Tennessee — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionTennessee · PresidentNixonR+9.7
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 37.8% | 472,592 |
|---|---|---|
| OtherAll other candidates | 34.0% | 424,792 |
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 28.1% | 351,233 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
95 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (95 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TN | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Bedford County, TN | Other / independent | D+6.5 |
| Benton County, TN | Other / independent | R+8.6 |
| Bledsoe County, TN | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Blount County, TN | Republican | R+33.9 |
| Bradley County, TN | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Campbell County, TN | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Cannon County, TN | Other / independent | D+0.9 |
| Carroll County, TN | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Carter County, TN | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Cheatham County, TN | Other / independent | D+2.8 |
| Chester County, TN | Other / independent | R+13.0 |
| Claiborne County, TN | Republican | R+34.4 |
| Clay County, TN | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Cocke County, TN | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Coffee County, TN | Other / independent | R+2.7 |
| Crockett County, TN | Other / independent | R+5.1 |
| Cumberland County, TN | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Davidson County, TN | Other / independent | D+0.3 |
| Decatur County, TN | Other / independent | R+13.9 |
| DeKalb County, TN | Republican | R+17.6 |
| Dickson County, TN | Other / independent | D+10.9 |
| Dyer County, TN | Other / independent | R+7.4 |
| Fayette County, TN | Other / independent | D+27.0 |
| Fentress County, TN | Republican | R+38.7 |
| Franklin County, TN | Other / independent | D+8.6 |
| Gibson County, TN | Other / independent | R+0.9 |
| Giles County, TN | Other / independent | D+12.6 |
| Grainger County, TN | Republican | R+48.9 |
| Greene County, TN | Republican | R+36.7 |
| Grundy County, TN | Other / independent | D+19.3 |
| Hamblen County, TN | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Hamilton County, TN | Other / independent | R+6.9 |
| Hancock County, TN | Republican | R+57.3 |
| Hardeman County, TN | Other / independent | D+9.3 |
| Hardin County, TN | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Hawkins County, TN | Republican | R+39.1 |
| Haywood County, TN | Other / independent | D+9.9 |
| Henderson County, TN | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Henry County, TN | Other / independent | D+12.5 |
| Hickman County, TN | Other / independent | D+8.9 |
| Houston County, TN | Other / independent | D+22.3 |
| Humphreys County, TN | Other / independent | D+12.1 |
| Jackson County, TN | Democratic | D+16.6 |
| Jefferson County, TN | Republican | R+48.9 |
| Johnson County, TN | Republican | R+67.6 |
| Knox County, TN | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Lake County, TN | Other / independent | D+13.6 |
| Lauderdale County, TN | Other / independent | D+15.2 |
| Lawrence County, TN | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Lewis County, TN | Democratic | D+24.9 |
| Lincoln County, TN | Other / independent | D+9.4 |
| Loudon County, TN | Republican | R+34.5 |
| Macon County, TN | Republican | R+43.9 |
