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Election 1918 Results

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1918 Tennessee governor election

Albert H. Roberts (Democrat) beat H. B. Lindsay (Republican) in Tennessee in 1918, 62.5% to 37.5%, a margin of 25.0 points and 39,374 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1916, when Tom C. Rye won.

Democrats led in 54 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 41. The largest, Shelby, cast 8,673 votes and went to the Democrat by 82.0 points. The closest was Meigs, where 26 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Albert H. Roberts won	Democratic	98,481	62.5%
H. B. Lindsay	Republican	59,107	37.5%
Total		157,588

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Shelby	7,894 91.0%	779 9.0%	8,673	D+82.0
Knox	2,600 37.1%	4,415 62.9%	7,015	R+25.9
Davidson	5,251 93.4%	372 6.6%	5,623	D+86.8
Hamilton	2,915 61.2%	1,851 38.8%	4,766	D+22.3
Greene	1,506 39.2%	2,338 60.8%	3,844	R+21.6
Gibson	2,395 76.2%	747 23.8%	3,142	D+52.5
Carroll	1,316 42.6%	1,773 57.4%	3,089	R+14.8
Giles	2,314 78.7%	626 21.3%	2,940	D+57.4
Weakley	1,950 70.4%	818 29.6%	2,768	D+40.9
Rutherford	2,267 86.9%	342 13.1%	2,609	D+73.8
Dekalb	1,361 53.7%	1,175 46.3%	2,536	D+7.3
Henry	1,813 74.2%	631 25.8%	2,444	D+48.4
Putnam	1,589 65.4%	840 34.6%	2,429	D+30.8
Lincoln	2,126 91.4%	199 8.6%	2,325	D+82.9
Smith	1,567 67.4%	758 32.6%	2,325	D+34.8
Franklin	2,021 87.3%	293 12.7%	2,314	D+74.7
Blount	529 23.1%	1,766 76.9%	2,295	R+53.9
Washington	878 38.9%	1,381 61.1%	2,259	R+22.3
Bedford	1,609 72.9%	597 27.1%	2,206	D+45.9
Wilson	1,770 81.6%	400 18.4%	2,170	D+63.1
Sumner	1,861 88.5%	242 11.5%	2,103	D+77.0
Maury	1,852 89.6%	215 10.4%	2,067	D+79.2
Robertson	1,873 91.2%	181 8.8%	2,054	D+82.4
Madison	1,560 76.0%	493 24.0%	2,053	D+52.0
McNairy	826 40.3%	1,224 59.7%	2,050	R+19.4
Tipton	1,691 83.9%	324 16.1%	2,015	D+67.8
Obion	1,757 89.8%	199 10.2%	1,956	D+79.7
Sullivan	1,254 65.1%	673 34.9%	1,927	D+30.2
Montgomery	1,478 79.2%	389 20.8%	1,867	D+58.3
McMinn	679 36.5%	1,183 63.5%	1,862	R+27.1
Jefferson	414 22.3%	1,443 77.7%	1,857	R+55.4
Williamson	1,686 91.6%	155 8.4%	1,841	D+83.2
Sevier	187 10.3%	1,629 89.7%	1,816	R+79.4
Overton	1,141 64.0%	642 36.0%	1,783	D+28.0
Crockett	1,033 61.6%	644 38.4%	1,677	D+23.2
Monroe	770 46.8%	876 53.2%	1,646	R+6.4
Macon	477 29.2%	1,157 70.8%	1,634	R+41.6
Grainger	481 29.6%	1,144 70.4%	1,625	R+40.8
Hawkins	608 38.0%	994 62.0%	1,602	R+24.1
Hardin	528 33.0%	1,071 67.0%	1,599	R+34.0
Benton	1,048 66.0%	539 34.0%	1,587	D+32.1
Marshall	1,385 89.8%	157 10.2%	1,542	D+79.6
Marion	532 35.9%	949 64.1%	1,481	R+28.2
Carter	190 12.9%	1,283 87.1%	1,473	R+74.2
Warren	1,126 76.7%	343 23.3%	1,469	D+53.3
Dyer	1,231 84.5%	226 15.5%	1,457	D+69.0
Henderson	513 35.5%	931 64.5%	1,444	R+28.9
Dickson	1,207 84.2%	226 15.8%	1,433	D+68.5
Coffee	1,245 86.9%	187 13.1%	1,432	D+73.9
Anderson	293 20.8%	1,115 79.2%	1,408	R+58.4
Hardeman	1,173 83.7%	229 16.3%	1,402	D+67.3
Union	202 15.1%	1,132 84.9%	1,334	R+69.7
White	1,136 85.2%	198 14.8%	1,334	D+70.3
Fayette	1,271 95.6%	59 4.4%	1,330	D+91.1
Lauderdale	1,152 86.9%	174 13.1%	1,326	D+73.8
Hickman	983 74.2%	341 25.8%	1,324	D+48.5
Wayne	257 19.8%	1,039 80.2%	1,296	R+60.3
Stewart	1,108 89.5%	130 10.5%	1,238	D+79.0
Haywood	1,215 98.7%	16 1.3%	1,231	D+97.4
Jackson	826 69.6%	361 30.4%	1,187	D+39.2
Humphreys	976 86.8%	149 13.2%	1,125	D+73.5
Claiborne	500 44.5%	624 55.5%	1,124	R+11.0
Cocke	361 32.3%	755 67.7%	1,116	R+35.3
Campbell	304 27.8%	788 72.2%	1,092	R+44.3
Roane	415 39.2%	644 60.8%	1,059	R+21.6
Rhea	504 48.4%	538 51.6%	1,042	R+3.3
Hamblen	467 44.9%	573 55.1%	1,040	R+10.2
Bradley	389 39.1%	605 60.9%	994	R+21.7
Decatur	446 45.0%	546 55.0%	992	R+10.1
Johnson	128 13.0%	860 87.0%	988	R+74.1
Chester	542 61.4%	341 38.6%	883	D+22.8
Cheatham	779 89.4%	92 10.6%	871	D+78.9
Cannon	643 75.9%	204 24.1%	847	D+51.8
Morgan	265 31.7%	570 68.3%	835	R+36.5
Meigs	379 48.3%	405 51.7%	784	R+3.3
Loudon	232 30.8%	522 69.2%	754	R+38.5
Scott	93 13.2%	614 86.8%	707	R+73.7
Clay	438 62.0%	268 38.0%	706	D+24.1
Polk	318 47.4%	353 52.6%	671	R+5.2
Grundy	419 65.2%	224 34.8%	643	D+30.3
Trousdale	521 82.8%	108 17.2%	629	D+65.7
Pickett	268 43.5%	348 56.5%	616	R+13.0
Bledsoe	242 43.2%	318 56.8%	560	R+13.6
James (Ext)	147 26.3%	411 73.7%	558	R+47.3
Houston	517 93.0%	39 7.0%	556	D+86.0
Fentress	250 45.0%	305 55.0%	555	R+9.9
Unicoi	86 16.0%	453 84.0%	539	R+68.1
Cumberland	163 33.1%	329 66.9%	492	R+33.7
Hancock	134 28.3%	339 71.7%	473	R+43.3
Perry	256 56.9%	194 43.1%	450	D+13.8
Moore	434 98.9%	5 1.1%	439	D+97.7
Lake	414 97.0%	13 3.0%	427	D+93.9
Sequatchie	217 55.9%	171 44.1%	388	D+11.9
Lewis	230 66.3%	117 33.7%	347	D+32.6
Van Buren	231 74.5%	79 25.5%	310	D+49.0

