1940 United States presidential election in Tennessee
The 1940 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 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 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, with 67.25% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–Indiana), running with Minority Leader and Oregon senior Senator Charles L. McNary, with 32.35% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Knox County has voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 351,601 | 67.25% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 169,153 | 32.35% | |
| Prohibition | Roger Babson | 1,606 | 0.31% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 463 | 0.09% | |
| Total votes | 522,823 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt[6] Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie[6] Republican |
Roger Ward Babson[6] Prohibition |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6] Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 2,218 | 54.22% | 1,852 | 45.27% | 12 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.22% | 366 | 8.95% | 4,091 |
| Bedford | 2,499 | 81.29% | 555 | 18.05% | 20 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,944 | 63.24% | 3,074 |
| Benton | 1,996 | 69.38% | 858 | 29.82% | 14 | 0.49% | 9 | 0.31% | 1,138 | 39.56% | 2,877 |
| Bledsoe | 1,527 | 53.69% | 1,317 | 46.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 210 | 7.38% | 2,844 |
| Blount | 3,363 | 43.56% | 4,312 | 55.85% | 45 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -949 | -12.29% | 7,720 |
| Bradley | 1,976 | 42.82% | 2,617 | 56.71% | 19 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.07% | -641 | -13.89% | 4,615 |
| Campbell | 2,688 | 48.77% | 2,799 | 50.78% | 25 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -111 | -2.01% | 5,512 |
| Cannon | 1,699 | 72.05% | 638 | 27.06% | 16 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.21% | 1,061 | 45.00% | 2,358 |
| Carroll | 2,830 | 50.16% | 2,782 | 49.31% | 30 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 48 | 0.85% | 5,642 |
| Carter | 2,171 | 33.50% | 4,238 | 65.40% | 50 | 0.77% | 21 | 0.32% | -2,067 | -31.90% | 6,480 |
| Cheatham | 1,932 | 85.26% | 331 | 14.61% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,601 | 70.65% | 2,266 |
| Chester | 1,537 | 60.23% | 1,015 | 39.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 522 | 20.45% | 2,552 |
| Claiborne | 2,792 | 48.44% | 2,879 | 49.95% | 61 | 1.06% | 32 | 0.56% | -87 | -1.51% | 5,764 |
| Clay | 1,288 | 70.58% | 537 | 29.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 751 | 41.15% | 1,825 |
| Cocke | 1,098 | 23.50% | 3,521 | 75.35% | 32 | 0.68% | 22 | 0.47% | -2,423 | -51.85% | 4,673 |
| Coffee | 2,277 | 83.96% | 424 | 15.63% | 10 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,853 | 68.33% | 2,712 |
| Crockett | 2,048 | 73.41% | 733 | 26.27% | 6 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,315 | 47.13% | 2,790 |
| Cumberland | 1,443 | 48.67% | 1,492 | 50.32% | 16 | 0.54% | 14 | 0.47% | -49 | -1.65% | 2,965 |
| Davidson | 27,589 | 75.89% | 8,763 | 24.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 18,826 | 51.79% | 36,352 |
| Decatur | 1,832 | 58.77% | 1,275 | 40.90% | 7 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.10% | 557 | 17.87% | 3,117 |
| DeKalb | 2,830 | 58.10% | 2,041 | 41.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 789 | 16.20% | 4,871 |
| Dickson | 2,784 | 83.88% | 527 | 15.88% | 6 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.06% | 2,257 | 68.00% | 3,319 |
| Dyer | 3,374 | 77.03% | 961 | 21.94% | 33 | 0.75% | 12 | 0.27% | 2,413 | 55.09% | 4,380 |
| Fayette | 1,826 | 95.80% | 78 | 4.09% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,748 | 91.71% | 1,906 |
| Fentress | 919 | 39.66% | 1,365 | 58.91% | 10 | 0.43% | 23 | 0.99% | -446 | -19.25% | 2,317 |
| Franklin | 4,312 | 88.13% | 569 | 11.63% | 9 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.06% | 3,743 | 76.50% | 4,893 |
| Gibson | 5,103 | 80.29% | 1,233 | 19.40% | 17 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,870 | 60.89% | 6,356 |
| Giles | 3,796 | 84.34% | 692 | 15.37% | 13 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,104 | 68.96% | 4,501 |
