1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee

The 1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]

1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee

November 4, 1952[1]

All 11 Tennessee votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 446,147 443,710
Percentage 49.99% 49.71%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Tennessee was won by former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (RKansas), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 49.99% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 49.71% of the popular vote.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 446,147 49.99%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 443,710 49.71%
Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 1,432 0.16%
People’s Vincent Hallinan 885 0.10%
Christian Nationalist Douglas MacArthur 379[lower-alpha 1] 0.04%
Total votes 892,553 100%

Results by county

County Dwight David Eisenhower[4]
Republican
Adlai Stevenson II[4]
Democratic
Carl Stuart Hamblen[4]
Prohibition
Vincent William Hallinan[4]
People's
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Anderson 10,489 53.88% 8,939 45.92% 38 0.20% 0 0.00% 1,550 7.96% 19,466
Bedford 2,611 37.44% 4,362 62.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,751 -25.11% 6,973
Benton 1,304 34.57% 2,452 65.01% 16 0.42% 0 0.00% -1,148 -30.43% 3,772
Bledsoe 1,229 50.85% 1,158 47.91% 30 1.24% 0 0.00% 71 2.94% 2,417
Blount 11,708 69.22% 5,163 30.53% 24 0.14% 18 0.11% 6,545 38.70% 16,913
Bradley 4,606 63.36% 2,646 36.40% 9 0.12% 8 0.11% 1,960 26.96% 7,269
Campbell 4,557 65.63% 2,346 33.79% 19 0.27% 21 0.30% 2,211 31.85% 6,943
Cannon 930 37.97% 1,491 60.88% 6 0.24% 22 0.90% -561 -22.91% 2,449
Carroll 3,741 56.46% 2,841 42.88% 23 0.35% 21 0.32% 900 13.58% 6,626
Carter 9,019 76.15% 2,707 22.86% 118 1.00% 0 0.00% 6,312 53.29% 11,844
Cheatham 536 19.31% 2,222 80.04% 5 0.18% 13 0.47% -1,686 -60.73% 2,776
Chester 1,674 53.01% 1,484 46.99% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 190 6.02% 3,158
Claiborne 3,221 59.62% 2,182 40.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,039 19.23% 5,403
Clay 842 46.24% 968 53.16% 11 0.60% 0 0.00% -126 -6.92% 1,821
Cocke 5,688 82.02% 1,247 17.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,441 64.04% 6,935
Coffee 2,110 37.25% 3,537 62.44% 7 0.12% 11 0.19% -1,427 -25.19% 5,665
Crockett 1,343 38.27% 2,155 61.41% 7 0.20% 4 0.11% -812 -23.14% 3,509
Cumberland 3,282 59.75% 2,059 37.48% 81 1.47% 71 1.29% 1,223 22.26% 5,493
Davidson 35,916 40.99% 51,562 58.84% 81 0.09% 71 0.08% -15,646 -17.85% 87,630
Decatur 1,406 45.35% 1,681 54.23% 13 0.42% 0 0.00% -275 -8.87% 3,100
DeKalb 1,814 48.21% 1,949 51.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -135 -3.59% 3,763
Dickson 1,415 25.22% 4,196 74.78% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,781 -49.56% 5,611
Dyer 3,231 41.30% 4,531 57.92% 61 0.78% 0 0.00% -1,300 -16.62% 7,823
Fayette 1,029 46.73% 1,173 53.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -144 -6.54% 2,202
Fentress 2,143 69.65% 934 30.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,209 39.29% 3,077
