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Election 1942 Results

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1942 US Senate election in Tennessee

A. Tom Stewart (Democrat) beat F. Todd Meacham (Republican) in Tennessee in 1942, 68.9% to 21.5%, a margin of 47.4 points and 75,557 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Nathan Bachman won.

Democrats led in 84 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 11. The largest, Shelby, cast 30,403 votes and went to the Democrat by 95.6 points. The closest was Fentress, where 10 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
A. Tom Stewart won	Democratic	109,881	68.9%
F. Todd Meacham	Republican	34,324	21.5%
John Randolph Neal Jr.	Independent	15,317	9.6%
Total		159,522

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Shelby	29,711 97.7%	652 2.1%	40	30,403	D+95.6
Knox	6,579 43.6%	6,278 41.6%	2,242	15,099	D+2.0
Hamilton	4,903 73.7%	1,221 18.4%	527	6,651	D+55.4
Davidson	3,969 72.9%	1,125 20.7%	353	5,447	D+52.2
Sullivan	2,497 69.0%	539 14.9%	584	3,620	D+54.1
Polk	3,541 98.0%	42 1.2%	31	3,614	D+96.8
Lawrence	2,230 66.8%	852 25.5%	256	3,338	D+41.3
Greene	1,341 42.4%	1,670 52.8%	152	3,163	R+10.4
Madison	2,562 85.9%	195 6.5%	227	2,984	D+79.3
Washington	1,222 46.4%	1,099 41.7%	315	2,636	D+4.7
Monroe	1,483 58.7%	886 35.0%	159	2,528	D+23.6
Carter	1,116 46.4%	729 30.3%	560	2,405	D+16.1
Blount	932 39.0%	1,019 42.7%	437	2,388	R+3.6
McMinn	1,665 70.3%	504 21.3%	200	2,369	D+49.0
Campbell	1,045 44.9%	1,282 55.1%		2,327	R+10.2
Claiborne	1,355 73.4%	361 19.6%	129	1,845	D+53.9
Roane	1,103 59.8%	360 19.5%	380	1,843	D+40.3
McNairy	868 48.5%	716 40.0%	207	1,791	D+8.5
Sevier	619 37.1%	575 34.5%	474	1,668	D+2.6
Anderson	652 40.3%	691 42.8%	273	1,616	R+2.4
Marion	982 62.6%	421 26.8%	165	1,568	D+35.8
Dekalb	1,113 71.9%	300 19.4%	135	1,548	D+52.5
Tipton	1,390 90.8%	56 3.7%	85	1,531	D+87.1
Cocke	1,034 67.7%	274 17.9%	219	1,527	D+49.8
Franklin	1,357 89.2%	82 5.4%	82	1,521	D+83.8
Putnam	1,039 68.4%	325 21.4%	154	1,518	D+47.0
Morgan	1,044 72.1%	217 15.0%	187	1,448	D+57.1
Gibson	1,043 76.7%	199 14.6%	118	1,360	D+62.1
Rutherford	1,158 87.6%	74 5.6%	90	1,322	D+82.0
Hawkins	572 43.6%	550 41.9%	190	1,312	D+1.7
Bradley	603 46.3%	538 41.4%	160	1,301	D+5.0
Benton	755 58.8%	314 24.5%	214	1,283	D+34.4
Giles	1,048 82.4%	129 10.1%	95	1,272	D+72.2
Carroll	645 51.4%	365 29.1%	246	1,256	D+22.3
Hardeman	1,079 86.5%	56 4.5%	113	1,248	D+82.0
Loudon	536 45.1%	383 32.2%	270	1,189	D+12.9
Obion	969 81.6%	109 9.2%	109	1,187	D+72.5
