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.
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Tennessee was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 68.78% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), 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
| 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 |
| Totals | 328,083 | 68.77% | 147,055 | 30.82% | 1,948 | 0.41% | 181,028 | 37.94% | 477,086 |
Notes
- These figures differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas.
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- 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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