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Election 1958 Results

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1958 Tennessee governor election

Buford Ellington (Democrat) beat Jim Nance McCord (independent) in Tennessee in 1958, 57.5% to 31.5%, a margin of 26.0 points and 112,468 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when Frank G. Clement won.

Democrats led in 83 of the 95 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 12. The largest, Shelby, cast 53,867 votes and went to the Democrat by 60.3 points. The closest was Rhea, where 6 votes separated the top two.

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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
Buford Ellington won	Democratic	248,874	57.5%
Jim Nance McCord	Independent	136,406	31.5%
Tom Wall	Republican	35,938	8.3%
All other candidates		11,334	2.6%
Total		432,552

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Shelby	37,909 70.4%	5,403 10.0%	10,555	53,867	D+60.3
Davidson	24,270 64.4%	1,547 4.1%	11,890	37,707	D+60.3
Knox	16,282 45.9%	4,187 11.8%	15,013	35,482	D+34.1
Hamilton	10,974 59.0%	1,233 6.6%	6,398	18,605	D+52.4
Sullivan	10,248 63.6%	2,500 15.5%	3,375	16,123	D+48.1
Washington	6,004 43.7%	1,591 11.6%	6,146	13,741	Others
Anderson	5,099 49.3%	1,435 13.9%	3,801	10,335	D+35.5
Madison	5,160 59.3%	136 1.6%	3,402	8,698	D+57.8
Blount	3,131 39.3%	1,459 18.3%	3,375	7,965	Others
Carter	2,819 40.7%	985 14.2%	3,115	6,919	Others
Roane	2,849 47.9%	690 11.6%	2,410	5,949	D+36.3
Greene	2,673 49.2%	1,653 30.4%	1,108	5,434	D+18.8
Montgomery	3,208 61.8%	86 1.7%	1,897	5,191	D+60.1
Hawkins	2,139 41.7%	1,207 23.5%	1,781	5,127	D+18.2
Gibson	2,978 58.6%	86 1.7%	2,018	5,082	D+56.9
Maury	3,165 63.0%	155 3.1%	1,702	5,022	D+59.9
Lawrence	3,135 63.0%	312 6.3%	1,527	4,974	D+56.8
Monroe	1,911 40.4%	1,018 21.5%	1,798	4,727	D+18.9
Marshall	3,666 78.1%	25 0.5%	1,002	4,693	D+77.6
Rutherford	2,901 63.4%	92 2.0%	1,581	4,574	D+61.4
Bradley	1,908 44.8%	333 7.8%	2,018	4,259	Others
Giles	2,238 53.9%	110 2.6%	1,804	4,152	D+51.3
Cocke	2,311 56.1%	574 13.9%	1,231	4,116	D+42.2
McMinn	2,187 57.1%	522 13.6%	1,121	3,830	D+43.5
Campbell	1,385 36.6%	429 11.3%	1,973	3,787	Others
Dyer	2,585 68.7%	75 2.0%	1,104	3,764	D+66.7
Putnam	2,359 63.5%	114 3.1%	1,241	3,714	D+60.4
Hamblen	2,041 55.0%	260 7.0%	1,411	3,712	D+48.0
Henry	2,003 54.7%	44 1.2%	1,615	3,662	D+53.5
McNairy	1,853 51.2%	165 4.6%	1,599	3,617	D+46.7
Sumner	2,403 66.7%	100 2.8%	1,099	3,602	D+63.9
Loudon	1,630 45.9%	558 15.7%	1,363	3,551	D+30.2
Tipton	2,741 77.5%	22 0.6%	774	3,537	D+76.9
Lincoln	1,903 53.9%	56 1.6%	1,569	3,528	D+52.4
Carroll	1,654 47.5%	260 7.5%	1,571	3,485	D+40.0
Marion	1,874 54.3%	259 7.5%	1,316	3,449	D+46.8
Coffee	1,866 54.4%	148 4.3%	1,413	3,427	D+50.1
