1936 United States presidential election in Tennessee

The 1936 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1936 United States presidential election in Tennessee

November 3, 1936[1]

All 11 Tennessee votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 327,083 146,520
Percentage 68.8% 30.8%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Tennessee was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 68.78% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 30.81% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this election constitutes the last occasion when Bradley County and Greene County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 327,083 68.78%
Republican Alf Landon 146,520 30.81%
Socialist Norman Thomas 686 0.14%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 634 0.13%
Communist Earl Browder 319 0.07%
Union William Lemke 296 0.06%

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossmann Landon
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[6][lower-alpha 1]
# % # % # % # %
Anderson 2,348 55.73% 1,805 42.84% 60 1.42% 543 12.89% 4,213
Bedford 2,428 82.00% 514 17.36% 19 0.64% 1,914 64.64% 2,961
Benton 1,762 72.54% 661 27.21% 6 0.25% 1,101 45.33% 2,429
Bledsoe 1,218 50.35% 1,178 48.70% 23 0.95% 40 1.65% 2,419
Blount 3,056 42.45% 4,119 57.22% 24 0.33% -1,063 -14.77% 7,199
Bradley 2,806 52.19% 2,561 47.64% 9 0.17% 245 4.56% 5,376
Campbell 2,703 48.95% 2,814 50.96% 5 0.09% -111 -2.01% 5,522
Cannon 1,166 69.82% 498 29.82% 6 0.36% 668 40.00% 1,670
Carroll 2,989 56.15% 2,282 42.87% 52 0.98% 707 13.28% 5,323
Carter 1,837 27.33% 4,858 72.27% 27 0.40% -3,021 -44.94% 6,722
Cheatham 1,352 87.62% 183 11.86% 8 0.52% 1,169 75.76% 1,543
Chester 1,172 67.20% 565 32.40% 7 0.40% 607 34.81% 1,744
Claiborne 3,036 55.71% 2,400 44.04% 14 0.26% 636 11.67% 5,450
Clay 661 62.42% 378 35.69% 20 1.89% 283 26.72% 1,059
Cocke 1,217 24.57% 3,731 75.31% 6 0.12% -2,514 -50.75% 4,954
Coffee 2,148 83.58% 408 15.88% 14 0.54% 1,740 67.70% 2,570
Crockett 1,921 78.41% 525 21.43% 4 0.16% 1,396 56.98% 2,450
Cumberland 1,426 50.05% 1,409 49.46% 14 0.49% 17 0.60% 2,849
Davidson 25,530 84.65% 4,467 14.81% 161 0.53% 21,063 69.84% 30,158
Decatur 1,502 62.04% 919 37.96% 0 0.00% 583 24.08% 2,421
DeKalb 2,947 57.73% 2,140 41.92% 18 0.35% 807 15.81% 5,105
Dickson 2,022 82.97% 402 16.50% 13 0.53% 1,620 66.48% 2,437
Dyer 3,355 83.90% 557 13.93% 87 2.18% 2,798 69.97% 3,999
Fayette 1,764 98.38% 29 1.62% 0 0.00% 1,735 96.77% 1,793
Fentress 743 35.20% 1,299 61.53% 69 3.27% -556 -26.34% 2,111
Franklin 3,534 86.92% 519 12.76% 13 0.32% 3,015 74.15% 4,066
Gibson 4,744 82.79% 958 16.72% 28 0.49% 3,786 66.07% 5,730
Giles 3,760 85.88% 600 13.70% 18 0.41% 3,160 72.18% 4,378
Grainger 1,153 39.54% 1,754 60.15% 9 0.31% -601 -20.61% 2,916
Greene 4,708 51.98% 4,313 47.62% 36 0.40% 395 4.36% 9,057
Grundy 1,488 86.01% 238 13.76% 4 0.23% 1,250 72.25% 1,730
Hamblen 2,438 51.88% 2,261 48.12% 0 0.00% 177 3.77% 4,699
Hamilton 16,568 70.24% 6,917 29.32% 104 0.44% 9,651 40.91% 23,589
Hancock 960 36.46% 1,673 63.54% 0 0.00% -713 -27.08% 2,633
Hardeman 1,869 92.11% 157 7.74% 3 0.15% 1,712 84.38% 2,029
Hardin 1,538 53.13% 1,348 46.56% 9 0.31% 190 6.56% 2,895
Hawkins 2,278 40.76% 3,300 59.04% 11 0.20% -1,022 -18.29% 5,589
Haywood 1,725 98.23% 29 1.65% 2 0.11% 1,696 96.58% 1,756
Henderson 1,307 47.48% 1,380 50.13% 66 2.40% -73 -2.65% 2,753
Henry 3,223 86.69% 470 12.64% 25 0.67% 2,753 74.05% 3,718
Hickman 1,804 83.33% 353 16.30% 8 0.37% 1,451 67.02% 2,165
Houston 813 80.82% 193 19.18% 0 0.00% 620 61.63% 1,006
