Between 1912 and 2020 in the state of Tennessee there have been 28 elections of which: 12 have been won by Democrats, 16 won by Republicans, and 0 won by "other parties".

Year Electoral Presidential Candidate Votes Population Votes Turnout Winner
1912 12
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 133,021 12 Electoral Votes
R William Howard Taft (OH) 60,475
O Eugene W. Chafin (IL) 832
O Theodore Roosevelt (NY) 54,041
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 3,564
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
2,268,015 251,933 11.11% D
1916 12
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 153,280 12 Electoral Votes
O Allan L. Benson (NY) 2,542
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
R Charles Evans Hughes (NY) 116,223
O Frank Hanly (IN) 145
2,434,468 272,190 11.18% D
1920 12
D James M. Cox (OH) 206,558
O Parley P. Christensen (IL)
O James E. Ferguson (TX)
R Warren G. Harding (OH) 219,829 12 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 2,239
O Aaron S. Watkins (IN)
O Other (XX)
2,337,885 428,626 18.33% R
1924 12
D John W. Davis (WV) 158,537 12 Electoral Votes
O Herman P. Faris (MO) 100
O Other (XX)
R Calvin Coolidge (MA) 130,882
O Robert M. La Follette (WI) 10,656
O William Z. Foster (MA)
2,527,592 300,175 11.88% D
1928 12
D Al Smith (NY) 167,343
O William Z. Foster (IL) 111
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 195,388 12 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 631
O Verne L. Reynolds (MI)
2,717,299 363,473 13.38% R
1932 11
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 259,473 11 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,796
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 126,752
O Other (XX) 2,235
2,668,887 390,256 14.62% D
1936 11
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 328,083 11 Electoral Votes
O William Lemke (ND) 296
O Earl Browder (KS) 953
R Alfred Landon (KS) 146,520
O Norman Thomas (NY) 686
2,773,550 476,538 17.18% D
1940 11
O Norman Thomas (NY) 463
R Wendell Willkie (NY) 169,153
O Other (XX) 1,606
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 351,601 11 Electoral Votes
2,915,841 522,823 17.93% D
1944 12
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 308,707 12 Electoral Votes
O Texas Regulars (TX)
O Other (XX) 882
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 200,311
O Norman Thomas (NY) 792
3,032,475 510,692 16.84% D
1948 12
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 202,914
O Henry A. Wallace (IA) 1,864
O Other (XX)
D Harry S. Truman (MO) 270,402 11 Electoral Votes
O Strom Thurmond (SC) 73,815 1 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1,288
3,149,108 550,283 17.47% D
1952 11
O Eric Hass (NY)
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 443,710
O Stuart Hamblen (TX) 1,432
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 446,147 11 Electoral Votes
O Vincent Hallinan (CA) 885
3,357,552 892,174 26.57% R
1956 11
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 456,507
O Eric Hass (NY)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 462,288 11 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) 19,820
3,489,221 938,615 26.9% R
1960 11
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 556,577 11 Electoral Votes
O Eric Hass (NY)
D John Fitzgerald Kennedy (MA) 481,453
O Other (XX)
3,567,089 1,038,030 29.1% R
1964 11
R Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ) 508,965
O Eric Hass (NY)
D Lyndon Baines Johnson (TX) 634,947 11 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
3,709,773 1,143,912 30.84% D
1968 11
O George Corley Wallace (AL) 424,792
D Hubert Horatio Humphrey (MN) 351,233
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 472,592 11 Electoral Votes
3,852,456 1,248,617 32.41% R
1972 10
D George Stanley McGovern (SD) 357,293
O Linda Jenness (GA)
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 813,147 10 Electoral Votes
O John G. Schmitz (CA) 30,373
4,002,161 1,200,813 30% R
1976 10
R Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (MI) 633,969
O Roger MacBride (VT) 1,375
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 825,879 10 Electoral Votes
O Eugene McCarthy (MN) 5,004
4,159,108 1,466,227 35.25% D
1980 10
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 783,051
O Ed Clark (CA) 7,116
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 787,761 10 Electoral Votes
O John Bayard Anderson (IL) 35,991
4,591,120 1,613,919 35.15% R
1984 11
D Walter Frederick Mondale (MN) 711,714
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 990,212 11 Electoral Votes
O David Bergland (CA) 3,072
4,774,765 1,704,998 35.71% R
1988 11
D Michael Stanley Dukakis (MA) 679,794
O Lenora Fulani (PA) 1,334
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 947,233 11 Electoral Votes
O Ronald Ernest Paul (TX) 2,041
4,958,410 1,630,402 32.88% R
1992 11
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 841,300
O Andre Verne Marrou (AK) 1,847
D William Jefferson Clinton (AR) 933,521 11 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 199,968
O Other (XX) 6,002
4,974,729 1,982,638 39.85% D
1996 11
D William Jefferson Clinton (AK) 909,146 11 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 105,918
O Harry Browne (TN) 5,020
R Robert Joseph Dole (KS) 863,530
O Ralph Nader (CT) 6,427
O Other (XX) 4,064
5,169,816 1,894,105 36.64% D
2000 11
D Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN) 981,720
O Pat Buchanan (VA) 4,250
O Howard Phillips (VA) 1,015
O Other (XX) 2,569
R George Walker Bush (TX) 1,061,949 11 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 19,781
O Harry Browne (TN) 4,284
O John Hagelin (IA) 613
5,689,283 2,076,181 36.49% R
2004 11
D John Forbes Kerry (MA) 1,036,477
O Michael Badnarik (TX) 4,866
O David Cobb (TX) 33
R George Walker Bush (TX) 1,384,375 11 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 8,992
O Michael Peroutka (MD) 2,570
O Other (XX) 6
5,916,854 2,437,319 41.19% R
2008 11
O Robert Laurence Barr (GA) 8,547
O Cynthia McKinney (GA) 2,499
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 1,087,437
O Ralph Nader (CT) 11,560
O Charles Obadiah Baldwin (FL) 8,191
O Other (XX) 2,337
R John Sidney McCain (AZ) 1,479,178 11 Electoral Votes
6,144,425 2,599,749 42.31% R
2012 11
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 960,709
O Gary Johnson (NM) 18,623
O Other (XX) 10,400
R Mitt Romney (MA) 1,462,330 11 Electoral Votes
O Jill Stein (MA) 6,515
6,473,027 2,458,577 37.98% R
2016 11
O Jill Stein (MA) 15,952
R Donal Trump (NY) 1,519,926 11 Electoral Votes
O Evan McMullin (UT)
O Gary Johnson (NM) 70,286
D Hillary Clinton (NY) 868,853
6,726,872 2,475,017 36.79% R
2020 11
D Joe Biden (DE) 1,143,711
O Jo Jorgensen (SC) 29,877
R Donald Trump (FL) 1,852,475 11 Electoral Votes
O Howie Hawkins (CA) 4,545
7,080,565 3,030,608 42.8% R