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Election 1884 Results

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1884 presidential election in Tennessee

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat James G. Blaine (Republican) in Tennessee in 1884, 51.5% to 47.7%, a margin of 3.7 points and 9,669 votes.

Tennessee voted 3.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.6.

The Democratic hold continued from 1880, when Winfield Scott Hancock won.

Democrats led in 56 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 39. The largest, Shelby, cast 16,791 votes and went to the Republican by 9.2 points. The closest was Pickett, 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Grover Cleveland won Democratic 133,770 51.5%
James G. Blaine Republican 124,101 47.7%
All other candidates 2,107 0.8%
Total259,978

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 7,626 45.4% 9,165 54.6% 16,791 R+9.2
Davidson 8,165 50.0% 8,111 49.6% 67 16,343 D+0.3
Knox 3,481 39.2% 5,248 59.1% 147 8,876 R+19.9
Hamilton 2,439 38.6% 3,827 60.6% 49 6,315 R+22.0
Maury 3,148 52.5% 2,818 47.0% 29 5,995 D+5.5
Gibson 3,210 60.9% 1,999 37.9% 60 5,269 D+23.0
Giles 2,775 54.8% 2,278 45.0% 12 5,065 D+9.8
Rutherford 2,828 58.0% 2,040 41.8% 10 4,878 D+16.2
Greene 2,111 45.2% 2,507 53.6% 56 4,674 R+8.5
Haywood 1,842 40.0% 2,768 60.0% 4,610 R+20.1
Montgomery 2,516 56.6% 1,922 43.2% 9 4,447 D+13.4
Fayette 1,729 39.6% 2,637 60.4% 4,366 R+20.8
Madison 2,393 55.4% 1,901 44.0% 22 4,316 D+11.4
Carroll 1,850 44.1% 2,319 55.3% 27 4,196 R+11.2
Bedford 2,053 51.2% 1,882 46.9% 75 4,010 D+4.3
Weakley 2,293 58.7% 1,606 41.1% 10 3,909 D+17.6
Tipton 1,922 50.6% 1,868 49.2% 6 3,796 D+1.4
Lincoln 2,780 74.0% 949 25.3% 27 3,756 D+48.7
Sullivan 2,176 62.0% 1,298 37.0% 33 3,507 D+25.0
Hawkins 1,529 43.7% 1,973 56.3% 3,502 R+12.7
Wilson 2,191 62.8% 1,234 35.3% 66 3,491 D+27.4
Williamson 2,025 58.1% 1,461 41.9% 3,486 D+16.2
Obion 2,509 72.6% 939 27.2% 6 3,454 D+45.5
Washington 1,559 46.2% 1,815 53.8% 3,374 R+7.6
Sumner 2,225 69.7% 945 29.6% 20 3,190 D+40.1
Hardeman 1,940 61.3% 1,226 38.7% 3,166 D+22.6
Henderson 1,478 47.6% 1,629 52.4% 3,107 R+4.9
Henry 1,941 63.0% 1,139 37.0% 3,080 D+26.0
McMinn 1,293 43.7% 1,663 56.2% 5 2,961 R+12.5
Lauderdale 1,488 52.0% 1,330 46.5% 44 2,862 D+5.5
Marshall 2,084 73.5% 728 25.7% 25 2,837 D+47.8
Robertson 1,977 71.2% 794 28.6% 5 2,776 D+42.6
McNairy 1,436 52.3% 1,312 47.7% 2,748 D+4.5
Franklin 2,091 76.4% 615 22.5% 30 2,736 D+53.9
Sevier 468 17.2% 2,242 82.2% 16 2,726 R+65.1
Blount 849 31.4% 1,823 67.4% 31 2,703 R+36.0
Jefferson 736 27.4% 1,909 71.0% 44 2,689 R+43.6
