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Election 1942 Results

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1942 Tennessee governor election

Prentice Cooper (Democrat) beat C. N. Frazier (Republican) in Tennessee in 1942, 70.2% to 29.8%, a margin of 40.3 points and 69,028 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1940, when Prentice Cooper also won.

Democrats led in 69 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Shelby, cast 30,618 votes and went to the Democrat by 96.7 points. The closest was Union, where 6 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
Prentice Cooper won Democratic 120,148 70.2%
C. N. Frazier Republican 51,120 29.8%
Total171,268

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 30,116 98.4% 502 1.6% 30,618 D+96.7
Knox 7,955 51.1% 7,625 48.9% 15,580 D+2.1
Hamilton 5,529 82.2% 1,197 17.8% 6,726 D+64.4
Davidson 4,089 73.2% 1,498 26.8% 5,587 D+46.4
Sullivan 2,702 71.0% 1,104 29.0% 3,806 D+42.0
Polk 3,560 97.6% 86 2.4% 3,646 D+95.3
Lawrence 2,275 64.3% 1,261 35.7% 3,536 D+28.7
Greene 1,543 46.9% 1,747 53.1% 3,290 R+6.2
Madison 2,721 87.2% 398 12.8% 3,119 D+74.5
Blount 1,121 37.2% 1,894 62.8% 3,015 R+25.6
Washington 1,422 49.3% 1,465 50.7% 2,887 R+1.5
Carter 1,360 47.4% 1,507 52.6% 2,867 R+5.1
Monroe 1,540 59.9% 1,030 40.1% 2,570 D+19.8
Campbell 1,122 43.9% 1,436 56.1% 2,558 R+12.3
McMinn 1,791 70.9% 734 29.1% 2,525 D+41.9
Sevier 1,006 43.9% 1,284 56.1% 2,290 R+12.1
Carroll 825 39.6% 1,259 60.4% 2,084 R+20.8
Roane 1,128 55.1% 919 44.9% 2,047 D+10.2
McNairy 978 48.8% 1,025 51.2% 2,003 R+2.3
Dekalb 1,313 67.0% 647 33.0% 1,960 D+34.0
Claiborne 1,498 77.7% 429 22.3% 1,927 D+55.5
Cocke 1,252 66.5% 631 33.5% 1,883 D+33.0
Tipton 1,802 97.2% 51 2.8% 1,853 D+94.5
Anderson 839 45.4% 1,008 54.6% 1,847 R+9.1
Morgan 1,186 67.9% 561 32.1% 1,747 D+35.8
Marion 988 59.4% 676 40.6% 1,664 D+18.8
Putnam 1,070 65.3% 569 34.7% 1,639 D+30.6
Benton 701 45.8% 829 54.2% 1,530 R+8.4
Franklin 1,319 88.6% 170 11.4% 1,489 D+77.2
Hawkins 709 48.1% 765 51.9% 1,474 R+3.8
Bradley 699 48.1% 755 51.9% 1,454 R+3.9
Gibson 1,156 81.0% 272 19.0% 1,428 D+61.9
Loudon 598 42.4% 812 57.6% 1,410 R+15.2
Henderson 512 37.5% 855 62.5% 1,367 R+25.1
Hardeman 1,188 88.9% 148 11.1% 1,336 D+77.8
Giles 1,081 83.3% 216 16.7% 1,297 D+66.7
Obion 1,055 84.9% 188 15.1% 1,243 D+69.8
Johnson 382 31.7% 822 68.3% 1,204 R+36.5
Rutherford 1,034 86.5% 161 13.5% 1,195 D+73.1
Hardin 622 52.9% 553 47.1% 1,175 D+5.9
Bledsoe 466 43.4% 608 56.6% 1,074 R+13.2
Lincoln 907 86.6% 140 13.4% 1,047 D+73.3
Maury 841 82.2% 182 17.8% 1,023 D+64.4
Hamblen 652 64.8% 354 35.2% 1,006 D+29.6
Marshall 871 86.7% 134 13.3% 1,005 D+73.3
Bedford 822 82.6% 173 17.4% 995 D+65.2
Cumberland 393 40.5% 578 59.5% 971 R+19.1
Weakley 725 76.0% 229 24.0% 954 D+52.0
Rhea 485 51.7% 453 48.3% 938 D+3.4
Robertson 680 74.4% 234 25.6% 914 D+48.8
Overton 618 68.4% 285 31.6% 903 D+36.9
Scott 446 50.0% 446 50.0% 892 level
Warren 653 74.5% 223 25.5% 876 D+49.1
Williamson 742 85.5% 126 14.5% 868 D+71.0
Jefferson 349 40.3% 518 59.7% 867 R+19.5
Smith 587 69.1% 262 30.9% 849 D+38.3
Grainger 341 40.7% 496 59.3% 837 R+18.5
Meigs 708 85.5% 120 14.5% 828 D+71.0
Dyer 671 81.4% 153 18.6% 824 D+62.9
Unicoi 302 36.8% 518 63.2% 820 R+26.3
Lauderdale 746 91.6% 68 8.4% 814 D+83.3
Wilson 647 79.5% 167 20.5% 814 D+59.0
Sumner 626 77.7% 180 22.3% 806 D+55.3
Union 390 49.6% 396 50.4% 786 R+0.8
Decatur 489 63.5% 281 36.5% 770 D+27.0
Chester 574 74.9% 192 25.1% 766 D+49.9
Coffee 659 89.2% 80 10.8% 739 D+78.3
Jackson 534 73.1% 197 26.9% 731 D+46.1
White 487 67.7% 232 32.3% 719 D+35.5
Henry 578 81.1% 135 18.9% 713 D+62.1
Montgomery 542 76.8% 164 23.2% 706 D+53.5
Dickson 447 68.8% 203 31.2% 650 D+37.5
Stewart 534 82.4% 114 17.6% 648 D+64.8
Sequatchie 487 75.3% 160 24.7% 647 D+50.5
Fentress 237 36.9% 405 63.1% 642 R+26.2
Hickman 478 76.2% 149 23.8% 627 D+52.5
Cannon 463 75.7% 149 24.3% 612 D+51.3
Wayne 178 29.2% 432 70.8% 610 R+41.6
Macon 235 38.7% 373 61.3% 608 R+22.7
Hancock 232 39.5% 355 60.5% 587 R+21.0
Humphreys 448 82.4% 96 17.6% 544 D+64.7
Fayette 497 96.1% 20 3.9% 517 D+92.3
Haywood 464 95.1% 24 4.9% 488 D+90.2
Crockett 370 76.6% 113 23.4% 483 D+53.2
Van Buren 340 70.4% 143 29.6% 483 D+40.8
Grundy 308 64.0% 173 36.0% 481 D+28.1
Cheatham 332 72.0% 129 28.0% 461 D+44.0
Perry 249 67.3% 121 32.7% 370 D+34.6
Clay 230 65.2% 123 34.8% 353 D+30.3
Houston 231 67.0% 114 33.0% 345 D+33.9
Lake 326 94.8% 18 5.2% 344 D+89.5
Lewis 224 69.3% 99 30.7% 323 D+38.7
Pickett 161 54.8% 133 45.2% 294 D+9.5
Moore 197 83.8% 38 16.2% 235 D+67.7
Trousdale 162 87.6% 23 12.4% 185 D+75.1

Counties as they stood in 1942; 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