AndersonBedfordBentonBledsoeBlountBradleyCampbellCannonCarrollCarterCheathamClaiborneCockeCoffeeCumberlandDavidsonDecaturDeKalbDicksonDyerFayetteFentressFranklinGibsonGilesGraingerGreeneGrundyHamiltonHancockHardemanHardinHawkinsHaywoodHendersonHenryHickmanHumphreysJacksonJeffersonJohnsonKnoxLauderdaleLawrenceLewisLincolnMaconMadisonMarionMarshallMauryMcMinnMcNairyMeigsMonroeMontgomeryMorganObionOvertonPerryPolkPutnamRheaRoaneRobertsonRutherfordScottSequatchieSevierShelbySmithStewartSullivanSumnerTiptonUnionVan BurenWarrenWashingtonWayneWeakleyWhiteWilliamsonWilson
Statewide Results
NAgainst69,452 54.6%
11,707
YFor57,745 45.4%
  Total 127,197 100%
Election Notes
  • Held February 9, 1861. Compare the June 8, 1861 secession referendum.
  • These results are drawn from the Fayetteville Observer (March 21, 1861).
Jurisdiction Against For
Sum 69,452
54.6%
57,745
45.4%
Anderson 1,077
88.7%
137
11.3%
Bedford 1,656
66.7%
828
33.3%
Benton 296
32.3%
621
67.7%
Bledsoe 630
76.8%
190
23.2%
Blount 1,552
77.5%
450
22.5%
Bradley 1,443
85.6%
242
14.4%
Campbell 870
92.5%
71
7.5%
Cannon 1,038
77.5%
301
22.5%
Carroll 1,495
68.8%
678
31.2%
Carter 1,055
95.0%
55
5.0%
Claiborne 1,030
91.6%
95
8.4%
Cocke 1,332
87.4%
192
12.6%
Coffee 698
53.2%
613
46.8%
Davidson 3,083
55.0%
2,525
45.0%
Decatur 514
67.2%
251
32.8%
DeKalb 1,009
75.0%
336
25.0%
Dickson 490
49.5%
499
50.5%
Dyer 163
15.7%
876
84.3%
Fayette 19
1.2%
1,521
98.8%
Fentress 325
49.3%
334
50.7%
Franklin 206
14.2%
1,240
85.8%
Gibson 533
19.3%
2,227
80.7%
Giles 550
26.4%
1,531
73.6%
Grainger 1,675
91.4%
158
8.6%
Greene 2,648
88.1%
357
11.9%
Grundy 58
12.9%
393
87.1%
Hamilton 1,445
76.5%
445
23.5%
Hancock 746
88.2%
100
11.8%
Hardeman 30
1.7%
1,694
98.3%
Hardin 791
66.7%
395
33.3%
Hawkins 1,738
80.5%
422
19.5%
Haywood 544
37.2%
918
62.8%
Henderson 1,105
64.1%
619
35.9%
Henry 776
36.8%
1,334
63.2%
Hickman 298
28.0%
765
72.0%
Humphreys 327
45.9%
385
54.1%
Jackson 2,012
92.3%
169
7.7%
Jefferson 1,999
88.9%
250
11.1%
Johnson 631
94.3%
38
5.7%
Knox 3,167
88.9%
394
11.1%
Lauderdale 65
13.8%
407
86.2%
Lawrence 351
33.7%
692
66.3%
Lewis 84
30.4%
192
69.6%
Lincoln 815
30.4%
1,863
69.6%
Macon 960
92.9%
73
7.1%
Madison 86
4.7%
1,757
95.3%
Marion 751
87.4%
108
12.6%
Marshall 481
28.9%
1,186
71.1%
Maury 628
22.6%
2,145
77.4%
McMinn 1,457
76.8%
439
23.2%
McNairy 916
53.0%
811
47.0%
Meigs 323
48.9%
338
51.1%
Monroe 970
57.4%
720
42.6%
Montgomery 389
19.5%
1,611
80.6%
Morgan 488
97.4%
13
2.6%
Obion 328
23.4%
1,072
76.6%
Overton 863
60.5%
563
39.5%
Perry 232
37.8%
382
62.2%
Polk 389
53.7%
335
46.3%
Rhea 573
87.9%
79
12.1%
Roane 1,595
96.0%
67
4.0%
Robertson 332
17.0%
1,621
83.0%
Rutherford 1,529
60.4%
1,003
39.6%
Scott 385
93.0%
29
7.0%
Sevier 1,243
94.7%
69
5.3%
Shelby 197
3.3%
5,699
96.7%
Smith 1,829
85.8%
303
14.2%
Stewart 96
8.8%
997
91.2%
Sullivan 734
38.3%
1,180
61.7%
Sumner 770
33.4%
1,535
66.6%
Tipton 147
17.4%
700
82.6%
Van Buren 142
58.0%
103
42.0%
Warren 452
35.5%
821
64.5%
Washington 1,353
60.3%
891
39.7%
Wayne 737
74.3%
255
25.7%
Weakley 483
24.7%
1,472
75.3%
White 976
59.2%
673
40.8%
Williamson 1,684
79.7%
430
20.3%
Wilson 2,565
84.7%
462
15.3%