Crockett 1,404 52.6% 1,256 47.1% 8 2,668 D+5.5
Roane 808 30.5% 1,843 69.5% 2,651 R+39.0
Hardin 1,087 41.3% 1,546 58.7% 2,633 R+17.4
Dekalb 1,409 55.6% 1,117 44.1% 6 2,532 D+11.5
Smith 1,592 63.8% 880 35.3% 22 2,494 D+28.5
Cocke 875 35.3% 1,587 64.0% 18 2,480 R+28.7
Monroe 1,258 52.7% 1,120 46.9% 11 2,389 D+5.8
Claiborne 921 39.9% 1,390 60.1% 2,311 R+20.3
Warren 1,754 76.5% 532 23.2% 6 2,292 D+53.3
Bradley 892 40.6% 1,304 59.4% 2,196 R+18.8
Dyer 1,542 71.6% 609 28.3% 3 2,154 D+43.3
Grainger 840 39.1% 1,303 60.6% 8 2,151 R+21.5
Anderson 604 29.3% 1,456 70.7% 2,060 R+41.4
Marion 901 44.9% 1,107 55.1% 2,008 R+10.3
Coffee 1,597 79.9% 376 18.8% 26 1,999 D+61.1
Carter 407 20.5% 1,575 79.5% 1,982 R+58.9
Hamblen 875 44.2% 1,072 54.2% 31 1,978 R+10.0
Dickson 1,339 70.5% 561 29.5% 1,900 D+40.9
Stewart 1,336 71.6% 530 28.4% 1,866 D+43.2
Union 530 28.6% 1,321 71.4% 1,851 R+42.7
Hickman 1,135 61.7% 700 38.1% 4 1,839 D+23.7
Campbell 399 22.2% 1,394 77.5% 6 1,799 R+55.3
Wayne 668 37.3% 1,124 62.7% 1 1,793 R+25.4
Humphreys 1,484 83.7% 285 16.1% 5 1,774 D+67.6
White 1,365 81.1% 315 18.7% 3 1,683 D+62.4
Rhea 912 54.6% 755 45.2% 3 1,670 D+9.4
Jackson 1,380 82.8% 281 16.9% 6 1,667 D+65.9
Benton 1,054 63.6% 599 36.1% 4 1,657 D+27.5
Putnam 1,063 65.9% 551 34.1% 1,614 D+31.7
Overton 1,179 73.7% 421 26.3% 1,600 D+47.4
Lawrence 953 60.9% 611 39.1% 1,564 D+21.9
Cannon 1,011 65.9% 515 33.6% 7 1,533 D+32.4
Loudon 487 32.6% 1,009 67.4% 1,496 R+34.9
Hancock 425 28.8% 1,049 71.1% 2 1,476 R+42.3
Macon 619 43.3% 810 56.7% 1,429 R+13.4
Decatur 734 52.9% 653 47.1% 1,387 D+5.8
Cheatham 959 74.1% 335 25.9% 1,294 D+48.2
Johnson 179 14.0% 1,101 85.8% 3 1,283 R+71.9
Polk 704 56.9% 533 43.1% 1,237 D+13.8
Meigs 679 56.4% 524 43.6% 1,203 D+12.9
Perry 715 61.5% 447 38.5% 1,162 D+23.1
Scott 130 11.8% 969 88.2% 1,099 R+76.3
Bledsoe 416 42.1% 572 57.9% 988 R+15.8
Clay 628 64.3% 333 34.1% 16 977 D+30.2
Moore 906 94.0% 53 5.5% 5 964 D+88.5
Morgan 300 32.8% 607 66.3% 9 916 R+33.5
Trousdale 584 71.9% 226 27.8% 2 812 D+44.1
Houston 630 78.4% 174 21.6% 804 D+56.7
Cumberland 312 38.9% 488 60.8% 3 803 R+21.9
Grundy 585 75.7% 188 24.3% 773 D+51.4
James (Ext) 254 33.5% 504 66.4% 1 759 R+32.9
Fentress 220 32.6% 454 67.4% 674 R+34.7
Unicoi 91 14.0% 559 86.0% 650 R+72.0
Pickett 275 49.2% 284 50.8% 559 R+1.6
Sequatchie 284 66.7% 142 33.3% 426 D+33.3
Van Buren 348 85.5% 59 14.5% 407 D+71.0
Lake 367 97.9% 8 2.1% 375 D+95.7
Lewis 209 76.6% 64 23.4% 273 D+53.1

Counties as they stood in 1884; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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