Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Tennessee R+0.3.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Tennessee, 1952. The state ran 10.5 points more Democratic than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

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Tennessee result

892,553 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

443,710

49.7%

Eisenhower (R)

446,147

50.0%

All others

2,696

0.3%

Margin

R+0.3

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1952 presidential election

Tennessee, 1952

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	50.0%	446,147
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	49.7%	443,710
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	2,696

D+60

R+60

95 counties, each filled by 1952 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1952 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 — 1952

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−8.0%	8,939	10,489	19,466
Bedford County	D	+25.1%	4,362	2,611	6,973
Benton County	D	+30.4%	2,452	1,304	3,772
Bledsoe County	R	−2.9%	1,158	1,229	2,417
Blount County	R	−38.7%	5,163	11,708	16,913
Bradley County	R	−27.0%	2,646	4,606	7,269
Campbell County	R	−31.8%	2,346	4,557	6,943
Cannon County	D	+22.9%	1,491	930	2,449
Carroll County	R	−13.6%	2,841	3,741	6,626
Carter County	R	−53.3%	2,707	9,019	11,844
Cheatham County	D	+60.7%	2,222	536	2,776
Chester County	R	−6.0%	1,484	1,674	3,158
Claiborne County	R	−19.2%	2,182	3,221	5,403
Clay County	D	+6.9%	968	842	1,821
Cocke County	R	−64.0%	1,247	5,688	6,935
Coffee County	D	+25.2%	3,537	2,110	5,665
Crockett County	D	+23.1%	2,155	1,343	3,509
Cumberland County	R	−22.9%	2,059	3,282	5,341
Davidson County	D	+17.9%	51,562	35,916	87,630
Decatur County	D	+8.9%	1,681	1,406	3,100
DeKalb County	D	+3.6%	1,949	1,814	3,763
Dickson County	D	+49.6%	4,196	1,415	5,611
Dyer County	D	+16.6%	4,531	3,231	7,823
Fayette County	D	+6.5%	1,173	1,029	2,202
Fentress County	R	−39.3%	934	2,143	3,077
Franklin County	D	+40.5%	4,786	2,015	6,834
Gibson County	D	+27.8%	6,687	3,766	10,491
Giles County	D	+47.1%	4,640	1,649	6,347
Grainger County	R	−52.7%	937	3,030	3,972
Greene County	R	−30.4%	3,656	6,864	10,563
Grundy County	D	+56.8%	2,583	709	3,302
Hamblen County	R	−35.2%	2,395	5,031	7,488
Hamilton County	R	−10.9%	23,832	29,681	53,830
Hancock County	R	−59.6%	458	1,830	2,302
Hardeman County	D	+37.0%	2,747	1,256	4,029
Hardin County	R	−18.9%	1,677	2,459	4,148
Hawkins County	R	−37.2%	2,404	5,295	7,765
Haywood County	D	+44.1%	2,432	940	3,381
Henderson County	R	−34.9%	1,601	3,317	4,918
Henry County	D	+40.0%	5,677	2,421	8,132
Hickman County	D	+43.0%	2,625	1,044	3,679
Houston County	D	+45.1%	1,229	465	1,694
Humphreys County	D	+49.6%	2,670	898	3,569
Jackson County	D	+19.4%	1,686	1,138	2,827
Jefferson County	R	−57.9%	1,228	4,622	5,860
Johnson County	R	−75.3%	506	3,590	4,096
Knox County	R	−24.8%	26,681	44,358	71,178
Lake County	D	+50.0%	1,475	487	1,975
Lauderdale County	D	+51.5%	4,340	1,390	5,730
Lawrence County	R	−2.9%	4,299	4,561	8,931
Lewis County	D	+41.3%	1,308	540	1,859
Lincoln County	D	+46.2%	4,510	1,654	6,177
Loudon County	R	−33.5%	2,138	4,311	6,481
Macon County	R	−38.4%	1,158	2,602	3,760
Madison County	D	+8.7%	8,623	7,243	15,919
Marion County	D	+13.7%	2,938	2,227	5,190
Marshall County	D	+43.1%	3,837	1,525	5,362
Maury County	D	+34.5%	7,377	3,582	10,995
McMinn County	R	−25.2%	3,440	5,778	9,261
McNairy County	R	−11.9%	2,698	3,426	6,124
Meigs County	R	−5.9%	754	850	1,625
Monroe County	R	−10.7%	3,693	4,581	8,313
Montgomery County	D	+38.1%	5,759	2,573	8,359
Moore County	D	+40.0%	826	354	1,180
Morgan County	R	−26.4%	1,492	2,565	4,057
Obion County	D	+26.4%	4,623	2,682	7,345
Overton County	D	+20.5%	2,209	1,453	3,681
Perry County	D	+22.0%	1,192	762	1,954
Pickett County	R	−29.4%	547	1,003	1,550
Polk County	R	−11.3%	1,821	2,283	4,104
Putnam County	D	+12.5%	4,096	3,183	7,279
Rhea County	R	−9.3%	2,090	2,520	4,627
Roane County	R	−20.3%	3,702	5,583	9,285
Robertson County	D	+46.8%	5,063	1,834	6,897
Rutherford County	D	+35.8%	6,793	3,196	10,061
Scott County	R	−47.6%	1,161	3,274	4,435
Sequatchie County	D	+24.4%	882	535	1,424
Sevier County	R	−74.3%	1,066	7,244	8,310
Shelby County	D	+4.8%	71,779	65,170	137,099
Smith County	D	+29.8%	2,622	1,412	4,058
Stewart County	D	+54.2%	2,170	641	2,823
Sullivan County	R	−13.6%	11,849	15,596	27,563
Sumner County	D	+43.3%	5,674	2,233	7,947
Tipton County	D	+60.1%	5,351	1,312	6,716
Trousdale County	D	+65.1%	1,236	261	1,497
Unicoi County	R	−49.6%	1,163	3,453	4,616
Union County	R	−51.6%	667	2,087	2,754
Van Buren County	D	+25.8%	674	393	1,088
Warren County	D	+30.0%	3,568	1,912	5,513
Washington County	R	−39.1%	5,245	12,023	17,347
Wayne County	R	−41.4%	1,008	2,439	3,453
Weakley County	D	+15.9%	4,198	3,043	7,275
White County	D	+25.4%	2,319	1,374	3,714
Williamson County	D	+27.4%	4,085	2,326	6,430
Wilson County	D	+34.9%	5,070	2,449	7,519