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Election 1930 Results

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1930 Tennessee governor election

Henry H. Horton (Democrat) beat C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) in Tennessee in 1930, 63.8% to 35.6%, a margin of 28.2 points and 67,783 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1928, when Henry H. Horton also won.

Democrats led in 77 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Shelby, cast 25,407 votes and went to the Democrat by 71.0 points. The closest was Hardin, where 4 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Henry H. Horton won Democratic 153,341 63.8%
C. Arthur Bruce Republican 85,558 35.6%
All other candidates 1,296 0.5%
Total240,195

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 21,725 85.5% 3,682 14.5% 25,407 D+71.0
Knox 4,569 38.1% 7,339 61.3% 72 11,980 R+23.1
Davidson 7,178 65.9% 3,671 33.7% 48 10,897 D+32.2
Hamilton 4,986 50.3% 4,850 48.9% 76 9,912 D+1.4
Lawrence 3,154 53.3% 2,761 46.7% 5,915 D+6.6
Greene 3,255 57.3% 2,343 41.3% 78 5,676 D+16.1
Sullivan 2,640 60.0% 1,728 39.3% 34 4,402 D+20.7
Washington 2,083 50.3% 2,056 49.7% 4,139 D+0.7
Hawkins 1,741 46.7% 1,945 52.1% 44 3,730 R+5.5
Dyer 2,474 66.7% 1,205 32.5% 28 3,707 D+34.2
Carroll 1,828 51.0% 1,720 48.0% 39 3,587 D+3.0
Claiborne 2,118 59.5% 1,399 39.3% 43 3,560 D+20.2
McMinn 1,496 42.1% 2,007 56.5% 47 3,550 R+14.4
Carter 1,505 44.4% 1,888 55.6% 3,393 R+11.3
Gibson 2,582 77.4% 739 22.2% 14 3,335 D+55.3
Blount 1,054 32.5% 2,152 66.3% 40 3,246 R+33.8
Monroe 1,827 57.1% 1,328 41.5% 42 3,197 D+15.6
Sevier 1,647 52.3% 1,504 47.7% 3,151 D+4.5
Dekalb 1,577 51.5% 1,485 48.5% 3,062 D+3.0
Madison 2,383 78.2% 664 21.8% 3,047 D+56.4
McNairy 1,485 50.7% 1,442 49.3% 2,927 D+1.5
Giles 2,112 72.9% 766 26.4% 19 2,897 D+46.5
Campbell 1,323 45.9% 1,561 54.1% 2,884 R+8.3
Rutherford 2,240 82.9% 463 17.1% 2,703 D+65.7
Weakley 2,127 79.5% 548 20.5% 2,675 D+59.0
Putnam 1,764 66.6% 864 32.6% 20 2,648 D+34.0
Smith 1,615 62.2% 981 37.8% 2,596 D+24.4
Marion 1,305 51.5% 1,229 48.5% 2,534 D+3.0
Marshall 2,295 90.9% 221 8.7% 10 2,526 D+82.1
Polk 1,364 54.4% 1,110 44.3% 33 2,507 D+10.1
Roane 1,135 45.5% 1,362 54.5% 2,497 R+9.1
Lauderdale 2,344 93.9% 145 5.8% 7 2,496 D+88.1
Maury 2,032 82.7% 403 16.4% 22 2,457 D+66.3
Sumner 2,040 84.7% 358 14.9% 11 2,409 D+69.8
Bedford 1,567 66.1% 788 33.2% 16 2,371 D+32.9
Haywood 2,230 97.0% 59 2.6% 11 2,300 D+94.4
Cocke 1,116 49.5% 1,100 48.8% 37 2,253 D+0.7
Bradley 1,020 45.4% 1,225 54.6% 2,245 R+9.1
