1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee

The 1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee

November 8, 1960[1]

Nominee Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy Party Republican Democratic Home state California Massachusetts Running mate Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 556,577 481,453 Percentage 52.9% 45.8%

County Results Nixon   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Kennedy   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Elected President John F. Kennedy Democratic

Tennessee was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 52.92% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 45.77% of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	556,577	52.92%
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy	481,453	45.77%
	National States' Rights Party	Orval Faubus	11,304	1.07%
	Prohibition	Rutherford Decker	2,458	0.23%
Total votes			1,051,792	100%

Results by county

County	Richard Milhous Nixon[5] Republican		John Fitzgerald Kennedy[5] Democratic		Orval Eugene Faubus[5] National States’ Rights		Rutherford Losey Decker[5] Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Anderson	11,153	52.56%	9,878	46.55%	152	0.72%	38	0.18%	1,275	6.01%	21,221
Bedford	2,633	36.81%	4,457	62.32%	62	0.87%	0	0.00%	-1,824	-25.50%	7,152
Benton	1,773	45.20%	2,030	51.75%	120	3.06%	0	0.00%	-257	-6.55%	3,923
Bledsoe	1,439	58.69%	981	40.01%	24	0.98%	8	0.33%	458	18.68%	2,452
Blount	13,552	68.20%	6,213	31.27%	67	0.34%	40	0.20%	7,339	36.93%	19,872
Bradley	7,865	69.69%	3,307	29.30%	91	0.81%	22	0.19%	4,558	40.39%	11,285
Campbell	5,079	61.21%	3,134	37.77%	63	0.76%	21	0.25%	1,945	23.44%	8,297
Cannon	1,195	48.05%	1,275	51.27%	14	0.56%	3	0.12%	-80	-3.22%	2,487
Carroll	4,517	59.36%	2,961	38.91%	117	1.54%	14	0.18%	1,556	20.45%	7,609
Carter	12,214	77.31%	3,412	21.60%	94	0.60%	78	0.49%	8,802	55.72%	15,798
Cheatham	683	26.20%	1,883	72.23%	34	1.30%	7	0.27%	-1,200	-46.03%	2,607
Chester	1,807	59.05%	1,192	38.95%	54	1.76%	7	0.23%	615	20.10%	3,060
Claiborne	3,888	64.20%	2,142	35.37%	18	0.30%	8	0.13%	1,746	28.83%	6,056
Clay	1,098	52.14%	976	46.34%	32	1.52%	0	0.00%	122	5.79%	2,106
Cocke	6,581	81.30%	1,442	17.81%	34	0.42%	38	0.47%	5,139	63.48%	8,095
Coffee	3,058	39.79%	4,555	59.26%	66	0.86%	7	0.09%	-1,497	-19.48%	7,686
Crockett	1,467	48.69%	1,438	47.73%	95	3.15%	13	0.43%	29	0.96%	3,013
Cumberland	3,523	60.70%	2,189	37.72%	62	1.07%	30	0.52%	1,334	22.98%	5,804
Davidson	52,077	46.25%	59,649	52.98%	666	0.59%	205	0.18%	-7,572	-6.72%	112,597
Decatur	1,684	54.76%	1,321	42.96%	51	1.66%	19	0.62%	363	11.80%	3,075
DeKalb	1,440	47.59%	1,547	51.12%	29	0.96%	10	0.33%	-107	-3.54%	3,026
