Election 1900 Results
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1900 presidential election in Tennessee
William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William McKinley (Republican) in Tennessee in 1900, 53.1% to 44.9%, a margin of 8.2 points and 22,447 votes.
Tennessee voted 14.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+6.2.
The Democratic hold continued from 1896, when William Jennings Bryan also won.
Democrats led in 57 of the 96 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 39. The largest, Davidson, cast 9,700 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.0 points. The closest was Decatur, where 19 votes separated the two parties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Jennings Bryan won | Democratic | 144,957 | 53.1% |
| William McKinley | Republican | 122,510 | 44.9% |
| All other candidates | 5,509 | 2.0% | |
| Total | 272,976 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson | 6,869 70.8% | 2,501 25.8% | 330 | 9,700 | D+45.0 |
| Knox | 4,389 51.1% | 3,982 46.3% | 221 | 8,592 | D+4.7 |
| Shelby | 5,143 62.5% | 2,961 36.0% | 125 | 8,229 | D+26.5 |
| Hamilton | 3,188 42.6% | 3,943 52.7% | 357 | 7,488 | R+10.1 |
| Greene | 2,868 47.9% | 3,091 51.6% | 30 | 5,989 | R+3.7 |
| Maury | 3,325 56.4% | 2,491 42.3% | 77 | 5,893 | D+14.2 |
| Weakley | 3,609 62.7% | 1,990 34.6% | 153 | 5,752 | D+28.1 |
| Gibson | 3,376 65.0% | 1,509 29.0% | 311 | 5,196 | D+35.9 |
| Carroll | 1,931 41.6% | 2,516 54.3% | 190 | 4,637 | R+12.6 |
| Giles | 2,790 61.4% | 1,703 37.5% | 49 | 4,542 | D+23.9 |
| Hawkins | 1,867 42.4% | 2,515 57.1% | 23 | 4,405 | R+14.7 |
| Montgomery | 2,248 51.3% | 1,815 41.4% | 319 | 4,382 | D+9.9 |
| Sullivan | 2,421 57.4% | 1,739 41.2% | 56 | 4,216 | D+16.2 |
| Washington | 1,496 37.0% | 2,488 61.5% | 61 | 4,045 | R+24.5 |
| Rutherford | 2,517 62.3% | 1,429 35.4% | 95 | 4,041 | D+26.9 |
| Wilson | 2,674 70.2% | 1,061 27.9% | 74 | 3,809 | D+42.3 |
| Robertson | 2,564 68.1% | 1,128 30.0% | 73 | 3,765 | D+38.1 |
| Henry | 2,605 70.9% | 929 25.3% | 139 | 3,673 | D+45.6 |
| Madison | 2,379 64.8% | 1,147 31.3% | 143 | 3,669 | D+33.6 |
| Obion | 2,722 74.8% | 771 21.2% | 147 | 3,640 | D+53.6 |
| Bedford | 2,167 60.6% | 1,357 37.9% | 52 | 3,576 | D+22.7 |
| Monroe | 1,634 47.4% | 1,743 50.6% | 70 | 3,447 | R+3.2 |
| Sumner | 2,589 75.7% | 776 22.7% | 56 | 3,421 | D+53.0 |
| Lincoln | 2,463 72.2% | 728 21.3% | 221 | 3,412 | D+50.8 |
| McMinn | 1,289 37.9% | 2,057 60.5% | 55 | 3,401 | R+22.6 |
| Cocke | 1,001 29.7% | 2,360 70.0% | 10 | 3,371 | R+40.3 |
| Roane | 740 22.1% | 2,429 72.4% | 185 | 3,354 | R+50.4 |
| Hardeman | 1,974 59.4% | 1,336 40.2% | 12 | 3,322 | D+19.2 |
| Henderson | 1,308 39.9% | 1,925 58.7% | 48 | 3,281 | R+18.8 |
| Tipton | 1,887 58.5% | 1,308 40.6% | 28 | 3,223 | D+18.0 |
| Carter | 408 12.7% | 2,763 86.1% | 37 | 3,208 | R+73.4 |
| Fayette | 2,282 71.3% | 885 27.7% | 33 | 3,200 | D+43.7 |
| Jefferson | 816 25.7% | 2,347 73.8% | 16 | 3,179 | R+48.2 |
| Smith | 1,940 61.2% | 1,118 35.2% | 114 | 3,172 | D+25.9 |
| Marshall | 2,184 69.3% | 763 24.2% | 206 | 3,153 | D+45.1 |
| Blount | 825 26.7% | 2,201 71.3% | 59 | 3,085 | R+44.6 |
| Dekalb | 1,528 50.4% | 1,442 47.6% | 60 | 3,030 | D+2.8 |
| McNairy | 1,443 48.4% | 1,498 50.2% | 42 | 2,983 | R+1.8 |
| Sevier | 382 12.8% | 2,595 87.0% | 6 | 2,983 | R+74.2 |
