1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee
November 3, 1964
 
Nominee Lyndon B. Johnson Barry Goldwater
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Texas Arizona
Running mate Hubert Humphrey William E. Miller
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 634,947 508,965
Percentage 55.50% 44.49%
County Results
President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

 Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Background

The Republican presidential nominee won Tennessee in the 1952, 1956, and 1960 elections.[2]

Campaign

Goldwater was an opponent of the Tennessee Valley Authority and stated that it "was a big fat sacred New Deal cow". He received significant criticism for this statement and later wrote that "You would have thought I had just shot Santa Claus" about the response. Peter O'Donnell, a financial backer of Goldwater's campaign, wrote a memo criticizing Goldwater for "shooting from the hip" and "kicking a sleeping dog".[3]

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) 634,947 55.50%
Republican Barry Goldwater 508,965 44.49%
Write-in 34 0.00%
Total votes 1,143,946 100%

Results by county

County Lyndon Baines Johnson
Democratic		 Barry Morris Goldwater
Republican		 Various candidates
Write-ins		 Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # %
Anderson 12,146 57.82% 8,860 42.17% 2 0.01% 3,286 15.64% 21,008
Bedford 5,610 71.17% 2,272 28.83% 3,338 42.35% 7,882
Benton 2,611 65.70% 1,363 34.30% 1,248 31.40% 3,974
Bledsoe 1,412 49.67% 1,431 50.33% -19 -0.67% 2,843
Blount 8,459 41.58% 11,876 58.38% 8 0.04% -3,417 -16.80% 20,343
Bradley 5,693 45.87% 6,717 54.13% -1,024 -8.25% 12,410
Campbell 4,412 51.04% 4,232 48.96% 180 2.08% 8,644
Cannon 2,190 74.59% 746 25.41% 1,444 49.18% 2,936
Carroll 4,056 52.07% 3,734 47.93% 322 4.13% 7,790
Carter 5,326 38.60% 8,472 61.40% -3,146 -22.80% 13,798
Cheatham 2,750 77.38% 803 22.59% 1 0.03% 1,947 54.78% 3,554
Chester 1,763 49.94% 1,767 50.06% -4 -0.11% 3,530
Claiborne 2,581 47.51% 2,852 52.49% -271 -4.99% 5,433
Clay 1,196 65.79% 622 34.21% 574 31.57% 1,818
Cocke 2,109 29.32% 5,084 70.68% -2,975 -41.36% 7,193
Coffee 6,837 69.42% 3,012 30.58% 3,825 38.84% 9,849
Crockett 1,817 49.24% 1,873 50.76% -56 -1.52% 3,690
Cumberland 3,073 50.81% 2,975 49.19% 98 1.62% 6,048
Davidson 79,387 63.65% 45,335 36.35% 34,052 27.30% 124,722
Decatur 1,813 55.92% 1,429 44.08% 384 11.84% 3,242
DeKalb 2,291 62.04% 1,402 37.96% 889 24.07% 3,693
Dickson 4,724 78.67% 1,281 21.33% 3,443 57.34% 6,005
Dyer 4,717 51.08% 4,517 48.91% 1 0.01% 200 2.17% 9,235
Fayette 2,636 47.43% 2,922 52.57% -286 -5.15% 5,558
Fentress 1,550 44.05% 1,969 55.95% -419 -11.91% 3,519
Franklin 6,029 72.72% 2,262 27.28% 3,767 45.43% 8,291
Gibson 8,119 63.76% 4,614 36.24% 3,505 27.53% 12,733
Giles 4,940 78.19% 1,378 21.81% 3,562 56.38% 6,318
Grainger 1,309 33.20% 2,634 66.80% -1,325 -33.60% 3,943
Greene 5,916 46.11% 6,913 53.89% -997 -7.77% 12,829
Grundy 2,775 80.18% 686 19.82% 2,089 60.36% 3,461
Hamblen 4,607 47.00% 5,196 53.00% -589 -6.01% 9,803
Hamilton 38,546 48.95% 40,200 51.05% -1,654 -2.10% 78,746
Hancock 687 31.17% 1,517 68.83% -830 -37.66% 2,204
Hardeman 2,675 52.20% 2,450 47.80% 225 4.39% 5,125
Hardin 2,620 46.41% 3,025 53.59% -405 -7.17% 5,645
Hawkins 4,191 42.32% 5,712 57.68% -1,521 -15.36% 9,903
Haywood 2,290 48.75% 2,407 51.25% -117 -2.49% 4,697
