1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee

The 1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 12[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee

November 2, 1948[1]
 
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey Strom Thurmond
Party Democratic Republican Dixiecrat
Home state Missouri New York South Carolina
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren Fielding L. Wright
Electoral vote 11 0 1
Popular vote 270,402 202,914 73,815
Percentage 49.1% 36.9% 13.4%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Tennessee was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (DMissouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 49.14% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 36.87% of the popular vote.[3][4] Truman received eleven of Tennessee's twelve electoral votes, the other was cast in favor of Strom Thurmond by a faithless elector. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Hamilton County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5]

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 270,402 49.14% 11
Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond 73,815 13.41% 1
Republican Thomas Dewey 202,914 36.87% 0
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 1,864 0.34% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,288 0.23% 0
Totals 550,283 100.00% 12

Results by county

County Harry S. Truman[6]
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey[6]
Republican
James Strom Thurmond[6]
States’ Rights Democratic
Henry Agard Wallace[6]
Progressive
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6]
Socialist
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Anderson 5,915 49.97% 5,372 45.38% 433 3.66% 53 0.45% 64 0.54% 543 4.59% 11,837
Bedford 2,393 55.64% 771 17.93% 1,127 26.20% 4 0.09% 6 0.14% 1,266[lower-alpha 1] 29.44% 4,301
Benton 1,757 63.02% 908 32.57% 116 4.16% 6 0.22% 1 0.04% 849 30.45% 2,788
Bledsoe 1,092 48.58% 1,103 49.07% 49 2.18% 4 0.18% 0 0.00% -11 -0.49% 2,248
Blount 3,141 32.91% 6,152 64.47% 214 2.24% 13 0.14% 23 0.24% -3,011 -31.55% 9,543
Bradley 2,036 39.52% 2,942 57.10% 164 3.18% 6 0.12% 4 0.08% -906 -17.59% 5,152
Campbell 2,267 42.61% 2,922 54.92% 87 1.64% 31 0.58% 13 0.24% -655 -12.31% 5,320
Cannon 1,408 66.20% 558 26.23% 141 6.63% 10 0.47% 10 0.47% 850 39.96% 2,127
Carroll 2,818 45.65% 2,651 42.95% 606 9.82% 52 0.84% 46 0.75% 167 2.71% 6,173
Carter 1,809 25.96% 4,943 70.94% 179 2.57% 13 0.19% 24 0.34% -3,134 -44.98% 6,968
Cheatham 2,731 88.58% 193 6.26% 150 4.87% 8 0.26% 1 0.03% 2,538 82.32% 3,083
Chester 980 50.52% 766 39.48% 193 9.95% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 214 11.03% 1,940
Claiborne 2,068 44.13% 2,507 53.50% 66 1.41% 33 0.70% 12 0.26% -439 -9.37% 4,686
Clay 1,146 60.28% 703 36.98% 46 2.42% 5 0.26% 1 0.05% 443 23.30% 1,901
Cocke 939 20.35% 3,576 77.50% 72 1.56% 18 0.39% 9 0.20% -2,637 -57.15% 4,614
Coffee 2,041 56.68% 599 16.63% 933 25.91% 11 0.31% 17 0.47% 1,108[lower-alpha 1] 30.77% 3,601
Crockett 1,415 53.60% 601 22.77% 615 23.30% 5 0.19% 4 0.15% 800[lower-alpha 1] 30.30% 2,640
Cumberland 1,607 43.19% 1,988 53.43% 95 2.55% 9 0.24% 22 0.59% -381 -10.24% 3,721
Davidson 20,877 55.46% 8,410 22.34% 8,103 21.53% 169 0.45% 84 0.22% 12,467 33.12% 37,643
Decatur 1,565 51.82% 1,291 42.75% 156 5.17% 3 0.10% 5 0.17% 274 9.07% 3,020
DeKalb 2,412 54.67% 1,751 39.69% 249 5.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 661 14.98% 4,412
