Who won Tennessee in the 1924 presidential election?

Davis (Democratic) carried Tennessee in 1924, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 1924?

Tennessee cast 12 electoral votes in the 1924 presidential election.

Did Tennessee vote for the national winner in 1924?

No. Tennessee backed Davis, while Calvin Coolidge won the presidency nationally.

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1924

Tennessee: Davis carries 12 EV.

Tennessee cast its 12 electoral votes for Davis (Democratic). National winner: Calvin Coolidge (Republican) — Tennessee voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Tennessee, 1924

In 1924, Tennessee awarded its 12 electoral votes to Davis of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Calvin Coolidge (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Tennessee among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Tennessee away from the Republican it had supported in 1920. Tennessee did not move alone — neighboring Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri broke the same way in 1924. Across the 57 presidential elections Tennessee has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the Roaring Twenties — Republican dominance to the Great Depression.

In the national count, Calvin Coolidge took 382 of the 531 electoral votes, against John W. Davis's 136. Calvin Coolidge led the national popular vote with 54.04% of the ballots cast.

The 1924 national map

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