| Williamson | 2,136 73.0% | 704 24.1% | 87 | 2,927 | D+48.9 |
| Franklin | 2,196 76.5% | 613 21.4% | 62 | 2,871 | D+55.1 |
| Marion | 1,234 43.7% | 1,585 56.2% | 3 | 2,822 | R+12.4 |
| Lawrence | 1,480 52.7% | 1,327 47.3% | 2,807 | D+5.5 | |
| Grainger | 960 34.7% | 1,802 65.1% | 6 | 2,768 | R+30.4 |
| Dyer | 1,975 71.9% | 728 26.5% | 45 | 2,748 | D+45.4 |
| Anderson | 732 26.7% | 1,997 72.9% | 10 | 2,739 | R+46.2 |
| Campbell | 479 17.5% | 2,189 80.2% | 63 | 2,731 | R+62.6 |
| Dickson | 1,691 62.5% | 964 35.6% | 52 | 2,707 | D+26.9 |
| Warren | 1,926 74.1% | 672 25.9% | 2,598 | D+48.3 | |
| Bradley | 909 35.5% | 1,579 61.7% | 72 | 2,560 | R+26.2 |
| Hardin | 1,159 45.9% | 1,367 54.1% | 2,526 | R+8.2 | |
| Crockett | 1,428 56.6% | 1,050 41.6% | 44 | 2,522 | D+15.0 |
| Putnam | 1,452 57.8% | 1,058 42.1% | 4 | 2,514 | D+15.7 |
| Jackson | 1,479 61.1% | 935 38.6% | 6 | 2,420 | D+22.5 |
| Stewart | 1,577 65.9% | 793 33.2% | 22 | 2,392 | D+32.8 |
| Coffee | 1,660 70.3% | 624 26.4% | 76 | 2,360 | D+43.9 |
| White | 1,658 70.9% | 656 28.1% | 24 | 2,338 | D+42.9 |
| Hamblen | 959 41.5% | 1,322 57.2% | 29 | 2,310 | R+15.7 |
| Lauderdale | 1,807 78.5% | 437 19.0% | 59 | 2,303 | D+59.5 |
| Humphreys | 1,561 69.8% | 614 27.4% | 62 | 2,237 | D+42.3 |
| Hickman | 1,292 58.2% | 894 40.3% | 33 | 2,219 | D+17.9 |
| Overton | 1,443 65.4% | 764 34.6% | 2,207 | D+30.8 | |
| Macon | 871 39.7% | 1,325 60.3% | 2,196 | R+20.7 | |
| Benton | 1,385 63.8% | 720 33.1% | 67 | 2,172 | D+30.6 |
| Union | 566 27.2% | 1,501 72.2% | 12 | 2,079 | R+45.0 |
| Cannon | 1,213 61.0% | 775 38.9% | 2 | 1,990 | D+22.0 |
| Wayne | 576 28.9% | 1,405 70.6% | 9 | 1,990 | R+41.7 |
| Johnson | 189 10.4% | 1,618 89.2% | 7 | 1,814 | R+78.8 |
| Hancock | 382 21.1% | 1,429 78.9% | 1,811 | R+57.8 | |
| Decatur | 909 50.5% | 890 49.5% | 1,799 | D+1.1 | |
| Claiborne | 770 43.7% | 987 56.0% | 6 | 1,763 | R+12.3 |
| Haywood | 1,452 85.9% | 214 12.7% | 25 | 1,691 | D+73.2 |
| Chester | 894 53.2% | 702 41.8% | 84 | 1,680 | D+11.4 |
| Scott | 171 10.2% | 1,498 89.6% | 3 | 1,672 | R+79.4 |
| Rhea | 798 48.0% | 832 50.0% | 34 | 1,664 | R+2.0 |
| Cheatham | 1,190 71.8% | 440 26.6% | 27 | 1,657 | D+45.3 |
| Polk | 737 44.8% | 906 55.1% | 1 | 1,644 | R+10.3 |
| Loudon | 512 31.3% | 1,116 68.2% | 9 | 1,637 | R+36.9 |
| Morgan | 421 28.4% | 1,053 71.1% | 6 | 1,480 | R+42.7 |
| Perry | 851 57.9% | 608 41.4% | 11 | 1,470 | D+16.5 |
| Clay | 830 61.3% | 498 36.8% | 27 | 1,355 | D+24.5 |
| Meigs | 701 52.8% | 619 46.6% | 7 | 1,327 | D+6.2 |
| Bledsoe | 498 40.3% | 734 59.4% | 3 | 1,235 | R+19.1 |
| Grundy | 852 69.7% | 357 29.2% | 13 | 1,222 | D+40.5 |
| Cumberland | 405 34.7% | 750 64.2% | 13 | 1,168 | R+29.5 |
| Houston | 738 66.8% | 341 30.9% | 25 | 1,104 | D+36.0 |
| Fentress | 320 29.0% | 782 70.9% | 1 | 1,103 | R+41.9 |
| Trousdale | 675 72.8% | 222 23.9% | 30 | 927 | D+48.9 |
| Moore | 838 91.1% | 66 7.2% | 16 | 920 | D+83.9 |
| Unicoi | 76 8.3% | 822 89.6% | 19 | 917 | R+81.4 |
| James (Ext) | 283 32.0% | 598 67.6% | 3 | 884 | R+35.6 |
| Pickett | 345 40.2% | 514 59.8% | 859 | R+19.7 | |
| Lake | 558 73.5% | 201 26.5% | 759 | D+47.0 | |
| Lewis | 400 66.2% | 202 33.4% | 2 | 604 | D+32.8 |
| Sequatchie | 375 62.7% | 216 36.1% | 7 | 598 | D+26.6 |
| Van Buren | 425 73.4% | 153 26.4% | 1 | 579 | D+47.0 |
Counties as they stood in 1900; 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 |