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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Tennessee

Hendricks (independent) won in Tennessee in 1872.

Tennessee voted 15.9 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

Tennessee changed party: in 1868 it went Republican, for Ulysses S. Grant.

Democrats led in 53 of the 91 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 38. The largest, Shelby, cast 14,801 votes and went to the Republican by 14.1 points. The closest was Davidson, where 9 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
Horace Greeley	Democratic	93,391	52.2%
Ulysses S. Grant	Republican	85,655	47.8%
Hendricks won	Independent	0	0.0%
Total		179,046

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Shelby	6,356 42.9%	8,445 57.1%	14,801	R+14.1
Davidson	5,656 50.0%	5,647 50.0%	11,303	D+0.1
Maury	2,438 46.9%	2,763 53.1%	5,201	R+6.2
Knox	1,695 33.3%	3,394 66.7%	5,089	R+33.4
Rutherford	2,503 51.8%	2,326 48.2%	4,829	D+3.7
Fayette	1,425 29.9%	3,342 70.1%	4,767	R+40.2
Haywood	1,345 31.0%	2,992 69.0%	4,337	R+38.0
Montgomery	2,156 51.1%	2,064 48.9%	4,220	D+2.2
Giles	1,924 48.5%	2,039 51.5%	3,963	R+2.9
Gibson	2,567 66.6%	1,286 33.4%	3,853	D+33.2
Wilson	2,462 66.8%	1,224 33.2%	3,686	D+33.6
Madison	2,096 57.5%	1,547 42.5%	3,643	D+15.1
Williamson	1,858 54.6%	1,545 45.4%	3,403	D+9.2
Bedford	1,762 51.9%	1,635 48.1%	3,397	D+3.7
Sumner	2,059 64.3%	1,141 35.7%	3,200	D+28.7
Lincoln	2,718 85.2%	473 14.8%	3,191	D+70.4
Carroll	1,335 42.9%	1,778 57.1%	3,113	R+14.2
Hamilton	1,098 40.2%	1,630 59.8%	2,728	R+19.5
Hardeman	1,374 52.4%	1,248 47.6%	2,622	D+4.8
Greene	1,259 48.1%	1,358 51.9%	2,617	R+3.8
Henry	1,940 75.0%	648 25.0%	2,588	D+49.9
Robertson	1,592 64.2%	887 35.8%	2,479	D+28.4
Tipton	1,284 52.0%	1,186 48.0%	2,470	D+4.0
Weakley	1,675 70.3%	706 29.7%	2,381	D+40.7
Obion	1,933 83.5%	381 16.5%	2,314	D+67.1
Washington	837 36.5%	1,458 63.5%	2,295	R+27.1
McMinn	949 42.5%	1,282 57.5%	2,231	R+14.9
Sullivan	1,522 68.5%	700 31.5%	2,222	D+37.0
Hawkins	934 45.6%	1,113 54.4%	2,047	R+8.7
Marshall	1,421 69.6%	620 30.4%	2,041	D+39.2
Franklin	1,747 86.7%	269 13.3%	2,016	D+73.3
McNairy	965 50.8%	934 49.2%	1,899	D+1.6
Jefferson	452 24.2%	1,412 75.8%	1,864	R+51.5
Smith	1,199 65.2%	641 34.8%	1,840	D+30.3
Warren	1,358 73.9%	479 26.1%	1,837	D+47.8
Blount	570 32.5%	1,184 67.5%	1,754	R+35.0
Hardin	695 41.7%	973 58.3%	1,668	R+16.7
Dyer	1,309 78.9%	351 21.1%	1,660	D+57.7
Henderson	849 52.5%	768 47.5%	1,617	D+5.0
Lauderdale	984 62.0%	603 38.0%	1,587	D+24.0
Roane	385 24.8%	1,167 75.2%	1,552	R+50.4
Monroe	870 58.5%	617 41.5%	1,487	D+17.0
Dekalb	739 53.7%	638 46.3%	1,377	D+7.3
Bradley	580 42.7%	779 57.3%	1,359	R+14.6
Wayne	613 45.3%	740 54.7%	1,353	R+9.4
Carter	165 12.3%	1,174 87.7%	1,339	R+75.4
Sevier	138 10.5%	1,176 89.5%	1,314	R+79.0
Dickson	917 69.9%	394 30.1%	1,311	D+39.9
Stewart	990 75.7%	318 24.3%	1,308	D+51.4
Cocke	357 27.5%	943 72.5%	1,300	R+45.1
Cannon	958 75.6%	310 24.4%	1,268	D+51.1
Coffee	1,027 82.2%	223 17.8%	1,250	D+64.3
Hamblen	503 40.5%	738 59.5%	1,241	R+18.9
Grainger	540 43.9%	689 56.1%	1,229	R+12.1
Humphreys	1,011 85.2%	175 14.8%	1,186	D+70.5
Loudon	363 31.1%	806 68.9%	1,169	R+37.9
Claiborne	425 36.8%	730 63.2%	1,155	R+26.4
Hickman	891 79.1%	235 20.9%	1,126	D+58.3
White	897 87.4%	129 12.6%	1,026	D+74.9
Benton	749 74.5%	256 25.5%	1,005	D+49.1
Anderson	343 34.3%	658 65.7%	1,001	R+31.5
Cheatham	703 71.2%	284 28.8%	987	D+42.5
Jackson	851 93.6%	58 6.4%	909	D+87.2
Overton	711 80.5%	172 19.5%	883	D+61.0
Trousdale	703 79.8%	178 20.2%	881	D+59.6
Union	252 29.6%	600 70.4%	852	R+40.8
Putnam	592 69.6%	258 30.4%	850	D+39.3
Decatur	528 62.6%	315 37.4%	843	D+25.3
Johnson	57 6.8%	778 93.2%	835	R+86.3
Macon	406 48.6%	429 51.4%	835	R+2.8
Polk	438 53.7%	377 46.3%	815	D+7.5
Marion	279 35.3%	511 64.7%	790	R+29.4
Hancock	271 34.3%	518 65.7%	789	R+31.3
Perry	591 76.0%	187 24.0%	778	D+51.9
Campbell	142 19.0%	604 81.0%	746	R+61.9
Meigs	406 58.7%	286 41.3%	692	D+17.3
Lawrence	438 64.7%	239 35.3%	677	D+29.4
Rhea	435 64.7%	237 35.3%	672	D+29.5
Bledsoe	287 46.0%	337 54.0%	624	R+8.0
Clay	389 69.8%	168 30.2%	557	D+39.7
Houston	459 83.0%	94 17.0%	553	D+66.0
James (Ext)	158 28.9%	389 71.1%	547	R+42.2
Fentress	177 40.9%	256 59.1%	433	R+18.2
Grundy	324 83.9%	62 16.1%	386	D+67.9
Scott	7 1.9%	361 98.1%	368	R+96.2
Cumberland	153 41.8%	213 58.2%	366	R+16.4
Morgan	114 33.7%	224 66.3%	338	R+32.5
Lake	292 100.0%	0 0.0%	292	D+100.0
Sequatchie	166 66.7%	83 33.3%	249	D+33.3
Van Buren	167 82.3%	36 17.7%	203	D+64.5
Lewis	133 79.6%	34 20.4%	167	D+59.3

Counties as they stood in 1872; 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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