Election 1952 Results
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1952 presidential election in Tennessee
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Tennessee in 1952, 50.0% to 49.7%, a margin of 0.3 points and 2,437 votes.
Tennessee voted 10.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.
Tennessee changed party: in 1948 it went Democratic, for Harry S. Truman.
Democrats led in 53 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 42. The largest, Shelby, cast 137,099 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.8 points. The closest was Bledsoe, where 71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower won | Republican | 446,147 | 50.0% |
| Adlai Stevenson II | Democratic | 443,710 | 49.7% |
| All other candidates | 2,698 | 0.3% | |
| Total | 892,555 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby | 71,779 52.4% | 65,170 47.5% | 150 | 137,099 | D+4.8 |
| Davidson | 51,562 58.8% | 35,916 41.0% | 152 | 87,630 | D+17.9 |
| Knox | 26,681 37.5% | 44,358 62.3% | 139 | 71,178 | R+24.8 |
| Hamilton | 23,832 44.3% | 29,681 55.1% | 317 | 53,830 | R+10.9 |
| Sullivan | 11,849 43.0% | 15,596 56.6% | 118 | 27,563 | R+13.6 |
| Anderson | 8,939 45.9% | 10,489 53.9% | 38 | 19,466 | R+8.0 |
| Washington | 5,245 30.2% | 12,023 69.3% | 79 | 17,347 | R+39.1 |
| Blount | 5,163 30.5% | 11,708 69.2% | 42 | 16,913 | R+38.7 |
| Madison | 8,623 54.2% | 7,243 45.5% | 53 | 15,919 | D+8.7 |
| Carter | 2,707 22.9% | 9,019 76.1% | 118 | 11,844 | R+53.3 |
| Maury | 7,377 67.1% | 3,582 32.6% | 36 | 10,995 | D+34.5 |
| Greene | 3,656 34.6% | 6,864 65.0% | 43 | 10,563 | R+30.4 |
| Gibson | 6,687 63.7% | 3,766 35.9% | 38 | 10,491 | D+27.8 |
| Rutherford | 6,793 67.5% | 3,196 31.8% | 72 | 10,061 | D+35.8 |
| Roane | 3,702 39.9% | 5,583 60.1% | 9,285 | R+20.3 | |
| McMinn | 3,440 37.1% | 5,778 62.4% | 43 | 9,261 | R+25.2 |
| Lawrence | 4,299 48.1% | 4,561 51.1% | 71 | 8,931 | R+2.9 |
| Montgomery | 5,759 68.9% | 2,573 30.8% | 27 | 8,359 | D+38.1 |
| Monroe | 3,693 44.4% | 4,581 55.1% | 39 | 8,313 | R+10.7 |
| Sevier | 1,066 12.8% | 7,244 87.2% | 8,310 | R+74.3 | |
| Henry | 5,677 69.8% | 2,421 29.8% | 34 | 8,132 | D+40.0 |
| Sumner | 5,674 71.4% | 2,233 28.1% | 40 | 7,947 | D+43.3 |
| Dyer | 4,531 57.9% | 3,231 41.3% | 61 | 7,823 | D+16.6 |
| Hawkins | 2,404 31.0% | 5,295 68.2% | 66 | 7,765 | R+37.2 |
| Wilson | 5,070 67.4% | 2,449 32.6% | 7,519 | D+34.9 | |
| Hamblen | 2,395 32.0% | 5,031 67.2% | 62 | 7,488 | R+35.2 |
| Obion | 4,623 62.9% | 2,682 36.5% | 40 | 7,345 | D+26.4 |
| Putnam | 4,096 56.3% | 3,183 43.7% | 7,279 | D+12.5 | |
| Weakley | 4,198 57.7% | 3,043 41.8% | 34 | 7,275 | D+15.9 |
| Bradley | 2,646 36.4% | 4,606 63.4% | 17 | 7,269 | R+27.0 |
| Bedford | 4,362 62.6% | 2,611 37.4% | 6,973 | D+25.1 | |
| Campbell | 2,346 33.8% | 4,557 65.6% | 40 | 6,943 | R+31.8 |
| Cocke | 1,247 18.0% | 5,688 82.0% | 6,935 | R+64.0 | |
| Robertson | 5,063 73.4% | 1,834 26.6% | 6,897 | D+46.8 | |
| Franklin | 4,786 70.0% | 2,015 29.5% | 33 | 6,834 | D+40.5 |
| Tipton | 5,351 79.7% | 1,312 19.5% | 53 | 6,716 | D+60.1 |
| Carroll | 2,841 42.9% | 3,741 56.5% | 44 | 6,626 | R+13.6 |
| Loudon | 2,138 33.0% | 4,311 66.5% | 32 | 6,481 | R+33.5 |
| Williamson | 4,085 63.5% | 2,326 36.2% | 21 | 6,432 | D+27.3 |
| Giles | 4,640 73.1% | 1,649 26.0% | 58 | 6,347 | D+47.1 |