Dickson 2,337 74.31% 485 15.42% 315 10.02% 3 0.10% 5 0.16% 1,852 58.89% 3,145
Dyer 3,503 65.31% 989 18.44% 855 15.94% 7 0.13% 10 0.19% 2,514 46.87% 5,364
Fayette 226 12.66% 66 3.70% 1,488 83.36% 2 0.11% 3 0.17% -1,262[lower-alpha 1] -70.70% 1,785
Fentress 962 36.52% 1,587 60.25% 46 1.75% 14 0.53% 25 0.95% -625 -23.73% 2,634
Franklin 2,948 66.08% 589 13.20% 892 20.00% 7 0.16% 25 0.56% 2,056[lower-alpha 1] 46.09% 4,461
Gibson 3,917 65.60% 1,137 19.04% 905 15.16% 6 0.10% 6 0.10% 2,780 46.56% 5,971
Giles 3,676 75.45% 717 14.72% 443 9.09% 19 0.39% 17 0.35% 2,959 60.73% 4,872
Grainger 644 25.33% 1,824 71.75% 57 2.24% 8 0.31% 9 0.35% -1,180 -46.42% 2,542
Greene 3,282 41.68% 4,375 55.56% 154 1.96% 27 0.34% 37 0.47% -1,093 -13.88% 7,875
Grundy 2,009 78.02% 431 16.74% 113 4.39% 13 0.50% 9 0.35% 1,578 61.28% 2,575
Hamblen 1,552 39.46% 2,116 53.80% 228 5.80% 18 0.46% 19 0.48% -564 -14.34% 3,933
Hamilton 16,968 56.21% 10,434 34.56% 2,571 8.52% 150 0.50% 66 0.22% 6,534 21.64% 30,189
Hancock 416 20.15% 1,598 77.38% 38 1.84% 2 0.10% 11 0.53% -1,182 -57.24% 2,065
Hardeman 1,609 48.76% 317 9.61% 1,364 41.33% 3 0.09% 7 0.21% 245[lower-alpha 1] 7.42% 3,300
Hardin 1,270 38.75% 1,779 54.29% 189 5.77% 28 0.85% 11 0.34% -509 -15.53% 3,277
Hawkins 2,019 34.70% 3,637 62.50% 117 2.01% 24 0.41% 22 0.38% -1,618 -27.81% 5,819
Haywood 1,050 49.32% 148 6.95% 931 43.73% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 119[lower-alpha 1] 5.59% 2,129
Henderson 1,155 31.70% 2,278 62.53% 205 5.63% 5 0.14% 0 0.00% -1,123 -30.83% 3,643
Henry 3,292 76.99% 604 14.13% 372 8.70% 6 0.14% 2 0.05% 2,688 62.86% 4,276
Hickman 2,140 74.36% 478 16.61% 226 7.85% 25 0.87% 9 0.31% 1,662 57.75% 2,878
Houston 1,159 79.66% 202 13.88% 88 6.05% 1 0.07% 5 0.34% 957 65.77% 1,455
Humphreys 1,327 59.24% 355 15.85% 547 24.42% 5 0.22% 6 0.27% 780[lower-alpha 1] 34.82% 2,240
Jackson 1,502 68.68% 536 24.51% 142 6.49% 5 0.23% 2 0.09% 966 44.17% 2,187
Jefferson 900 22.39% 2,979 74.12% 121 3.01% 9 0.22% 10 0.25% -2,079 -51.73% 4,019
Johnson 433 14.89% 2,413 82.98% 47 1.62% 6 0.21% 9 0.31% -1,980 -68.09% 2,908
Knox 15,946 40.68% 21,074 53.77% 1,822 4.65% 221 0.56% 133 0.34% -5,128 -13.08% 39,196
Lake 833 55.46% 179 11.92% 482 32.09% 5 0.33% 3 0.20% 351[lower-alpha 1] 23.37% 1,502
Lauderdale 2,556 65.89% 298 7.68% 1,007 25.96% 7 0.18% 11 0.28% 1,549[lower-alpha 1] 39.93% 3,879
Lawrence 4,854 53.43% 3,837 42.24% 373 4.11% 13 0.14% 7 0.08% 1,017 11.20% 9,084
Lewis 1,148 70.17% 381 23.29% 88 5.38% 14 0.86% 5 0.31% 767 46.88% 1,636
Lincoln 2,969 72.63% 361 8.83% 758 18.54% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,211[lower-alpha 1] 54.09% 4,088
Loudon 1,673 37.05% 2,605 57.70% 200 4.43% 19 0.42% 18 0.40% -932 -20.64% 4,515
Macon 738 29.40% 1,708 68.05% 59 2.35% 3 0.12% 2 0.08% -970 -38.65% 2,510
Madison 4,722 52.48% 1,681 18.68% 2,586 28.74% 1 0.01% 7 0.08% 2,136[lower-alpha 1] 23.74% 8,997
Marion 2,554 57.17% 1,738 38.91% 153 3.43% 16 0.36% 6 0.13% 816 18.27% 4,467
Marshall 3,059 71.22% 517 12.04% 691 16.09% 10 0.23% 18 0.42% 2,368[lower-alpha 1] 55.13% 4,295
Maury 2,906 51.57% 895 15.88% 1,792 31.80% 20 0.35% 22 0.39% 1,114[lower-alpha 1] 19.77% 5,635
McMinn 3,016 39.36% 4,432 57.84% 184 2.40% 14 0.18% 16 0.21% -1,416 -18.48% 7,662
McNairy 2,267 45.62% 2,390 48.10% 286 5.76% 16 0.32% 10 0.20% -123 -2.48% 4,969
Meigs 788 49.56% 748 47.04% 43 2.70% 8 0.50% 3 0.19% 40 2.52% 1,590