Franklin 2,015 29.48% 4,786 70.03% 29 0.42% 4 0.06% -2,771 -40.55% 6,834
Gibson 3,766 35.90% 6,687 63.74% 26 0.25% 12 0.11% -2,921 -27.84% 10,491
Giles 1,649 25.98% 4,640 73.11% 29 0.46% 29 0.46% -2,991 -47.12% 6,347
Grainger 3,030 76.28% 937 23.59% 2 0.05% 3 0.08% 2,093 52.69% 3,972
Greene 6,864 64.98% 3,656 34.61% 18 0.17% 25 0.24% 3,208 30.37% 10,563
Grundy 709 21.47% 2,583 78.23% 7 0.21% 3 0.09% -1,874 -56.75% 3,302
Hamblen 5,031 67.19% 2,395 31.98% 62 0.83% 0 0.00% 2,636 35.20% 7,488
Hamilton 29,681 55.14% 23,832 44.27% 139 0.26% 178 0.33% 5,849 10.87% 53,830
Hancock 1,830 79.50% 458 19.90% 14 0.61% 0 0.00% 1,372 59.60% 2,302
Hardeman 1,256 31.17% 2,747 68.18% 8 0.20% 18 0.45% -1,491 -37.01% 4,029
Hardin 2,459 59.28% 1,677 40.43% 12 0.29% 0 0.00% 782 18.85% 4,148
Hawkins 5,295 68.19% 2,404 30.96% 13 0.17% 53 0.68% 2,891 37.23% 7,765
Haywood 940 27.80% 2,432 71.93% 9 0.27% 0 0.00% -1,492 -44.13% 3,381
Henderson 3,317 67.45% 1,601 32.55% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,716 34.89% 4,918
Henry 2,421 29.77% 5,677 69.81% 12 0.15% 22 0.27% -3,256 -40.04% 8,132
Hickman 1,044 28.38% 2,625 71.35% 4 0.11% 6 0.16% -1,581 -42.97% 3,679
Houston 465 27.45% 1,229 72.55% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -764 -45.10% 1,694
Humphreys 898 25.16% 2,670 74.81% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -1,772 -49.65% 3,569
Jackson 1,138 40.25% 1,686 59.64% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% -548 -19.38% 2,827
Jefferson 4,622 78.87% 1,228 20.96% 9 0.15% 1 0.02% 3,394 57.92% 5,860
Johnson 3,590 87.65% 506 12.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,084 75.29% 4,096
Knox 44,358 62.32% 26,681 37.48% 113 0.16% 26 0.04% 17,677 24.83% 71,178
Lake 487 24.66% 1,475 74.68% 6 0.30% 7 0.35% -988 -50.03% 1,975
Lauderdale 1,390 24.26% 4,340 75.74% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,950 -51.48% 5,730
Lawrence 4,561 51.07% 4,299 48.14% 71 0.79% 0 0.00% 262 2.93% 8,931
Lewis 540 29.05% 1,308 70.36% 11 0.59% 0 0.00% -768 -41.31% 1,859
Lincoln 1,654 26.78% 4,510 73.01% 8 0.13% 5 0.08% -2,856 -46.24% 6,177
Loudon 4,311 66.52% 2,138 32.99% 17 0.26% 15 0.23% 2,173 33.53% 6,481
Macon 2,602 69.20% 1,158 30.80% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,444 38.40% 3,760
Madison 7,243 45.50% 8,623 54.17% 30 0.19% 23 0.14% -1,380 -8.67% 15,919
Marion 2,227 42.91% 2,938 56.61% 12 0.23% 13 0.25% -711 -13.70% 5,190
Marshall 1,525 28.44% 3,837 71.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,312 -43.12% 5,362
Maury 3,582 32.58% 7,377 67.09% 36 0.33% 0 0.00% -3,795 -34.52% 10,995
McMinn 5,778 62.39% 3,440 37.15% 18 0.19% 25 0.27% 2,338 25.25% 9,261
McNairy 3,426 55.94% 2,698 44.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 728 11.89% 6,124
Meigs 850 52.31% 754 46.40% 2 0.12% 19 1.17% 96 5.91% 1,625
Monroe 4,581 55.11% 3,693 44.42% 39 0.47% 0 0.00% 888 10.68% 8,313
Montgomery 2,573 30.78% 5,759 68.90% 17 0.20% 10 0.12% -3,186 -38.11% 8,359
Moore 354 30.00% 826 70.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -472 -40.00% 1,180
Morgan 2,565 63.22% 1,492 36.78% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,073 26.45% 4,057
Obion 2,682 36.51% 4,623 62.94% 32 0.44% 8 0.11% -1,941 -26.43% 7,345
