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Election 1924 Results

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1924 presidential election in Tennessee

John W. Davis (Democrat) beat Calvin Coolidge (Republican) in Tennessee in 1924, 52.8% to 43.6%, a margin of 9.2 points and 27,655 votes.

Tennessee voted 34.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+25.2.

Tennessee changed party: in 1920 it went Republican, for Warren G. Harding.

Democrats led in 55 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 40. The largest, Shelby, cast 23,066 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.4 points. The closest was Rhea, where 11 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
John W. Davis won	Democratic	158,537	52.8%
Calvin Coolidge	Republican	130,882	43.6%
All other candidates		10,856	3.6%
Total		300,275

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Shelby	13,695 59.4%	7,369 31.9%	2,002	23,066	D+27.4
Knox	6,952 36.6%	10,713 56.4%	1,338	19,003	R+19.8
Davidson	11,386 65.9%	4,511 26.1%	1,373	17,270	D+39.8
Hamilton	7,511 44.8%	8,421 50.2%	848	16,780	R+5.4
Greene	2,605 43.9%	3,295 55.5%	32	5,932	R+11.6
Sullivan	3,338 59.1%	2,247 39.8%	67	5,652	D+19.3
Washington	1,842 35.6%	3,258 62.9%	79	5,179	R+27.3
Madison	3,422 69.4%	1,110 22.5%	399	4,931	D+46.9
Monroe	2,238 47.2%	2,487 52.4%	18	4,743	R+5.2
Lawrence	2,237 47.7%	2,379 50.7%	73	4,689	R+3.0
McMinn	1,615 35.9%	2,652 58.9%	235	4,502	R+23.0
Hawkins	1,705 38.8%	2,632 60.0%	52	4,389	R+21.1
Gibson	3,277 75.0%	1,046 23.9%	49	4,372	D+51.0
Weakley	3,150 72.8%	1,153 26.6%	24	4,327	D+46.2
Carter	557 13.1%	3,665 86.2%	28	4,250	R+73.1
Carroll	1,925 45.7%	2,178 51.8%	105	4,208	R+6.0
Putnam	2,474 61.6%	1,489 37.1%	55	4,018	D+24.5
Sevier	462 11.5%	3,534 88.0%	20	4,016	R+76.5
Maury	3,000 76.1%	844 21.4%	100	3,944	D+54.7
Blount	999 26.2%	2,754 72.2%	60	3,813	R+46.0
Obion	3,233 85.6%	484 12.8%	61	3,778	D+72.8
Campbell	648 18.2%	2,620 73.8%	283	3,551	R+55.5
Cocke	936 26.6%	2,564 72.9%	18	3,518	R+46.3
Jefferson	716 20.7%	2,701 78.3%	34	3,451	R+57.5
Giles	2,509 76.9%	677 20.8%	75	3,261	D+56.2
Dekalb	1,829 56.2%	1,406 43.2%	22	3,257	D+13.0
Henry	2,478 77.6%	562 17.6%	153	3,193	D+60.0
Sumner	2,655 84.3%	432 13.7%	62	3,149	D+70.6
Johnson	255 8.3%	2,798 91.3%	11	3,064	R+83.0
Montgomery	1,967 66.3%	943 31.8%	57	2,967	D+34.5
Claiborne	1,091 36.9%	1,775 60.0%	94	2,960	R+23.1
Rutherford	2,137 75.0%	680 23.9%	32	2,849	D+51.1
Franklin	2,075 73.1%	707 24.9%	58	2,840	D+48.2
Dyer	2,348 82.8%	477 16.8%	10	2,835	D+66.0
Bradley	1,011 35.7%	1,780 62.9%	38	2,829	R+27.2
Bedford	1,799 64.6%	925 33.2%	60	2,784	D+31.4
McNairy	1,125 40.5%	1,625 58.5%	26	2,776	R+18.0
Lincoln	2,360 85.7%	357 13.0%	36	2,753	D+72.8
