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Election 1952 Results

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1952 US Senate election in Tennessee

Al Gore Sr. (Democrat) beat Hobart F. Atkins (Republican) in Tennessee in 1952, 74.2% to 20.9%, a margin of 53.3 points and 391,953 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1946, when Kenneth McKellar won.

Democrats led in 83 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 12. The largest, Shelby, cast 122,574 votes and went to the Democrat by 80.7 points. The closest was Hawkins, where 9 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
Al Gore Sr. won	Democratic	545,432	74.2%
Hobart F. Atkins	Republican	153,479	20.9%
All other candidates		36,301	4.9%
Total		735,212

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Shelby	104,760 85.5%	5,813 4.7%	12,001	122,574	D+80.7
Davidson	58,788 84.4%	9,911 14.2%	940	69,639	D+70.2
Knox	35,235 55.1%	26,716 41.8%	2,031	63,982	D+13.3
Hamilton	32,947 74.5%	7,891 17.8%	3,393	44,231	D+56.6
Sullivan	14,841 63.1%	8,118 34.5%	578	23,537	D+28.6
Washington	8,996 60.7%	4,563 30.8%	1,255	14,814	D+29.9
Anderson	10,523 71.1%	4,030 27.2%	240	14,793	D+43.9
Blount	6,275 43.0%	7,911 54.2%	405	14,591	R+11.2
Madison	12,990 90.0%	712 4.9%	728	14,430	D+85.1
Carter	5,620 57.2%	3,443 35.0%	766	9,829	D+22.1
Greene	4,846 51.1%	4,424 46.6%	220	9,490	D+4.4
Rutherford	8,118 93.8%	292 3.4%	243	8,653	D+90.4
Maury	7,880 92.7%	422 5.0%	195	8,497	D+87.8
Montgomery	7,626 91.6%	447 5.4%	255	8,328	D+86.2
McMinn	3,717 48.0%	3,653 47.2%	373	7,743	D+0.8
Roane	4,663 60.9%	2,590 33.8%	402	7,655	D+27.1
Lawrence	5,094 67.6%	2,104 27.9%	338	7,536	D+39.7
Monroe	3,653 48.7%	3,509 46.8%	336	7,498	D+1.9
Sumner	6,340 92.4%	349 5.1%	173	6,862	D+87.3
Wilson	6,224 91.0%	486 7.1%	127	6,837	D+83.9
Putnam	5,080 79.7%	1,048 16.4%	246	6,374	D+63.3
Sevier	1,935 31.1%	3,848 61.9%	438	6,221	R+30.8
Hamblen	3,650 59.5%	2,183 35.6%	303	6,136	D+23.9
Gibson	5,256 86.9%	601 9.9%	194	6,051	D+76.9
Hawkins	2,839 47.0%	2,848 47.2%	351	6,038	R+0.1
Henry	5,505 92.8%	196 3.3%	232	5,933	D+89.5
Bedford	5,314 91.3%	350 6.0%	158	5,822	D+85.3
Dyer	5,157 89.2%	261 4.5%	363	5,781	D+84.7
Bradley	3,548 61.4%	1,841 31.9%	386	5,775	D+29.6
Franklin	5,281 91.8%	265 4.6%	206	5,752	D+87.2
Robertson	5,342 93.8%	191 3.4%	165	5,698	D+90.4
Campbell	2,513 44.9%	2,819 50.4%	265	5,597	R+5.5
Weakley	4,900 88.0%	436 7.8%	232	5,568	D+80.2
Loudon	2,557 47.6%	2,590 48.2%	221	5,368	R+0.6
Lincoln	5,061 94.7%	140 2.6%	145	5,346	D+92.1
Cocke	1,759 33.5%	3,177 60.5%	313	5,249	R+27.0
Obion	4,838 92.4%	215 4.1%	185	5,238	D+88.3
Giles	4,471 90.0%	340 6.8%	158	4,969	D+83.1
Coffee	4,503 90.9%	277 5.6%	173	4,953	D+85.3