| Grainger | 842 | 32.93% | 1,688 | 66.01% | 27 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -846 | -33.09% | 2,557 |
| Greene | 4,406 | 48.23% | 4,587 | 50.21% | 109 | 1.19% | 33 | 0.36% | -181 | -1.98% | 9,135 |
| Grundy | 1,749 | 85.07% | 298 | 14.49% | 7 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,451 | 70.57% | 2,056 |
| Hamblen | 2,055 | 53.00% | 1,794 | 46.27% | 28 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 261 | 6.73% | 3,877 |
| Hamilton | 17,083 | 63.45% | 9,771 | 36.29% | 41 | 0.15% | 27 | 0.10% | 7,312 | 27.16% | 26,922 |
| Hancock | 1,014 | 37.54% | 1,673 | 61.94% | 14 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -659 | -24.40% | 2,701 |
| Hardeman | 2,549 | 88.66% | 319 | 11.10% | 7 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,230 | 77.57% | 2,875 |
| Hardin | 1,957 | 46.08% | 2,264 | 53.31% | 26 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | -307 | -7.23% | 4,247 |
| Hawkins | 2,108 | 38.62% | 3,314 | 60.72% | 36 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,206 | -22.10% | 5,458 |
| Haywood | 3,466 | 96.33% | 128 | 3.56% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,338 | 92.77% | 3,598 |
| Henderson | 1,560 | 36.95% | 2,653 | 62.84% | 2 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.17% | -1,093 | -25.89% | 4,222 |
| Henry | 3,307 | 85.10% | 563 | 14.49% | 13 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.08% | 2,744 | 70.61% | 3,886 |
| Hickman | 2,776 | 80.84% | 644 | 18.75% | 14 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,132 | 62.09% | 3,434 |
| Houston | 1,093 | 82.12% | 229 | 17.21% | 9 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 864 | 64.91% | 1,331 |
| Humphreys | 1,717 | 81.88% | 377 | 17.98% | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,340 | 63.90% | 2,097 |
| Jackson | 2,046 | 76.92% | 605 | 22.74% | 9 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,441 | 54.17% | 2,660 |
| Jefferson | 1,062 | 35.35% | 1,921 | 63.95% | 16 | 0.53% | 5 | 0.17% | -859 | -28.60% | 3,004 |
| Johnson | 469 | 15.79% | 2,502 | 84.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,033 | -68.43% | 2,971 |
| Knox | 20,226 | 58.96% | 13,877 | 40.45% | 134 | 0.39% | 67 | 0.20% | 6,349 | 18.51% | 34,304 |
| Lake | 2,962 | 92.94% | 213 | 6.68% | 2 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.31% | 2,749 | 86.26% | 3,187 |
| Lauderdale | 6,279 | 95.09% | 317 | 4.80% | 7 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,962 | 90.29% | 6,603 |
| Lawrence | 3,936 | 67.44% | 1,877 | 32.16% | 19 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,059 | 35.28% | 5,836 |
| Lewis | 1,343 | 78.26% | 368 | 21.45% | 2 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.17% | 975 | 56.82% | 1,716 |
| Lincoln | 3,781 | 87.62% | 521 | 12.07% | 13 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,260 | 75.55% | 4,315 |
| Loudon | 2,068 | 47.90% | 2,226 | 51.56% | 16 | 0.37% | 7 | 0.16% | -158 | -3.66% | 4,317 |
| Macon | 711 | 29.08% | 1,730 | 70.76% | 4 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,019 | -41.68% | 2,445 |
| Madison | 6,154 | 82.63% | 1,271 | 17.06% | 19 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.05% | 4,883 | 65.56% | 7,448 |
| Marion | 3,242 | 59.65% | 2,158 | 39.71% | 35 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,084 | 19.94% | 5,435 |
| Marshall | 3,132 | 88.90% | 389 | 11.04% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,743 | 77.86% | 3,523 |
| Maury | 4,529 | 87.33% | 634 | 12.23% | 20 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.06% | 3,895 | 75.11% | 5,186 |
| McMinn | 5,192 | 56.92% | 3,901 | 42.77% | 19 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.10% | 1,291 | 14.15% | 9,121 |
| McNairy | 2,484 | 49.34% | 2,550 | 50.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -66 | -1.31% | 5,034 |
| Meigs | 889 | 60.81% | 573 | 39.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 316 | 21.61% | 1,462 |
| Monroe | 4,121 | 55.57% | 3,253 | 43.86% | 42 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 868 | 11.70% | 7,416 |
| Montgomery | 3,158 | 79.15% | 819 | 20.53% | 11 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,339 | 58.62% | 3,990 |