| Madison County, TN | Other / independent | R+3.0 |
| Marion County, TN | Other / independent | R+4.7 |
| Marshall County, TN | Other / independent | D+5.3 |
| Maury County, TN | Other / independent | D+2.4 |
| McMinn County, TN | Republican | R+27.9 |
| McNairy County, TN | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Meigs County, TN | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Monroe County, TN | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Montgomery County, TN | Other / independent | D+15.9 |
| Moore County, TN | Other / independent | D+8.6 |
| Morgan County, TN | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Obion County, TN | Other / independent | R+2.0 |
| Overton County, TN | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Perry County, TN | Other / independent | D+10.2 |
| Pickett County, TN | Republican | R+32.2 |
| Polk County, TN | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Putnam County, TN | Republican | R+1.5 |
| Rhea County, TN | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Roane County, TN | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Robertson County, TN | Other / independent | D+6.4 |
| Rutherford County, TN | Other / independent | D+4.5 |
| Scott County, TN | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Sequatchie County, TN | Other / independent | R+5.1 |
| Sevier County, TN | Republican | R+63.8 |
| Shelby County, TN | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Smith County, TN | Other / independent | D+8.1 |
| Stewart County, TN | Other / independent | D+23.5 |
| Sullivan County, TN | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Sumner County, TN | Other / independent | R+0.9 |
| Tipton County, TN | Other / independent | D+7.7 |
| Trousdale County, TN | Democratic | D+27.7 |
| Unicoi County, TN | Republican | R+47.6 |
| Union County, TN | Republican | R+48.7 |
| Van Buren County, TN | Other / independent | R+4.0 |
| Warren County, TN | Other / independent | D+2.4 |
| Washington County, TN | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Wayne County, TN | Republican | R+46.3 |
| Weakley County, TN | Other / independent | R+9.3 |
| White County, TN | Other / independent | D+3.4 |
| Williamson County, TN | Other / independent | R+7.5 |
| Wilson County, TN | Other / independent | D+1.6 |
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 | Richard Nixon+3,035 | 10,23347.0% | 4,32319.9% | 7,19833.1% | 21,754 |
| Bedford County | Other+1,683 | 1,87022.3% | 4,09948.9% | 2,41628.8% | 8,385 |
| Benton County | Other+787 | 1,46830.7% | 2,25547.2% | 1,05922.1% | 4,782 |
| Bledsoe County | Richard Nixon+520 | 1,47746.7% | 73223.1% | 95730.2% | 3,166 |
| Blount County | Richard Nixon+7,577 | 12,75357.1% | 4,40719.7% | 5,17623.2% | 22,336 |
| Bradley County | Richard Nixon+2,765 | 6,92450.0% | 4,15930.0% | 2,76219.9% | 13,845 |
| Campbell County | Richard Nixon+1,756 | 4,02452.5% | 1,36717.8% | 2,26829.6% | 7,659 |
| Cannon County | Other+655 | 78025.5% | 1,46448.0% | 80926.5% | 3,053 |
| Carroll County | Richard Nixon+459 | 3,75741.8% | 3,29836.7% | 1,93221.5% | 8,987 |
| Carter County | Richard Nixon+6,458 | 9,46764.7% | 3,00920.6% | 2,16014.8% | 14,636 |
| Cheatham County | Other+1,719 | 66917.0% | 2,49763.3% | 77819.7% | 3,944 |
| Chester County | Other+629 | 1,40832.8% | 2,03747.4% | 84919.8% | 4,294 |
| Claiborne County | Richard Nixon+1,787 | 3,10159.7% | 77514.9% | 1,31425.3% | 5,190 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+147 | 81442.1% | 45123.3% | 66734.5% | 1,932 |
