United States presidential election in Tennessee, 1948

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 1948

November 2, 1948[1]
All 12 Tennessee votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas Dewey Strom Thurmond Party Democratic Republican Dixiecrat Home state Missouri New York South Carolina Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren Fielding L. Wright Electoral vote 11 0 1 Popular vote 270,402 202,914 73,815 Percentage 49.1% 36.9% 13.4%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic

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The 1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose twelve^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Tennessee was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 49.14% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 36.87% of the popular vote.^[3][4] Truman received eleven of Tennessee's twelve electoral votes, the other was cast in favor of Strom Thurmond by a faithless elector. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Hamilton County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Results

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