Tennessee — 1964 presidential election
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Akashicstate1964 presidential electionTennessee · PresidentJohnsonD+11.0
How it voted
Share of the 1964 vote
| Lyndon B. Johnson ✓Democratic | 55.5% | 634,947 |
|---|---|---|
| Barry GoldwaterRepublican | 44.5% | 508,965 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1964presidential margin
D+60R+60
95 counties, each filled by 1964 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (95 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TN | Democratic | D+15.6 |
| Bedford County, TN | Democratic | D+42.3 |
| Benton County, TN | Democratic | D+31.4 |
| Bledsoe County, TN | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Blount County, TN | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Bradley County, TN | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Campbell County, TN | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Cannon County, TN | Democratic | D+49.2 |
| Carroll County, TN | Democratic | D+4.1 |
| Carter County, TN | Republican | R+22.8 |
| Cheatham County, TN | Democratic | D+54.8 |
| Chester County, TN | Republican | R+0.1 |
| Claiborne County, TN | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Clay County, TN | Democratic | D+31.6 |
| Cocke County, TN | Republican | R+41.4 |
| Coffee County, TN | Democratic | D+38.8 |
| Crockett County, TN | Republican | R+1.5 |
| Cumberland County, TN | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Davidson County, TN | Democratic | D+27.3 |
| Decatur County, TN | Democratic | D+11.8 |
| DeKalb County, TN | Democratic | D+24.1 |
| Dickson County, TN | Democratic | D+57.3 |
| Dyer County, TN | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Fayette County, TN | Republican | R+5.1 |
| Fentress County, TN | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Franklin County, TN | Democratic | D+45.4 |
| Gibson County, TN | Democratic | D+27.5 |
| Giles County, TN | Democratic | D+56.4 |
| Grainger County, TN | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Greene County, TN | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Grundy County, TN | Democratic | D+60.4 |
| Hamblen County, TN | Republican | R+6.0 |
| Hamilton County, TN | Republican | R+2.1 |
| Hancock County, TN | Republican | R+37.7 |
| Hardeman County, TN | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Hardin County, TN | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Hawkins County, TN | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Haywood County, TN | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Henderson County, TN | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Henry County, TN | Democratic | D+44.4 |
| Hickman County, TN | Democratic | D+47.7 |
| Houston County, TN | Democratic | D+69.1 |
| Humphreys County, TN | Democratic | D+55.8 |
| Jackson County, TN | Democratic | D+61.2 |
| Jefferson County, TN | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Johnson County, TN | Republican | R+51.4 |
| Knox County, TN | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Lake County, TN | Democratic | D+38.7 |
| Lauderdale County, TN | Democratic | D+34.3 |
| Lawrence County, TN | Democratic | D+8.6 |
| Lewis County, TN | Democratic | D+68.3 |
| Lincoln County, TN | Democratic | D+47.5 |
| Loudon County, TN | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Macon County, TN | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Madison County, TN | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Marion County, TN | Democratic | D+16.1 |
| Marshall County, TN | Democratic | D+49.7 |
| Maury County, TN | Democratic | D+25.2 |
| McMinn County, TN | Republican | R+3.9 |
