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Election 1918 Results

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1918 US Senate election in Tennessee

John K. Shields (Democrat) beat H. Clay Evans (Republican) in Tennessee in 1918, 62.3% to 37.7%, a margin of 24.6 points and 38,881 votes.

Democrats led in 55 of the 94 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 39. The largest, Shelby, cast 8,657 votes and went to the Democrat by 82.8 points. The closest was Rhea, where 1 vote 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John K. Shields won	Democratic	98,459	62.3%
H. Clay Evans	Republican	59,578	37.7%
Total		158,037

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Shelby	7,914 91.4%	743 8.6%	8,657	D+82.8
Knox	2,881 41.1%	4,128 58.9%	7,009	R+17.8
Davidson	5,197 92.8%	403 7.2%	5,600	D+85.6
Hamilton	2,906 58.5%	2,062 41.5%	4,968	D+17.0
Greene	1,460 38.3%	2,349 61.7%	3,809	R+23.3
Carroll	1,305 42.4%	1,776 57.6%	3,081	R+15.3
Gibson	2,381 78.2%	662 21.8%	3,043	D+56.5
Giles	2,314 78.6%	630 21.4%	2,944	D+57.2
Weakley	1,939 70.3%	819 29.7%	2,758	D+40.6
Rutherford	2,255 86.6%	348 13.4%	2,603	D+73.3
Dekalb	1,326 52.6%	1,196 47.4%	2,522	D+5.2
Henry	1,793 73.8%	638 26.2%	2,431	D+47.5
Putnam	1,536 63.9%	867 36.1%	2,403	D+27.8
Lincoln	2,114 90.9%	212 9.1%	2,326	D+81.8
Smith	1,546 66.9%	766 33.1%	2,312	D+33.7
Franklin	2,006 86.9%	303 13.1%	2,309	D+73.8
Blount	534 23.3%	1,762 76.7%	2,296	R+53.5
Washington	854 38.0%	1,395 62.0%	2,249	R+24.1
Bedford	1,603 72.8%	600 27.2%	2,203	D+45.5
Wilson	1,770 81.6%	399 18.4%	2,169	D+63.2
Sumner	1,856 88.5%	241 11.5%	2,097	D+77.0
Tipton	1,771 84.6%	322 15.4%	2,093	D+69.2
Maury	1,812 88.2%	242 11.8%	2,054	D+76.4
Madison	1,538 75.4%	501 24.6%	2,039	D+50.9
Robertson	1,851 91.0%	184 9.0%	2,035	D+81.9
McNairy	825 41.3%	1,175 58.8%	2,000	R+17.5
Obion	1,740 89.5%	205 10.5%	1,945	D+78.9
Sullivan	1,258 65.2%	672 34.8%	1,930	D+30.4
McMinn	693 36.2%	1,224 63.8%	1,917	R+27.7
Montgomery	1,482 78.5%	406 21.5%	1,888	D+57.0
Jefferson	435 23.1%	1,445 76.9%	1,880	R+53.7
Williamson	1,665 91.5%	155 8.5%	1,820	D+83.0
Sevier	208 11.5%	1,607 88.5%	1,815	R+77.1
Overton	1,090 61.5%	682 38.5%	1,772	D+23.0
Crockett	1,022 61.2%	649 38.8%	1,671	D+22.3
Hawkins	664 39.9%	1,002 60.1%	1,666	R+20.3
Monroe	765 46.3%	887 53.7%	1,652	R+7.4
Macon	476 29.1%	1,157 70.9%	1,633	R+41.7
Grainger	518 32.0%	1,100 68.0%	1,618	R+36.0
Hardin	536 33.3%	1,074 66.7%	1,610	R+33.4
Benton	1,038 65.8%	540 34.2%	1,578	D+31.6
Marshall	1,349 88.7%	172 11.3%	1,521	D+77.4
Marion	579 38.8%	914 61.2%	1,493	R+22.4
Anderson	301 20.2%	1,186 79.8%	1,487	R+59.5
Warren	1,124 76.1%	353 23.9%	1,477	D+52.2
Carter	186 12.7%	1,280 87.3%	1,466	R+74.6
Henderson	512 35.0%	949 65.0%	1,461	R+29.9
Dyer	1,187 81.6%	268 18.4%	1,455	D+63.2
Coffee	1,233 86.1%	199 13.9%	1,432	D+72.2
Dickson	1,200 84.0%	229 16.0%	1,429	D+67.9
Hardeman	1,171 83.6%	229 16.4%	1,400	D+67.3
White	1,134 84.8%	203 15.2%	1,337	D+69.6
Lauderdale	1,154 86.8%	175 13.2%	1,329	D+73.7
Fayette	1,270 95.6%	58 4.4%	1,328	D+91.3
Union	197 14.8%	1,131 85.2%	1,328	R+70.3
Hickman	980 74.2%	341 25.8%	1,321	D+48.4
Wayne	252 19.5%	1,040 80.5%	1,292	R+61.0
Stewart	1,106 89.4%	131 10.6%	1,237	D+78.8
Haywood	1,215 98.7%	16 1.3%	1,231	D+97.4
Jackson	819 68.0%	386 32.0%	1,205	D+35.9
Claiborne	501 43.9%	640 56.1%	1,141	R+12.2
Cocke	355 31.3%	781 68.8%	1,136	R+37.5
Humphreys	974 86.8%	148 13.2%	1,122	D+73.6
Hamblen	517 47.4%	574 52.6%	1,091	R+5.2
Roane	382 35.2%	702 64.8%	1,084	R+29.5
Campbell	303 28.4%	763 71.6%	1,066	R+43.2
Bradley	387 36.9%	663 63.1%	1,050	R+26.3
Rhea	504 50.0%	503 50.0%	1,007	D+0.1
Decatur	445 44.9%	545 55.1%	990	R+10.1
Johnson	181 18.4%	801 81.6%	982	R+63.1
Chester	542 61.4%	341 38.6%	883	D+22.8
Cheatham	777 89.6%	90 10.4%	867	D+79.2
Cannon	640 75.6%	207 24.4%	847	D+51.1
Morgan	252 30.3%	580 69.7%	832	R+39.4
Loudon	241 30.4%	553 69.6%	794	R+39.3
Meigs	380 48.8%	398 51.2%	778	R+2.3
Fentress	221 29.6%	526 70.4%	747	R+40.8
Scott	93 13.0%	620 87.0%	713	R+73.9
Clay	428 60.7%	277 39.3%	705	D+21.4
Polk	319 46.2%	372 53.8%	691	R+7.7
Grundy	469 72.0%	182 28.0%	651	D+44.1
Trousdale	522 83.0%	107 17.0%	629	D+66.0
Pickett	274 43.8%	352 56.2%	626	R+12.5
Bledsoe	243 43.1%	321 56.9%	564	R+13.8
Houston	518 93.2%	38 6.8%	556	D+86.3
Unicoi	87 16.1%	453 83.9%	540	R+67.8
Cumberland	141 29.3%	340 70.7%	481	R+41.4
Hancock	138 29.2%	334 70.8%	472	R+41.5
Perry	254 56.7%	194 43.3%	448	D+13.4
Moore	432 98.9%	5 1.1%	437	D+97.7
Lake	414 97.0%	13 3.0%	427	D+93.9
Sequatchie	219 56.2%	171 43.8%	390	D+12.3
Lewis	230 66.3%	117 33.7%	347	D+32.6
Van Buren	230 74.4%	79 25.6%	309	D+48.9

