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1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee
The 1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Tennessee voted more or less equally for the candidates, resulting in Republican candidate Richard Nixon of New York and his running mate Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland receiving a plurality of the votes as opposed to a majority. Tennessee had the smallest percentage of the Nixon vote that delivered him the state.
Nixon carried Tennessee with 37.85% of the vote to American Party candidate George Wallace’s 34.02% and Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey's 28.13%, a victory margin of 3.87%. Nixon's victory was due to his large margins in traditionally Republican East Tennessee, while Wallace and Humphrey split Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee.[1][2] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Hamilton County did not support the Republican presidential candidate.[3]
Results
| 1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee[1][2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 472,592 | 37.85% | 11 | |
| American | George Wallace | 424,792 | 34.02% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 351,233 | 28.13% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,248,617 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Voter turnout | - | ||||
Results by county
| County | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican | Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic | George Corley Wallace American | Margin[b] | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 10,233 | 47.04% | 7,198 | 33.09% | 4,323 | 19.87% | 3,035[c] | 13.95% | 21,754 |
| Bedford | 1,870 | 22.30% | 2,416 | 28.81% | 4,099 | 48.88% | -1,683[d] | -20.07% | 8,385 |
| Benton | 1,468 | 30.70% | 1,059 | 22.15% | 2,255 | 47.16% | -787 | -16.46% | 4,782 |
| Bledsoe | 1,477 | 46.65% | 957 | 30.23% | 732 | 23.12% | 520[c] | 16.42% | 3,166 |
| Blount | 12,753 | 57.10% | 5,176 | 23.17% | 4,407 | 19.73% | 7,577[c] | 33.92% | 22,336 |
| Bradley | 6,924 | 50.01% | 2,762 | 19.95% | 4,159 | 30.04% | 2,765 | 19.97% | 13,845 |
| Campbell | 4,024 | 52.54% | 2,268 | 29.61% | 1,367 | 17.85% | 1,756[c] | 22.93% | 7,659 |
| Cannon | 780 | 25.55% | 809 | 26.50% | 1,464 | 47.95% | -655[d] | -21.45% | 3,053 |
| Carroll | 3,757 | 41.80% | 1,932 | 21.50% | 3,298 | 36.70% | 459 | 5.11% | 8,987 |
| Carter | 9,467 | 64.68% | 2,160 | 14.76% | 3,009 | 20.56% | 6,458 | 44.12% | 14,636 |
| Cheatham | 669 | 16.96% | 778 | 19.73% | 2,497 | 63.31% | -1,719[d] | -43.59% | 3,944 |
| Chester | 1,408 | 32.79% | 849 | 19.77% | 2,037 | 47.44% | -629 | -14.65% | 4,294 |
| Claiborne | 3,101 | 59.75% | 1,314 | 25.32% | 775 | 14.93% | 1,787[c] | 34.43% | 5,190 |
