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Election 1954 Results

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1954 US Senate election in Tennessee

Estes Kefauver (Democrat) beat Tom Wall (Republican) in Tennessee in 1954, 70.0% to 30.0%, a margin of 39.9 points and 142,150 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1948, when Estes Kefauver also won.

Democrats led in 82 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 13. The largest, Shelby, cast 48,194 votes and went to the Democrat by 61.9 points. The closest was Monroe, where 4 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
Estes Kefauver won	Democratic	249,121	70.0%
Tom Wall	Republican	106,971	30.0%
Total		356,092

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Shelby	39,024 81.0%	9,170 19.0%	48,194	D+61.9
Knox	20,464 55.7%	16,250 44.3%	36,714	D+11.5
Davidson	19,371 81.9%	4,271 18.1%	23,642	D+63.9
Hamilton	15,787 73.6%	5,665 26.4%	21,452	D+47.2
Sullivan	8,136 64.3%	4,511 35.7%	12,647	D+28.7
Anderson	6,731 69.7%	2,924 30.3%	9,655	D+39.4
Blount	4,197 45.9%	4,938 54.1%	9,135	R+8.1
Washington	3,400 51.5%	3,202 48.5%	6,602	D+3.0
Monroe	3,171 50.0%	3,175 50.0%	6,346	R+0.1
Carter	3,467 54.9%	2,848 45.1%	6,315	D+9.8
Roane	3,915 64.3%	2,174 35.7%	6,089	D+28.6
Greene	2,559 48.5%	2,719 51.5%	5,278	R+3.0
McMinn	2,786 52.9%	2,479 47.1%	5,265	D+5.8
Madison	3,896 83.7%	757 16.3%	4,653	D+67.5
Loudon	2,437 53.2%	2,142 46.8%	4,579	D+6.4
Hawkins	2,159 48.9%	2,255 51.1%	4,414	R+2.2
Lawrence	3,051 70.6%	1,269 29.4%	4,320	D+41.3
Campbell	1,856 44.3%	2,336 55.7%	4,192	R+11.5
Bradley	2,308 58.3%	1,649 41.7%	3,957	D+16.7
Gibson	3,495 88.3%	461 11.7%	3,956	D+76.7
Putnam	2,845 81.2%	660 18.8%	3,505	D+62.3
Claiborne	2,105 61.4%	1,321 38.6%	3,426	D+22.9
Rhea	2,170 64.3%	1,204 35.7%	3,374	D+28.6
Carroll	2,140 68.7%	977 31.3%	3,117	D+37.3
Montgomery	2,782 90.1%	305 9.9%	3,087	D+80.2
McNairy	1,873 61.6%	1,170 38.4%	3,043	D+23.1
Maury	2,588 88.4%	338 11.6%	2,926	D+76.9
Hamblen	1,523 52.4%	1,384 47.6%	2,907	D+4.8
Scott	1,311 45.2%	1,589 54.8%	2,900	R+9.6
Giles	2,554 91.2%	246 8.8%	2,800	D+82.4
Sumner	2,485 91.4%	234 8.6%	2,719	D+82.8
Marion	2,019 74.8%	679 25.2%	2,698	D+49.7
Rutherford	2,410 90.1%	266 9.9%	2,676	D+80.1
Dyer	2,029 83.6%	397 16.4%	2,426	D+67.3
Morgan	1,446 60.0%	965 40.0%	2,411	D+20.0
Hardin	1,635 68.4%	757 31.6%	2,392	D+36.7
Franklin	2,158 90.6%	224 9.4%	2,382	D+81.2
Sevier	764 33.4%	1,524 66.6%	2,288	R+33.2
