A presidential election was held in Tennessee on November 1 and 2, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican Party's ticket of incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and former New York governor George Clinton was elected unanimously in each of the state's five electoral districts. Jefferson won the national election in a landslide over the de facto Federalist candidate, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
General election Summary Tennessee chose five electors from single-member districts. Returns from four of the districts have been lost. Two electors pledged to Jefferson ran in the fifth district. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect the members of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a block. The following table calculates the sum of all votes for electors pledged to Jefferson to give an approximate sense of the statewide popular vote.
Results by district + 1804 United States presidential election in Tennessee by district District Thomas JeffersonDemocratic-Republican Total Votes % Tennessee–1 1 1 Tennessee–2 1 1 Tennessee–3 1 1 Tennessee–4 1 1 Tennessee–5 1 943 100.00 1 943 TOTAL 5 943 100.00 5 943
District 1 Returns from this district appear to be lost. David Deaderick, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.
District 2 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Richard Mitchell, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.
District 3 Returns from this district appear to be lost. Robert Houston, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.
District 4 Returns from this district appear to be lost. William Martin, a Democratic-Republican, was elected.
District 5
See also United States presidential elections in Tennessee
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