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The1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and theDistrict of Columbia were part of the1968 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Tennessee voted more or less equally for the candidates, resulting inRepublican candidateRichard Nixon ofNew York and his running mateGovernorSpiro Agnew ofMaryland receiving aplurality 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 toAmerican Independence Party candidateGeorge Wallace’s 34.02% andDemocratic candidateHubert Humphrey's 28.13%, a victory margin of 3.87%. Nixon's victory was due to his large margins in traditionally RepublicanEast Tennessee, while Wallace and Humphrey splitMiddle Tennessee andWest Tennessee.[1][2] As ofthe 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichHamilton County did not support the Republican presidential candidate.[3]
Among white voters, 43% supported Nixon, 39% supported Wallace, and 19% supported Humphrey.[4][5][6]
| 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 | - | ||||
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | George Wallace American Independent | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 10,233 | 47.04% | 4,323 | 19.87% | 7,198 | 33.09% | 3,035[b] | 13.95% | 21,754 |
| Bedford | 1,870 | 22.30% | 4,099 | 48.88% | 2,416 | 28.81% | -1,683[c] | -20.07% | 8,385 |
| Benton | 1,468 | 30.70% | 2,255 | 47.16% | 1,059 | 22.15% | -787 | -16.46% | 4,782 |
| Bledsoe | 1,477 | 46.65% | 732 | 23.12% | 957 | 30.23% | 520[b] | 16.42% | 3,166 |
| Blount | 12,753 | 57.10% | 4,407 | 19.73% | 5,176 | 23.17% | 7,577[b] | 33.93% | 22,336 |
| Bradley | 6,924 | 50.01% | 4,159 | 30.04% | 2,762 | 19.95% | 2,765 | 19.97% | 13,845 |
| Campbell | 4,024 | 52.54% | 1,367 | 17.85% | 2,268 | 29.61% | 1,756[b] | 22.93% | 7,659 |
| Cannon | 780 | 25.55% | 1,464 | 47.95% | 809 | 26.50% | -655[c] | -21.45% | 3,053 |
| Carroll | 3,757 | 41.80% | 3,298 | 36.70% | 1,932 | 21.50% | 459 | 5.10% | 8,987 |
| Carter | 9,467 | 64.68% | 3,009 | 20.56% | 2,160 | 14.76% | 6,458 | 44.12% | 14,636 |
| Cheatham | 669 | 16.96% | 2,497 | 63.31% | 778 | 19.73% | -1,719[c] | -43.58% | 3,944 |
| Chester | 1,408 | 32.79% | 2,037 | 47.44% | 849 | 19.77% | -629 | -14.65% | 4,294 |
| Claiborne | 3,101 | 59.75% | 775 | 14.93% | 1,314 | 25.32% | 1,787[b] | 34.43% | 5,190 |
| Clay | 814 | 42.13% | 451 | 23.34% | 667 | 34.52% | 147[b] | 7.61% | 1,932 |
| Cocke | 5,645 | 72.80% | 1,159 | 14.95% | 950 | 12.25% | 4,486 | 57.85% | 7,754 |
| Coffee | 3,337 | 29.87% | 4,794 | 42.91% | 3,040 | 27.21% | -1,457 | -13.04% | 11,171 |
| Crockett | 932 | 20.71% | 2,865 | 63.67% | 703 | 15.62% | -1,933 | -42.96% | 4,500 |
| Cumberland | 3,115 | 51.81% | 1,469 | 24.43% | 1,428 | 23.75% | 1,646 | 27.38% | 6,012 |
| Davidson | 44,175 | 32.34% | 47,889 | 35.06% | 44,543 | 32.61% | -3,346[c] | -2.45% | 136,607 |
| Decatur | 1,409 | 36.79% | 1,544 | 40.31% | 877 | 22.90% | -135 | -3.52% | 3,830 |
| DeKalb | 1,532 | 39.33% | 1,516 | 38.92% | 847 | 21.75% | 16 | 0.41% | 3,895 |
| Dickson | 1,291 | 18.99% | 3,475 | 51.10% | 2,034 | 29.91% | -1,441[c] | -21.19% | 6,800 |
| Dyer | 2,826 | 26.41% | 5,842 | 54.59% | 2,033 | 19.00% | -3,016 | -28.18% | 10,701 |
