Tennessee — 1948 presidential election
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Akashicstate1948 presidential electionTennessee · PresidentTrumanD+12.3
How it voted
Share of the 1948 vote
| Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic | 49.1% | 270,402 |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas E. DeweyRepublican | 36.9% | 202,914 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 14.0% | 76,967 |
1948presidential margin
D+60R+60
95 counties, each filled by 1948 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Tennessee cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (95 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TN | Democratic | D+4.6 |
| Bedford County, TN | Democratic | D+37.7 |
| Benton County, TN | Democratic | D+30.5 |
| Bledsoe County, TN | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Blount County, TN | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Bradley County, TN | Republican | R+17.6 |
| Campbell County, TN | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Cannon County, TN | Democratic | D+40.0 |
| Carroll County, TN | Democratic | D+2.7 |
| Carter County, TN | Republican | R+45.0 |
| Cheatham County, TN | Democratic | D+82.3 |
| Chester County, TN | Democratic | D+11.0 |
| Claiborne County, TN | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Clay County, TN | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Cocke County, TN | Republican | R+57.2 |
| Coffee County, TN | Democratic | D+40.0 |
| Crockett County, TN | Democratic | D+30.8 |
| Cumberland County, TN | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Davidson County, TN | Democratic | D+33.1 |
| Decatur County, TN | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| DeKalb County, TN | Democratic | D+15.0 |
| Dickson County, TN | Democratic | D+58.9 |
| Dyer County, TN | Democratic | D+46.9 |
| Fayette County, TN | Other / independent | D+9.0 |
| Fentress County, TN | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Franklin County, TN | Democratic | D+52.9 |
| Gibson County, TN | Democratic | D+46.6 |
| Giles County, TN | Democratic | D+60.7 |
| Grainger County, TN | Republican | R+46.4 |
| Greene County, TN | Republican | R+13.9 |
| Grundy County, TN | Democratic | D+61.3 |
| Hamblen County, TN | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Hamilton County, TN | Democratic | D+21.6 |
| Hancock County, TN | Republican | R+57.2 |
| Hardeman County, TN | Democratic | D+39.2 |
| Hardin County, TN | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Hawkins County, TN | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Haywood County, TN | Democratic | D+42.4 |
| Henderson County, TN | Republican | R+30.8 |
| Henry County, TN | Democratic | D+62.9 |
| Hickman County, TN | Democratic | D+57.7 |
| Houston County, TN | Democratic | D+65.8 |
| Humphreys County, TN | Democratic | D+43.4 |
| Jackson County, TN | Democratic | D+44.2 |
| Jefferson County, TN | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Johnson County, TN | Republican | R+68.1 |
| Knox County, TN | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Lake County, TN | Democratic | D+43.5 |
| Lauderdale County, TN | Democratic | D+58.2 |
| Lawrence County, TN | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Lewis County, TN | Democratic | D+46.9 |
| Lincoln County, TN | Democratic | D+63.8 |
| Loudon County, TN | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Macon County, TN | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Madison County, TN | Democratic | D+33.8 |
| Marion County, TN | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Marshall County, TN | Democratic | D+59.2 |