Hamblen	1,316 48.5%	1,342 49.4%	57	2,715	R+1.0
Henderson	1,009 37.7%	1,616 60.4%	52	2,677	R+22.7
Wilson	2,043 76.9%	580 21.8%	32	2,655	D+55.1
Roane	812 30.8%	1,680 63.7%	146	2,638	R+32.9
Macon	709 27.9%	1,808 71.3%	20	2,537	R+43.3
Overton	1,536 61.7%	904 36.3%	49	2,489	D+25.4
Polk	1,160 47.2%	1,246 50.7%	50	2,456	R+3.5
Smith	1,723 70.4%	695 28.4%	31	2,449	D+42.0
Rhea	1,176 48.8%	1,165 48.3%	71	2,412	D+0.5
Loudon	706 30.6%	1,537 66.7%	63	2,306	R+36.0
Dickson	1,648 72.6%	516 22.7%	106	2,270	D+49.9
Marion	1,055 47.1%	1,076 48.0%	110	2,241	R+0.9
Coffee	1,692 75.7%	485 21.7%	59	2,236	D+54.0
Tipton	1,914 87.9%	217 10.0%	46	2,177	D+78.0
Anderson	550 25.6%	1,487 69.1%	115	2,152	R+43.5
Grainger	664 30.9%	1,463 68.1%	21	2,148	R+37.2
Marshall	1,696 81.3%	349 16.7%	40	2,085	D+64.6
Scott	274 13.2%	1,611 77.7%	188	2,073	R+64.5
Union	368 18.7%	1,540 78.4%	57	1,965	R+59.6
Haywood	1,872 96.1%	60 3.1%	15	1,947	D+93.1
Robertson	1,668 85.7%	229 11.8%	49	1,946	D+73.9
Williamson	1,626 84.8%	243 12.7%	48	1,917	D+72.1
Hardeman	1,595 83.8%	253 13.3%	56	1,904	D+70.5
Unicoi	384 20.2%	1,379 72.5%	138	1,901	R+52.3
Warren	1,356 72.4%	490 26.1%	28	1,874	D+46.2
Lauderdale	1,596 85.4%	242 13.0%	30	1,868	D+72.5
Wayne	452 24.3%	1,395 75.0%	12	1,859	R+50.7
Benton	1,109 59.8%	708 38.1%	39	1,856	D+21.6
Hardin	625 34.6%	1,175 65.1%	5	1,805	R+30.5
Crockett	1,168 65.8%	587 33.1%	20	1,775	D+32.7
Morgan	416 23.5%	1,105 62.5%	248	1,769	R+38.9
Fentress	420 24.6%	1,197 70.2%	89	1,706	R+45.5
Decatur	877 51.7%	799 47.1%	20	1,696	D+4.6
White	1,175 70.0%	453 27.0%	51	1,679	D+43.0
Stewart	1,369 82.6%	264 15.9%	25	1,658	D+66.6
Cumberland	540 35.6%	886 58.4%	91	1,517	R+22.8
Jackson	1,089 74.1%	363 24.7%	17	1,469	D+49.4
Hancock	305 22.8%	1,028 76.7%	7	1,340	R+54.0
Pickett	649 48.8%	672 50.5%	10	1,331	R+1.7
Fayette	1,181 92.8%	65 5.1%	27	1,273	D+87.7
Chester	768 60.6%	485 38.3%	14	1,267	D+22.3
Hickman	922 73.3%	315 25.0%	21	1,258	D+48.3
Humphreys	1,005 79.9%	216 17.2%	37	1,258	D+62.7
Meigs	572 46.0%	656 52.8%	15	1,243	R+6.8
Bledsoe	483 41.0%	686 58.2%	10	1,179	R+17.2
Clay	673 57.7%	483 41.4%	11	1,167	D+16.3
Cheatham	868 81.2%	181 16.9%	20	1,069	D+64.3
Lake	817 89.6%	87 9.5%	8	912	D+80.0
Cannon	581 66.2%	285 32.5%	12	878	D+33.7
Trousdale	694 82.9%	139 16.6%	4	837	D+66.3
Perry	498 64.5%	268 34.7%	6	772	D+29.8
Grundy	394 51.6%	173 22.6%	197	764	D+28.9
Sequatchie	374 59.7%	247 39.5%	5	626	D+20.3
Houston	449 76.8%	95 16.2%	41	585	D+60.5
Moore	492 91.6%	41 7.6%	4	537	D+84.0
Lewis	307 58.5%	191 36.4%	27	525	D+22.1
Van Buren	357 73.9%	123 25.5%	3	483	D+48.4

Counties as they stood in 1924; 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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