Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Tennessee D+34.9.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Tennessee, 1940. The state ran 25.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)

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Tennessee result

522,823 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

351,601

67.3%

Willkie (R)

169,153

32.4%

All others

2,069

0.4%

Margin

D+34.9

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1940 presidential election

Tennessee, 1940

RooseveltD+34.9

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	67.3%	351,601
Wendell WillkieRepublican	32.4%	169,153
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	2,069

D+60

R+60

95 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 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 — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+8.9%	2,218	1,852	4,091
Bedford County	D	+63.2%	2,499	555	3,074
Benton County	D	+39.6%	1,996	858	2,877
Bledsoe County	D	+7.4%	1,527	1,317	2,844
Blount County	R	−12.3%	3,363	4,312	7,720
Bradley County	R	−13.9%	1,976	2,617	4,615
Campbell County	R	−2.0%	2,688	2,799	5,512
Cannon County	D	+45.0%	1,699	638	2,358
Carroll County	D	+0.9%	2,830	2,782	5,642
Carter County	R	−31.9%	2,171	4,238	6,480
Cheatham County	D	+70.7%	1,932	331	2,266
Chester County	D	+20.5%	1,537	1,015	2,552
Claiborne County	R	−1.5%	2,792	2,879	5,764
Clay County	D	+41.2%	1,288	537	1,825
Cocke County	R	−51.9%	1,098	3,521	4,673
Coffee County	D	+68.3%	2,277	424	2,712
Crockett County	D	+47.1%	2,048	733	2,790
Cumberland County	R	−1.7%	1,443	1,492	2,965
Davidson County	D	+51.8%	27,589	8,763	36,352
Decatur County	D	+17.9%	1,832	1,275	3,117
DeKalb County	D	+16.2%	2,830	2,041	4,871
Dickson County	D	+68.0%	2,784	527	3,319
Dyer County	D	+55.1%	3,374	961	4,380
Fayette County	D	+91.7%	1,826	78	1,906
Fentress County	R	−19.2%	919	1,365	2,317
Franklin County	D	+76.5%	4,312	569	4,893
Gibson County	D	+60.9%	5,103	1,233	6,356
Giles County	D	+69.0%	3,796	692	4,501
Grainger County	R	−33.1%	842	1,688	2,557
Greene County	R	−2.0%	4,406	4,587	9,135
Grundy County	D	+70.6%	1,749	298	2,056
Hamblen County	D	+6.7%	2,055	1,794	3,877
Hamilton County	D	+27.2%	17,083	9,771	26,922
Hancock County	R	−24.4%	1,014	1,673	2,701
Hardeman County	D	+77.6%	2,549	319	2,875
Hardin County	R	−7.2%	1,957	2,264	4,247
Hawkins County	R	−22.1%	2,108	3,314	5,458
Haywood County	D	+92.8%	3,466	128	3,598
Henderson County	R	−25.9%	1,560	2,653	4,222
Henry County	D	+70.6%	3,307	563	3,886
Hickman County	D	+62.1%	2,776	644	3,434
Houston County	D	+64.9%	1,093	229	1,331
Humphreys County	D	+63.9%	1,717	377	2,097
Jackson County	D	+54.2%	2,046	605	2,660
Jefferson County	R	−28.6%	1,062	1,921	3,004
Johnson County	R	−68.4%	469	2,502	2,971
Knox County	D	+18.5%	20,226	13,877	34,304
Lake County	D	+86.3%	2,962	213	3,187
Lauderdale County	D	+90.3%	6,279	317	6,603
Lawrence County	D	+35.3%	3,936	1,877	5,836
Lewis County	D	+56.8%	1,343	368	1,716
Lincoln County	D	+75.6%	3,781	521	4,315
Loudon County	R	−3.7%	2,068	2,226	4,317
Macon County	R	−41.7%	711	1,730	2,445
Madison County	D	+65.6%	6,154	1,271	7,448
Marion County	D	+19.9%	3,242	2,158	5,435
Marshall County	D	+77.9%	3,132	389	3,523
Maury County	D	+75.1%	4,529	634	5,186
McMinn County	D	+14.2%	5,192	3,901	9,121
McNairy County	R	−1.3%	2,484	2,550	5,034
Meigs County	D	+21.6%	889	573	1,462
Monroe County	D	+11.7%	4,121	3,253	7,416
Montgomery County	D	+58.6%	3,158	819	3,990
Moore County	D	+77.7%	869	106	982
Morgan County	D	+10.4%	1,783	1,448	3,231
Obion County	D	+77.8%	4,360	536	4,914
Overton County	D	+26.7%	1,718	988	2,733
Perry County	D	+52.5%	1,068	332	1,403
Pickett County	R	−11.9%	652	830	1,492
Polk County	D	+73.1%	3,611	562	4,173
Putnam County	D	+30.5%	2,963	1,576	4,544
Rhea County	D	+9.4%	2,364	1,956	4,336
Roane County	D	+3.0%	2,384	2,245	4,650
Robertson County	D	+73.5%	3,258	490	3,767
Rutherford County	D	+68.4%	4,207	782	5,009
Scott County	R	−20.3%	1,448	2,187	3,649
Sequatchie County	D	+42.8%	1,003	401	1,408
Sevier County	R	−58.9%	1,181	4,569	5,750
Shelby County	D	+77.4%	57,664	7,312	65,074
Smith County	D	+54.9%	2,244	648	2,906
Stewart County	D	+75.3%	2,699	374	3,088
Sullivan County	D	+27.0%	7,234	4,153	11,421
Sumner County	D	+62.0%	3,591	834	4,447
Tipton County	D	+90.4%	5,815	288	6,113
Trousdale County	D	+81.5%	929	94	1,025
Unicoi County	R	−30.5%	985	1,863	2,881
Union County	R	−25.8%	673	1,143	1,824
Van Buren County	D	+39.3%	732	318	1,053
Warren County	D	+61.6%	2,323	546	2,887
Washington County	R	−13.9%	3,565	4,719	8,327
Wayne County	R	−38.6%	1,100	2,486	3,592
Weakley County	D	+50.2%	3,474	1,139	4,648
White County	D	+54.6%	2,256	657	2,928
Williamson County	D	+72.3%	3,215	505	3,746
Wilson County	D	+64.2%	3,020	655	3,681