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Election 1948 Results

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1948 Tennessee governor election

Gordon Browning (Democrat) beat Roy Acuff (Republican) in Tennessee in 1948, 66.9% to 33.1%, a margin of 33.8 points and 183,946 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1946, when James N. McCord won.

Democrats led in 68 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 27. The largest, Shelby, cast 61,671 votes and went to the Democrat by 58.0 points. The closest was Meigs, where 57 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
Gordon Browning won	Democratic	363,903	66.9%
Roy Acuff	Republican	179,957	33.1%
All other candidates		21	0.0%
Total		543,881

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Shelby	48,711 79.0%	12,939 21.0%	21	61,671	D+58.0
Knox	23,344 59.8%	15,701 40.2%		39,045	D+19.6
Davidson	29,622 79.0%	7,881 21.0%		37,503	D+58.0
Hamilton	22,608 76.3%	7,006 23.7%		29,614	D+52.7
Sullivan	8,778 58.7%	6,184 41.3%		14,962	D+17.3
Anderson	7,944 69.2%	3,540 30.8%		11,484	D+38.3
Washington	5,397 47.3%	6,015 52.7%		11,412	R+5.4
Blount	3,920 42.9%	5,218 57.1%		9,138	R+14.2
Lawrence	5,351 59.0%	3,718 41.0%		9,069	D+18.0
Madison	7,570 85.8%	1,254 14.2%		8,824	D+71.6
Greene	3,678 46.6%	4,210 53.4%		7,888	R+6.7
McMinn	3,790 49.1%	3,932 50.9%		7,722	R+1.8
Monroe	3,579 47.5%	3,952 52.5%		7,531	R+5.0
Carter	3,964 56.9%	3,006 43.1%		6,970	D+13.7
Carroll	3,865 62.9%	2,282 37.1%		6,147	D+25.8
Gibson	5,027 85.5%	853 14.5%		5,880	D+71.0
Sevier	1,523 26.2%	4,291 73.8%		5,814	R+47.6
Roane	3,072 52.9%	2,733 47.1%		5,805	D+5.8
Hawkins	2,023 35.4%	3,690 64.6%		5,713	R+29.2
Rutherford	4,894 87.3%	709 12.7%		5,603	D+74.7
Putnam	3,747 67.6%	1,792 32.4%		5,539	D+35.3
Maury	4,320 79.4%	1,124 20.6%		5,444	D+58.7
Campbell	2,454 45.9%	2,897 54.1%		5,351	R+8.3
Dyer	4,545 86.5%	708 13.5%		5,253	D+73.0
Bradley	2,545 49.4%	2,611 50.6%		5,156	R+1.3
McNairy	2,797 55.6%	2,234 44.4%		5,031	D+11.2
Sumner	4,222 85.4%	720 14.6%		4,942	D+70.9
Giles	4,090 84.3%	759 15.7%		4,849	D+68.7
Weakley	3,741 77.4%	1,095 22.6%		4,836	D+54.7
Claiborne	2,140 45.6%	2,556 54.4%		4,696	R+8.9
Wilson	3,891 83.7%	760 16.3%		4,651	D+67.3
Cocke	1,388 30.0%	3,232 70.0%		4,620	R+39.9
Tipton	4,368 95.0%	231 5.0%		4,599	D+90.0
Warren	3,625 79.7%	926 20.3%		4,551	D+59.3
Obion	4,098 90.1%	448 9.9%		4,546	D+80.3
Rhea	2,218 48.9%	2,317 51.1%		4,535	R+2.2
Loudon	2,128 47.8%	2,328 52.2%		4,456	R+4.5
Dekalb	2,677 60.4%	1,753 39.6%		4,430	D+20.9
Marion	2,764 62.5%	1,657 37.5%		4,421	D+25.0
