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1876–2024
Congressional District 1·Tennessee

Tennessee 1st Congressional District has voted Republican in twenty-eight straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TN
Latest
R+58
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
783,465
2024 ACS

Tennessee 1st Congressional District, Tennessee: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+58%. Republican peak: R+58 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+58MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
783,4652024 5-year
Median household income
$58,2162024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
89.4%2024 5-year
Black
2.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+2 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+58 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
20 counties · 0 D · 20 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−57.8%
71,716273,503348,958
R
−54.3%
74,116256,897336,822
R
−56.8%
55,103214,919281,164
R
−47.1%
69,194196,323270,024
R
−41.2%
81,260198,244283,639
R
−36.7%
85,569185,802273,231
R
−23.7%
87,308142,814233,858
R
−17.2%
79,919116,655214,049
R
−14.7%
82,085115,105224,423
R
−36.1%
60,168129,049190,641
R
−42.1%
57,372141,942200,686
R
−24.7%
69,350116,763192,336
R
−6.9%
81,02893,282176,889
R
−55.9%
30,336110,839144,091
R
−40.2%
29,61789,700149,308
R
−12.5%
61,03778,441139,478
R
−42.4%
41,231102,697145,028
R
−40.9%
37,50490,334129,020
R
−40.4%
33,89180,131114,532
R
−29.8%
24,65946,57373,636
R
−33.6%
22,51745,37468,073
R
−17.2%
27,32038,80266,597
R
−17.5%
27,76139,56767,578
R
−14.1%
24,14732,13456,747
R
−51.0%
12,25637,85450,145
R
−35.7%
14,20430,27945,014
R
−47.2%
16,14345,13561,480
R
−33.8%
11,34422,97034,395
O
+1.8%
10,5379,94133,329
R
−37.3%
10,55123,14533,809
R
−36.4%
9,32820,15329,713
R
−31.9%
12,84325,02638,163
R
−35.5%
13,15527,83041,353
R
−22.7%
12,19919,86133,767
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
17.3%
American
15.2%
Irish
10.7%
German
10.4%
Scottish
2.8%
Italian
2.0%
French
1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.2%
3.0%
75–84
3.7%
5.8%
65–74
6.5%
7.1%
55–64
7.4%
6.5%
45–54
6.5%
5.7%
35–44
5.7%
6.2%
25–34
5.9%
4.2%
18–24
4.2%
7.6%
5–17
7.1%
2.5%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,216
Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 1$58,216
Tennessee$72,388
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.2%
Working age (18–64)14.4%
Seniors (65+)12.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.9%
speak English only
Spanish3.7%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
27.1%
Other Christian
16.0%
Methodist
6.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tennessee 1st Congressional District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 34 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Tennessee 1st Congressional District reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-eight points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,216, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 783,465 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
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Congressional District 1, Tennessee — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4701/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 1, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 1, Tennessee voted Republican by 57.8 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 348,958 votes cast, 71,716 went Democratic and 273,503 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 1, Tennessee's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Tennessee as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 0 times, Republican 33 times, and other 1 times.
How many people live in Congressional District 1, Tennessee?
Congressional District 1, Tennessee has a population of 783,465 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, Tennessee?
Median household income in Congressional District 1, Tennessee is $58,216 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.