| Fayette | 740 | 13.34% | 2,570 | 46.34% | 2,236 | 40.32% | -334[c] | -6.02% | 5,546 |
| Fentress | 2,026 | 57.80% | 808 | 23.05% | 671 | 19.14% | 1,218 | 34.75% | 3,505 |
| Franklin | 1,700 | 18.62% | 4,939 | 54.11% | 2,489 | 27.27% | -2,450[c] | -26.84% | 9,128 |
| Gibson | 4,093 | 26.77% | 7,233 | 47.31% | 3,962 | 25.92% | -3,140 | -20.54% | 15,288 |
| Giles | 1,264 | 17.01% | 3,966 | 53.36% | 2,203 | 29.64% | -1,763[c] | -23.72% | 7,433 |
| Grainger | 2,788 | 67.26% | 596 | 14.38% | 761 | 18.36% | 2,027[b] | 48.90% | 4,145 |
| Greene | 7,957 | 58.26% | 2,753 | 20.16% | 2,947 | 21.58% | 5,010[b] | 36.68% | 13,657 |
| Grundy | 618 | 17.33% | 1,642 | 46.03% | 1,307 | 36.64% | -335[c] | -9.39% | 3,567 |
| Hamblen | 6,382 | 57.86% | 2,259 | 20.48% | 2,390 | 21.67% | 3,992[b] | 36.19% | 11,031 |
| Hamilton | 29,302 | 34.54% | 32,080 | 37.82% | 23,441 | 27.64% | -2,778 | -3.28% | 84,823 |
| Hancock | 1,489 | 72.88% | 236 | 11.55% | 318 | 15.57% | 1,171[b] | 57.31% | 2,043 |
| Hardeman | 1,171 | 20.18% | 2,924 | 50.38% | 1,709 | 29.45% | -1,215[c] | -20.93% | 5,804 |
| Hardin | 2,910 | 45.55% | 2,325 | 36.40% | 1,153 | 18.05% | 585 | 9.15% | 6,388 |
| Hawkins | 6,217 | 60.78% | 1,798 | 17.58% | 2,213 | 21.64% | 4,004[b] | 39.14% | 10,228 |
| Haywood | 1,152 | 20.51% | 2,757 | 49.07% | 1,709 | 30.42% | -1,048[c] | -18.65% | 5,618 |
| Henderson | 3,591 | 51.99% | 2,086 | 30.20% | 1,230 | 17.81% | 1,505 | 21.79% | 6,907 |
| Henry | 2,068 | 23.89% | 3,439 | 39.73% | 3,149 | 36.38% | -290[c] | -3.35% | 8,656 |
| Hickman | 760 | 17.33% | 2,473 | 56.40% | 1,152 | 26.27% | -1,321[c] | -30.13% | 4,385 |
| Houston | 232 | 12.82% | 941 | 52.02% | 636 | 35.16% | -305[c] | -16.86% | 1,809 |
| Humphreys | 866 | 19.90% | 2,095 | 48.14% | 1,391 | 31.96% | -704[c] | -16.18% | 4,352 |
| Jackson | 673 | 24.90% | 908 | 33.59% | 1,122 | 41.51% | 214[c] | 7.92% | 2,703 |
| Jefferson | 5,494 | 67.11% | 1,199 | 14.65% | 1,494 | 18.25% | 4,000[b] | 48.86% | 8,187 |
| Johnson | 3,107 | 79.02% | 375 | 9.54% | 450 | 11.44% | 2,657[b] | 67.58% | 3,932 |
| Knox | 47,202 | 52.44% | 18,277 | 20.31% | 24,528 | 27.25% | 22,674[b] | 25.19% | 90,007 |
| Lake | 409 | 16.99% | 1,262 | 52.41% | 737 | 30.61% | -525[c] | -21.80% | 2,408 |
| Lauderdale | 1,080 | 15.99% | 3,566 | 52.80% | 2,108 | 31.21% | -1,458[c] | -21.59% | 6,754 |
| Lawrence | 4,343 | 41.26% | 3,993 | 37.93% | 2,191 | 20.81% | 350 | 3.33% | 10,527 |
| Lewis | 455 | 17.91% | 997 | 39.25% | 1,088 | 42.83% | 91[c] | 3.58% | 2,540 |
| Lincoln | 1,167 | 16.14% | 4,214 | 58.29% | 1,848 | 25.56% | -2,366[c] | -32.73% | 7,229 |
| Loudon | 4,299 | 54.58% | 1,996 | 25.34% | 1,581 | 20.07% | 2,303 | 29.24% | 7,876 |
| Macon | 2,173 | 58.04% | 1,041 | 27.80% | 530 | 14.16% | 1,132 | 30.24% | 3,744 |
| Madison | 6,143 | 29.14% | 9,420 | 44.69% | 5,517 | 26.17% | -3,277 | -15.55% | 21,080 |
| Marion | 1,959 | 30.59% | 2,784 | 43.47% | 1,661 | 25.94% | -825 | -12.88% | 6,404 |
| Marshall | 1,202 | 19.68% | 3,379 | 55.32% | 1,527 | 25.00% | -1,852[c] | -30.32% | 6,108 |
| Maury | 3,048 | 20.88% | 8,148 | 55.82% | 3,401 | 23.30% | -4,747[c] | -32.52% | 14,597 |
| McMinn | 6,098 | 52.92% | 2,535 | 22.00% | 2,889 | 25.07% | 3,209[b] | 27.85% | 11,522 |
| McNairy | 2,979 | 41.21% | 2,872 | 39.73% | 1,377 | 19.05% | 107 | 1.48% | 7,228 |
