Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Tennessee D+21.2.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Tennessee, 1944. The state ran 13.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)

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Tennessee result

510,692 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

308,707

60.4%

Dewey (R)

200,311

39.2%

All others

1,674

0.3%

Margin

D+21.2

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1944 presidential election

Tennessee, 1944

RooseveltD+21.2

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	60.4%	308,707
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	39.2%	200,311
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	1,674

D+60

R+60

95 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 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 — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+0.8%	3,476	3,424	6,920
Bedford County	D	+56.3%	2,651	733	3,407
Benton County	D	+22.6%	1,901	1,195	3,124
Bledsoe County	R	−19.8%	795	1,187	1,982
Blount County	R	−37.0%	2,836	6,193	9,067
Bradley County	R	−33.0%	1,312	2,616	3,951
Campbell County	R	−23.5%	2,008	3,244	5,270
Cannon County	D	+23.0%	1,002	627	1,630
Carroll County	R	−18.1%	2,077	2,996	5,088
Carter County	R	−49.0%	1,662	4,873	6,556
Cheatham County	D	+73.1%	1,398	216	1,616
Chester County	D	+10.8%	1,156	931	2,091
Claiborne County	R	−19.0%	1,649	2,426	4,098
Clay County	D	+7.4%	754	650	1,404
Cocke County	R	−56.4%	989	3,554	4,548
Coffee County	D	+65.2%	2,703	568	3,274
Crockett County	D	+28.9%	1,421	782	2,212
Cumberland County	R	−20.5%	1,174	1,786	2,980
Davidson County	D	+44.4%	26,493	10,174	36,760
Decatur County	D	+10.1%	1,515	1,235	2,763
DeKalb County	D	+4.0%	2,341	2,161	4,502
Dickson County	D	+59.5%	2,379	600	2,990
Dyer County	D	+47.6%	3,368	1,190	4,576
Fayette County	D	+78.3%	1,417	172	1,591
Fentress County	R	−43.7%	657	1,696	2,376
Franklin County	D	+73.4%	3,958	600	4,573
Gibson County	D	+49.3%	4,632	1,568	6,212
Giles County	D	+70.0%	4,249	751	5,000
Grainger County	R	−52.3%	605	1,938	2,550
Greene County	R	−28.6%	2,726	4,922	7,665
Grundy County	D	+56.0%	1,462	406	1,887
Hamblen County	R	−7.5%	1,723	2,001	3,724
Hamilton County	D	+25.4%	17,527	10,379	28,173
Hancock County	R	−63.4%	431	1,929	2,364
Hardeman County	D	+62.7%	1,949	444	2,400
Hardin County	R	−21.9%	1,358	2,124	3,500
Hawkins County	R	−35.5%	1,756	3,692	5,458
Haywood County	D	+84.7%	2,525	208	2,734
Henderson County	R	−43.6%	1,009	2,570	3,579
Henry County	D	+62.9%	3,111	702	3,831
Hickman County	D	+56.4%	2,223	618	2,846
Houston County	D	+59.5%	976	248	1,224
Humphreys County	D	+56.4%	1,327	367	1,701
Jackson County	D	+33.7%	1,407	695	2,114
Jefferson County	R	−52.9%	966	3,159	4,143
Johnson County	R	−71.2%	450	2,699	3,158
Knox County	R	−5.7%	18,482	20,742	39,452
Lake County	D	+81.1%	1,440	150	1,590
Lauderdale County	D	+81.4%	3,732	381	4,117
Lawrence County	D	+3.4%	4,662	4,359	9,021
Lewis County	D	+58.2%	955	252	1,207
Lincoln County	D	+73.3%	3,735	573	4,316
Loudon County	R	−31.6%	1,632	3,147	4,787
Macon County	R	−53.2%	701	2,322	3,045
Madison County	D	+52.1%	5,706	1,793	7,517
Marion County	D	+20.0%	2,666	1,761	4,533
Marshall County	D	+76.8%	3,812	500	4,315
Maury County	D	+72.9%	4,814	747	5,579
McMinn County	D	+17.9%	4,435	3,091	7,526
McNairy County	R	−22.3%	1,712	2,697	4,409
Meigs County	D	+15.5%	727	532	1,259
Monroe County	R	−0.6%	3,385	3,424	6,819
Montgomery County	D	+61.6%	2,971	702	3,686
Moore County	D	+67.7%	742	143	885
Morgan County	R	−7.6%	1,201	1,399	2,600
Obion County	D	+71.1%	3,670	615	4,298
Overton County	D	+21.5%	1,449	935	2,389
Perry County	D	+33.2%	771	387	1,158
Pickett County	R	−28.8%	416	761	1,198
Polk County	D	+85.4%	4,842	378	5,226
Putnam County	D	+22.3%	2,788	1,770	4,558
Rhea County	R	−8.6%	1,581	1,880	3,461
Roane County	R	−15.7%	1,971	2,711	4,699
Robertson County	D	+66.1%	3,074	622	3,708
Rutherford County	D	+68.3%	4,730	879	5,638
Scott County	R	−39.6%	850	1,971	2,832
Sequatchie County	D	+34.2%	851	417	1,268
Sevier County	R	−74.7%	711	4,930	5,651
Shelby County	D	+63.5%	48,625	10,839	59,544
Smith County	D	+40.6%	2,107	887	3,006
Stewart County	D	+70.2%	1,916	335	2,251
Sullivan County	D	+9.2%	6,290	5,223	11,544
Sumner County	D	+60.8%	4,076	990	5,076
Tipton County	D	+85.7%	4,046	310	4,360
Trousdale County	D	+79.7%	1,170	131	1,304
Unicoi County	R	−43.8%	779	1,992	2,771
Union County	R	−47.6%	627	1,768	2,398
Van Buren County	D	+28.7%	526	291	820
Warren County	D	+49.9%	2,560	848	3,429
Washington County	R	−22.9%	4,060	6,485	10,602
Wayne County	R	−55.1%	630	2,185	2,820
Weakley County	D	+36.5%	3,434	1,595	5,039
White County	D	+33.4%	1,339	668	2,011
Williamson County	D	+62.9%	2,656	602	3,268
Wilson County	D	+53.9%	3,148	942	4,090