Humphreys 1,279 81.00% 297 18.81% 3 0.19% 982 62.19% 1,579
Jackson 1,702 79.98% 422 19.83% 4 0.19% 1,280 60.15% 2,128
Jefferson 1,079 31.29% 2,356 68.33% 13 0.38% -1,277 -37.04% 3,448
Johnson 533 15.61% 2,882 84.39% 0 0.00% -2,349 -68.78% 3,415
Knox 19,837 61.76% 12,183 37.93% 100 0.31% 7,654 23.83% 32,120
Lake 3,604 96.88% 113 3.04% 3 0.08% 3,491 93.84% 3,720
Lauderdale 3,540 94.27% 203 5.41% 12 0.32% 3,337 88.87% 3,755
Lawrence 4,773 58.46% 3,342 40.94% 49 0.60% 1,431 17.53% 8,164
Lewis 1,068 76.34% 331 23.66% 0 0.00% 737 52.68% 1,399
Lincoln 3,451 88.76% 430 11.06% 7 0.18% 3,021 77.70% 3,888
Loudon 2,146 47.61% 2,343 51.99% 18 0.40% -197 -4.37% 4,507
Macon 876 38.25% 1,402 61.22% 12 0.52% -526 -22.97% 2,290
Madison 6,095 82.93% 1,223 16.64% 32 0.44% 4,872 66.29% 7,350
Marion 2,664 60.08% 1,770 39.92% 0 0.00% 894 20.16% 4,434
Marshall 2,431 88.76% 300 10.95% 8 0.29% 2,131 77.80% 2,739
Maury 3,809 88.07% 497 11.49% 19 0.44% 3,312 76.58% 4,325
McMinn 4,077 48.35% 4,310 51.11% 45 0.53% -233 -2.76% 8,432
McNairy 1,742 51.19% 1,613 47.40% 48 1.41% 129 3.79% 3,403
Meigs 994 56.90% 740 42.36% 13 0.74% 254 14.54% 1,747
Monroe 4,106 54.03% 3,493 45.97% 0 0.00% 613 8.07% 7,599
Montgomery 3,314 79.28% 838 20.05% 28 0.67% 2,476 59.23% 4,180
Moore 719 87.15% 101 12.24% 5 0.61% 618 74.91% 825
Morgan 1,291 51.13% 1,225 48.51% 9 0.36% 66 2.61% 2,525
Obion 3,728 89.94% 417 10.06% 0 0.00% 3,311 79.88% 4,145
Overton 1,608 62.91% 942 36.85% 6 0.23% 666 26.06% 2,556
Perry 896 80.65% 210 18.90% 5 0.45% 686 61.75% 1,111
Pickett 454 40.54% 651 58.13% 15 1.34% -197 -17.59% 1,120
Polk 2,283 56.20% 1,755 43.21% 24 0.59% 528 13.00% 4,062
Putnam 2,619 68.35% 1,207 31.50% 6 0.16% 1,412 36.85% 3,832
Rhea 2,199 52.34% 1,964 46.75% 38 0.90% 235 5.59% 4,201
Roane 2,467 47.13% 2,757 52.66% 11 0.21% -290 -5.54% 5,235
Robertson 2,629 86.03% 388 12.70% 39 1.28% 2,241 73.33% 3,056
Rutherford 4,101 87.07% 580 12.31% 29 0.62% 3,521 74.76% 4,710
Scott 827 29.05% 2,012 70.67% 8 0.28% -1,185 -41.62% 2,847
Sequatchie 840 70.12% 353 29.47% 5 0.42% 487 40.65% 1,198
Sevier 1,144 21.55% 4,126 77.73% 38 0.72% -2,982 -56.18% 5,308
Shelby 61,504 96.56% 2,113 3.32% 81 0.13% 59,391 93.24% 63,698
Smith 2,092 76.74% 626 22.96% 8 0.29% 1,466 53.78% 2,726
Stewart 1,718 84.71% 303 14.94% 7 0.35% 1,415 69.77% 2,028
Sullivan 6,269 64.00% 3,492 35.65% 34 0.35% 2,777 28.35% 9,795
Sumner 3,146 85.82% 517 14.10% 3 0.08% 2,629 71.71% 3,666
Tipton 4,683 97.58% 116 2.42% 0 0.00% 4,567 95.17% 4,799
Trousdale 765 91.18% 72 8.58% 2 0.24% 693 82.60% 839
Unicoi 879 31.89% 1,850 67.13% 27 0.98% -971 -35.23% 2,756
Union 963 34.90% 1,785 64.70% 11 0.40% -822 -29.79% 2,759
Van Buren 690 73.33% 251 26.67% 0 0.00% 439 46.65% 941
Warren 2,304 80.28% 553 19.27% 13 0.45% 1,751 61.01% 2,870
Washington 4,448 47.86% 4,788 51.52% 58 0.62% -340 -3.66% 9,294
Wayne 733 35.91% 1,304 63.89% 4 0.20% -571 -27.98% 2,041
Weakley 3,254 77.26% 928 22.03% 30 0.71% 2,326 55.22% 4,212
White 814 57.57% 591 41.80% 9 0.64% 223 15.77% 1,414
Williamson 2,769 90.52% 286 9.35% 4 0.13% 2,483 81.17% 3,059
Wilson 3,108 85.15% 539 14.77% 3 0.08% 2,569 70.38% 3,650
Totals328,08368.77%147,05530.82%1,9480.41%181,02837.94%477,086

Notes

  1. These figures differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas.

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  2. "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  3. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  5. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 417-418 ISBN 0405077114
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