| Meigs | 729 | 43.81% | 442 | 26.56% | 493 | 29.63% | 236[b] | 14.18% | 1,664 |
| Monroe | 4,749 | 53.38% | 1,222 | 13.73% | 2,926 | 32.89% | 1,823[b] | 20.49% | 8,897 |
| Montgomery | 3,248 | 22.52% | 5,638 | 39.09% | 5,538 | 38.39% | -100[c] | -0.70% | 14,424 |
| Moore | 224 | 15.71% | 856 | 60.03% | 346 | 24.26% | -510[c] | -35.77% | 1,426 |
| Morgan | 1,803 | 47.46% | 1,028 | 27.06% | 968 | 25.48% | 775 | 20.40% | 3,799 |
| Obion | 2,420 | 25.92% | 4,680 | 50.13% | 2,235 | 23.94% | -2,260 | -24.21% | 9,335 |
| Overton | 1,258 | 31.25% | 1,176 | 29.21% | 1,592 | 39.54% | -334[b] | -8.29% | 4,026 |
| Perry | 519 | 25.58% | 784 | 38.64% | 726 | 35.78% | -58[c] | -2.86% | 2,029 |
| Pickett | 884 | 59.41% | 199 | 13.37% | 405 | 27.22% | 479[b] | 32.19% | 1,488 |
| Polk | 1,808 | 45.02% | 754 | 18.77% | 1,454 | 36.21% | 354[b] | 8.81% | 4,016 |
| Putnam | 3,693 | 35.83% | 3,073 | 29.81% | 3,541 | 34.36% | 152[b] | 1.47% | 10,307 |
| Rhea | 2,428 | 40.70% | 2,237 | 37.50% | 1,301 | 21.81% | 191 | 3.20% | 5,966 |
| Roane | 6,033 | 45.74% | 3,898 | 29.55% | 3,258 | 24.70% | 2,135 | 16.19% | 13,189 |
| Robertson | 1,802 | 22.47% | 3,904 | 48.67% | 2,315 | 28.86% | -1,589[c] | -19.81% | 8,021 |
| Rutherford | 4,168 | 24.72% | 7,773 | 46.10% | 4,921 | 29.18% | -2,852[c] | -16.92% | 16,862 |
| Scott | 2,406 | 58.24% | 734 | 17.77% | 991 | 23.99% | 1,415[b] | 34.25% | 4,131 |
| Sequatchie | 663 | 29.82% | 1,011 | 45.48% | 549 | 24.70% | -348 | -15.66% | 2,223 |
| Sevier | 7,629 | 74.67% | 1,476 | 14.45% | 1,112 | 10.88% | 6,153 | 60.22% | 10,217 |
| Shelby | 73,416 | 31.66% | 76,996 | 33.20% | 81,486 | 35.14% | 4,490[c] | 1.94% | 231,898 |
| Smith | 1,089 | 24.96% | 1,831 | 41.97% | 1,443 | 33.07% | -388[c] | -8.90% | 4,363 |
| Stewart | 443 | 17.43% | 1,057 | 41.60% | 1,041 | 40.97% | -16[c] | -0.63% | 2,541 |
| Sullivan | 20,251 | 50.60% | 9,991 | 24.96% | 9,783 | 24.44% | 10,260 | 25.64% | 40,025 |
| Sumner | 4,519 | 27.41% | 7,592 | 46.05% | 4,376 | 26.54% | -3,073 | -18.64% | 16,487 |
| Tipton | 1,422 | 16.86% | 4,943 | 58.59% | 2,071 | 24.55% | -2,872[c] | -34.04% | 8,436 |
| Trousdale | 252 | 15.80% | 649 | 40.69% | 694 | 43.51% | 45[c] | 2.82% | 1,595 |
| Unicoi | 3,327 | 65.49% | 843 | 16.59% | 910 | 17.91% | 2,417[b] | 47.58% | 5,080 |
| Union | 1,956 | 66.71% | 449 | 15.31% | 527 | 17.97% | 1,429[b] | 48.74% | 2,932 |
| Van Buren | 327 | 29.30% | 507 | 45.43% | 282 | 25.27% | -180 | -16.13% | 1,116 |
| Warren | 1,858 | 24.07% | 3,814 | 49.42% | 2,046 | 26.51% | -1,768[c] | -22.91% | 7,718 |
| Washington | 12,882 | 56.66% | 4,925 | 21.66% | 4,930 | 21.68% | 7,952[b] | 34.98% | 22,737 |
| Wayne | 2,417 | 58.51% | 1,208 | 29.24% | 506 | 12.25% | 1,209 | 29.27% | 4,131 |
| Weakley | 2,858 | 30.50% | 4,525 | 48.29% | 1,988 | 21.21% | -1,667 | -17.79% | 9,371 |
| White | 1,423 | 29.91% | 1,750 | 36.79% | 1,584 | 33.30% | -166[c] | -3.49% | 4,757 |
| Williamson | 2,788 | 28.69% | 4,867 | 50.08% | 2,063 | 21.23% | -2,079 | -21.39% | 9,718 |
| Wilson | 2,736 | 24.21% | 5,648 | 49.98% | 2,916 | 25.81% | -2,732[c] | -24.17% | 11,300 |
| Totals | 472,592 | 37.85% | 424,792 | 34.02% | 351,233 | 28.13% | 47,800 | 3.83% | 1,248,617[d] |
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