Woodrow Wilson carried Tennessee D+28.9. Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Tennessee, 1912. Tennessee held 12 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 9.3 points more Democratic than the nation (D+19.5 nationally).
Elections › 1912 › President › Tennessee Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
akashic Tennessee result
251,101 votes counted
Roosevelt + others
57,605
22.9%
akashic 1912 presidential election
Tennessee, 1912
Wilson D+28.9
1912 presidential margin by county for Tennessee — 1912 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of Tennessee — 1912 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1912 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states. North Carolina Kentucky Georgia Missouri Arkansas Alabama Virginia Anderson County, TN · D+2.5 Bedford County, TN · D+21.4 Benton County, TN · D+21.4 Bledsoe County, TN · D+6.8 Blount County, TN · R+1.1 Bradley County, TN · D+9.5 Campbell County, TN · D+12.0 Cannon County, TN · D+29.6 Carroll County, TN · D+7.2 Carter County, TN · R+21.0 Cheatham County, TN · D+50.0 Chester County, TN · D+23.6 Claiborne County, TN · D+12.0 Clay County, TN · D+22.2 Cocke County, TN · R+8.4 Coffee County, TN · D+51.1 Crockett County, TN · D+16.6 Cumberland County, TN · D+9.0 Davidson County, TN · D+64.8 Decatur County, TN · D+21.2 DeKalb County, TN · D+6.1 Dickson County, TN · D+49.9 Dyer County, TN · D+51.9 Fayette County, TN · D+78.5 Fentress County, TN · R+3.8 Franklin County, TN · D+65.8 Gibson County, TN · D+39.5 Giles County, TN · D+29.1 Grainger County, TN · D+4.0 Greene County, TN · D+8.6 Grundy County, TN · D+47.4 Hamblen County, TN · D+19.8 Hamilton County, TN · D+31.2 Hancock County, TN · R+19.8 Hardeman County, TN · D+52.4 Hardin County, TN · R+9.4 Hawkins County, TN · D+7.8 Haywood County, TN · D+84.9 Henderson County, TN · D+12.2 Henry County, TN · D+41.1 Hickman County, TN · D+18.4 Houston County, TN · D+45.5 Humphreys County, TN · D+50.9 Jackson County, TN · D+25.7 Jefferson County, TN · R+1.3 Johnson County, TN · R+30.6 Knox County, TN · D+20.9 Lake County, TN · D+56.7 Lauderdale County, TN · D+45.6 Lawrence County, TN · D+19.5 Lewis County, TN · D+37.8 Lincoln County, TN · D+57.7 Loudon County, TN · D+8.5 Macon County, TN · R+20.8 Madison County, TN · D+40.3 Marion County, TN · D+19.4 Marshall County, TN · D+58.0 Maury County, TN · D+50.4 McMinn County, TN · D+11.4 McNairy County, TN · D+19.4 Meigs County, TN · D+17.7 Monroe County, TN · D+17.8 Montgomery County, TN · D+46.2 Moore County, TN · D+70.3 Morgan County, TN · D+9.3 Obion County, TN · D+59.3 Overton County, TN · D+31.3 Perry County, TN · D+24.2 Pickett County, TN · D+6.2 Polk County, TN · D+16.4 Putnam County, TN · D+29.7 Rhea County, TN · D+28.8 Roane County, TN · D+4.5 Robertson County, TN · D+57.8 Rutherford County, TN · D+44.1 Scott County, TN · D+2.3 Sequatchie County, TN · D+35.0 Sevier County, TN · R+16.8 Shelby County, TN · D+58.5 Smith County, TN · D+32.0 Stewart County, TN · D+40.4 Sullivan County, TN · D+44.3 Sumner County, TN · D+50.3 Tipton County, TN · D+23.7 Trousdale County, TN · D+42.2 Unicoi County, TN · R+9.0 Union County, TN · D+5.1 Van Buren County, TN · D+30.9 Warren County, TN · D+59.8 Washington County, TN · D+9.3 Wayne County, TN · R+29.7 Weakley County, TN · D+34.7 White County, TN · D+47.2 Williamson County, TN · D+45.8 Wilson County, TN · D+49.7 How it voted
Share of the 1912 vote
Woodrow Wilson ✓ Democratic 53.0% 133,021 William H. Taft Republican 24.1% 60,475 Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 22.9% 57,605
95 counties, each filled by 1912 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
akashic Tennessee's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context
