Warren G. Harding carried Tennessee R+2.8.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in Tennessee, 1920. The state ran 23.4 points more Democratic than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)

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Tennessee result

425,975 votes counted

Cox (D)

205,898

48.3%

Harding (R)

217,898

51.2%

All others

2,179

0.5%

Margin

R+2.8

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1920 presidential election

Tennessee, 1920

HardingR+2.8

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

Warren G. Harding ✓Republican	51.2%	217,898
James M. CoxDemocratic	48.3%	205,898
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	2,179

D+60

R+60

95 counties, each filled by 1920 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 1920

95 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−61.1%	748	3,127	3,894
Bedford County	D	+3.0%	2,182	2,056	4,238
Benton County	D	+11.6%	1,914	1,514	3,438
Bledsoe County	R	−42.6%	482	1,198	1,680
Blount County	R	−56.2%	1,550	5,540	7,094
Bradley County	R	−35.7%	1,058	2,255	3,349
Campbell County	R	−67.6%	650	3,368	4,018
Cannon County	D	+5.7%	770	687	1,457
Carroll County	R	−12.6%	3,215	4,141	7,356
Carter County	R	−80.0%	674	6,059	6,733
Cheatham County	D	+36.3%	1,219	569	1,791
Chester County	D	+0.8%	1,105	1,088	2,229
Claiborne County	R	−35.8%	1,236	2,612	3,848
Clay County	R	−14.9%	772	1,044	1,827
Cocke County	R	−55.5%	929	3,283	4,244
Coffee County	D	+42.6%	2,043	822	2,865
Crockett County	R	−1.6%	2,252	2,326	4,578
Cumberland County	R	−45.4%	557	1,485	2,043
Davidson County	D	+32.2%	13,354	6,811	20,346
Decatur County	R	−16.5%	1,149	1,608	2,780
DeKalb County	R	−12.9%	1,983	2,572	4,555
Dickson County	D	+20.6%	2,145	1,412	3,557
Dyer County	D	+46.2%	3,181	1,166	4,357
Fayette County	D	+73.8%	2,294	346	2,640
Fentress County	R	−44.2%	694	1,808	2,523
Franklin County	D	+38.4%	3,504	1,558	5,064
Gibson County	D	+29.8%	5,942	3,209	9,170
Giles County	D	+16.9%	3,129	2,224	5,359
Grainger County	R	−41.4%	895	2,158	3,054
Greene County	R	−32.0%	2,924	5,677	8,606
Grundy County	D	+22.0%	745	447	1,355
Hamblen County	R	−9.3%	1,301	1,571	2,917
Hamilton County	R	−4.2%	9,910	10,793	21,037
Hancock County	R	−63.8%	384	1,740	2,124
Hardeman County	D	+42.1%	2,212	895	3,130
Hardin County	R	−37.4%	1,398	3,077	4,487
Hawkins County	R	−31.2%	1,381	2,650	4,070
Haywood County	D	+90.4%	2,068	101	2,176
Henderson County	R	−43.6%	1,217	3,112	4,346
Henry County	D	+40.0%	4,613	1,957	6,633
Hickman County	R	−3.8%	1,362	1,470	2,847
Houston County	D	+33.9%	790	385	1,193
Humphreys County	D	+38.5%	1,534	674	2,231
Jackson County	R	−3.9%	1,097	1,187	2,284
Jefferson County	R	−64.7%	741	3,583	4,392
Johnson County	R	−85.1%	291	3,627	3,918
Knox County	R	−27.5%	6,801	12,005	18,931
Lake County	D	+54.1%	1,192	352	1,552
Lauderdale County	D	+32.1%	2,313	1,190	3,503
Lawrence County	R	−19.1%	2,610	3,843	6,453
Lewis County	R	−5.0%	403	446	853
Lincoln County	D	+38.5%	2,463	1,091	3,560
Loudon County	R	−46.1%	686	1,872	2,575
Macon County	R	−50.1%	1,066	3,208	4,276
Madison County	D	+32.9%	5,280	2,665	7,945
Marion County	R	−17.2%	1,874	2,662	4,580
Marshall County	D	+41.4%	1,828	753	2,596
Maury County	D	+31.9%	2,693	1,379	4,113
McMinn County	R	−26.0%	1,636	2,800	4,471
McNairy County	R	−26.6%	1,863	3,212	5,075
Meigs County	R	−12.5%	712	915	1,627
Monroe County	R	−16.5%	1,845	2,575	4,420
Montgomery County	D	+17.9%	2,564	1,780	4,384
Moore County	D	+69.3%	497	90	587
Morgan County	R	−46.6%	816	2,248	3,072
Obion County	D	+55.2%	4,547	1,307	5,874
Overton County	R	−4.3%	1,779	1,939	3,735
Perry County	R	−3.8%	692	747	1,439
Pickett County	R	−19.2%	607	896	1,503
Polk County	R	−13.4%	775	1,018	1,811
Putnam County	D	+16.8%	2,996	2,132	5,128
Rhea County	R	−12.0%	1,051	1,341	2,413
Roane County	R	−40.4%	838	1,974	2,812
Robertson County	D	+43.7%	3,046	1,191	4,248
Rutherford County	D	+28.8%	3,406	1,881	5,287
Scott County	R	−82.7%	221	2,537	2,802
Sequatchie County	D	+3.4%	545	509	1,057
Sevier County	R	−87.3%	404	6,006	6,417
Shelby County	D	+29.7%	15,986	8,597	24,843
Smith County	D	+22.8%	3,150	1,981	5,131
Stewart County	D	+46.8%	2,366	849	3,244
Sullivan County	D	+9.3%	4,327	3,593	7,920
Sumner County	D	+48.5%	3,674	1,268	4,963
Tipton County	D	+50.6%	2,816	906	3,776
Trousdale County	D	+24.9%	955	574	1,530
Unicoi County	R	−65.0%	547	2,584	3,135
Union County	R	−72.0%	423	2,607	3,032
Van Buren County	D	+22.0%	351	223	582
Warren County	D	+32.4%	1,986	1,010	3,012
Washington County	R	−36.5%	2,260	4,858	7,122
Wayne County	R	−59.8%	654	2,617	3,284
Weakley County	D	+23.1%	4,395	2,741	7,166
White County	D	+20.4%	2,201	1,456	3,657
Williamson County	D	+35.9%	2,004	946	2,950
Wilson County	D	+17.0%	2,160	1,532	3,696