Henderson 1,955 38.42% 3,133 61.58% -1,178 -23.15% 5,088
Henry 5,874 72.21% 2,261 27.79% 3,613 44.41% 8,135
Hickman 2,877 73.84% 1,019 26.16% 1,858 47.69% 3,896
Houston 1,572 84.56% 287 15.44% 1,285 69.12% 1,859
Humphreys 3,230 77.91% 916 22.09% 2,314 55.81% 4,146
Jackson 2,291 80.61% 551 19.39% 1,740 61.22% 2,842
Jefferson 2,600 34.56% 4,923 65.44% -2,323 -30.88% 7,523
Johnson 927 24.29% 2,889 75.71% -1,962 -51.42% 3,816
Knox 42,463 49.80% 42,797 50.20% -334 -0.39% 85,260
Lake 1,667 69.34% 736 30.62% 1 0.04% 931 38.73% 2,404
Lauderdale 3,847 67.17% 1,880 32.83% 1,967 34.35% 5,727
Lawrence 5,449 54.28% 4,590 45.72% 859 8.56% 10,039
Lewis 2,061 84.16% 388 15.84% 1,673 68.31% 2,449
Lincoln 4,861 73.76% 1,728 26.22% 1 0.02% 3,133 47.54% 6,590
Loudon 3,365 44.72% 4,148 55.13% 11 0.15% -783 -10.41% 7,524
Macon 1,446 43.92% 1,846 56.08% -400 -12.15% 3,292
Madison 10,573 49.17% 10,932 50.83% -359 -1.67% 21,505
Marion 3,775 58.05% 2,728 41.95% 1,047 16.10% 6,503
Marshall 3,989 74.85% 1,340 25.15% 2,649 49.71% 5,329
Maury 7,716 62.62% 4,605 37.37% 1 0.01% 3,111 25.25% 12,322
McMinn 5,207 48.07% 5,624 51.93% -417 -3.85% 10,831
McNairy 2,994 49.06% 3,109 50.94% -115 -1.88% 6,103
Meigs 816 49.76% 824 50.24% -8 -0.49% 1,640
Monroe 4,100 48.53% 4,349 51.47% -249 -2.95% 8,449
Montgomery 10,178 78.34% 2,814 21.66% 7,364 56.68% 12,992
Moore 1,034 79.66% 264 20.34% 770 59.32% 1,298
Morgan 1,957 51.51% 1,842 48.49% 115 3.03% 3,799
Obion 5,672 66.93% 2,802 33.07% 2,870 33.87% 8,474
Overton 3,258 73.83% 1,155 26.17% 2,103 47.65% 4,413
Perry 1,440 73.69% 514 26.31% 926 47.39% 1,954
Pickett 728 43.78% 935 56.22% -207 -12.45% 1,663
Polk 2,113 55.63% 1,685 44.37% 428 11.27% 3,798
Putnam 6,309 67.81% 2,993 32.17% 2 0.02% 3,316 35.64% 9,304
Rhea 2,637 49.13% 2,730 50.87% -93 -1.73% 5,367
Roane 6,108 51.57% 5,735 48.43% 373 3.15% 11,843
Robertson 5,784 76.30% 1,797 23.70% 3,987 52.59% 7,581
Rutherford 9,580 70.09% 4,088 29.91% 5,492 40.18% 13,668
Scott 2,007 45.48% 2,406 54.52% -399 -9.04% 4,413
Sequatchie 1,162 59.10% 804 40.90% 358 18.21% 1,966
Sevier 2,995 30.51% 6,821 69.49% -3,826 -38.98% 9,816
Shelby 111,496 52.59% 100,527 47.41% 3 0.00% 10,969 5.17% 212,026
Smith 2,934 73.02% 1,084 26.98% 1,850 46.04% 4,018
Stewart 2,444 84.71% 441 15.29% 2,003 69.43% 2,885
Sullivan 19,496 52.41% 17,703 47.59% 1,793 4.82% 37,199
Sumner 9,102 72.59% 3,437 27.41% 5,665 45.18% 12,539
Tipton 3,821 55.43% 3,073 44.57% 748 10.85% 6,894
Trousdale 1,270 86.10% 205 13.90% 1,065 72.20% 1,475
Unicoi 2,000 42.27% 2,731 57.73% -731 -15.45% 4,731
Union 1,091 38.13% 1,770 61.87% -679 -23.73% 2,861
Van Buren 865 74.70% 293 25.30% 572 49.40% 1,158
Warren 5,027 74.12% 1,754 25.86% 1 0.01% 3,273 48.26% 6,782
Washington 10,253 49.14% 10,612 50.86% -359 -1.72% 20,865
Wayne 1,178 31.94% 2,510 68.06% -1,332 -36.12% 3,688
Weakley 5,161 65.79% 2,684 34.21% 2,477 31.57% 7,845
White 2,987 71.36% 1,199 28.64% 1,788 42.71% 4,186
Williamson 5,075 65.21% 2,707 34.78% 1 0.01% 2,368 30.43% 7,783
Wilson 6,267 69.84% 2,707 30.16% 3,560 39.67% 8,974
Totals634,94755.50%508,96544.49%340.00%125,98211.01%1,143,946

References

  1. ↑ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ Black & Black 1992, p. 206.
  3. ↑ Black & Black 1992, p. 205.
  4. ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 423-424 ISBN 0405077114

Works cited

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