Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Tennessee D+34.0.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Tennessee, 1932. The state ran 16.2 points more Democratic than the nation (D+17.8 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Herbert Hoover (R)

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Tennessee result

390,263 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

259,463

66.5%

Hoover (R)

126,752

32.5%

All others

4,048

1.0%

Margin

D+34.0

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1932 presidential election

Tennessee, 1932

RooseveltD+34.0

How it voted

Share of the 1932 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	66.5%	259,463
Herbert HooverRepublican	32.5%	126,752
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	4,048

D+60

R+60

95 counties, each filled by 1932 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1932 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 — 1932

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−19.4%	1,081	1,605	2,697
Bedford County	D	+56.4%	2,264	630	2,898
Benton County	D	+53.7%	1,540	455	2,021
Bledsoe County	D	+3.7%	1,034	960	1,994
Blount County	R	−36.2%	1,515	3,275	4,867
Bradley County	R	−9.5%	1,295	1,570	2,902
Campbell County	R	−19.5%	1,834	2,735	4,609
Cannon County	D	+53.8%	1,207	360	1,575
Carroll County	D	+1.9%	2,603	2,505	5,156
Carter County	R	−52.5%	1,574	5,055	6,629
Cheatham County	D	+76.2%	1,370	180	1,562
Chester County	D	+46.4%	985	356	1,357
Claiborne County	D	+34.1%	3,518	1,725	5,265
Clay County	D	+38.3%	819	361	1,196
Cocke County	R	−19.6%	1,557	2,324	3,915
Coffee County	D	+63.3%	1,950	430	2,400
Crockett County	D	+57.6%	1,934	513	2,467
Cumberland County	D	+2.0%	996	957	1,964
Davidson County	D	+49.6%	21,233	7,004	28,666
Decatur County	D	+25.5%	1,020	601	1,643
DeKalb County	D	+20.6%	2,323	1,530	3,853
Dickson County	D	+68.8%	2,007	369	2,380
Dyer County	D	+80.9%	3,805	389	4,222
Fayette County	D	+92.5%	1,287	42	1,346
Fentress County	R	−17.2%	961	1,383	2,456
Franklin County	D	+78.1%	3,029	360	3,417
Gibson County	D	+69.5%	3,972	704	4,705
Giles County	D	+63.0%	2,773	619	3,417
Grainger County	R	−14.0%	995	1,325	2,353
Greene County	D	+13.8%	4,264	3,223	7,532
Grundy County	D	+65.5%	978	198	1,191
Hamblen County	D	+16.3%	2,032	1,458	3,522
Hamilton County	D	+23.1%	11,469	7,090	18,937
Hancock County	R	−32.8%	551	1,089	1,640
Hardeman County	D	+78.2%	2,377	281	2,680
Hardin County	R	−12.4%	806	1,036	1,851
Hawkins County	R	−9.4%	2,391	2,890	5,302
Haywood County	D	+90.9%	1,788	77	1,882
Henderson County	R	−4.9%	958	1,058	2,029
Henry County	D	+77.6%	2,867	340	3,255
Hickman County	D	+64.7%	1,812	385	2,205
Houston County	D	+73.6%	750	112	867
Humphreys County	D	+71.9%	1,455	231	1,703
Jackson County	D	+74.0%	1,726	256	1,986
Jefferson County	R	−39.2%	975	2,275	3,317
Johnson County	R	−69.5%	425	2,400	2,840
Knox County	D	+4.7%	10,755	9,774	20,927
Lake County	D	+91.8%	1,824	78	1,902
Lauderdale County	D	+83.5%	2,137	174	2,350
Lawrence County	D	+31.4%	3,240	1,684	4,948
Lewis County	D	+70.7%	799	137	936
Lincoln County	D	+81.9%	3,095	288	3,429
Loudon County	R	−5.4%	1,629	1,817	3,503
Macon County	R	−11.8%	885	1,123	2,018
Madison County	D	+61.2%	4,813	1,124	6,029
Marion County	D	+22.3%	2,212	1,406	3,618
Marshall County	D	+76.3%	2,167	283	2,470
Maury County	D	+72.3%	3,392	535	3,952
McMinn County	R	−2.9%	2,630	2,790	5,495
McNairy County	D	+18.4%	1,961	1,350	3,323
Meigs County	D	+19.6%	840	564	1,408
Monroe County	D	+32.4%	2,954	1,504	4,478
Montgomery County	D	+54.9%	2,747	799	3,546
Moore County	D	+86.1%	923	65	996
Morgan County	R	−9.2%	983	1,184	2,185
Obion County	D	+79.8%	3,183	334	3,569
Overton County	D	+54.0%	2,231	661	2,905
Perry County	D	+58.6%	705	182	893
Pickett County	D	+2.2%	712	681	1,416
Polk County	D	+21.5%	2,540	1,642	4,182
Putnam County	D	+38.7%	2,911	1,281	4,214
Rhea County	D	+3.4%	1,550	1,448	3,036
Roane County	R	−11.1%	1,625	2,036	3,709
Robertson County	D	+82.4%	2,752	252	3,034
Rutherford County	D	+72.9%	3,924	606	4,550
Scott County	R	−29.4%	1,025	1,890	2,940
Sequatchie County	D	+45.4%	777	289	1,076
Sevier County	R	−54.8%	887	3,075	3,993
Shelby County	D	+70.8%	38,320	6,332	45,209
Smith County	D	+54.8%	2,057	595	2,668
Stewart County	D	+78.2%	1,548	184	1,744
Sullivan County	D	+27.5%	5,322	2,999	8,442
Sumner County	D	+81.6%	3,893	382	4,303
Tipton County	D	+89.2%	2,892	154	3,069
Trousdale County	D	+85.7%	835	64	900
Unicoi County	R	−33.7%	850	1,716	2,566
Union County	R	−18.5%	802	1,169	1,983
Van Buren County	D	+50.1%	613	196	833
Warren County	D	+69.3%	2,325	410	2,765
Washington County	R	−4.8%	3,345	3,691	7,138
Wayne County	R	−32.9%	543	1,082	1,639
Weakley County	D	+65.4%	3,777	783	4,577
White County	D	+66.1%	1,938	390	2,341
Williamson County	D	+81.5%	2,777	261	3,087
Wilson County	D	+65.1%	2,713	567	3,298