Dickson	1,928	32.71%	3,930	66.68%	33	0.56%	3	0.05%	-2,002	-33.97%	5,894
Dyer	4,097	49.95%	3,868	47.15%	221	2.69%	17	0.21%	229	2.79%	8,203
Fayette	1,370	48.95%	892	31.87%	517	18.47%	20	0.71%	478	17.08%	2,799
Fentress	2,726	71.89%	1,014	26.74%	37	0.98%	15	0.40%	1,712	45.15%	3,792
Franklin	2,041	28.59%	5,041	70.61%	45	0.63%	12	0.17%	-3,000	-42.02%	7,139
Gibson	5,173	45.66%	5,796	51.16%	330	2.91%	30	0.26%	-623	-5.50%	11,329
Giles	1,598	24.54%	4,879	74.91%	24	0.37%	12	0.18%	-3,281	-50.38%	6,513
Grainger	3,017	75.86%	939	23.61%	12	0.30%	9	0.23%	2,078	52.25%	3,977
Greene	8,835	66.55%	4,406	33.19%	20	0.15%	15	0.11%	4,429	33.36%	13,276
Grundy	786	26.55%	2,143	72.40%	19	0.64%	12	0.41%	-1,357	-45.84%	2,960
Hamblen	7,093	69.23%	3,122	30.47%	30	0.29%	0	0.00%	3,971	38.76%	10,245
Hamilton	39,703	55.70%	30,482	42.77%	959	1.35%	133	0.19%	9,221	12.94%	71,277
Hancock	2,107	82.56%	438	17.16%	7	0.27%	0	0.00%	1,669	65.40%	2,552
Hardeman	1,601	44.42%	1,711	47.48%	288	7.99%	4	0.11%	-110	-3.05%	3,604
Hardin	3,323	65.18%	1,690	33.15%	73	1.43%	12	0.24%	1,633	32.03%	5,098
Hawkins	7,010	72.48%	2,586	26.74%	65	0.67%	11	0.11%	4,424	45.74%	9,672
Haywood	1,188	35.63%	1,867	56.00%	258	7.74%	21	0.63%	-679	-20.37%	3,334
Henderson	3,597	70.14%	1,490	29.06%	31	0.60%	10	0.20%	2,107	41.09%	5,128
Henry	3,033	36.93%	5,049	61.48%	131	1.60%	0	0.00%	-2,016	-24.55%	8,213
Hickman	1,224	33.20%	2,401	65.12%	38	1.03%	24	0.65%	-1,177	-31.92%	3,687
Houston	366	23.87%	1,150	75.02%	13	0.85%	4	0.26%	-784	-51.14%	1,533
Humphreys	1,126	29.90%	2,592	68.83%	27	0.72%	21	0.56%	-1,466	-38.93%	3,766
Jackson	1,049	39.80%	1,539	58.38%	10	0.38%	38	1.44%	-490	-18.59%	2,636
Jefferson	6,141	78.79%	1,620	20.79%	28	0.36%	5	0.06%	4,521	58.01%	7,794
Johnson	3,854	86.74%	571	12.85%	13	0.29%	5	0.11%	3,283	73.89%	4,443
Knox	50,811	61.00%	31,990	38.40%	413	0.50%	86	0.10%	18,821	22.59%	83,300
Lake	732	34.03%	1,346	62.58%	62	2.88%	11	0.51%	-614	-28.54%	2,151
Lauderdale	1,322	27.36%	3,462	71.65%	48	0.99%	0	0.00%	-2,140	-44.29%	4,832
Lawrence	5,709	53.66%	4,862	45.70%	47	0.44%	21	0.20%	847	7.96%	10,639
Lewis	580	25.09%	1,723	74.52%	4	0.17%	5	0.22%	-1,143	-49.44%	2,312
Lincoln	1,428	22.53%	4,862	76.71%	30	0.47%	18	0.28%	-3,434	-54.18%	6,338
Loudon	5,356	65.47%	2,722	33.27%	61	0.75%	42	0.51%	2,634	32.20%	8,181
Macon	2,829	74.80%	915	24.19%	38	1.00%	0	0.00%	1,914	50.61%	3,782
Madison	8,863	50.09%	8,083	45.68%	717	4.05%	30	0.17%	780	4.41%	17,693
Marion	2,657	45.30%	3,124	53.27%	76	1.30%	8	0.14%	-467	-7.96%	5,865
Marshall	1,717	31.87%	3,625	67.29%	38	0.71%	7	0.13%	-1,908	-35.42%	5,387
Maury	4,133	37.99%	6,615	60.81%	113	1.04%	18	0.17%	-2,482	-22.81%	10,879
McMinn	6,586	61.17%	4,111	38.18%	70	0.65%	0	0.00%	2,475	22.99%	10,767