| Lincoln | 4,510 73.0% | 1,654 26.8% | 13 | 6,177 | D+46.2 |
| McNairy | 2,698 44.1% | 3,426 55.9% | 6,124 | R+11.9 | |
| Jefferson | 1,228 21.0% | 4,622 78.9% | 10 | 5,860 | R+57.9 |
| Lauderdale | 4,340 75.7% | 1,390 24.3% | 5,730 | D+51.5 | |
| Coffee | 3,537 62.4% | 2,110 37.2% | 18 | 5,665 | D+25.2 |
| Dickson | 4,196 74.8% | 1,415 25.2% | 5,611 | D+49.6 | |
| Warren | 3,568 64.7% | 1,912 34.7% | 33 | 5,513 | D+30.0 |
| Claiborne | 2,182 40.4% | 3,221 59.6% | 5,403 | R+19.2 | |
| Marshall | 3,837 71.6% | 1,525 28.4% | 5,362 | D+43.1 | |
| Cumberland | 2,059 38.6% | 3,282 61.4% | 5,341 | R+22.9 | |
| Marion | 2,938 56.6% | 2,227 42.9% | 25 | 5,190 | D+13.7 |
| Henderson | 1,601 32.6% | 3,317 67.4% | 4,918 | R+34.9 | |
| Rhea | 2,090 45.2% | 2,520 54.5% | 17 | 4,627 | R+9.3 |
| Unicoi | 1,163 25.2% | 3,453 74.8% | 4,616 | R+49.6 | |
| Scott | 1,161 26.2% | 3,274 73.8% | 4,435 | R+47.6 | |
| Hardin | 1,677 40.4% | 2,459 59.3% | 12 | 4,148 | R+18.9 |
| Polk | 1,821 44.4% | 2,283 55.6% | 4,104 | R+11.3 | |
| Johnson | 506 12.4% | 3,590 87.6% | 4,096 | R+75.3 | |
| Smith | 2,622 64.6% | 1,412 34.8% | 24 | 4,058 | D+29.8 |
| Morgan | 1,492 36.8% | 2,565 63.2% | 4,057 | R+26.4 | |
| Hardeman | 2,747 68.2% | 1,256 31.2% | 26 | 4,029 | D+37.0 |
| Grainger | 937 23.6% | 3,030 76.3% | 5 | 3,972 | R+52.7 |
| Benton | 2,452 65.0% | 1,304 34.6% | 16 | 3,772 | D+30.4 |
| Dekalb | 1,949 51.8% | 1,814 48.2% | 3,763 | D+3.6 | |
| Macon | 1,158 30.8% | 2,602 69.2% | 3,760 | R+38.4 | |
| White | 2,319 62.4% | 1,374 37.0% | 21 | 3,714 | D+25.4 |
| Overton | 2,209 60.0% | 1,453 39.5% | 19 | 3,681 | D+20.5 |
| Hickman | 2,625 71.4% | 1,044 28.4% | 10 | 3,679 | D+43.0 |
| Humphreys | 2,670 74.8% | 898 25.2% | 1 | 3,569 | D+49.6 |
| Crockett | 2,155 61.4% | 1,343 38.3% | 11 | 3,509 | D+23.1 |
| Wayne | 1,008 29.2% | 2,439 70.6% | 6 | 3,453 | R+41.4 |
| Haywood | 2,432 71.9% | 940 27.8% | 9 | 3,381 | D+44.1 |
| Grundy | 2,583 78.2% | 709 21.5% | 10 | 3,302 | D+56.8 |
| Chester | 1,484 47.0% | 1,674 53.0% | 3,158 | R+6.0 | |
| Decatur | 1,681 54.2% | 1,406 45.4% | 13 | 3,100 | D+8.9 |
| Fentress | 934 30.4% | 2,143 69.6% | 3,077 | R+39.3 | |
| Jackson | 1,686 59.6% | 1,138 40.3% | 3 | 2,827 | D+19.4 |
| Stewart | 2,170 76.9% | 641 22.7% | 12 | 2,823 | D+54.2 |
| Cheatham | 2,222 80.0% | 536 19.3% | 18 | 2,776 | D+60.7 |
| Union | 667 24.2% | 2,087 75.8% | 2,754 | R+51.6 | |
| Cannon | 1,491 60.9% | 930 38.0% | 28 | 2,449 | D+22.9 |
| Bledsoe | 1,158 47.9% | 1,229 50.8% | 30 | 2,417 | R+2.9 |
| Hancock | 458 19.9% | 1,830 79.5% | 14 | 2,302 | R+59.6 |
| Fayette | 1,173 53.3% | 1,029 46.7% | 2,202 | D+6.5 | |
| Lake | 1,475 74.7% | 487 24.7% | 13 | 1,975 | D+50.0 |
| Perry | 1,192 61.0% | 762 39.0% | 1,954 | D+22.0 | |
| Lewis | 1,308 70.4% | 540 29.0% | 11 | 1,859 | D+41.3 |
| Clay | 968 53.2% | 842 46.2% | 11 | 1,821 | D+6.9 |
| Houston | 1,229 72.6% | 465 27.4% | 1,694 | D+45.1 | |
| Meigs | 754 46.4% | 850 52.3% | 21 | 1,625 | R+5.9 |
| Pickett | 547 35.3% | 1,003 64.7% | 1,550 | R+29.4 | |
| Trousdale | 1,236 82.6% | 261 17.4% | 1,497 | D+65.1 | |
| Sequatchie | 882 61.9% | 535 37.6% | 7 | 1,424 | D+24.4 |
| Moore | 826 70.0% | 354 30.0% | 1,180 | D+40.0 | |
| Van Buren | 674 61.9% | 393 36.1% | 21 | 1,088 | D+25.8 |
Counties as they stood in 1952; 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 |