Monroe 3,553 47.08% 3,905 51.75% 73 0.97% 6 0.08% 9 0.12% -352 -4.66% 7,546
Montgomery 3,310 73.47% 646 14.34% 525 11.65% 13 0.29% 11 0.24% 2,664 59.13% 4,505
Moore 523 62.94% 102 12.27% 206 24.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 317[lower-alpha 1] 38.15% 831
Morgan 1,500 48.62% 1,570 50.89% 10 0.32% 5 0.16% 0 0.00% -70 -2.27% 3,085
Obion 3,490 75.59% 642 13.91% 460 9.96% 9 0.19% 16 0.35% 2,848 61.69% 4,617
Overton 1,835 63.17% 917 31.57% 118 4.06% 23 0.79% 12 0.41% 918 31.60% 2,905
Perry 1,196 68.42% 459 26.26% 85 4.86% 6 0.34% 2 0.11% 737 42.16% 1,748
Pickett 566 39.39% 849 59.08% 19 1.32% 3 0.21% 0 0.00% -283 -19.69% 1,437
Polk 1,412 47.22% 1,529 51.14% 26 0.87% 19 0.64% 4 0.13% -117 -3.91% 2,990
Putnam 3,134 56.33% 1,879 33.77% 511 9.18% 26 0.47% 14 0.25% 1,255 22.56% 5,564
Rhea 1,897 45.70% 2,077 50.04% 159 3.83% 11 0.26% 7 0.17% -180 -4.34% 4,151
Roane 2,306 39.89% 3,236 55.98% 218 3.77% 15 0.26% 6 0.10% -930 -16.09% 5,781
Robertson 3,044 77.14% 376 9.53% 514 13.03% 6 0.15% 6 0.15% 2,530[lower-alpha 1] 64.12% 3,946
Rutherford 4,151 68.30% 854 14.05% 1,017 16.73% 23 0.38% 33 0.54% 3,134[lower-alpha 1] 51.56% 6,078
Scott 972 32.14% 2,016 66.67% 18 0.60% 12 0.40% 6 0.20% -1,044 -34.52% 3,024
Sequatchie 907 66.06% 420 30.59% 41 2.99% 3 0.22% 2 0.15% 487 35.47% 1,373
Sevier 840 13.99% 5,049 84.11% 70 1.17% 39 0.65% 5 0.08% -4,209 -70.11% 6,003
Shelby 23,854 36.60% 14,566 22.35% 26,396 40.50% 229 0.35% 131 0.20% -2,542[lower-alpha 1] -3.90% 65,176
Smith 1,764 62.38% 773 27.33% 275 9.72% 9 0.32% 7 0.25% 991 35.04% 2,828
Stewart 1,962 81.38% 331 13.73% 115 4.77% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 1,631 67.65% 2,411
Sullivan 7,626 50.44% 6,984 46.19% 472 3.12% 32 0.21% 6 0.04% 642 4.25% 15,120
Sumner 3,688 73.67% 793 15.84% 515 10.29% 10 0.20% 0 0.00% 2,895 57.83% 5,006
Tipton 3,066 65.50% 209 4.46% 1,394 29.78% 8 0.17% 4 0.09% 1,672[lower-alpha 1] 35.72% 4,681
Trousdale 1,014 82.51% 104 8.46% 110 8.95% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 904[lower-alpha 1] 73.56% 1,229
Unicoi 844 29.50% 1,927 67.35% 81 2.83% 7 0.24% 2 0.07% -1,083 -37.85% 2,861
Union 513 23.79% 1,603 74.35% 19 0.88% 16 0.74% 5 0.23% -1,090 -50.56% 2,156
Van Buren 636 65.03% 298 30.47% 39 3.99% 4 0.41% 1 0.10% 338 34.56% 978
Warren 2,969 66.51% 807 18.08% 667 14.94% 21 0.47% 0 0.00% 2,162 48.43% 4,464
Washington 4,023 34.80% 7,056 61.04% 426 3.69% 34 0.29% 20 0.17% -3,033 -26.24% 11,559
Wayne 820 28.65% 1,957 68.38% 76 2.66% 5 0.17% 4 0.14% -1,137 -39.73% 2,862
Weakley 3,099 64.02% 1,310 27.06% 418 8.63% 11 0.23% 3 0.06% 1,789 36.96% 4,841
White 1,719 64.09% 635 23.68% 312 11.63% 11 0.41% 5 0.19% 1,084 40.42% 2,682
Williamson 2,294 59.41% 556 14.40% 983 25.46% 16 0.41% 12 0.31% 1,311[lower-alpha 1] 33.95% 3,861
Wilson 3,133 66.67% 854 18.17% 685 14.58% 12 0.26% 15 0.32% 2,279 48.50% 4,699
Totals270,40249.14%202,91436.87%73,81513.41%1,8640.34%1,2880.23%67,48812.26%550,283

Notes

  1. In this county where Dewey ran third behind Truman and Thurmond, margin given is Truman vote minus Thurmond vote and percentage margin Truman percentage minus Thurmond percentage.

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  2. "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  3. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  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. Our Campaigns; TN US President, November 02, 1948


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