# United States presidential elections in Tennessee

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Tennessee, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1796, Tennessee has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War. At that time, Tennessee was controlled by the Union and held elections, but electors were not ultimately counted.
Between the end of the Civil War and the mid-20th century, Tennessee was part of the Democratic Solid South, but had the largest Republican minority of any former Confederate state. During this time, East Tennessee was heavily Republican and the western two thirds mostly voted Democratic, with the latter dominating the state. This division was related to the state's pattern of Unionist and Confederate loyalism during the Civil War.
Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party. Republicans currently hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats, a majority of Congressional seats, and the state legislature. Democratic strength is largely concentrated in Nashville, Memphis, and parts of Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Clarksville. Some suburban areas of Nashville and Memphis also contain significant Democratic minorities.
Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

## Elections from 1864 to present

| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes | Notes |
| 2024 | Donald Trump | 1,966,865 | 64.19 | Kamala Harris | 1,056,265 | 34.47 | — | | | 11 | |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 1,143,711 | 37.45 | Donald Trump | 1,852,475 | 60.66 | — | | | 11 | |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | 1,522,925 | 60.72 | Hillary Clinton | 870,695 | 34.72 | — | | | 11 | |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 960,709 | 39.08 | Mitt Romney | 1,462,330 | 59.48 | — | | | 11 | |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 1,087,437 | 41.83 | John McCain | 1,479,178 | 56.90 | — | | | 11 | |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | 1,384,375 | 56.80 | John Kerry | 1,036,477 | 42.53 | — | | | 11 | |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | 1,061,949 | 51.15 | Al Gore | 981,720 | 47.28 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton | 909,146 | 48.00 | Bob Dole | 863,530 | 45.59 | Ross Perot | 105,918 | 5.59 | 11 | |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | 933,521 | 47.08 | George H. W. Bush | 841,300 | 42.43 | Ross Perot | 199,968 | 10.09 | 11 | |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | 947,233 | 57.89 | Michael Dukakis | 679,794 | 41.55 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | 990,212 | 57.84 | Walter Mondale | 711,714 | 41.57 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | 787,761 | 48.70 | Jimmy Carter | 783,051 | 48.41 | John B. Anderson | 35,991 | 2.22 | 10 | |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | 825,879 | 55.94 | Gerald Ford | 633,969 | 42.94 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | 813,147 | 67.70 | George McGovern | 357,293 | 29.75 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | 472,592 | 37.85 | Hubert Humphrey | 351,233 | 28.13 | George Wallace | 424,792 | 34.02 | 11 | |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 634,947 | 55.50 | Barry Goldwater | 508,965 | 44.49 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | 481,453 | 45.77 | Richard Nixon | 556,577 | 52.92 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 462,288 | 49.21 | Adlai Stevenson II | 456,507 | 48.60 | T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors | 19,820 | 2.11 | 11 | |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 446,147 | 49.99 | Adlai Stevenson II | 443,710 | 49.71 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | 270,402 | 49.14 | Thomas E. Dewey | 202,914 | 36.87 | Strom Thurmond | 73,815 | 13.41 | 12 | Electoral vote split: 11 for Truman, 1 for Thurmond (faithless elector). |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 308,707 | 60.45 | Thomas E. Dewey | 200,311 | 39.22 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 351,601 | 67.25 | Wendell Willkie | 169,153 | 32.35 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 328,083 | 68.85 | Alf Landon | 146,520 | 30.75 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 259,473 | 66.49 | Herbert Hoover | 126,752 | 32.48 | — | | | 11 | |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | 195,388 | 53.76 | Al Smith | 167,343 | 46.04 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 130,882 | 43.59 | John W. Davis | 158,537 | 52.8 | Robert M. La Follette | 10,656 | 3.55 | 12 | |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | 219,829 | 51.29 | James M. Cox | 206,558 | 48.19 | Parley P. Christensen | — | — | 12 | |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 153,280 | 56.31 | Charles E. Hughes | 116,223 | 42.70 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 133,021 | 52.80 | Theodore Roosevelt | 54,041 | 21.45 | William H. Taft | 60,475 | 24.00 | 12 | |
| 1908 | William H. Taft | 117,977 | 45.87 | William Jennings Bryan | 135,608 | 52.73 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 105,363 | 43.40 | Alton B. Parker | 131,653 | 54.23 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1900 | William McKinley | 123,108 | 44.95 | William Jennings Bryan | 145,240 | 53.03 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1896 | William McKinley | 148,683 | 46.33 | William Jennings Bryan | 167,168 | 52.09 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | 136,468 | 51.36 | Benjamin Harrison | 100,537 | 37.83 | James B. Weaver | 23,918 | 9.00 | 12 | |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | 138,978 | 45.76 | Grover Cleveland | 158,699 | 52.26 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | 133,770 | 51.45 | James G. Blaine | 124,101 | 47.74 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield | 107,677 | 44.26 | Winfield S. Hancock | 129,569 | 53.26 | James B. Weaver | 6,017 | 2.47 | 12 | |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 89,566 | 40.21 | Samuel J. Tilden | 133,177 | 59.79 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 85,655 | 47.84 | Horace Greeley | 93,391 | 52.16 | — | | | 12 | |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | 56,628 | 68.4 | Horatio Seymour | 26,129 | 31.6 | — | | | 10 | |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | | | George B. McClellan | | | — | | | | Under Union control by 1864 and held elections, but electors (who voted for Lincoln) were not ultimately counted. |

## Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states, including Tennessee, and brought about the American Civil War.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | no ballots | | Stephen A. Douglas | 11,281 | 7.7 | John C. Breckinridge | 65,097 | 44.6 | John Bell | 69,728 | 47.7 | 12 |

## Elections from 1828 to 1856

| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | 69,704 | 52.18 | John C. Frémont | no ballots | | Millard Fillmore | 63,878 | 47.82 | 12 |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | 56,900 | 49.27 | Winfield Scott | 58,586 | 50.73 | John P. Hale | no ballots | | 12 |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | 64,321 | 52.52 | Lewis Cass | 58,142 | 47.48 | Martin Van Buren | no ballots | | 13 |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | 59,917 | 49.95 | Henry Clay | 60,040 | 50.05 | — | | | 13 |
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | 60,194 | 55.66 | Martin Van Buren | 47,951 | 44.34 | — | | | 15 |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | 26,170 | 42.08 | Hugh Lawson White | 36,027 | 57.92 | various | | | 15 |
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | 28,078 | 95.42 | Henry Clay | 1,347 | 4.58 | William Wirt | no ballots | | 15 |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | 44,293 | 95.19 | John Quincy Adams | 2,240 | 4.81 | — | | | 11 |

## Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson | 20,197 | 97.45 | John Quincy Adams | 216 | 1.04 | Henry Clay | no ballots | | William H. Crawford | 312 | 1.51 | 11 |

## Elections of from 1796 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all eight of Tennessee's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president.
| Year | Winner (nationally) | Runner-up (nationally) | Electoral votes | Notes |
| 1820 | James Monroe | - | 7 | Monroe effectively ran unopposed. |
| 1816 | James Monroe | Rufus King | 8 | |
| 1812 | James Madison | DeWitt Clinton | 8 | |
| 1808 | James Madison | Charles C. Pinckney | 5 | |
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | Charles C. Pinckney | 5 | |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | John Adams | 3 | |
| 1796 | John Adams | Thomas Jefferson | 3 | |

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