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Election 1876 Results

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1876 presidential election in Tennessee

Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) beat Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) in Tennessee in 1876, 59.8% to 40.2%, a margin of 19.7 points and 43,682 votes.

Tennessee voted 16.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

Tennessee changed party: in 1872 it went third-party.

Democrats led in 60 of the 91 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 31. The largest, Shelby, cast 16,666 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.5 points. The closest was Cumberland, 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Samuel J. Tilden won	Democratic	132,894	59.8%
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	89,212	40.2%
Total		222,106

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Shelby	8,539 51.2%	8,127 48.8%	16,666	D+2.5
Davidson	7,562 58.1%	5,447 41.9%	13,009	D+16.3
Knox	2,929 44.4%	3,672 55.6%	6,601	R+11.3
Maury	3,631 56.6%	2,787 43.4%	6,418	D+13.2
Fayette	2,579 48.7%	2,716 51.3%	5,295	R+2.6
Giles	3,276 63.7%	1,867 36.3%	5,143	D+27.4
Rutherford	3,022 60.6%	1,964 39.4%	4,986	D+21.2
Montgomery	2,838 57.5%	2,097 42.5%	4,935	D+15.0
Haywood	1,894 38.6%	3,018 61.4%	4,912	R+22.9
Madison	3,099 66.2%	1,581 33.8%	4,680	D+32.4
Lincoln	4,020 87.1%	598 12.9%	4,618	D+74.1
Gibson	3,349 74.5%	1,148 25.5%	4,497	D+48.9
Bedford	2,568 59.7%	1,734 40.3%	4,302	D+19.4
Carroll	1,844 46.4%	2,129 53.6%	3,973	R+7.2
Wilson	2,854 73.7%	1,020 26.3%	3,874	D+47.3
Greene	1,809 49.6%	1,836 50.4%	3,645	R+0.7
Hamilton	1,613 46.1%	1,888 53.9%	3,501	R+7.9
Henry	2,625 76.6%	800 23.4%	3,425	D+53.3
Sumner	2,456 72.0%	956 28.0%	3,412	D+44.0
Hardeman	1,884 57.1%	1,418 42.9%	3,302	D+14.1
Williamson	2,564 80.2%	632 19.8%	3,196	D+60.5
Washington	1,421 45.0%	1,739 55.0%	3,160	R+10.1
Weakley	2,265 72.9%	840 27.1%	3,105	D+45.9
Robertson	2,196 72.6%	828 27.4%	3,024	D+45.2
Sullivan	1,929 66.0%	993 34.0%	2,922	D+32.0
Obion	2,428 84.7%	440 15.3%	2,868	D+69.3
Marshall	2,159 75.9%	685 24.1%	2,844	D+51.8
Hawkins	1,333 47.4%	1,477 52.6%	2,810	R+5.1
Tipton	1,449 53.2%	1,274 46.8%	2,723	D+6.4
McMinn	1,249 46.4%	1,445 53.6%	2,694	R+7.3
Franklin	2,275 89.2%	276 10.8%	2,551	D+78.4
Jefferson	780 31.4%	1,703 68.6%	2,483	R+37.2
Roane	794 33.2%	1,595 66.8%	2,389	R+33.5
Smith	1,733 72.9%	645 27.1%	2,378	D+45.8
Henderson	1,357 57.6%	999 42.4%	2,356	D+15.2
McNairy	1,336 57.8%	974 42.2%	2,310	D+15.7
Warren	1,670 78.8%	450 21.2%	2,120	D+57.5
Blount	866 41.0%	1,248 59.0%	2,114	R+18.1
Hardin	988 48.0%	1,071 52.0%	2,059	R+4.0
Monroe	1,300 63.9%	733 36.1%	2,033	D+27.9
Cocke	825 41.0%	1,187 59.0%	2,012	R+18.0
Lauderdale	1,264 65.0%	682 35.0%	1,946	D+29.9
Sevier	342 18.2%	1,540 81.8%	1,882	R+63.7
Grainger	782 42.8%	1,045 57.2%	1,827	R+14.4
Dickson	1,341 75.0%	446 25.0%	1,787	D+50.1
Hamblen	800 45.9%	942 54.1%	1,742	R+8.2
Stewart	1,398 80.3%	344 19.7%	1,742	D+60.5
Bradley	790 45.7%	937 54.3%	1,727	R+8.5
Claiborne	762 44.6%	948 55.4%	1,710	R+10.9
Humphreys	1,415 87.8%	197 12.2%	1,612	D+75.6
Loudon	603 37.5%	1,007 62.5%	1,610	R+25.1
Carter	359 23.2%	1,186 76.8%	1,545	R+53.5
Coffee	1,355 88.7%	172 11.3%	1,527	D+77.5
Dyer	1,403 92.7%	110 7.3%	1,513	D+85.5
Cannon	1,113 76.4%	343 23.6%	1,456	D+52.9
Hickman	1,273 87.7%	179 12.3%	1,452	D+75.3
Dekalb	1,050 72.9%	391 27.1%	1,441	D+45.7
Anderson	643 45.1%	782 54.9%	1,425	R+9.8
Wayne	712 51.6%	669 48.4%	1,381	D+3.1
Jackson	1,357 98.3%	23 1.7%	1,380	D+96.7
White	1,240 91.0%	122 9.0%	1,362	D+82.1
Union	514 38.1%	834 61.9%	1,348	R+23.7
Benton	1,021 77.1%	304 22.9%	1,325	D+54.1
Marion	579 44.6%	718 55.4%	1,297	R+10.7
Overton	1,017 78.5%	279 21.5%	1,296	D+56.9
Cheatham	899 77.1%	267 22.9%	1,166	D+54.2
Lawrence	879 76.7%	267 23.3%	1,146	D+53.4
Decatur	820 71.7%	324 28.3%	1,144	D+43.4
Polk	703 61.7%	437 38.3%	1,140	D+23.3
Putnam	930 83.6%	183 16.4%	1,113	D+67.1
Campbell	379 34.8%	709 65.2%	1,088	R+30.3
Hancock	392 37.8%	644 62.2%	1,036	R+24.3
Macon	581 60.0%	388 40.0%	969	D+19.9
Meigs	619 65.2%	330 34.8%	949	D+30.5
Perry	807 86.2%	129 13.8%	936	D+72.4
Johnson	205 22.2%	717 77.8%	922	R+55.5
Rhea	617 68.7%	281 31.3%	898	D+37.4
Trousdale	668 80.8%	159 19.2%	827	D+61.5
Bledsoe	416 55.5%	333 44.5%	749	D+11.1
Clay	614 82.5%	130 17.5%	744	D+65.1
Morgan	274 37.7%	453 62.3%	727	R+24.6
James (Ext)	283 44.4%	354 55.6%	637	R+11.1
Houston	502 83.4%	100 16.6%	602	D+66.8
Grundy	520 90.4%	55 9.6%	575	D+80.9
Fentress	201 35.7%	362 64.3%	563	R+28.6
Cumberland	249 50.6%	243 49.4%	492	D+1.2
Lake	411 100.0%	0 0.0%	411	D+100.0
Scott	69 18.3%	308 81.7%	377	R+63.4
Sequatchie	254 69.2%	113 30.8%	367	D+38.4
Van Buren	238 88.5%	31 11.5%	269	D+77.0
Lewis	206 94.5%	12 5.5%	218	D+89.0

Counties as they stood in 1876; 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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