Counties as they stood in 1918; 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 Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Marsha Blackburn (R)	R+29.6
2020	Bill Hagerty (R)	R+27.0
2018	Marsha Blackburn (R)	R+10.8
2014	Lamar Alexander (R)	R+30.0
2012	Bob Corker (R)	R+34.5
2008	Lamar Alexander (R)	R+33.5
2006	Bob Corker (R)	R+2.7
2002	Lamar Alexander (R)	R+9.9
2000	Bill Frist (R)	R+32.9
1996	Fred Thompson (R)	R+24.5
1994	Bill Frist (R)	R+14.3
1990	Albert Gore Jr. (D)	D+37.9
1988	Jim Sasser (D)	D+30.6
1984	Al Gore (D)	D+26.9
1982	Jim Sasser (D)	D+23.9
1978	Howard H. Baker (R)	R+15.2
1976	James R. Sasser (D)	D+5.4
1972	Howard Baker Jr. (R)	R+23.7
1970	William E. Brock III (R)	R+3.9
1966	Howard Baker Jr. (R)	R+11.4
1964	Al Gore Sr. (D)	D+7.2
1960	Estes Kefauver (D)	D+43.5
1958	Al Gore Sr. (D)	D+60.0
1954	Estes Kefauver (D)	D+39.9
1952	Al Gore Sr. (D)	D+53.3
1948	Estes Kefauver (D)	D+31.9
1946	Kenneth McKellar (D)	D+40.4
1942	A. Tom Stewart (D)	D+47.4
1940	Kenneth McKellar (D)	D+41.6
1936	Nathan Bachman (D)	D+56.5
1934	Kenneth McKellar (D)	D+27.6
1930	Cordell Hull (D)	D+44.2
1928	Kenneth McKellar (D)	D+18.6
1924	Lawrence D. Tyson (D)	D+14.7
1922	Kenneth McKellar (D)	D+36.1
1918	John K. Shields (D)	D+24.6
1916	Kenneth McKellar (D)	D+9.8

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