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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in Tennessee

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in Tennessee in 1868, 68.4% to 31.6%, a margin of 36.9 points and 30,499 votes.

Tennessee voted 31.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Republicans led in 63 of the 82 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 19. The largest, Shelby, cast 7,987 votes and went to the Republican by 28.1 points. The closest was Hickman, where 7 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ulysses S. Grant won	Republican	56,628	68.4%
Horatio Seymour	Democratic	26,129	31.6%
Total		82,757

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Shelby	2,871 35.9%	5,116 64.1%	7,987	R+28.1
Davidson	1,452 24.3%	4,517 75.7%	5,969	R+51.3
Knox	603 16.4%	3,064 83.6%	3,667	R+67.1
Maury	1,012 34.6%	1,909 65.4%	2,921	R+30.7
Bedford	1,064 42.3%	1,449 57.7%	2,513	R+15.3
Greene	656 28.9%	1,616 71.1%	2,272	R+42.3
Haywood	811 37.0%	1,382 63.0%	2,193	R+26.0
Jefferson	71 3.4%	2,012 96.6%	2,083	R+93.2
Wilson	1,218 58.9%	850 41.1%	2,068	D+17.8
Tipton	1,733 86.9%	262 13.1%	1,995	D+73.7
Rutherford	841 46.8%	957 53.2%	1,798	R+6.5
Montgomery	683 39.8%	1,035 60.2%	1,718	R+20.5
Hamilton	393 23.6%	1,273 76.4%	1,666	R+52.8
Roane	135 8.3%	1,488 91.7%	1,623	R+83.4
McMinn	294 18.9%	1,259 81.1%	1,553	R+62.1
Fayette	672 45.0%	821 55.0%	1,493	R+10.0
Blount	112 7.6%	1,361 92.4%	1,473	R+84.8
Williamson	835 59.8%	561 40.2%	1,396	D+19.6
Bradley	265 19.6%	1,084 80.4%	1,349	R+60.7
Hardeman	810 61.6%	506 38.4%	1,316	D+23.1
Sevier	41 3.1%	1,264 96.9%	1,305	R+93.7
Washington	69 5.4%	1,217 94.6%	1,286	R+89.3
Carroll	55 4.4%	1,193 95.6%	1,248	R+91.2
Giles	611 52.1%	561 47.9%	1,172	D+4.3
Grainger	129 12.3%	921 87.7%	1,050	R+75.4
Hawkins	84 8.1%	950 91.9%	1,034	R+83.8
Marshall	856 83.8%	166 16.2%	1,022	D+67.5
Stewart	830 87.4%	120 12.6%	950	D+74.7
Jackson	513 54.1%	436 45.9%	949	D+8.1
Hardin	236 25.3%	698 74.7%	934	R+49.5
Dekalb	262 29.5%	626 70.5%	888	R+41.0
Monroe	110 12.7%	756 87.3%	866	R+74.6
Sumner	378 44.8%	465 55.2%	843	R+10.3
Smith	215 25.8%	617 74.2%	832	R+48.3
Carter	30 3.8%	761 96.2%	791	R+92.4
Cocke	2 0.3%	783 99.7%	785	R+99.5
Henderson	105 14.0%	644 86.0%	749	R+72.0
Anderson	142 19.3%	595 80.7%	737	R+61.5
Weakley	226 30.9%	506 69.1%	732	R+38.3
Union	43 6.4%	626 93.6%	669	R+87.1
Claiborne	48 7.5%	591 92.5%	639	R+85.0
Robertson	406 65.7%	212 34.3%	618	D+31.4
Sullivan	20 3.3%	585 96.7%	605	R+93.4
Wayne	45 7.5%	556 92.5%	601	R+85.0
McNairy	75 12.6%	520 87.4%	595	R+74.8
Campbell	40 6.8%	550 93.2%	590	R+86.4
Lincoln	558 99.3%	4 0.7%	562	D+98.6
Madison	267 48.0%	289 52.0%	556	R+4.0
Lauderdale	453 87.1%	67 12.9%	520	D+74.2
Warren	166 32.7%	342 67.3%	508	R+34.6
Johnson	1 0.2%	501 99.8%	502	R+99.6
Hancock	0 0.0%	492 100.0%	492	R+100.0
Macon	59 12.0%	433 88.0%	492	R+76.0
Cannon	177 36.3%	311 63.7%	488	R+27.5
Bledsoe	114 23.8%	365 76.2%	479	R+52.4
Dyer	346 74.6%	118 25.4%	464	D+49.1
Marion	14 3.1%	439 96.9%	453	R+93.8
Dickson	144 33.0%	292 67.0%	436	R+33.9
Meigs	87 21.0%	327 79.0%	414	R+58.0
Coffee	297 73.0%	110 27.0%	407	D+45.9
Polk	37 11.1%	296 88.9%	333	R+77.8
Lawrence	174 53.0%	154 47.0%	328	D+6.1
Fentress	130 39.9%	196 60.1%	326	R+20.2
Overton	34 10.5%	290 89.5%	324	R+79.0
Henry	148 46.8%	168 53.2%	316	R+6.3
Cumberland	6 2.4%	242 97.6%	248	R+95.2
Rhea	55 22.7%	187 77.3%	242	R+54.5
Obion	139 62.1%	85 37.9%	224	D+24.1
Scott	12 5.4%	211 94.6%	223	R+89.2
Humphreys	119 53.8%	102 46.2%	221	D+7.7
Morgan	34 15.5%	186 84.5%	220	R+69.1
Benton	31 15.0%	175 85.0%	206	R+69.9
White	37 18.3%	165 81.7%	202	R+63.4
Hickman	104 51.7%	97 48.3%	201	D+3.5
Franklin	118 59.0%	82 41.0%	200	D+18.0
Perry	48 25.3%	142 74.7%	190	R+49.5
Cheatham	80 52.3%	73 47.7%	153	D+4.6
Decatur	18 12.9%	121 87.1%	139	R+74.1
Sequatchie	11 22.0%	39 78.0%	50	R+56.0
Grundy	9 19.1%	38 80.9%	47	R+61.7
Lewis	0 0.0%	33 100.0%	33	R+100.0
Van Buren	0 0.0%	15 100.0%	15	R+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1868; 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 in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+29.7
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+23.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+26.0
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+20.4
2008	John McCain (R)	R+15.1
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.3
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.9
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+2.4
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+16.3
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+0.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+13.0
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.0
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.1
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+0.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+0.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+12.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+21.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.9
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.0
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+7.7
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+9.2
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+3.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+13.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+28.8
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+7.0
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+11.0
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.2
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.8
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+13.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+6.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+3.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+9.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.7
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+36.9

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