Harry S. Truman carried Tennessee D+12.3.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Tennessee, 1948. The state ran 7.8 points more Democratic than the nation (D+4.5 nationally).

Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)

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Tennessee result

550,283 votes counted

Truman (D)

270,402

49.1%

Dewey (R)

202,914

36.9%

Thurmond + others

76,967

14.0%

Margin

D+12.3

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1948 presidential election

Tennessee, 1948

TrumanD+12.3

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	49.1%	270,402
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	36.9%	202,914
Strom ThurmondStates' Rights	14.0%	76,967

D+60

R+60

95 counties, each filled by 1948 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 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 — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+4.6%	5,915	5,372	11,837
Bedford County	D	+37.7%	2,393	771	4,301
Benton County	D	+30.5%	1,757	908	2,788
Bledsoe County	R	−0.5%	1,092	1,103	2,248
Blount County	R	−31.6%	3,141	6,152	9,543
Bradley County	R	−17.6%	2,036	2,942	5,152
Campbell County	R	−12.3%	2,267	2,922	5,320
Cannon County	D	+40.0%	1,408	558	2,127
Carroll County	D	+2.7%	2,818	2,651	6,173
Carter County	R	−45.0%	1,809	4,943	6,968
Cheatham County	D	+82.3%	2,731	193	3,083
Chester County	D	+11.0%	980	766	1,940
Claiborne County	R	−9.4%	2,068	2,507	4,686
Clay County	D	+23.3%	1,146	703	1,901
Cocke County	R	−57.2%	939	3,576	4,614
Coffee County	D	+40.0%	2,041	599	3,601
Crockett County	D	+30.8%	1,415	601	2,640
Cumberland County	R	−10.2%	1,607	1,988	3,721
Davidson County	D	+33.1%	20,877	8,410	37,643
Decatur County	D	+9.1%	1,565	1,291	3,020
DeKalb County	D	+15.0%	2,412	1,751	4,412
Dickson County	D	+58.9%	2,337	485	3,145
Dyer County	D	+46.9%	3,503	989	5,364
Fayette County	O	+9.0%	226	66	1,785
Fentress County	R	−23.7%	962	1,587	2,634
Franklin County	D	+52.9%	2,948	589	4,461
Gibson County	D	+46.6%	3,917	1,137	5,971
Giles County	D	+60.7%	3,676	717	4,872
Grainger County	R	−46.4%	644	1,824	2,542
Greene County	R	−13.9%	3,282	4,375	7,875
Grundy County	D	+61.3%	2,009	431	2,575
Hamblen County	R	−14.3%	1,552	2,116	3,933
Hamilton County	D	+21.6%	16,968	10,434	30,189
Hancock County	R	−57.2%	416	1,598	2,065
Hardeman County	D	+39.2%	1,609	317	3,300
Hardin County	R	−15.5%	1,270	1,779	3,277
Hawkins County	R	−27.8%	2,019	3,637	5,819
Haywood County	D	+42.4%	1,050	148	2,129
Henderson County	R	−30.8%	1,155	2,278	3,643
Henry County	D	+62.9%	3,292	604	4,276
Hickman County	D	+57.7%	2,140	478	2,878
Houston County	D	+65.8%	1,159	202	1,455
Humphreys County	D	+43.4%	1,327	355	2,240
Jackson County	D	+44.2%	1,502	536	2,187
Jefferson County	R	−51.7%	900	2,979	4,019
Johnson County	R	−68.1%	433	2,413	2,908
Knox County	R	−13.1%	15,946	21,074	39,196
Lake County	D	+43.5%	833	179	1,502
Lauderdale County	D	+58.2%	2,556	298	3,879
Lawrence County	D	+11.2%	4,854	3,837	9,084
Lewis County	D	+46.9%	1,148	381	1,636
Lincoln County	D	+63.8%	2,969	361	4,088
Loudon County	R	−20.6%	1,673	2,605	4,515
Macon County	R	−38.6%	738	1,708	2,510
Madison County	D	+33.8%	4,722	1,681	8,997
Marion County	D	+18.3%	2,554	1,738	4,467
Marshall County	D	+59.2%	3,059	517	4,295
Maury County	D	+35.7%	2,906	895	5,635
McMinn County	R	−18.5%	3,016	4,432	7,662
McNairy County	R	−2.5%	2,267	2,390	4,969
Meigs County	D	+2.5%	788	748	1,590
Monroe County	R	−4.7%	3,553	3,905	7,546
Montgomery County	D	+59.1%	3,310	646	4,505
Moore County	D	+50.7%	523	102	831
Morgan County	R	−2.3%	1,500	1,570	3,085
Obion County	D	+61.7%	3,490	642	4,617
Overton County	D	+31.6%	1,835	917	2,905
Perry County	D	+42.2%	1,196	459	1,748
Pickett County	R	−19.7%	566	849	1,437
Polk County	R	−3.9%	1,412	1,529	2,990
Putnam County	D	+22.6%	3,134	1,879	5,564
Rhea County	R	−4.3%	1,897	2,077	4,151
Roane County	R	−16.1%	2,306	3,236	5,781
Robertson County	D	+67.6%	3,044	376	3,946
Rutherford County	D	+54.2%	4,151	854	6,078
Scott County	R	−34.5%	972	2,016	3,024
Sequatchie County	D	+35.5%	907	420	1,373
Sevier County	R	−70.1%	840	5,049	6,003
Shelby County	O	+14.3%	23,854	14,566	65,176
Smith County	D	+35.0%	1,764	773	2,828
Stewart County	D	+67.6%	1,962	331	2,411
Sullivan County	D	+4.2%	7,626	6,984	15,120
Sumner County	D	+57.8%	3,688	793	5,006
Tipton County	D	+61.0%	3,066	209	4,681
Trousdale County	D	+74.0%	1,014	104	1,229
Unicoi County	R	−37.9%	844	1,927	2,861
Union County	R	−50.6%	513	1,603	2,156
Van Buren County	D	+34.6%	636	298	978
Warren County	D	+48.4%	2,969	807	4,464
Washington County	R	−26.2%	4,023	7,056	11,559
Wayne County	R	−39.7%	820	1,957	2,862
Weakley County	D	+37.0%	3,099	1,310	4,841
White County	D	+40.4%	1,719	635	2,682
Williamson County	D	+45.0%	2,294	556	3,861
Wilson County	D	+48.5%	3,133	854	4,699