Overton 1,453 39.47% 2,209 60.01% 6 0.16% 13 0.35% -756 -20.54% 3,681
Perry 762 39.00% 1,192 61.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -430 -22.01% 1,954
Pickett 1,003 64.71% 547 35.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 456 29.42% 1,550
Polk 2,283 55.63% 1,821 44.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 462 11.26% 4,104
Putnam 3,183 43.73% 4,096 56.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -913 -12.54% 7,279
Rhea 2,520 54.46% 2,090 45.17% 14 0.30% 3 0.06% 430 9.29% 4,627
Roane 5,583 60.13% 3,702 39.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,881 20.26% 9,285
Robertson 1,834 26.59% 5,063 73.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -3,229 -46.82% 6,897
Rutherford 3,196 31.77% 6,793 67.52% 24 0.24% 48 0.48% -3,597 -35.75% 10,061
Scott 3,274 73.82% 1,161 26.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,113 47.64% 4,435
Sequatchie 535 37.57% 882 61.94% 7 0.49% 0 0.00% -347 -24.37% 1,424
Sevier 7,244 87.17% 1,066 12.83% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6,178 74.34% 8,310
Shelby 65,170 47.53% 71,779 52.36% 112 0.08% 36 0.03% -6,609 -4.82% 137,099[lower-alpha 2]
Smith 1,412 34.80% 2,622 64.61% 15 0.37% 9 0.22% -1,210 -29.82% 4,058
Stewart 641 22.71% 2,170 76.87% 1 0.04% 11 0.39% -1,529 -54.16% 2,823
Sullivan 15,596 56.58% 11,849 42.99% 71 0.26% 47 0.17% 3,747 13.59% 27,563
Sumner 2,233 28.10% 5,674 71.40% 40 0.50% 0 0.00% -3,441 -43.30% 7,947
Tipton 1,312 19.54% 5,351 79.68% 34 0.51% 19 0.28% -4,039 -60.14% 6,716
Trousdale 261 17.43% 1,236 82.57% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -975 -65.13% 1,497
Unicoi 3,453 74.81% 1,163 25.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,290 49.61% 4,616
Union 2,087 75.78% 667 24.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,420 51.56% 2,754
Van Buren 393 36.12% 674 61.95% 10 0.92% 11 1.01% -281 -25.83% 1,088
Warren 1,912 34.68% 3,568 64.72% 21 0.38% 12 0.22% -1,656 -30.04% 5,513
Washington 12,023 69.31% 5,245 30.24% 43 0.25% 36 0.21% 6,778 39.07% 17,347
Wayne 2,439 70.63% 1,008 29.19% 4 0.12% 2 0.06% 1,431 41.44% 3,453
Weakley 3,043 41.83% 4,198 57.70% 34 0.47% 0 0.00% -1,155 -15.88% 7,275
White 1,374 37.00% 2,319 62.44% 13 0.35% 8 0.22% -945 -25.44% 3,714
Williamson 2,326 36.17% 4,085 63.53% 19 0.30% 0 0.00% -1,759 -27.36% 6,430
Wilson 2,449 32.57% 5,070 67.43% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,621 -34.86% 7,519
Totals446,14749.99%443,71049.71%1,4320.16%8850.10%2,4370.27%892,553[lower-alpha 3]

Notes

  1. Except for two votes in Shelby County, votes for the Christian Nationalist Party were listed as a state-wide total and not by counties.[4]
  2. The total for this county includes two votes for Christian Nationalist candidate Douglas Macarthur.
  3. This total includes 377 votes for Christian Nationalist candidate Douglas Macarthur that were not separated by county.

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
  3. "1952 Presidential Election Results – Tennessee". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  4. Our Campaigns; TN US President, November 04, 1952
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