| Moore | 869 | 88.49% | 106 | 10.79% | 6 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.10% | 763 | 77.70% | 982 |
| Morgan | 1,783 | 55.18% | 1,448 | 44.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 335 | 10.37% | 3,231 |
| Obion | 4,360 | 88.73% | 536 | 10.91% | 14 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.08% | 3,824 | 77.82% | 4,914 |
| Overton | 1,718 | 62.86% | 988 | 36.15% | 11 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.59% | 730 | 26.71% | 2,733 |
| Perry | 1,068 | 76.12% | 332 | 23.66% | 3 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 736 | 52.46% | 1,403 |
| Pickett | 652 | 43.70% | 830 | 55.63% | 8 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.13% | -178 | -11.93% | 1,492 |
| Polk | 3,611 | 86.53% | 562 | 13.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,049 | 73.06% | 4,173 |
| Putnam | 2,963 | 65.21% | 1,576 | 34.68% | 3 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,387 | 30.52% | 4,544 |
| Rhea | 2,364 | 54.52% | 1,956 | 45.11% | 16 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 408 | 9.41% | 4,336 |
| Roane | 2,384 | 51.27% | 2,245 | 48.28% | 19 | 0.41% | 2 | 0.04% | 139 | 2.99% | 4,650 |
| Robertson | 3,258 | 86.49% | 490 | 13.01% | 18 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,768 | 73.48% | 3,767 |
| Rutherford | 4,207 | 83.99% | 782 | 15.61% | 20 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,425 | 68.38% | 5,009 |
| Scott | 1,448 | 39.68% | 2,187 | 59.93% | 14 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | -739 | -20.25% | 3,649 |
| Sequatchie | 1,003 | 71.24% | 401 | 28.48% | 4 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 602 | 42.76% | 1,408 |
| Sevier | 1,181 | 20.54% | 4,569 | 79.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,388 | -58.92% | 5,750 |
| Shelby | 57,664 | 88.61% | 7,312 | 11.24% | 55 | 0.08% | 43 | 0.07% | 50,352 | 77.38% | 65,074 |
| Smith | 2,244 | 77.22% | 648 | 22.30% | 8 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.21% | 1,596 | 54.92% | 2,906 |
| Stewart | 2,699 | 87.40% | 374 | 12.11% | 14 | 0.45% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,325 | 75.29% | 3,088 |
| Sullivan | 7,234 | 63.34% | 4,153 | 36.36% | 34 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,081 | 26.98% | 11,421 |
| Sumner | 3,591 | 80.75% | 834 | 18.75% | 17 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.11% | 2,757 | 62.00% | 4,447 |
| Tipton | 5,815 | 95.13% | 288 | 4.71% | 9 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | 5,527 | 90.41% | 6,113 |
| Trousdale | 929 | 90.63% | 94 | 9.17% | 2 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 835 | 81.46% | 1,025 |
| Unicoi | 985 | 34.19% | 1,863 | 64.67% | 29 | 1.01% | 4 | 0.14% | -878 | -30.48% | 2,881 |
| Union | 673 | 36.90% | 1,143 | 62.66% | 8 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -470 | -25.77% | 1,824 |
| Van Buren | 732 | 69.52% | 318 | 30.20% | 3 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 414 | 39.32% | 1,053 |
| Warren | 2,323 | 80.46% | 546 | 18.91% | 18 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,777 | 61.55% | 2,887 |
| Washington | 3,565 | 42.81% | 4,719 | 56.67% | 43 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,154 | -13.86% | 8,327 |
| Wayne | 1,100 | 30.62% | 2,486 | 69.21% | 6 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,386 | -38.59% | 3,592 |
| Weakley | 3,474 | 74.74% | 1,139 | 24.51% | 26 | 0.56% | 9 | 0.19% | 2,335 | 50.24% | 4,648 |
| White | 2,256 | 77.05% | 657 | 22.44% | 15 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,599 | 54.61% | 2,928 |
| Williamson | 3,215 | 85.82% | 505 | 13.48% | 26 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,710 | 72.34% | 3,746 |
| Wilson | 3,020 | 82.04% | 655 | 17.79% | 6 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,365 | 64.25% | 3,681 |
| Totals | 351,601 | 67.25% | 169,153 | 32.35% | 1,606 | 0.31% | 463 | 0.09% | 182,448 | 34.90% | 522,823 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved October 18, 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
- Our Campaigns; TN US President, November 05, 1940
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