| Maury County, TN | Democratic | D+35.7 |
| McMinn County, TN | Republican | R+18.5 |
| McNairy County, TN | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Meigs County, TN | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Monroe County, TN | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Montgomery County, TN | Democratic | D+59.1 |
| Moore County, TN | Democratic | D+50.7 |
| Morgan County, TN | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Obion County, TN | Democratic | D+61.7 |
| Overton County, TN | Democratic | D+31.6 |
| Perry County, TN | Democratic | D+42.2 |
| Pickett County, TN | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Polk County, TN | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Putnam County, TN | Democratic | D+22.6 |
| Rhea County, TN | Republican | R+4.3 |
| Roane County, TN | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Robertson County, TN | Democratic | D+67.6 |
| Rutherford County, TN | Democratic | D+54.2 |
| Scott County, TN | Republican | R+34.5 |
| Sequatchie County, TN | Democratic | D+35.5 |
| Sevier County, TN | Republican | R+70.1 |
| Shelby County, TN | Other / independent | D+14.3 |
| Smith County, TN | Democratic | D+35.0 |
| Stewart County, TN | Democratic | D+67.6 |
| Sullivan County, TN | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Sumner County, TN | Democratic | D+57.8 |
| Tipton County, TN | Democratic | D+61.0 |
| Trousdale County, TN | Democratic | D+74.0 |
| Unicoi County, TN | Republican | R+37.9 |
| Union County, TN | Republican | R+50.6 |
| Van Buren County, TN | Democratic | D+34.6 |
| Warren County, TN | Democratic | D+48.4 |
| Washington County, TN | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Wayne County, TN | Republican | R+39.7 |
| Weakley County, TN | Democratic | D+37.0 |
| White County, TN | Democratic | D+40.4 |
| Williamson County, TN | Democratic | D+45.0 |
| Wilson County, TN | Democratic | D+48.5 |
Tennessee results by county
95 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | Harry S. Truman+543 | 5,91550.0% | 5,37245.4% | 5504.6% | 11,837 |
| Bedford County | Harry S. Truman+1,256 | 2,39355.6% | 77117.9% | 1,13726.4% | 4,301 |
| Benton County | Harry S. Truman+849 | 1,75763.0% | 90832.6% | 1234.4% | 2,788 |
| Bledsoe County | Thomas E. Dewey+11 | 1,09248.6% | 1,10349.1% | 532.4% | 2,248 |
| Blount County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,011 | 3,14132.9% | 6,15264.5% | 2502.6% | 9,543 |
| Bradley County | Thomas E. Dewey+906 | 2,03639.5% | 2,94257.1% | 1743.4% | 5,152 |
| Campbell County | Thomas E. Dewey+655 | 2,26742.6% | 2,92254.9% | 1312.5% | 5,320 |
| Cannon County | Harry S. Truman+850 | 1,40866.2% | 55826.2% | 1617.6% | 2,127 |
| Carroll County | Harry S. Truman+167 | 2,81845.7% | 2,65142.9% | 70411.4% | 6,173 |
| Carter County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,134 | 1,80926.0% | 4,94370.9% | 2163.1% | 6,968 |
| Cheatham County | Harry S. Truman+2,538 | 2,73188.6% | 1936.3% | 1595.2% | 3,083 |
| Chester County | Harry S. Truman+214 | 98050.5% | 76639.5% | 19410.0% | 1,940 |
| Claiborne County | Thomas E. Dewey+439 | 2,06844.1% | 2,50753.5% | 1112.4% | 4,686 |
| Clay County | Harry S. Truman+443 | 1,14660.3% | 70337.0% | 522.7% | 1,901 |
| Cocke County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,637 | 93920.4% | 3,57677.5% | 992.1% | 4,614 |
| Coffee County | Harry S. Truman+1,080 | 2,04156.7% | 59916.6% | 96126.7% | 3,601 |
| Crockett County | Harry S. Truman+791 | 1,41553.6% | 60122.8% | 62423.6% | 2,640 |
| Cumberland County | Thomas E. Dewey+381 | 1,60743.2% | 1,98853.4% | 1263.4% | 3,721 |
