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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry H. Horton won | Democratic | 153,341 | 63.8% |
| C. Arthur Bruce | Republican | 85,558 | 35.6% |
| All other candidates | 1,296 | 0.5% | |
| Total | 240,195 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 |