| McNairy County, TN | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Meigs County, TN | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Monroe County, TN | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Montgomery County, TN | Democratic | D+56.7 |
| Moore County, TN | Democratic | D+59.3 |
| Morgan County, TN | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Obion County, TN | Democratic | D+33.9 |
| Overton County, TN | Democratic | D+47.7 |
| Perry County, TN | Democratic | D+47.4 |
| Pickett County, TN | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Polk County, TN | Democratic | D+11.3 |
| Putnam County, TN | Democratic | D+35.6 |
| Rhea County, TN | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Roane County, TN | Democratic | D+3.1 |
| Robertson County, TN | Democratic | D+52.6 |
| Rutherford County, TN | Democratic | D+40.2 |
| Scott County, TN | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Sequatchie County, TN | Democratic | D+18.2 |
| Sevier County, TN | Republican | R+39.0 |
| Shelby County, TN | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Smith County, TN | Democratic | D+46.0 |
| Stewart County, TN | Democratic | D+69.4 |
| Sullivan County, TN | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Sumner County, TN | Democratic | D+45.2 |
| Tipton County, TN | Democratic | D+10.9 |
| Trousdale County, TN | Democratic | D+72.2 |
| Unicoi County, TN | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Union County, TN | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Van Buren County, TN | Democratic | D+49.4 |
| Warren County, TN | Democratic | D+48.3 |
| Washington County, TN | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Wayne County, TN | Republican | R+36.1 |
| Weakley County, TN | Democratic | D+31.6 |
| White County, TN | Democratic | D+42.7 |
| Williamson County, TN | Democratic | D+30.4 |
| Wilson County, TN | Democratic | D+39.7 |
Tennessee results by county
95 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,286 | 12,14657.8% | 8,86042.2% | 00.0% | 21,006 |
| Bedford County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,338 | 5,61071.2% | 2,27228.8% | 00.0% | 7,882 |
| Benton County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,248 | 2,61165.7% | 1,36334.3% | 00.0% | 3,974 |
| Bledsoe County | Barry Goldwater+19 | 1,41249.7% | 1,43150.3% | 00.0% | 2,843 |
| Blount County | Barry Goldwater+3,417 | 8,45941.6% | 11,87658.4% | 00.0% | 20,335 |
| Bradley County | Barry Goldwater+1,024 | 5,69345.9% | 6,71754.1% | 00.0% | 12,410 |
| Campbell County | Lyndon B. Johnson+180 | 4,41251.0% | 4,23249.0% | 00.0% | 8,644 |
| Cannon County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,444 | 2,19074.6% | 74625.4% | 00.0% | 2,936 |
| Carroll County | Lyndon B. Johnson+322 | 4,05652.1% | 3,73447.9% | 00.0% | 7,790 |
| Carter County | Barry Goldwater+3,146 | 5,32638.6% | 8,47261.4% | 00.0% | 13,798 |
| Cheatham County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,947 | 2,75077.4% | 80322.6% | 00.0% | 3,553 |
| Chester County | Barry Goldwater+4 | 1,76349.9% | 1,76750.1% | 00.0% | 3,530 |
| Claiborne County | Barry Goldwater+271 | 2,58147.5% | 2,85252.5% | 00.0% | 5,433 |
| Clay County | Lyndon B. Johnson+574 | 1,19665.8% | 62234.2% | 00.0% | 1,818 |
| Cocke County | Barry Goldwater+2,975 | 2,10929.3% | 5,08470.7% | 00.0% | 7,193 |
| Coffee County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,825 | 6,83769.4% | 3,01230.6% | 00.0% | 9,849 |
| Crockett County | Barry Goldwater+56 | 1,81749.2% | 1,87350.8% | 00.0% | 3,690 |
| Cumberland County | Lyndon B. Johnson+98 | 3,07350.8% | 2,97549.2% | 00.0% | 6,048 |