| Davidson County | Harry S. Truman+12,467 | 20,87755.5% | 8,41022.3% | 8,35622.2% | 37,643 |
| Decatur County | Harry S. Truman+274 | 1,56551.8% | 1,29142.7% | 1645.4% | 3,020 |
| DeKalb County | Harry S. Truman+661 | 2,41254.7% | 1,75139.7% | 2495.6% | 4,412 |
| Dickson County | Harry S. Truman+1,852 | 2,33774.3% | 48515.4% | 32310.3% | 3,145 |
| Dyer County | Harry S. Truman+2,514 | 3,50365.3% | 98918.4% | 87216.3% | 5,364 |
| Fayette County | Other+1,267 | 22612.7% | 663.7% | 1,49383.6% | 1,785 |
| Fentress County | Thomas E. Dewey+625 | 96236.5% | 1,58760.3% | 853.2% | 2,634 |
| Franklin County | Harry S. Truman+2,024 | 2,94866.1% | 58913.2% | 92420.7% | 4,461 |
| Gibson County | Harry S. Truman+2,780 | 3,91765.6% | 1,13719.0% | 91715.4% | 5,971 |
| Giles County | Harry S. Truman+2,959 | 3,67675.5% | 71714.7% | 4799.8% | 4,872 |
| Grainger County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,180 | 64425.3% | 1,82471.8% | 742.9% | 2,542 |
| Greene County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,093 | 3,28241.7% | 4,37555.6% | 2182.8% | 7,875 |
| Grundy County | Harry S. Truman+1,578 | 2,00978.0% | 43116.7% | 1355.2% | 2,575 |
| Hamblen County | Thomas E. Dewey+564 | 1,55239.5% | 2,11653.8% | 2656.7% | 3,933 |
| Hamilton County | Harry S. Truman+6,534 | 16,96856.2% | 10,43434.6% | 2,7879.2% | 30,189 |
| Hancock County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,182 | 41620.1% | 1,59877.4% | 512.5% | 2,065 |
| Hardeman County | Harry S. Truman+235 | 1,60948.8% | 3179.6% | 1,37441.6% | 3,300 |
| Hardin County | Thomas E. Dewey+509 | 1,27038.8% | 1,77954.3% | 2287.0% | 3,277 |
| Hawkins County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,618 | 2,01934.7% | 3,63762.5% | 1632.8% | 5,819 |
| Haywood County | Harry S. Truman+119 | 1,05049.3% | 1487.0% | 93143.7% | 2,129 |
| Henderson County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,123 | 1,15531.7% | 2,27862.5% | 2105.8% | 3,643 |
| Henry County | Harry S. Truman+2,688 | 3,29277.0% | 60414.1% | 3808.9% | 4,276 |
| Hickman County | Harry S. Truman+1,662 | 2,14074.4% | 47816.6% | 2609.0% | 2,878 |
| Houston County | Harry S. Truman+957 | 1,15979.7% | 20213.9% | 946.5% | 1,455 |
| Humphreys County | Harry S. Truman+769 | 1,32759.2% | 35515.8% | 55824.9% | 2,240 |
| Jackson County | Harry S. Truman+966 | 1,50268.7% | 53624.5% | 1496.8% | 2,187 |
| Jefferson County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,079 | 90022.4% | 2,97974.1% | 1403.5% | 4,019 |
| Johnson County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,980 | 43314.9% | 2,41383.0% | 622.1% | 2,908 |
| Knox County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,128 | 15,94640.7% | 21,07453.8% | 2,1765.6% | 39,196 |
| Lake County | Harry S. Truman+343 | 83355.5% | 17911.9% | 49032.6% | 1,502 |
| Lauderdale County | Harry S. Truman+1,531 | 2,55665.9% | 2987.7% | 1,02526.4% | 3,879 |
| Lawrence County | Harry S. Truman+1,017 | 4,85453.4% | 3,83742.2% | 3934.3% | 9,084 |
| Lewis County | Harry S. Truman+767 | 1,14870.2% | 38123.3% | 1076.5% | 1,636 |
| Lincoln County | Harry S. Truman+2,211 | 2,96972.6% | 3618.8% | 75818.5% | 4,088 |
| Loudon County | Thomas E. Dewey+932 | 1,67337.1% | 2,60557.7% | 2375.2% | 4,515 |
| Macon County | Thomas E. Dewey+970 | 73829.4% | 1,70868.0% | 642.5% | 2,510 |
| Madison County | Harry S. Truman+2,128 | 4,72252.5% | 1,68118.7% | 2,59428.8% | 8,997 |
| Marion County | Harry S. Truman+816 | 2,55457.2% | 1,73838.9% | 1753.9% | 4,467 |
| Marshall County | Harry S. Truman+2,340 | 3,05971.2% | 51712.0% | 71916.7% | 4,295 |
| Maury County | Harry S. Truman+1,072 | 2,90651.6% | 89515.9% | 1,83432.5% | 5,635 |