Henderson	414 35.8%	573 49.5%	171	1,158	R+13.7
Hardin	574 55.7%	363 35.2%	93	1,030	D+20.5
Bledsoe	447 44.1%	515 50.8%	51	1,013	R+6.7
Johnson	316 31.4%	575 57.2%	115	1,006	R+25.7
Lincoln	750 76.6%	80 8.2%	149	979	D+68.4
Maury	744 76.2%	114 11.7%	119	977	D+64.5
Bedford	713 77.5%	100 10.9%	107	920	D+66.6
Hamblen	541 59.3%	214 23.4%	158	913	D+35.8
Rhea	385 43.0%	370 41.3%	141	896	D+1.7
Weakley	95 10.6%	646 72.2%	154	895	R+61.6
Marshall	719 80.8%	61 6.9%	110	890	D+73.9
Robertson	664 76.7%	76 8.8%	126	866	D+67.9
Cumberland	376 43.7%	357 41.5%	127	860	D+2.2
Warren	566 69.4%	111 13.6%	138	815	D+55.8
Meigs	695 85.6%	71 8.7%	46	812	D+76.8
Lauderdale	701 87.6%	62 7.8%	37	800	D+79.9
Overton	503 63.3%	135 17.0%	157	795	D+46.3
Williamson	605 76.3%	89 11.2%	99	793	D+65.1
Scott	307 39.3%	244 31.2%	230	781	D+8.1
Dyer	585 75.1%	112 14.4%	82	779	D+60.7
Sumner	561 72.1%	97 12.5%	120	778	D+59.6
Wilson	559 72.0%	103 13.3%	114	776	D+58.8
Unicoi	244 31.9%	437 57.2%	83	764	R+25.3
Smith	503 67.3%	135 18.1%	109	747	D+49.3
Jefferson	334 45.5%	226 30.8%	174	734	D+14.7
Coffee	629 88.5%	35 4.9%	47	711	D+83.5
Chester	520 73.7%	104 14.7%	82	706	D+58.9
Grainger	302 43.5%	282 40.6%	110	694	D+2.9
Montgomery	500 72.0%	92 13.3%	102	694	D+58.8
Henry	536 78.2%	66 9.6%	83	685	D+68.6
White	443 66.8%	142 21.4%	78	663	D+45.4
Decatur	427 64.5%	138 20.8%	97	662	D+43.7
Union	346 52.9%	154 23.5%	154	654	D+29.4
Sequatchie	492 75.3%	98 15.0%	63	653	D+60.3
Jackson	449 71.3%	79 12.5%	102	630	D+58.7
Stewart	499 83.3%	45 7.5%	55	599	D+75.8
Hickman	425 72.6%	92 15.7%	68	585	D+56.9
Dickson	382 65.9%	100 17.2%	98	580	D+48.6
Hancock	178 31.8%	327 58.5%	54	559	R+26.7
Wayne	165 30.1%	283 51.6%	100	548	R+21.5
Cannon	397 72.7%	50 9.2%	99	546	D+63.6
Fentress	212 39.8%	202 38.0%	118	532	D+1.9
Fayette	464 92.4%	16 3.2%	22	502	D+89.2
Humphreys	366 73.1%	83 16.6%	52	501	D+56.5
Grundy	337 68.4%	75 15.2%	81	493	D+53.1
Haywood	423 91.8%	38 8.2%		461	D+83.5
Macon	188 41.0%	176 38.3%	95	459	D+2.6
Cheatham	312 73.4%	46 10.8%	67	425	D+62.6
Crockett	307 72.9%	71 16.9%	43	421	D+56.1
Van Buren	283 69.7%	60 14.8%	63	406	D+54.9
Perry	249 72.8%	93 27.2%		342	D+45.6
Houston	226 66.5%	58 17.1%	56	340	D+49.4
Lake	290 89.5%	21 6.5%	13	324	D+83.0
Clay	222 69.4%	98 30.6%		320	D+38.8
Lewis	195 68.2%	48 16.8%	43	286	D+51.4
Pickett	146 59.3%	73 29.7%	27	246	D+29.7
Moore	165 77.5%	15 7.0%	33	213	D+70.4
Trousdale	145 81.0%	10 5.6%	24	179	D+75.4

Counties as they stood in 1942; 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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