Election Results
Recent presidential votes.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Tennessee has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2000, including against native son Al Gore.
Governors
State executive.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Lee | Republican | 2019–present |
| Bill Haslam | Republican | 2011–2019 |
| Phil Bredesen | Democratic | 2003–2011 |
| Don Sundquist | Republican | 1995–2003 |
| Ned Ray McWherter | Democratic | 1987–1995 |
| Lamar Alexander | Republican | 1979–1987 |
| Ray Blanton | Democratic | 1975–1979 |
| Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn | Republican | 1971–1975 |
| Frank Goad Clement | Democratic | 1953–1959 |
| Jim Nance McCord | Democratic | 1945–1949 |
| William Prentice Cooper | Democratic | 1939–1945 |
| Gordon Browning | Democratic | 1937–1939 |
| Harry Hill McAlister | Democratic | 1933–1937 |
| Henry Hollis Horton | Democratic | 1927–1933 |
| Austin Peay III | Democratic | 1923–1927 |
| Alfred Alexander Taylor | Republican | 1921–1923 |
| Albert Houston Roberts | Democratic | 1919–1921 |
| Thomas Clarke Rye | Democratic | 1915–1919 |
| Ben Walter Hooper | Republican | 1911–1915 |
| Malcolm Rice Patterson | Democratic | 1907–1911 |
| John Isaac Cox | Democratic | 1905–1907 |
| James Beriah Frazier | Democratic | 1903–1905 |
| Benton McMillin | Democratic | 1899–1903 |
| Peter Turney | Democratic | 1893–1897 |
| John Price Buchanan | Farm-Labor | 1891–1893 |
| William Brimage Bate | Democratic | 1883–1887 |
| Albert Smith Marks | Democratic | 1879–1881 |
| James Davis Porter | Democratic | 1875–1879 |
| Robert Looney Caruthers | Democratic | 1863–1863 |
| Isham Green Harris | Democratic | 1857–1862 |
| William Bowen Campbell | Whig | 1851–1853 |
| William Trousdale | Democratic | 1849–1851 |
| Aaron Venable Brown | Democratic | 1845–1847 |
| James Chamberlain Jones | Whig | 1841–1845 |
| James Knox Polk | Democratic | 1839–1841 |
| Newton Cannon | Whig | 1835–1839 |
| William Hall | Democratic | 1829–1829 |
| Samuel Houston | Union Democratic | 1827–1829 |
| Joseph McMinn | Democratic-Republican | 1815–1821 |
| Willie Blount | Democratic-Republican | 1809–1815 |
| Archibald Roane | Democratic-Republican | 1801–1803 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
Senators
U.S. Senate delegation.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Representatives
U.S. House delegation.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Tennessee
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
Voting Trends
Turnout and participation.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Voter turnout (%) | 60.1 | 63.9 |
Party Distribution
Partisan balance.