Sevier	1,481 44.0%	276 8.2%	1,612	3,369	Others
Bedford	2,005 61.8%	64 2.0%	1,176	3,245	D+59.8
Obion	2,342 72.5%	71 2.2%	819	3,232	D+70.3
Lauderdale	1,879 58.4%	41 1.3%	1,297	3,217	D+57.1
Wilson	2,143 66.8%	79 2.5%	986	3,208	D+64.3
Franklin	1,853 58.5%	46 1.5%	1,267	3,166	D+57.1
Weakley	1,998 65.3%	45 1.5%	1,016	3,059	D+63.8
Williamson	1,723 60.2%	36 1.3%	1,102	2,861	D+59.0
Robertson	1,708 62.9%	37 1.4%	971	2,716	D+61.5
Claiborne	1,225 45.3%	232 8.6%	1,247	2,704	Others
Hardin	1,786 68.2%	63 2.4%	769	2,618	D+65.8
Dickson	1,857 72.3%	46 1.8%	667	2,570	D+70.5
Cumberland	1,121 45.3%	274 11.1%	1,081	2,476	D+34.2
Jackson	1,606 66.0%	21 0.9%	806	2,433	D+65.1
Hardeman	1,417 58.3%	19 0.8%	995	2,431	D+57.5
Scott	1,053 44.4%	158 6.7%	1,159	2,370	Others
Jefferson	975 41.6%	603 25.7%	765	2,343	D+15.9
Warren	1,300 55.5%	40 1.7%	1,003	2,343	D+53.8
Morgan	1,086 46.7%	79 3.4%	1,159	2,324	Others
Rhea	1,006 44.8%	238 10.6%	1,000	2,244	D+34.2
Unicoi	909 40.9%	486 21.9%	826	2,221	D+19.0
Benton	1,052 49.4%	58 2.7%	1,018	2,128	D+46.7
Polk	1,168 56.2%	408 19.6%	503	2,079	D+36.6
Johnson	837 40.5%	544 26.3%	687	2,068	D+14.2
Lewis	1,594 83.9%	13 0.7%	292	1,899	D+83.3
Humphreys	1,117 59.4%	51 2.7%	714	1,882	D+56.6
Fentress	817 44.8%	184 10.1%	824	1,825	Others
Overton	1,210 66.4%	65 3.6%	546	1,821	D+62.9
Hickman	1,199 66.5%	38 2.1%	566	1,803	D+64.4
Smith	1,120 66.7%	43 2.6%	516	1,679	D+64.1
Decatur	803 50.2%	99 6.2%	697	1,599	D+44.0
Henderson	900 57.3%	68 4.3%	602	1,570	D+53.0
Dekalb	1,060 68.2%	125 8.0%	369	1,554	D+60.2
White	949 61.9%	55 3.6%	528	1,532	D+58.4
Haywood	1,121 74.3%	11 0.7%	377	1,509	D+73.6
Grundy	975 64.9%	52 3.5%	476	1,503	D+61.4
Chester	939 64.7%	45 3.1%	467	1,451	D+61.6
Bledsoe	879 61.0%	82 5.7%	479	1,440	D+55.3
Cannon	1,023 71.2%	32 2.2%	382	1,437	D+69.0
Cheatham	932 65.1%	29 2.0%	470	1,431	D+63.1
Wayne	960 68.6%	113 8.1%	326	1,399	D+60.5
Stewart	940 67.6%	38 2.7%	412	1,390	D+64.9
Union	646 47.3%	168 12.3%	553	1,367	D+35.0
Clay	716 52.6%	32 2.4%	613	1,361	D+50.3
Perry	724 54.7%	56 4.2%	543	1,323	D+50.5
Lake	1,031 81.4%	6 0.5%	229	1,266	D+81.0
Houston	665 52.6%	18 1.4%	582	1,265	D+51.1
Grainger	552 44.7%	202 16.3%	482	1,236	D+28.3
Crockett	800 65.5%	33 2.7%	388	1,221	D+62.8
Hancock	454 38.0%	77 6.4%	664	1,195	Others
Fayette	705 61.1%	6 0.5%	442	1,153	D+60.6
Macon	510 49.5%	165 16.0%	356	1,031	D+33.5
Meigs	401 40.9%	105 10.7%	475	981	Others
Van Buren	577 61.3%	9 1.0%	355	941	D+60.4
Sequatchie	422 52.3%	40 5.0%	345	807	D+47.3
Moore	383 59.8%	9 1.4%	248	640	D+58.4
Pickett	372 61.3%	67 11.0%	168	607	D+50.2
Trousdale	386 63.6%	9 1.5%	212	607	D+62.1

Counties as they stood in 1958; 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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