| Davidson County | Lyndon B. Johnson+34,052 | 79,38763.7% | 45,33536.3% | 00.0% | 124,722 |
| Decatur County | Lyndon B. Johnson+384 | 1,81355.9% | 1,42944.1% | 00.0% | 3,242 |
| DeKalb County | Lyndon B. Johnson+889 | 2,29162.0% | 1,40238.0% | 00.0% | 3,693 |
| Dickson County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,443 | 4,72478.7% | 1,28121.3% | 00.0% | 6,005 |
| Dyer County | Lyndon B. Johnson+200 | 4,71751.1% | 4,51748.9% | 00.0% | 9,234 |
| Fayette County | Barry Goldwater+286 | 2,63647.4% | 2,92252.6% | 00.0% | 5,558 |
| Fentress County | Barry Goldwater+419 | 1,55044.0% | 1,96956.0% | 00.0% | 3,519 |
| Franklin County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,767 | 6,02972.7% | 2,26227.3% | 00.0% | 8,291 |
| Gibson County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,505 | 8,11963.8% | 4,61436.2% | 00.0% | 12,733 |
| Giles County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,562 | 4,94078.2% | 1,37821.8% | 00.0% | 6,318 |
| Grainger County | Barry Goldwater+1,325 | 1,30933.2% | 2,63466.8% | 00.0% | 3,943 |
| Greene County | Barry Goldwater+997 | 5,91646.1% | 6,91353.9% | 00.0% | 12,829 |
| Grundy County | Lyndon B. Johnson+2,089 | 2,77580.2% | 68619.8% | 00.0% | 3,461 |
| Hamblen County | Barry Goldwater+589 | 4,60747.0% | 5,19653.0% | 00.0% | 9,803 |
| Hamilton County | Barry Goldwater+1,654 | 38,54648.9% | 40,20051.1% | 00.0% | 78,746 |
| Hancock County | Barry Goldwater+830 | 68731.2% | 1,51768.8% | 00.0% | 2,204 |
| Hardeman County | Lyndon B. Johnson+225 | 2,67552.2% | 2,45047.8% | 00.0% | 5,125 |
| Hardin County | Barry Goldwater+405 | 2,62046.4% | 3,02553.6% | 00.0% | 5,645 |
| Hawkins County | Barry Goldwater+1,521 | 4,19142.3% | 5,71257.7% | 00.0% | 9,903 |
| Haywood County | Barry Goldwater+117 | 2,29048.8% | 2,40751.2% | 00.0% | 4,697 |
| Henderson County | Barry Goldwater+1,178 | 1,95538.4% | 3,13361.6% | 00.0% | 5,088 |
| Henry County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,613 | 5,87472.2% | 2,26127.8% | 00.0% | 8,135 |
| Hickman County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,858 | 2,87773.8% | 1,01926.2% | 00.0% | 3,896 |
| Houston County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,285 | 1,57284.6% | 28715.4% | 00.0% | 1,859 |
| Humphreys County | Lyndon B. Johnson+2,314 | 3,23077.9% | 91622.1% | 00.0% | 4,146 |
| Jackson County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,740 | 2,29180.6% | 55119.4% | 00.0% | 2,842 |
| Jefferson County | Barry Goldwater+2,323 | 2,60034.6% | 4,92365.4% | 00.0% | 7,523 |
| Johnson County | Barry Goldwater+1,962 | 92724.3% | 2,88975.7% | 00.0% | 3,816 |
| Knox County | Barry Goldwater+334 | 42,46349.8% | 42,79750.2% | 00.0% | 85,260 |
| Lake County | Lyndon B. Johnson+931 | 1,66769.4% | 73630.6% | 00.0% | 2,403 |
| Lauderdale County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,967 | 3,84767.2% | 1,88032.8% | 00.0% | 5,727 |
| Lawrence County | Lyndon B. Johnson+859 | 5,44954.3% | 4,59045.7% | 00.0% | 10,039 |
| Lewis County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,673 | 2,06184.2% | 38815.8% | 00.0% | 2,449 |
| Lincoln County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,133 | 4,86173.8% | 1,72826.2% | 00.0% | 6,589 |
| Loudon County | Barry Goldwater+783 | 3,36544.8% | 4,14855.2% | 00.0% | 7,513 |
| Macon County | Barry Goldwater+400 | 1,44643.9% | 1,84656.1% | 00.0% | 3,292 |
| Madison County | Barry Goldwater+359 | 10,57349.2% | 10,93250.8% | 00.0% | 21,505 |
| Marion County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,047 | 3,77558.1% | 2,72841.9% | 00.0% | 6,503 |
| Marshall County | Lyndon B. Johnson+2,649 | 3,98974.9% | 1,34025.1% | 00.0% | 5,329 |
