.94% | 4,090 |
Totals | 308,707 | 60.45% | 200,311 | 39.22% | 882 | 0.17% | 792 | 0.16% | 108,396 | 21.23% | 510,692 |
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee". Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944". Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Our Campaigns; TN US President, November 07, 1944