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Election 1926 Results

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1926 Tennessee governor election

Austin Peay (Democrat) beat Walter White (Republican) in Tennessee in 1926, 64.7% to 35.2%, a margin of 29.5 points and 38,741 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1924, when Austin Peay also won.

Democrats led in 80 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Knox, cast 7,730 votes and went to the Democrat by 28.5 points. The closest was Bledsoe, where 1 vote 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Austin Peay won Democratic 84,979 64.7%
Walter White Republican 46,238 35.2%
All other candidates 151 0.1%
Total131,368

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Knox 4,965 64.2% 2,765 35.8% 7,730 D+28.5
Davidson 4,668 71.1% 1,902 28.9% 6,570 D+42.1
Hamilton 3,157 59.6% 2,143 40.4% 5,300 D+19.1
Shelby 3,894 79.8% 985 20.2% 4,879 D+59.6
Monroe 1,485 54.0% 1,266 46.0% 2,751 D+8.0
Greene 1,470 53.6% 1,249 45.5% 26 2,745 D+8.1
Carroll 1,454 53.7% 1,255 46.3% 2,709 D+7.3
Lawrence 1,429 52.9% 1,274 47.1% 2,703 D+5.7
McMinn 1,140 48.0% 1,235 52.0% 2,375 R+4.0
Gibson 1,873 83.6% 355 15.8% 12 2,240 D+67.8
Putnam 1,420 67.0% 698 33.0% 2,118 D+34.1
Maury 1,416 70.7% 574 28.7% 13 2,003 D+42.0
Madison 1,589 81.7% 357 18.3% 1,946 D+63.3
Sevier 1,154 59.9% 772 40.1% 1,926 D+19.8
Montgomery 1,701 91.9% 150 8.1% 1,851 D+83.8
Rhea 861 46.8% 979 53.2% 1,840 R+6.4
McNairy 982 53.9% 839 46.1% 1,821 D+7.9
Dekalb 1,010 57.0% 762 43.0% 1,772 D+14.0
Marion 948 53.6% 822 46.4% 1,770 D+7.1
Sullivan 1,232 69.6% 538 30.4% 1,770 D+39.2
Hawkins 880 52.6% 792 47.4% 1,672 D+5.3
Giles 1,274 78.7% 345 21.3% 1,619 D+57.4
Washington 753 47.4% 813 51.2% 23 1,589 R+3.8
Roane 798 50.8% 774 49.2% 1,572 D+1.5
Smith 1,063 68.1% 490 31.4% 8 1,561 D+36.7
Obion 1,398 90.8% 141 9.2% 1,539 D+81.7
Cocke 591 39.3% 911 60.7% 1,502 R+21.3
Weakley 1,158 77.6% 334 22.4% 1,492 D+55.2
Wilson 1,027 69.7% 447 30.3% 1,474 D+39.3
Polk 755 52.5% 683 47.5% 1,438 D+5.0
Claiborne 834 58.1% 602 41.9% 1,436 D+16.2
Carter 346 24.4% 1,074 75.6% 1,420 R+51.3
Overton 845 59.8% 569 40.2% 1,414 D+19.5
Benton 767 55.3% 619 44.7% 1,386 D+10.7
Rutherford 1,049 76.8% 316 23.2% 1,365 D+53.7
Loudon 700 51.5% 659 48.5% 1,359 D+3.0
Bradley 688 52.8% 613 47.0% 2 1,303 D+5.8
Sumner 973 74.8% 327 25.2% 1,300 D+49.7
Campbell 337 26.1% 956 73.9% 1,293 R+47.9
Bedford 854 66.8% 424 33.2% 1,278 D+33.6
Johnson 496 39.8% 724 58.1% 27 1,247 R+18.3
Henry 1,029 84.1% 195 15.9% 1,224 D+68.1
Lauderdale 1,163 95.3% 57 4.7% 1,220 D+90.7
Robertson 1,095 90.0% 121 10.0% 1,216 D+80.1
Blount 611 51.9% 567 48.1% 1,178 D+3.7
Franklin 920 79.7% 230 19.9% 4 1,154 D+59.8
Lincoln 982 85.2% 170 14.8% 1,152 D+70.5
Marshall 953 82.7% 199 17.3% 1,152 D+65.5
Dickson 929 81.1% 216 18.9% 1,145 D+62.3
Dyer 1,029 91.7% 93 8.3% 1,122 D+83.4
Jackson 830 75.2% 273 24.8% 1,103 D+50.5
Jefferson 402 37.2% 678 62.8% 1,080 R+25.6
Macon 520 49.4% 533 50.6% 1,053 R+1.2
Scott 281 26.8% 766 73.2% 1,047 R+46.3
Tipton 961 95.7% 42 4.2% 1 1,004 D+91.5
Henderson 496 50.5% 486 49.5% 982 D+1.0
Warren 676 70.3% 286 29.7% 962 D+40.5
White 730 76.0% 230 24.0% 960 D+52.1
Hardeman 811 84.8% 145 15.2% 956 D+69.7
Pickett 448 47.4% 497 52.6% 945 R+5.2
Hamblen 654 70.2% 277 29.8% 931 D+40.5
Coffee 587 64.1% 329 35.9% 916 D+28.2
Stewart 814 89.9% 91 10.1% 905 D+79.9
Williamson 692 77.6% 200 22.4% 892 D+55.2
Cumberland 486 54.5% 405 45.5% 891 D+9.1
Bledsoe 433 49.8% 432 49.7% 5 870 D+0.1
Houston 628 76.8% 190 23.2% 818 D+53.5
Meigs 456 56.2% 355 43.8% 811 D+12.5
Decatur 499 65.5% 263 34.5% 762 D+31.0
Anderson 289 38.2% 454 60.0% 14 757 R+21.8
Hardin 556 73.6% 197 26.1% 2 755 D+47.5
Haywood 713 97.3% 20 2.7% 733 D+94.5
Cheatham 597 85.2% 98 14.0% 6 701 D+71.2
Unicoi 350 52.6% 315 47.4% 665 D+5.3
Fentress 283 43.3% 371 56.7% 654 R+13.5
Cannon 406 64.6% 222 35.4% 628 D+29.3
Morgan 354 57.0% 267 43.0% 621 D+14.0
Wayne 288 46.7% 329 53.3% 617 R+6.6
Humphreys 458 75.3% 150 24.7% 608 D+50.7
Crockett 439 73.0% 162 27.0% 601 D+46.1
Clay 383 65.9% 198 34.1% 581 D+31.8
Chester 462 80.8% 110 19.2% 572 D+61.5
Grainger 318 56.2% 248 43.8% 566 D+12.4
Union 200 36.7% 341 62.6% 4 545 R+25.9
Perry 357 65.6% 187 34.4% 544 D+31.3
Fayette 480 93.9% 31 6.1% 511 D+87.9
Grundy 334 73.7% 119 26.3% 453 D+47.5
Trousdale 375 85.2% 65 14.8% 440 D+70.5
Lake 387 94.6% 21 5.1% 1 409 D+89.5
Van Buren 285 81.0% 67 19.0% 352 D+61.9
Hickman 271 84.2% 51 15.8% 322 D+68.3
Sequatchie 220 69.4% 97 30.6% 317 D+38.8
Lewis 203 66.8% 101 33.2% 304 D+33.6
Hancock 182 61.1% 113 37.9% 3 298 D+23.2
Moore 240 84.2% 45 15.8% 285 D+68.4

Counties as they stood in 1926; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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