| McMinn County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,416 | 3,01639.4% | 4,43257.8% | 2142.8% | 7,662 |
| McNairy County | Thomas E. Dewey+123 | 2,26745.6% | 2,39048.1% | 3126.3% | 4,969 |
| Meigs County | Harry S. Truman+40 | 78849.6% | 74847.0% | 543.4% | 1,590 |
| Monroe County | Thomas E. Dewey+352 | 3,55347.1% | 3,90551.7% | 881.2% | 7,546 |
| Montgomery County | Harry S. Truman+2,664 | 3,31073.5% | 64614.3% | 54912.2% | 4,505 |
| Moore County | Harry S. Truman+317 | 52362.9% | 10212.3% | 20624.8% | 831 |
| Morgan County | Thomas E. Dewey+70 | 1,50048.6% | 1,57050.9% | 150.5% | 3,085 |
| Obion County | Harry S. Truman+2,848 | 3,49075.6% | 64213.9% | 48510.5% | 4,617 |
| Overton County | Harry S. Truman+918 | 1,83563.2% | 91731.6% | 1535.3% | 2,905 |
| Perry County | Harry S. Truman+737 | 1,19668.4% | 45926.3% | 935.3% | 1,748 |
| Pickett County | Thomas E. Dewey+283 | 56639.4% | 84959.1% | 221.5% | 1,437 |
| Polk County | Thomas E. Dewey+117 | 1,41247.2% | 1,52951.1% | 491.6% | 2,990 |
| Putnam County | Harry S. Truman+1,255 | 3,13456.3% | 1,87933.8% | 5519.9% | 5,564 |
| Rhea County | Thomas E. Dewey+180 | 1,89745.7% | 2,07750.0% | 1774.3% | 4,151 |
| Roane County | Thomas E. Dewey+930 | 2,30639.9% | 3,23656.0% | 2394.1% | 5,781 |
| Robertson County | Harry S. Truman+2,518 | 3,04477.1% | 3769.5% | 52613.3% | 3,946 |
| Rutherford County | Harry S. Truman+3,078 | 4,15168.3% | 85414.1% | 1,07317.7% | 6,078 |
| Scott County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,044 | 97232.1% | 2,01666.7% | 361.2% | 3,024 |
| Sequatchie County | Harry S. Truman+487 | 90766.1% | 42030.6% | 463.4% | 1,373 |
| Sevier County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,209 | 84014.0% | 5,04984.1% | 1141.9% | 6,003 |
| Shelby County | Other+2,902 | 23,85436.6% | 14,56622.3% | 26,75641.1% | 65,176 |
| Smith County | Harry S. Truman+991 | 1,76462.4% | 77327.3% | 29110.3% | 2,828 |
| Stewart County | Harry S. Truman+1,631 | 1,96281.4% | 33113.7% | 1184.9% | 2,411 |
| Sullivan County | Harry S. Truman+642 | 7,62650.4% | 6,98446.2% | 5103.4% | 15,120 |
| Sumner County | Harry S. Truman+2,895 | 3,68873.7% | 79315.8% | 52510.5% | 5,006 |
| Tipton County | Harry S. Truman+1,660 | 3,06665.5% | 2094.5% | 1,40630.0% | 4,681 |
| Trousdale County | Harry S. Truman+903 | 1,01482.5% | 1048.5% | 1119.0% | 1,229 |
| Unicoi County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,083 | 84429.5% | 1,92767.4% | 903.1% | 2,861 |
| Union County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,090 | 51323.8% | 1,60374.4% | 401.9% | 2,156 |
| Van Buren County | Harry S. Truman+338 | 63665.0% | 29830.5% | 444.5% | 978 |
| Warren County | Harry S. Truman+2,162 | 2,96966.5% | 80718.1% | 68815.4% | 4,464 |
| Washington County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,033 | 4,02334.8% | 7,05661.0% | 4804.2% | 11,559 |
| Wayne County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,137 | 82028.7% | 1,95768.4% | 853.0% | 2,862 |
| Weakley County | Harry S. Truman+1,789 | 3,09964.0% | 1,31027.1% | 4328.9% | 4,841 |
| White County | Harry S. Truman+1,084 | 1,71964.1% | 63523.7% | 32812.2% | 2,682 |
| Williamson County | Harry S. Truman+1,283 | 2,29459.4% | 55614.4% | 1,01126.2% | 3,861 |
| Wilson County | Harry S. Truman+2,279 | 3,13366.7% | 85418.2% | 71215.2% | 4,699 |
Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)
Tennessee's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context
| 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 | −29.7% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1948 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.