Counties as they stood in 1918; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Tennessee governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Bill Lee (R)	R+32.0
2018	Bill Lee (R)	R+21.0
2014	Bill Haslam (R)	R+47.5
2010	Bill Haslam (R)	R+31.9
2006	Phil Bredesen (D)	D+38.9
2002	Phil Bredesen (D)	D+3.1
1998	Don Sundquist (R)	R+39.2
1994	Don Sundquist (R)	R+9.6
1990	Ned McWherter (D)	D+24.2
1986	Ned McWherter (D)	D+8.5
1982	Lamar Alexander (R)	R+19.1
1978	Lamar Alexander (R)	R+11.6
1974	L. Ray Blanton (D)	D+11.7
1970	Winfield Dunn (R)	R+6.0
1966	Buford Ellington (D)	D+81.2
1962	Frank G. Clement (D)	D+34.8
1958	Buford Ellington (D)	D+49.2
1954	Frank G. Clement (D)	D+86.7
1952	Frank G. Clement (D)	D+58.7
1950	Gordon Browning (D)	D+78.1
1948	Gordon Browning (D)	D+33.8
1946	James N. McCord (D)	D+33.4
1944	James N. McCord (D)	D+26.5
1942	Prentice Cooper (D)	D+40.3
1940	Prentice Cooper (D)	D+44.2
1938	Prentice Cooper (D)	D+43.4
1936	Gordon Browning (D)	D+61.7
1934	Hill McAlister (D)	D+61.8
1932	Hill McAlister (D)	D+13.0
1930	Henry H. Horton (D)	D+28.2
1928	Henry H. Horton (D)	D+22.1
1926	Austin Peay (D)	D+29.5
1924	Austin Peay (D)	D+14.4
1922	Austin Peay (D)	D+15.8
1920	Alfred A. Taylor (R)	R+10.4
1918	Albert H. Roberts (D)	D+25.0
1916	Tom C. Rye (D)	D+11.0
1914	Tom C. Rye (D)	D+7.8
1912	Ben W. Hooper (R)	R+3.1
1910	Ben W. Hooper (R)	R+4.3
1908	Malcolm R. Patterson (D)	D+8.2
1906	Malcolm R. Patterson (D)	D+9.4
1904	James B. Frazier (D)	D+11.9
1902	James B. Frazier (D)	D+25.0
1900	Benton McMillin (D)	D+9.7
1898	Benton McMillin (D)	D+18.2
1896	Robert L. Taylor (D)	D+2.2
1894	Peter Turney (D)	D+1.1
1892	Peter Turney (D)	D+9.7
1890	John P. Buchanan (D)	D+18.7
1888	Robert L. Taylor (D)	D+6.0
1886	Robert L. Taylor (D)	D+7.2
1884	William B. Bate (D)	D+2.8
1882	William B. Bate (D)	D+12.0
1880	Alvin Hawkins (R)	R+10.2
1878	Albert S. Marks (D)	D+31.2
1876	James D. Jr. Porter (D)	D+62.7
1874	James D. Jr. Porter (D)	D+29.8
1872	A. A. Freeman (R)	R+100.0
1870	John C. Brown (D)	D+31.1
1867	William G. Brownlow (R)	R+76.8
1865	William G. Brownlow (R)	R+99.9

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