Tipton	2,139 94.5%	125 5.5%	2,264	D+89.0
Weakley	1,866 84.9%	333 15.1%	2,199	D+69.7
Lincoln	1,997 92.2%	169 7.8%	2,166	D+84.4
Robertson	1,909 92.1%	163 7.9%	2,072	D+84.3
Henry	1,883 91.2%	181 8.8%	2,064	D+82.5
Coffee	1,802 87.4%	260 12.6%	2,062	D+74.8
Obion	1,805 88.8%	228 11.2%	2,033	D+77.6
Williamson	1,700 84.2%	320 15.8%	2,020	D+68.3
Polk	1,104 54.9%	907 45.1%	2,011	D+9.8
Cumberland	1,175 58.9%	820 41.1%	1,995	D+17.8
Jefferson	865 44.7%	1,069 55.3%	1,934	R+10.5
Lauderdale	1,778 92.0%	155 8.0%	1,933	D+84.0
Wilson	1,654 86.3%	262 13.7%	1,916	D+72.7
Unicoi	1,166 61.2%	739 38.8%	1,905	D+22.4
Dickson	1,806 96.0%	76 4.0%	1,882	D+91.9
Johnson	727 39.7%	1,106 60.3%	1,833	R+20.7
Marshall	1,587 92.3%	132 7.7%	1,719	D+84.6
Cocke	727 42.4%	987 57.6%	1,714	R+15.2
Bedford	1,437 84.2%	270 15.8%	1,707	D+68.4
Bledsoe	1,067 63.0%	627 37.0%	1,694	D+26.0
Benton	1,396 83.2%	282 16.8%	1,678	D+66.4
Grundy	1,470 88.0%	200 12.0%	1,670	D+76.0
Union	532 32.3%	1,113 67.7%	1,645	R+35.3
Warren	1,365 84.4%	253 15.6%	1,618	D+68.7
Hickman	1,304 87.5%	186 12.5%	1,490	D+75.0
Smith	1,204 84.7%	217 15.3%	1,421	D+69.5
Humphreys	1,271 91.6%	117 8.4%	1,388	D+83.1
Grainger	558 41.6%	782 58.4%	1,340	R+16.7
Henderson	777 63.6%	444 36.4%	1,221	D+27.3
Hardeman	1,192 99.3%	8 0.7%	1,200	D+98.7
Haywood	1,127 94.5%	66 5.5%	1,193	D+88.9
White	994 83.5%	196 16.5%	1,190	D+67.1
Stewart	1,086 93.8%	72 6.2%	1,158	D+87.6
Meigs	734 65.1%	394 34.9%	1,128	D+30.1
Fentress	614 56.6%	470 43.4%	1,084	D+13.3
Crockett	920 85.3%	159 14.7%	1,079	D+70.5
Overton	880 82.6%	185 17.4%	1,065	D+65.3
Cheatham	940 92.2%	79 7.8%	1,019	D+84.5
Chester	788 79.4%	205 20.6%	993	D+58.7
Decatur	768 78.6%	209 21.4%	977	D+57.2
Dekalb	721 74.2%	251 25.8%	972	D+48.4
Jackson	857 89.9%	96 10.1%	953	D+79.9
Lewis	859 91.0%	85 9.0%	944	D+82.0
Hancock	254 27.1%	684 72.9%	938	R+45.8
Macon	540 57.7%	396 42.3%	936	D+15.4
Moore	844 90.9%	85 9.1%	929	D+81.7
Wayne	584 64.2%	325 35.8%	909	D+28.5
Sequatchie	651 73.6%	234 26.4%	885	D+47.1
Cannon	774 88.1%	105 11.9%	879	D+76.1
Perry	588 81.0%	138 19.0%	726	D+62.0
Fayette	636 89.1%	78 10.9%	714	D+78.2
Houston	595 93.0%	45 7.0%	640	D+85.9
Clay	474 79.3%	124 20.7%	598	D+58.5
Lake	487 89.4%	58 10.6%	545	D+78.7
Trousdale	472 95.2%	24 4.8%	496	D+90.3
Van Buren	407 86.2%	65 13.8%	472	D+72.5
Pickett	217 55.1%	177 44.9%	394	D+10.2

Counties as they stood in 1954; 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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