Richard Nixon carried Tennessee R+7.1.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Tennessee, 1960. The state ran 7.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+0.2 nationally).

Nominees: John F. Kennedy (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged)

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Tennessee result

1,051,776 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

481,453

45.8%

Nixon (R)

556,577

52.9%

Byrd) + others

13,746

1.3%

Margin

R+7.1

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1960 presidential election

Tennessee, 1960

NixonR+7.1

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	52.9%	556,577
John F. KennedyDemocratic	45.8%	481,453
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	13,746

D+60

R+60

95 counties, each filled by 1960 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 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 — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−6.0%	9,878	11,153	21,221
Bedford County	D	+25.5%	4,457	2,633	7,152
Benton County	D	+6.6%	2,030	1,773	3,923
Bledsoe County	R	−18.7%	981	1,439	2,452
Blount County	R	−36.9%	6,213	13,552	19,872
Bradley County	R	−40.4%	3,307	7,865	11,285
Campbell County	R	−23.4%	3,134	5,079	8,297
Cannon County	D	+3.2%	1,275	1,195	2,487
Carroll County	R	−20.4%	2,961	4,517	7,609
Carter County	R	−55.7%	3,412	12,214	15,798
Cheatham County	D	+46.0%	1,883	683	2,607
Chester County	R	−20.1%	1,192	1,807	3,060
Claiborne County	R	−28.8%	2,142	3,888	6,056
Clay County	R	−5.8%	976	1,098	2,106
Cocke County	R	−63.5%	1,442	6,581	8,095
Coffee County	D	+19.5%	4,555	3,058	7,686
Crockett County	R	−1.0%	1,438	1,467	3,013
Cumberland County	R	−23.0%	2,189	3,523	5,804
Davidson County	D	+6.7%	59,649	52,077	112,597
Decatur County	R	−11.8%	1,321	1,684	3,075
DeKalb County	D	+3.5%	1,547	1,440	3,026
Dickson County	D	+34.0%	3,930	1,928	5,894
Dyer County	R	−2.8%	3,868	4,097	8,203
Fayette County	R	−17.1%	892	1,370	2,799
Fentress County	R	−45.1%	1,014	2,726	3,792
Franklin County	D	+42.0%	5,041	2,041	7,139
Gibson County	D	+5.5%	5,796	5,173	11,329
Giles County	D	+50.4%	4,879	1,598	6,513
Grainger County	R	−52.3%	939	3,017	3,977
Greene County	R	−33.4%	4,406	8,835	13,276
Grundy County	D	+45.8%	2,143	786	2,960
Hamblen County	R	−38.8%	3,122	7,093	10,245
Hamilton County	R	−12.9%	30,482	39,703	71,277
Hancock County	R	−65.4%	438	2,107	2,552
Hardeman County	D	+3.1%	1,711	1,601	3,604
Hardin County	R	−32.0%	1,690	3,323	5,098
Hawkins County	R	−45.7%	2,586	7,010	9,672
Haywood County	D	+20.4%	1,867	1,188	3,334
Henderson County	R	−41.1%	1,490	3,597	5,128
Henry County	D	+24.5%	5,049	3,033	8,213
Hickman County	D	+31.9%	2,401	1,224	3,687
Houston County	D	+51.1%	1,150	366	1,533
Humphreys County	D	+38.9%	2,592	1,126	3,766
Jackson County	D	+18.6%	1,539	1,049	2,636
Jefferson County	R	−58.0%	1,620	6,141	7,794
Johnson County	R	−73.9%	571	3,854	4,443
Knox County	R	−22.6%	31,990	50,811	83,300
Lake County	D	+28.5%	1,346	732	2,151
Lauderdale County	D	+44.3%	3,462	1,322	4,832
Lawrence County	R	−8.0%	4,862	5,709	10,639
Lewis County	D	+49.4%	1,723	580	2,312
Lincoln County	D	+54.2%	4,862	1,428	6,338
Loudon County	R	−32.2%	2,722	5,356	8,181
Macon County	R	−50.6%	915	2,829	3,782
Madison County	R	−4.4%	8,083	8,863	17,693
Marion County	D	+8.0%	3,124	2,657	5,865
Marshall County	D	+35.4%	3,625	1,717	5,387
Maury County	D	+22.8%	6,615	4,133	10,879
McMinn County	R	−23.0%	4,111	6,585	10,766
McNairy County	R	−20.3%	2,173	3,310	5,596
Meigs County	R	−13.1%	691	901	1,605
Monroe County	R	−19.1%	3,375	4,991	8,452
Montgomery County	D	+49.5%	7,635	2,550	10,270
Moore County	D	+46.3%	863	313	1,187
Morgan County	R	−17.3%	1,576	2,241	3,855
Obion County	D	+5.4%	4,244	3,800	8,196
Overton County	D	+13.1%	2,389	1,831	4,252
Perry County	D	+24.8%	1,076	645	1,737
Pickett County	R	−34.1%	567	1,154	1,721
Polk County	R	−17.5%	1,532	2,187	3,751
Putnam County	D	+2.3%	4,443	4,240	8,715
Rhea County	R	−21.1%	1,761	2,721	4,552
Roane County	R	−13.7%	4,953	6,540	11,626
Robertson County	D	+38.7%	4,053	1,776	5,891
Rutherford County	D	+17.0%	6,410	4,526	11,052
Scott County	R	−49.9%	1,098	3,301	4,411
Sequatchie County	D	+13.7%	930	703	1,655
Sevier County	R	−70.5%	1,341	7,818	9,192
Shelby County	R	−0.5%	86,270	87,191	176,607
Smith County	D	+20.0%	2,411	1,601	4,060
Stewart County	D	+53.3%	1,810	539	2,386
Sullivan County	R	−20.3%	14,731	22,354	37,598
Sumner County	D	+31.1%	6,687	3,491	10,261
Tipton County	D	+34.2%	3,853	1,829	5,917
Trousdale County	D	+53.7%	1,036	308	1,356
Unicoi County	R	−50.3%	1,322	4,004	5,336
Union County	R	−51.9%	652	2,082	2,753
Van Buren County	D	+17.7%	577	401	995
Warren County	D	+7.5%	3,119	2,682	5,841
Washington County	R	−40.3%	6,283	14,851	21,236
Wayne County	R	−51.2%	931	2,912	3,872
Weakley County	D	+11.7%	4,488	3,543	8,109
White County	D	+12.1%	2,207	1,725	3,998
Williamson County	D	+24.5%	4,471	2,699	7,228
Wilson County	D	+17.8%	4,857	3,383	8,297