Tennessee's presidential margins Democratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −29.6% in 2024. flipped R · 2000 −29.6% D R 1892 2024 Tennessee's presidential margins Year Margin (D minus R) 1892 +13.5% 1896 +6.0% 1900 +8.1% 1904 +10.8% 1908 +6.9% 1912 +28.9% 1916 +13.6% 1920 −2.8% 1924 +9.3% 1928 −11.1% 1932 +34.0% 1936 +37.9% 1940 +34.9% 1944 +21.2% 1948 +12.3% 1952 −0.3% 1956 −0.6% 1960 −7.1% 1964 +11.0% 1968 −9.7% 1972 −38.0% 1976 +13.0% 1980 −0.3% 1984 −16.3% 1988 −16.3% 1992 +4.7% 1996 +2.4% 2000 −3.9% 2004 −14.3% 2008 −15.0% 2012 −20.4% 2016 −26.0% 2020 −23.2% 2024 −29.6%
akashic County results — 1912
95 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Anderson County O 597 539 2,339 Bedford County D 2,305 1,474 3,881 Benton County D 1,095 652 2,066 Bledsoe County D 464 379 1,254 Blount County O 836 870 3,116 Bradley County D 645 485 1,688 Campbell County O 554 302 2,101 Cannon County D 1,184 631 1,870 Carroll County D 1,653 1,362 4,051 Carter County O 478 1,243 3,647 Cheatham County D 1,096 317 1,559 Chester County D 636 312 1,374 Claiborne County O 903 589 2,609 Clay County D 718 440 1,253 Cocke County R 597 757 1,913 Coffee County D 1,705 521 2,317 Crockett County D 1,297 852 2,685 Cumberland County D 489 372 1,306 Davidson County D 9,517 1,428 12,481 Decatur County D 758 405 1,669 DeKalb County D 1,394 1,219 2,880 Dickson County D 1,689 448 2,485 Dyer County D 1,469 318 2,217 Fayette County D 830 59 982 Fentress County R 399 444 1,181 Franklin County D 2,172 370 2,738 Gibson County D 2,671 1,002 4,226 Giles County D 3,081 1,596 5,098 Grainger County O 841 741 2,482 Greene County D 2,076 1,650 4,973 Grundy County D 529 122 859 Hamblen County D 722 427 1,492 Hamilton County D 4,596 1,662 9,401 Hancock County R 427 659 1,170 Hardeman County D 1,323 320 1,915 Hardin County R 738 955 2,317 Hawkins County D 1,026 828 2,532 Haywood County D 1,069 34 1,219 Henderson County O 738 473 2,177 Henry County D 2,526 941 3,860 Hickman County D 1,288 868 2,280 Houston County D 586 172 909 Humphreys County D 1,283 343 1,845 Jackson County D 1,344 743 2,338 Jefferson County O 514 540 2,003 Johnson County O 256 933 2,214 Knox County D 4,069 1,984 9,991 Lake County D 499 122 665 Lauderdale County D 1,020 186 1,827 Lawrence County D 1,504 878 3,213 Lewis County D 370 126 646 Lincoln County D 2,651 672 3,431 Loudon County D 415 322 1,091 Macon County R 787 1,251 2,232 Madison County D 2,702 1,036 4,134 Marion County D 810 463 1,789 Marshall County D 1,551 376 2,025 Maury County D 2,309 615 3,361 McMinn County D 912 667 2,153 McNairy County D 1,155 616 2,772 Meigs County D 517 337 1,018 Monroe County D 1,136 721 2,336 Montgomery County D 1,638 514 2,433 Moore County D 694 116 822 Morgan County O 466 312 1,654 Obion County D 2,152 455 2,863 Overton County D 1,531 743 2,521 Perry County D 664 379 1,179 Pickett County D 411 355 900 Polk County D 867 533 2,031 Putnam County D 1,867 923 3,181 Rhea County D 692 253 1,525 Roane County O 570 482 1,948 Robertson County D 2,287 513 3,067 Rutherford County D 3,406 1,217 4,967 Scott County O 160 123 1,642 Sequatchie County D 354 139 615 Sevier County O 341 967 3,719 Shelby County D 6,732 589 10,500 Smith County D 1,863 915 2,962 Stewart County D 1,312 485 2,048 Sullivan County D 2,413 538 4,228 Sumner County D 2,477 769 3,396 Tipton County D 987 564 1,785 Trousdale County D 544 211 790 Unicoi County O 170 280 1,226 Union County O 404 307 1,913 Van Buren County D 225 106 385 Warren County D 1,745 339 2,350 Washington County O 1,531 1,134 4,266 Wayne County R 435 971 1,805 Weakley County D 2,810 1,265 4,458 White County D 1,222 330 1,888 Williamson County D 2,205 797 3,073 Wilson County D 2,325 682 3,305
Tennessee’s full place page · 1912 national results 