| Clay | 814 | 42.13% | 667 | 34.52% | 451 | 23.34% | 147[c] | 7.61% | 1,932 |
| Cocke | 5,645 | 72.80% | 950 | 12.25% | 1,159 | 14.95% | 4,486 | 57.85% | 7,754 |
| Coffee | 3,337 | 29.87% | 3,040 | 27.21% | 4,794 | 42.91% | -1,457 | -13.04% | 11,171 |
| Crockett | 932 | 20.71% | 703 | 15.62% | 2,865 | 63.67% | -1,933 | -42.96% | 4,500 |
| Cumberland | 3,115 | 51.81% | 1,428 | 23.75% | 1,469 | 24.43% | 1,646 | 27.38% | 6,012 |
| Davidson | 44,175 | 32.34% | 44,543 | 32.61% | 47,889 | 35.06% | -3,346[d] | -2.45% | 136,607 |
| Decatur | 1,409 | 36.79% | 877 | 22.90% | 1,544 | 40.31% | -135 | -3.52% | 3,830 |
| DeKalb | 1,532 | 39.33% | 847 | 21.75% | 1,516 | 38.92% | 16 | 0.41% | 3,895 |
| Dickson | 1,291 | 18.99% | 2,034 | 29.91% | 3,475 | 51.10% | -1,441[d] | -21.19% | 6,800 |
| Dyer | 2,826 | 26.41% | 2,033 | 19.00% | 5,842 | 54.59% | -3,016 | -28.18% | 10,701 |
| Fayette | 740 | 13.34% | 2,236 | 40.32% | 2,570 | 46.34% | -334[d] | -6.02% | 5,546 |
| Fentress | 2,026 | 57.80% | 671 | 19.14% | 808 | 23.05% | 1,218 | 34.75% | 3,505 |
| Franklin | 1,700 | 18.62% | 2,489 | 27.27% | 4,939 | 54.11% | -2,450[d] | -26.84% | 9,128 |
| Gibson | 4,093 | 26.77% | 3,962 | 25.92% | 7,233 | 47.31% | -3,140 | -20.54% | 15,288 |
| Giles | 1,264 | 17.01% | 2,203 | 29.64% | 3,966 | 53.36% | -1,763[d] | -23.72% | 7,433 |
| Grainger | 2,788 | 67.26% | 761 | 18.36% | 596 | 14.38% | 2,027[c] | 48.90% | 4,145 |
| Greene | 7,957 | 58.26% | 2,947 | 21.58% | 2,753 | 20.16% | 5,010 | 36.68% | 13,657 |
| Grundy | 618 | 17.33% | 1,307 | 36.64% | 1,642 | 46.03% | -335[d] | -9.39% | 3,567 |
| Hamblen | 6,382 | 57.86% | 2,390 | 21.67% | 2,259 | 20.48% | 3,992[c] | 36.19% | 11,031 |
| Hamilton | 29,302 | 34.54% | 23,441 | 27.64% | 32,080 | 37.82% | -2,778 | -3.28% | 84,823 |
| Hancock | 1,489 | 72.88% | 318 | 15.57% | 236 | 11.55% | 1,171[c] | 57.32% | 2,043 |
| Hardeman | 1,171 | 20.18% | 1,709 | 29.45% | 2,924 | 50.38% | -1,215[d] | -20.93% | 5,804 |
| Hardin | 2,910 | 45.55% | 1,153 | 18.05% | 2,325 | 36.40% | 585 | 9.16% | 6,388 |
| Hawkins | 6,217 | 60.78% | 2,213 | 21.64% | 1,798 | 17.58% | 4,004[c] | 39.15% | 10,228 |
| Haywood | 1,152 | 20.51% | 1,709 | 30.42% | 2,757 | 49.07% | -1,048[d] | -18.65% | 5,618 |
| Henderson | 3,591 | 51.99% | 1,230 | 17.81% | 2,086 | 30.20% | 1,505 | 21.79% | 6,907 |
| Henry | 2,068 | 23.89% | 3,149 | 36.38% | 3,439 | 39.73% | -290[d] | -3.35% | 8,656 |
| Hickman | 760 | 17.33% | 1,152 | 26.27% | 2,473 | 56.40% | -1,321[d] | -30.13% | 4,385 |
| Houston | 232 | 12.82% | 636 | 35.16% | 941 | 52.02% | -305[d] | -16.86% | 1,809 |
| Humphreys | 866 | 19.90% | 1,391 | 31.96% | 2,095 | 48.14% | -704[d] | -16.18% | 4,352 |
| Jackson | 673 | 24.90% | 1,122 | 41.51% | 908 | 33.59% | 214[d] | 7.92% | 2,703 |
| Jefferson | 5,494 | 67.11% | 1,494 | 18.25% | 1,199 | 14.65% | 4,000[c] | 48.86% | 8,187 |