| Cocke County | Richard Nixon+4,486 | 5,64572.8% | 1,15914.9% | 95012.3% | 7,754 |
| Coffee County | Other+1,457 | 3,33729.9% | 4,79442.9% | 3,04027.2% | 11,171 |
| Crockett County | Other+1,933 | 93220.7% | 2,86563.7% | 70315.6% | 4,500 |
| Cumberland County | Richard Nixon+1,646 | 3,11551.8% | 1,46924.4% | 1,42823.8% | 6,012 |
| Davidson County | Other+3,346 | 44,17532.3% | 47,88935.1% | 44,54332.6% | 136,607 |
| Decatur County | Other+135 | 1,40936.8% | 1,54440.3% | 87722.9% | 3,830 |
| DeKalb County | Richard Nixon+16 | 1,53239.3% | 1,51638.9% | 84721.7% | 3,895 |
| Dickson County | Other+1,441 | 1,29119.0% | 3,47551.1% | 2,03429.9% | 6,800 |
| Dyer County | Other+3,016 | 2,82626.4% | 5,84254.6% | 2,03319.0% | 10,701 |
| Fayette County | Other+334 | 74013.3% | 2,57046.3% | 2,23640.3% | 5,546 |
| Fentress County | Richard Nixon+1,218 | 2,02657.8% | 80823.1% | 67119.1% | 3,505 |
| Franklin County | Other+2,450 | 1,70018.6% | 4,93954.1% | 2,48927.3% | 9,128 |
| Gibson County | Other+3,140 | 4,09326.8% | 7,23347.3% | 3,96225.9% | 15,288 |
| Giles County | Other+1,763 | 1,26417.0% | 3,96653.4% | 2,20329.6% | 7,433 |
| Grainger County | Richard Nixon+2,027 | 2,78867.3% | 59614.4% | 76118.4% | 4,145 |
| Greene County | Richard Nixon+5,010 | 7,95758.3% | 2,75320.2% | 2,94721.6% | 13,657 |
| Grundy County | Other+335 | 61817.3% | 1,64246.0% | 1,30736.6% | 3,567 |
| Hamblen County | Richard Nixon+3,992 | 6,38257.9% | 2,25920.5% | 2,39021.7% | 11,031 |
| Hamilton County | Other+2,778 | 29,30234.5% | 32,08037.8% | 23,44127.6% | 84,823 |
| Hancock County | Richard Nixon+1,171 | 1,48972.9% | 23611.6% | 31815.6% | 2,043 |
| Hardeman County | Other+1,215 | 1,17120.2% | 2,92450.4% | 1,70929.4% | 5,804 |
| Hardin County | Richard Nixon+585 | 2,91045.6% | 2,32536.4% | 1,15318.0% | 6,388 |
| Hawkins County | Richard Nixon+4,004 | 6,21760.8% | 1,79817.6% | 2,21321.6% | 10,228 |
| Haywood County | Other+1,048 | 1,15220.5% | 2,75749.1% | 1,70930.4% | 5,618 |
| Henderson County | Richard Nixon+1,505 | 3,59152.0% | 2,08630.2% | 1,23017.8% | 6,907 |
| Henry County | Other+290 | 2,06823.9% | 3,43939.7% | 3,14936.4% | 8,656 |
| Hickman County | Other+1,321 | 76017.3% | 2,47356.4% | 1,15226.3% | 4,385 |
| Houston County | Other+305 | 23212.8% | 94152.0% | 63635.2% | 1,809 |
| Humphreys County | Other+704 | 86619.9% | 2,09548.1% | 1,39132.0% | 4,352 |
| Jackson County | Hubert Humphrey+214 | 67324.9% | 90833.6% | 1,12241.5% | 2,703 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+4,000 | 5,49467.1% | 1,19914.6% | 1,49418.2% | 8,187 |
| Johnson County | Richard Nixon+2,657 | 3,10779.0% | 3759.5% | 45011.4% | 3,932 |
| Knox County | Richard Nixon+22,674 | 47,20252.4% | 18,27720.3% | 24,52827.3% | 90,007 |
| Lake County | Other+525 | 40917.0% | 1,26252.4% | 73730.6% | 2,408 |
| Lauderdale County | Other+1,458 | 1,08016.0% | 3,56652.8% | 2,10831.2% | 6,754 |
| Lawrence County | Richard Nixon+350 | 4,34341.3% | 3,99337.9% | 2,19120.8% | 10,527 |
| Lewis County | Hubert Humphrey+91 | 45517.9% | 99739.3% | 1,08842.8% | 2,540 |
| Lincoln County | Other+2,366 | 1,16716.1% | 4,21458.3% | 1,84825.6% | 7,229 |
| Loudon County | Richard Nixon+2,303 | 4,29954.6% | 1,99625.3% | 1,58120.1% | 7,876 |
| Macon County | Richard Nixon+1,132 | 2,17358.0% | 1,04127.8% | 53014.2% | 3,744 |
| Madison County | Other+3,277 | 6,14329.1% | 9,42044.7% | 5,51726.2% | 21,080 |
| Marion County | Other+825 | 1,95930.6% | 2,78443.5% | 1,66125.9% | 6,404 |