McNairy	3,310	59.15%	2,173	38.83%	93	1.66%	20	0.36%	1,137	20.32%	5,596
Meigs	901	56.14%	691	43.05%	7	0.44%	6	0.37%	210	13.08%	1,605
Monroe	4,991	59.05%	3,375	39.93%	36	0.43%	50	0.59%	1,616	19.12%	8,452
Montgomery	2,550	24.83%	7,635	74.34%	61	0.59%	24	0.23%	-5,085	-49.51%	10,270
Moore	313	26.37%	863	72.70%	9	0.76%	2	0.17%	-550	-46.34%	1,187
Morgan	2,241	58.13%	1,576	40.88%	38	0.99%	0	0.00%	665	17.25%	3,855
Obion	3,800	46.36%	4,244	51.78%	122	1.49%	30	0.37%	-444	-5.42%	8,196
Overton	1,831	43.06%	2,389	56.19%	23	0.54%	9	0.21%	-558	-13.12%	4,252
Perry	645	37.13%	1,076	61.95%	8	0.46%	8	0.46%	-431	-24.81%	1,737
Pickett	1,154	67.05%	567	32.95%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	587	34.11%	1,721
Polk	2,187	58.30%	1,532	40.84%	23	0.61%	9	0.24%	655	17.46%	3,751
Putnam	4,240	48.65%	4,443	50.98%	32	0.37%	0	0.00%	-203	-2.33%	8,715
Rhea	2,721	59.78%	1,761	38.69%	52	1.14%	18	0.40%	960	21.09%	4,552
Roane	6,540	56.25%	4,953	42.60%	108	0.93%	25	0.22%	1,587	13.65%	11,626
Robertson	1,776	30.15%	4,053	68.80%	46	0.78%	16	0.27%	-2,277	-38.65%	5,891
Rutherford	4,526	40.95%	6,410	58.00%	91	0.82%	25	0.23%	-1,884	-17.05%	11,052
Scott	3,301	74.84%	1,098	24.89%	3	0.07%	9	0.20%	2,203	49.94%	4,411
Sequatchie	703	42.48%	930	56.19%	18	1.09%	4	0.24%	-227	-13.72%	1,655
Sevier	7,818	85.05%	1,341	14.59%	27	0.29%	6	0.07%	6,477	70.46%	9,192
Shelby	87,191	49.37%	86,270	48.85%	2,956	1.67%	190	0.11%	921	0.52%	176,607
Smith	1,601	39.43%	2,411	59.38%	36	0.89%	12	0.30%	-810	-19.95%	4,060
Stewart	539	22.59%	1,810	75.86%	31	1.30%	6	0.25%	-1,271	-53.27%	2,386
Sullivan	22,354	59.46%	14,731	39.18%	139	0.37%	374	0.99%	7,623	20.28%	37,598
Sumner	3,491	34.02%	6,687	65.17%	58	0.57%	25	0.24%	-3,196	-31.15%	10,261
Tipton	1,829	30.91%	3,853	65.12%	211	3.57%	24	0.41%	-2,024	-34.21%	5,917
Trousdale	308	22.71%	1,036	76.40%	9	0.66%	3	0.22%	-728	-53.69%	1,356
Unicoi	4,004	75.04%	1,322	24.78%	7	0.13%	3	0.06%	2,682	50.26%	5,336
Union	2,082	75.63%	652	23.68%	11	0.40%	8	0.29%	1,430	51.94%	2,753
Van Buren	401	40.30%	577	57.99%	7	0.70%	10	1.01%	-176	-17.69%	995
Warren	2,682	45.92%	3,119	53.40%	32	0.55%	8	0.14%	-437	-7.48%	5,841
Washington	14,851	69.93%	6,283	29.59%	63	0.30%	39	0.18%	8,568	40.35%	21,236
Wayne	2,912	75.21%	931	24.04%	17	0.44%	12	0.31%	1,981	51.16%	3,872
Weakley	3,543	43.69%	4,488	55.35%	78	0.96%	0	0.00%	-945	-11.65%	8,109
White	1,725	43.15%	2,207	55.20%	35	0.88%	31	0.78%	-482	-12.06%	3,998
Williamson	2,699	37.34%	4,471	61.86%	49	0.68%	9	0.12%	-1,772	-24.52%	7,228
Wilson	3,383	40.77%	4,857	58.54%	49	0.59%	8	0.10%	-1,474	-17.77%	8,297
Totals	556,577	52.92%	481,453	45.77%	11,304	1.07%	2,458	0.23%	75,124	7.14%	1,051,792

References

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