| Johnson | 3,107 | 79.02% | 450 | 11.44% | 375 | 9.54% | 2,657[c] | 67.57% | 3,932 |
| Knox | 47,202 | 52.44% | 24,528 | 27.25% | 18,277 | 20.31% | 22,674[c] | 25.19% | 90,007 |
| Lake | 409 | 16.99% | 737 | 30.61% | 1,262 | 52.41% | -525[d] | -21.80% | 2,408 |
| Lauderdale | 1,080 | 15.99% | 2,108 | 31.21% | 3,566 | 52.80% | -1,458[d] | -21.59% | 6,754 |
| Lawrence | 4,343 | 41.26% | 2,191 | 20.81% | 3,993 | 37.93% | 350 | 3.32% | 10,527 |
| Lewis | 455 | 17.91% | 1,088 | 42.83% | 997 | 39.25% | 91[d] | 3.58% | 2,540 |
| Lincoln | 1,167 | 16.14% | 1,848 | 25.56% | 4,214 | 58.29% | -2,366[d] | -32.73% | 7,229 |
| Loudon | 4,299 | 54.58% | 1,581 | 20.07% | 1,996 | 25.34% | 2,303 | 29.24% | 7,876 |
| Macon | 2,173 | 58.04% | 530 | 14.16% | 1,041 | 27.80% | 1,132 | 30.24% | 3,744 |
| Madison | 6,143 | 29.14% | 5,517 | 26.17% | 9,420 | 44.69% | -3,277 | -15.55% | 21,080 |
| Marion | 1,959 | 30.59% | 1,661 | 25.94% | 2,784 | 43.47% | -825 | -12.88% | 6,404 |
| Marshall | 1,202 | 19.68% | 1,527 | 25.00% | 3,379 | 55.32% | -1,852[d] | -30.32% | 6,108 |
| Maury | 3,048 | 20.88% | 3,401 | 23.30% | 8,148 | 55.82% | -4,747[d] | -32.52% | 14,597 |
| McMinn | 6,098 | 52.92% | 2,889 | 25.07% | 2,535 | 22.00% | 3,209[c] | 27.85% | 11,522 |
| McNairy | 2,979 | 41.21% | 1,377 | 19.05% | 2,872 | 39.73% | 107 | 1.48% | 7,228 |
| Meigs | 729 | 43.81% | 493 | 29.63% | 442 | 26.56% | 236[c] | 14.18% | 1,664 |
| Monroe | 4,749 | 53.38% | 2,926 | 32.89% | 1,222 | 13.73% | 1,823[c] | 20.49% | 8,897 |
| Montgomery | 3,248 | 22.52% | 5,538 | 38.39% | 5,638 | 39.09% | -100[d] | -0.69% | 14,424 |
| Moore | 224 | 15.71% | 346 | 24.26% | 856 | 60.03% | -510[d] | -35.76% | 1,426 |
| Morgan | 1,803 | 47.46% | 968 | 25.48% | 1,028 | 27.06% | 775 | 20.40% | 3,799 |
| Obion | 2,420 | 25.92% | 2,235 | 23.94% | 4,680 | 50.13% | -2,260 | -24.21% | 9,335 |
| Overton | 1,258 | 31.25% | 1,592 | 39.54% | 1,176 | 29.21% | -334[c] | -8.30% | 4,026 |
| Perry | 519 | 25.58% | 726 | 35.78% | 784 | 38.64% | -58[d] | -2.86% | 2,029 |
| Pickett | 884 | 59.41% | 405 | 27.22% | 199 | 13.37% | 479[c] | 32.19% | 1,488 |
| Polk | 1,808 | 45.02% | 1,454 | 36.21% | 754 | 18.77% | 354[c] | 8.81% | 4,016 |
| Putnam | 3,693 | 35.83% | 3,541 | 34.36% | 3,073 | 29.81% | 152[c] | 1.47% | 10,307 |
| Rhea | 2,428 | 40.70% | 1,301 | 21.81% | 2,237 | 37.50% | 191 | 3.20% | 5,966 |
| Roane | 6,033 | 45.74% | 3,258 | 24.70% | 3,898 | 29.55% | 2,135 | 16.19% | 13,189 |
| Robertson | 1,802 | 22.47% | 2,315 | 28.86% | 3,904 | 48.67% | -1,589[d] | -19.81% | 8,021 |
| Rutherford | 4,168 | 24.72% | 4,921 | 29.18% | 7,773 | 46.10% | -2,852[d] | -16.91% | 16,862 |
| Scott | 2,406 | 58.24% | 991 | 23.99% | 734 | 17.77% | 1,415[c] | 34.25% | 4,131 |
| Sequatchie | 663 | 29.82% | 549 | 24.70% | 1,011 | 45.48% | -348 | -15.65% | 2,223 |