| Marshall County | Other+1,852 | 1,20219.7% | 3,37955.3% | 1,52725.0% | 6,108 |
| Maury County | Other+4,747 | 3,04820.9% | 8,14855.8% | 3,40123.3% | 14,597 |
| McMinn County | Richard Nixon+3,209 | 6,09852.9% | 2,53522.0% | 2,88925.1% | 11,522 |
| McNairy County | Richard Nixon+107 | 2,97941.2% | 2,87239.7% | 1,37719.1% | 7,228 |
| Meigs County | Richard Nixon+236 | 72943.8% | 44226.6% | 49329.6% | 1,664 |
| Monroe County | Richard Nixon+1,823 | 4,74953.4% | 1,22213.7% | 2,92632.9% | 8,897 |
| Montgomery County | Other+100 | 3,24822.5% | 5,63839.1% | 5,53838.4% | 14,424 |
| Moore County | Other+510 | 22415.7% | 85660.0% | 34624.3% | 1,426 |
| Morgan County | Richard Nixon+775 | 1,80347.5% | 1,02827.1% | 96825.5% | 3,799 |
| Obion County | Other+2,260 | 2,42025.9% | 4,68050.1% | 2,23523.9% | 9,335 |
| Overton County | Hubert Humphrey+334 | 1,25831.2% | 1,17629.2% | 1,59239.5% | 4,026 |
| Perry County | Other+58 | 51925.6% | 78438.6% | 72635.8% | 2,029 |
| Pickett County | Richard Nixon+479 | 88459.4% | 19913.4% | 40527.2% | 1,488 |
| Polk County | Richard Nixon+354 | 1,80845.0% | 75418.8% | 1,45436.2% | 4,016 |
| Putnam County | Richard Nixon+152 | 3,69335.8% | 3,07329.8% | 3,54134.4% | 10,307 |
| Rhea County | Richard Nixon+191 | 2,42840.7% | 2,23737.5% | 1,30121.8% | 5,966 |
| Roane County | Richard Nixon+2,135 | 6,03345.7% | 3,89829.6% | 3,25824.7% | 13,189 |
| Robertson County | Other+1,589 | 1,80222.5% | 3,90448.7% | 2,31528.9% | 8,021 |
| Rutherford County | Other+2,852 | 4,16824.7% | 7,77346.1% | 4,92129.2% | 16,862 |
| Scott County | Richard Nixon+1,415 | 2,40658.2% | 73417.8% | 99124.0% | 4,131 |
| Sequatchie County | Other+348 | 66329.8% | 1,01145.5% | 54924.7% | 2,223 |
| Sevier County | Richard Nixon+6,153 | 7,62974.7% | 1,47614.4% | 1,11210.9% | 10,217 |
| Shelby County | Hubert Humphrey+4,490 | 73,41631.7% | 76,99633.2% | 81,48635.1% | 231,898 |
| Smith County | Other+388 | 1,08925.0% | 1,83142.0% | 1,44333.1% | 4,363 |
| Stewart County | Other+16 | 44317.4% | 1,05741.6% | 1,04141.0% | 2,541 |
| Sullivan County | Richard Nixon+10,260 | 20,25150.6% | 9,99125.0% | 9,78324.4% | 40,025 |
| Sumner County | Other+3,073 | 4,51927.4% | 7,59246.0% | 4,37626.5% | 16,487 |
| Tipton County | Other+2,872 | 1,42216.9% | 4,94358.6% | 2,07124.5% | 8,436 |
| Trousdale County | Hubert Humphrey+45 | 25215.8% | 64940.7% | 69443.5% | 1,595 |
| Unicoi County | Richard Nixon+2,417 | 3,32765.5% | 84316.6% | 91017.9% | 5,080 |
| Union County | Richard Nixon+1,429 | 1,95666.7% | 44915.3% | 52718.0% | 2,932 |
| Van Buren County | Other+180 | 32729.3% | 50745.4% | 28225.3% | 1,116 |
| Warren County | Other+1,768 | 1,85824.1% | 3,81449.4% | 2,04626.5% | 7,718 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+7,952 | 12,88256.7% | 4,92521.7% | 4,93021.7% | 22,737 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+1,209 | 2,41758.5% | 1,20829.2% | 50612.2% | 4,131 |
| Weakley County | Other+1,667 | 2,85830.5% | 4,52548.3% | 1,98821.2% | 9,371 |
| White County | Other+166 | 1,42329.9% | 1,75036.8% | 1,58433.3% | 4,757 |
| Williamson County | Other+2,079 | 2,78828.7% | 4,86750.1% | 2,06321.2% | 9,718 |
| Wilson County | Other+2,732 | 2,73624.2% | 5,64850.0% | 2,91625.8% | 11,300 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Tennessee's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 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 — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.