Franklin	3,788 85.9%	620 14.1%		4,408	D+71.9
Marshall	3,537 82.1%	770 17.9%		4,307	D+64.2
Henry	3,748 87.2%	551 12.8%		4,299	D+74.4
Montgomery	3,505 82.9%	725 17.1%		4,230	D+65.7
Lincoln	3,751 89.0%	463 11.0%		4,214	D+78.0
Bedford	3,198 78.1%	896 21.9%		4,094	D+56.2
Jefferson	1,347 32.9%	2,743 67.1%		4,090	R+34.1
Hamblen	2,082 53.1%	1,839 46.9%		3,921	D+6.2
Robertson	3,341 86.8%	508 13.2%		3,849	D+73.6
Williamson	3,231 84.6%	586 15.4%		3,817	D+69.3
Lauderdale	3,573 94.2%	220 5.8%		3,793	D+88.4
Cumberland	1,705 45.3%	2,060 54.7%		3,765	R+9.4
Henderson	1,650 45.6%	1,968 54.4%		3,618	R+8.8
Coffee	2,851 79.3%	742 20.7%		3,593	D+58.7
Hardeman	3,159 91.1%	309 8.9%		3,468	D+82.2
Hardin	1,747 52.5%	1,580 47.5%		3,327	D+5.0
Morgan	1,795 57.4%	1,333 42.6%		3,128	D+14.8
Benton	2,218 71.4%	888 28.6%		3,106	D+42.8
Dickson	2,597 84.5%	476 15.5%		3,073	D+69.0
Decatur	1,714 56.1%	1,340 43.9%		3,054	D+12.2
Polk	1,693 56.2%	1,321 43.8%		3,014	D+12.3
Scott	1,021 34.5%	1,940 65.5%		2,961	R+31.0
Wayne	1,142 38.8%	1,802 61.2%		2,944	R+22.4
Smith	2,085 71.6%	825 28.4%		2,910	D+43.3
Hickman	2,356 81.7%	528 18.3%		2,884	D+63.4
Overton	1,989 69.5%	873 30.5%		2,862	D+39.0
Johnson	874 30.5%	1,987 69.5%		2,861	R+38.9
Unicoi	1,265 45.2%	1,533 54.8%		2,798	R+9.6
White	2,142 76.8%	648 23.2%		2,790	D+53.5
Fentress	1,077 40.0%	1,613 60.0%		2,690	R+19.9
Grainger	747 28.6%	1,861 71.4%		2,608	R+42.7
Crockett	2,024 78.5%	555 21.5%		2,579	D+57.0
Grundy	2,169 84.8%	389 15.2%		2,558	D+69.6
Macon	860 34.2%	1,653 65.8%		2,513	R+31.6
Bledsoe	1,131 46.8%	1,287 53.2%		2,418	R+6.5
Stewart	1,821 75.4%	593 24.6%		2,414	D+50.9
Jackson	1,808 75.8%	578 24.2%		2,386	D+51.6
Humphreys	1,897 82.6%	400 17.4%		2,297	D+65.2
Union	504 22.6%	1,722 77.4%		2,226	R+54.7
Haywood	2,037 93.9%	133 6.1%		2,170	D+87.7
Cannon	1,604 74.5%	549 25.5%		2,153	D+49.0
Chester	1,389 65.5%	733 34.5%		2,122	D+30.9
Cheatham	1,876 88.9%	234 11.1%		2,110	D+77.8
Hancock	600 29.0%	1,471 71.0%		2,071	R+42.1
Clay	1,152 60.0%	768 40.0%		1,920	D+20.0
Lewis	1,298 76.0%	409 24.0%		1,707	D+52.1
Fayette	1,388 82.8%	289 17.2%		1,677	D+65.5
Perry	1,278 76.3%	398 23.7%		1,676	D+52.5
Meigs	838 51.8%	781 48.2%		1,619	D+3.5
Houston	1,338 84.4%	248 15.6%		1,586	D+68.7
Lake	1,379 90.7%	141 9.3%		1,520	D+81.4
Pickett	575 39.5%	879 60.5%		1,454	R+20.9
Sequatchie	1,036 72.0%	402 28.0%		1,438	D+44.1
Trousdale	1,117 90.8%	113 9.2%		1,230	D+81.6
Van Buren	742 72.2%	285 27.8%		1,027	D+44.5
Moore	696 83.6%	137 16.4%		833	D+67.1

Counties as they stood in 1948; 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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