| Sevier | 7,629 | 74.67% | 1,112 | 10.88% | 1,476 | 14.45% | 6,153 | 60.22% | 10,217 |
| Shelby | 73,416 | 31.66% | 81,486 | 35.14% | 76,996 | 33.20% | 4,490[d] | 1.94% | 231,898 |
| Smith | 1,089 | 24.96% | 1,443 | 33.07% | 1,831 | 41.97% | -388[d] | -8.89% | 4,363 |
| Stewart | 443 | 17.43% | 1,041 | 40.97% | 1,057 | 41.60% | -16[d] | -0.63% | 2,541 |
| Sullivan | 20,251 | 50.60% | 9,783 | 24.44% | 9,991 | 24.96% | 10,260 | 25.63% | 40,025 |
| Sumner | 4,519 | 27.41% | 4,376 | 26.54% | 7,592 | 46.05% | -3,073 | -18.64% | 16,487 |
| Tipton | 1,422 | 16.86% | 2,071 | 24.55% | 4,943 | 58.59% | -2,872[d] | -34.04% | 8,436 |
| Trousdale | 252 | 15.80% | 694 | 43.51% | 649 | 40.69% | 45[d] | 2.82% | 1,595 |
| Unicoi | 3,327 | 65.49% | 910 | 17.91% | 843 | 16.59% | 2,417[c] | 47.58% | 5,080 |
| Union | 1,956 | 66.71% | 527 | 17.97% | 449 | 15.31% | 1,429[c] | 48.74% | 2,932 |
| Van Buren | 327 | 29.30% | 282 | 25.27% | 507 | 45.43% | -180 | -16.13% | 1,116 |
| Warren | 1,858 | 24.07% | 2,046 | 26.51% | 3,814 | 49.42% | -1,768[d] | -22.91% | 7,718 |
| Washington | 12,882 | 56.66% | 4,930 | 21.68% | 4,925 | 21.66% | 7,952[c] | 34.97% | 22,737 |
| Wayne | 2,417 | 58.51% | 506 | 12.25% | 1,208 | 29.24% | 1,209 | 29.27% | 4,131 |
| Weakley | 2,858 | 30.50% | 1,988 | 21.21% | 4,525 | 48.29% | -1,667 | -17.79% | 9,371 |
| White | 1,423 | 29.91% | 1,584 | 33.30% | 1,750 | 36.79% | -166[d] | -3.49% | 4,757 |
| Williamson | 2,788 | 28.69% | 2,063 | 21.23% | 4,867 | 50.08% | -2,079 | -21.39% | 9,718 |
| Wilson | 2,736 | 24.21% | 2,916 | 25.81% | 5,648 | 49.98% | -2,732[d] | -24.18% | 11,300 |
| Totals | 472,592 | 37.85% | 351,233 | 28.13% | 424,792 | 34.02% | 47,800 | 3.83% | 1,248,617[e] |
Notes
- ^ Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon's official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
- ^ Because Nixon finished first and Wallace second in Tennessee as a whole, all margins given are Nixon vote minus Wallace vote and Nixon percentage minus Wallace percentage unless stated otherwise for the county in question.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x In this county where Wallace did run third behind both Nixon and Humphrey, margin given is Nixon vote minus Humphrey vote and percentage margin Nixon percentage minus Humphrey percentage.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai In this county where Nixon ran third behind both Wallace and Humphrey, margin given is Humphrey vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin Humphrey percentage minus Wallace percentage.
- ^ This total includes 10 write-in votes not separated by county.
References
- ^ a b "1968 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ a b Woolley, John; Peters, Gehard. "1968 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016