| Maury County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,111 | 7,71662.6% | 4,60537.4% | 00.0% | 12,321 |
| McMinn County | Barry Goldwater+417 | 5,20748.1% | 5,62451.9% | 00.0% | 10,831 |
| McNairy County | Barry Goldwater+115 | 2,99449.1% | 3,10950.9% | 00.0% | 6,103 |
| Meigs County | Barry Goldwater+8 | 81649.8% | 82450.2% | 00.0% | 1,640 |
| Monroe County | Barry Goldwater+249 | 4,10048.5% | 4,34951.5% | 00.0% | 8,449 |
| Montgomery County | Lyndon B. Johnson+7,364 | 10,17878.3% | 2,81421.7% | 00.0% | 12,992 |
| Moore County | Lyndon B. Johnson+770 | 1,03479.7% | 26420.3% | 00.0% | 1,298 |
| Morgan County | Lyndon B. Johnson+115 | 1,95751.5% | 1,84248.5% | 00.0% | 3,799 |
| Obion County | Lyndon B. Johnson+2,870 | 5,67266.9% | 2,80233.1% | 00.0% | 8,474 |
| Overton County | Lyndon B. Johnson+2,103 | 3,25873.8% | 1,15526.2% | 00.0% | 4,413 |
| Perry County | Lyndon B. Johnson+926 | 1,44073.7% | 51426.3% | 00.0% | 1,954 |
| Pickett County | Barry Goldwater+207 | 72843.8% | 93556.2% | 00.0% | 1,663 |
| Polk County | Lyndon B. Johnson+428 | 2,11355.6% | 1,68544.4% | 00.0% | 3,798 |
| Putnam County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,316 | 6,30967.8% | 2,99332.2% | 00.0% | 9,302 |
| Rhea County | Barry Goldwater+93 | 2,63749.1% | 2,73050.9% | 00.0% | 5,367 |
| Roane County | Lyndon B. Johnson+373 | 6,10851.6% | 5,73548.4% | 00.0% | 11,843 |
| Robertson County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,987 | 5,78476.3% | 1,79723.7% | 00.0% | 7,581 |
| Rutherford County | Lyndon B. Johnson+5,492 | 9,58070.1% | 4,08829.9% | 00.0% | 13,668 |
| Scott County | Barry Goldwater+399 | 2,00745.5% | 2,40654.5% | 00.0% | 4,413 |
| Sequatchie County | Lyndon B. Johnson+358 | 1,16259.1% | 80440.9% | 00.0% | 1,966 |
| Sevier County | Barry Goldwater+3,826 | 2,99530.5% | 6,82169.5% | 00.0% | 9,816 |
| Shelby County | Lyndon B. Johnson+10,969 | 111,49652.6% | 100,52747.4% | 00.0% | 212,023 |
| Smith County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,850 | 2,93473.0% | 1,08427.0% | 00.0% | 4,018 |
| Stewart County | Lyndon B. Johnson+2,003 | 2,44484.7% | 44115.3% | 00.0% | 2,885 |
| Sullivan County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,793 | 19,49652.4% | 17,70347.6% | 00.0% | 37,199 |
| Sumner County | Lyndon B. Johnson+5,665 | 9,10272.6% | 3,43727.4% | 00.0% | 12,539 |
| Tipton County | Lyndon B. Johnson+748 | 3,82155.4% | 3,07344.6% | 00.0% | 6,894 |
| Trousdale County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,065 | 1,27086.1% | 20513.9% | 00.0% | 1,475 |
| Unicoi County | Barry Goldwater+731 | 2,00042.3% | 2,73157.7% | 00.0% | 4,731 |
| Union County | Barry Goldwater+679 | 1,09138.1% | 1,77061.9% | 00.0% | 2,861 |
| Van Buren County | Lyndon B. Johnson+572 | 86574.7% | 29325.3% | 00.0% | 1,158 |
| Warren County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,273 | 5,02774.1% | 1,75425.9% | 00.0% | 6,781 |
| Washington County | Barry Goldwater+359 | 10,25349.1% | 10,61250.9% | 00.0% | 20,865 |
| Wayne County | Barry Goldwater+1,332 | 1,17831.9% | 2,51068.1% | 00.0% | 3,688 |
| Weakley County | Lyndon B. Johnson+2,477 | 5,16165.8% | 2,68434.2% | 00.0% | 7,845 |
| White County | Lyndon B. Johnson+1,788 | 2,98771.4% | 1,19928.6% | 00.0% | 4,186 |
| Williamson County | Lyndon B. Johnson+2,368 | 5,07565.2% | 2,70734.8% | 00.0% | 7,782 |
| Wilson County | Lyndon B. Johnson+3,560 | 6,26769.8% | 2,70730.2% | 00.0% | 8,974 |
Nominees: Lyndon B. Johnson (D) · Barry Goldwater (R)
Tennessee's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1964 contest in context
| 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 | −29.7% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1964 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.