Lauderdale	4,562 93.2%	145 3.0%	187	4,894	D+90.3
Marshall	4,513 92.8%	238 4.9%	111	4,862	D+87.9
Carroll	3,958 82.4%	597 12.4%	247	4,802	D+70.0
Dickson	4,547 94.9%	191 4.0%	51	4,789	D+91.0
McNairy	3,611 76.6%	883 18.7%	218	4,712	D+57.9
Tipton	4,407 93.9%	124 2.6%	162	4,693	D+91.3
Warren	3,996 86.7%	363 7.9%	248	4,607	D+78.9
Cumberland	3,107 67.8%	1,283 28.0%	195	4,585	D+39.8
Marion	3,060 72.0%	835 19.6%	356	4,251	D+52.3
Jefferson	1,610 38.8%	2,385 57.5%	155	4,150	R+18.7
Unicoi	1,872 50.1%	1,654 44.2%	213	3,739	D+5.8
Smith	3,230 87.8%	317 8.6%	130	3,677	D+79.2
Rhea	2,260 62.3%	1,370 37.7%		3,630	D+24.5
Claiborne	1,905 58.0%	1,181 36.0%	198	3,284	D+22.0
Morgan	2,109 64.3%	1,007 30.7%	164	3,280	D+33.6
Benton	2,890 88.8%	246 7.6%	117	3,253	D+81.3
Hardeman	2,893 90.3%	161 5.0%	148	3,202	D+85.3
White	2,796 87.6%	258 8.1%	139	3,193	D+79.5
Polk	1,888 59.7%	1,177 37.2%	97	3,162	D+22.5
Henderson	1,907 61.1%	997 31.9%	217	3,121	D+29.2
Scott	1,280 41.1%	1,755 56.3%	80	3,115	R+15.2
Humphreys	2,901 93.4%	116 3.7%	89	3,106	D+89.7
Hickman	2,865 92.5%	119 3.8%	114	3,098	D+88.6
Dekalb	2,280 74.5%	709 23.2%	71	3,060	D+51.3
Grainger	933 30.6%	2,043 67.0%	72	3,048	R+36.4
Haywood	2,850 94.9%	46 1.5%	106	3,002	D+93.4
Overton	2,308 79.0%	298 10.2%	315	2,921	D+68.8
Macon	1,587 55.3%	1,139 39.7%	144	2,870	D+15.6
Johnson	987 34.7%	1,696 59.7%	158	2,841	R+25.0
Crockett	2,492 89.5%	174 6.3%	118	2,784	D+83.3
Hardin	1,886 72.0%	646 24.7%	88	2,620	D+47.3
Grundy	2,307 89.9%	149 5.8%	109	2,565	D+84.1
Jackson	2,183 89.0%	165 6.7%	104	2,452	D+82.3
Union	497 20.4%	1,873 77.0%	61	2,431	R+56.6
Cheatham	2,282 94.1%	77 3.2%	65	2,424	D+91.0
Fentress	1,451 61.5%	774 32.8%	136	2,361	D+28.7
Decatur	1,789 78.2%	414 18.1%	85	2,288	D+60.1
Chester	1,876 82.5%	306 13.5%	93	2,275	D+69.0
Stewart	1,991 90.1%	148 6.7%	70	2,209	D+83.4
Cannon	1,954 94.0%	75 3.6%	50	2,079	D+90.4
Bledsoe	1,342 65.5%	616 30.1%	90	2,048	D+35.4
Fayette	1,615 89.5%	57 3.2%	132	1,804	D+86.4
Hancock	498 28.7%	1,189 68.6%	47	1,734	R+39.9
Wayne	1,142 66.6%	528 30.8%	45	1,715	D+35.8
Lewis	1,410 91.9%	75 4.9%	49	1,534	D+87.0
Houston	1,434 94.2%	56 3.7%	32	1,522	D+90.5
Clay	1,210 84.0%	164 11.4%	67	1,441	D+72.6
Lake	1,287 91.0%	65 4.6%	62	1,414	D+86.4
Perry	1,202 87.4%	130 9.5%	43	1,375	D+78.0
Meigs	752 57.1%	482 36.6%	82	1,316	D+20.5
Trousdale	1,258 96.3%	31 2.4%	18	1,307	D+93.9
Sequatchie	992 78.7%	194 15.4%	74	1,260	D+63.3
Pickett	614 55.9%	441 40.1%	44	1,099	D+15.7
Moore	965 95.5%	28 2.8%	18	1,011	D+92.7
Williamson	458 49.9%	217 23.6%	243	918	D+26.3
Van Buren	788 88.4%	62 7.0%	41	891	D+81.5

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 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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