Tipton 1,936 88.0% 254 11.5% 11 2,201 D+76.4
Loudon 908 42.5% 1,190 55.7% 37 2,135 R+13.2
Lincoln 1,785 83.8% 345 16.2% 2,130 D+67.6
Warren 1,445 70.4% 573 27.9% 36 2,054 D+42.5
Henry 1,740 88.7% 213 10.9% 9 1,962 D+77.8
Obion 1,642 83.9% 309 15.8% 7 1,958 D+68.1
Scott 684 35.3% 1,254 64.7% 1,938 R+29.4
Coffee 1,192 61.8% 726 37.7% 10 1,928 D+24.2
Montgomery 1,620 84.1% 306 15.9% 1,926 D+68.2
Hamblen 1,061 56.5% 817 43.5% 1,878 D+13.0
Johnson 1,087 59.2% 711 38.7% 38 1,836 D+20.5
Franklin 1,533 85.7% 244 13.6% 12 1,789 D+72.1
Jefferson 750 42.1% 1,016 57.0% 15 1,781 R+14.9
Wilson 1,299 73.3% 462 26.1% 10 1,771 D+47.3
Robertson 1,563 88.6% 191 10.8% 10 1,764 D+77.8
Crockett 1,192 67.8% 546 31.1% 20 1,758 D+36.7
Rhea 1,089 62.2% 661 37.8% 1,750 D+24.5
Anderson 696 40.6% 988 57.6% 31 1,715 R+17.0
Dickson 1,316 76.8% 398 23.2% 1,714 D+53.6
Williamson 1,488 86.8% 216 12.6% 10 1,714 D+74.2
Benton 993 59.3% 666 39.8% 16 1,675 D+19.5
Grainger 893 54.9% 698 42.9% 37 1,628 D+12.0
Unicoi 737 50.7% 708 48.7% 9 1,454 D+2.0
Overton 940 64.8% 510 35.2% 1,450 D+29.7
Macon 534 37.4% 881 61.7% 12 1,427 R+24.3
Union 810 58.0% 575 41.2% 11 1,396 D+16.8
Hardeman 1,219 87.5% 169 12.1% 5 1,393 D+75.4
Morgan 684 49.7% 678 49.3% 14 1,376 D+0.4
White 1,087 82.9% 211 16.1% 14 1,312 D+66.8
Henderson 706 55.2% 559 43.7% 15 1,280 D+11.5
Jackson 926 72.6% 340 26.6% 10 1,276 D+45.9
Hickman 936 75.7% 301 24.3% 1,237 D+51.3
Fentress 459 40.7% 651 57.7% 18 1,128 R+17.0
Cannon 703 62.8% 402 35.9% 15 1,120 D+26.9
Cumberland 501 46.3% 571 52.8% 9 1,081 R+6.5
Stewart 929 86.4% 146 13.6% 1,075 D+72.8
Pickett 522 49.4% 535 50.6% 1,057 R+1.2
Meigs 580 57.2% 434 42.8% 1,014 D+14.4
Hancock 493 49.0% 504 50.0% 10 1,007 R+1.1
Decatur 661 66.5% 333 33.5% 994 D+33.0
Wayne 425 42.8% 568 57.2% 993 R+14.4
Hardin 492 49.8% 488 49.4% 8 988 D+0.4
Bledsoe 585 59.7% 395 40.3% 980 D+19.4
Humphreys 721 73.9% 247 25.3% 7 975 D+48.6
Lake 901 94.7% 44 4.6% 6 951 D+90.1
Fayette 898 95.4% 40 4.3% 3 941 D+91.2
Chester 628 80.3% 147 18.8% 7 782 D+61.5
Perry 502 68.0% 236 32.0% 738 D+36.0
Cheatham 584 80.4% 130 17.9% 12 726 D+62.5
Clay 498 70.7% 206 29.3% 704 D+41.5
Houston 561 82.1% 122 17.9% 683 D+64.3
Grundy 464 75.4% 142 23.1% 9 615 D+52.4
Trousdale 536 88.6% 69 11.4% 605 D+77.2
Lewis 368 71.9% 144 28.1% 512 D+43.8
Sequatchie 340 75.4% 111 24.6% 451 D+50.8
Moore 376 90.8% 36 8.7% 2 414 D+82.1
Van Buren 187 78.9% 50 21.1% 237 D+57.8

Counties as they stood in 1930; 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