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1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

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Field	Value
election_name	1872 Tennessee's at-large congressional district special election
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1870 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee
previous_year	1870
next_election	1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee
next_year	1874
election_date	November 5, 1872
image_size	x160px
image1	File:Horace Maynard - Brady-Handy (3x4 cropped).jpg
nominee1	Horace Maynard
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	80,825
percentage1	43.95%
title	U.S. Representative
before_election	Horace Maynard
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Horace Maynard
after_party	Republican Party (United States)
nominee2	Benjamin F. Cheatham
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	65,188
percentage2	35.45%
image2	File:Benjamin F. Cheatham (3x4 cropped).jpg
map
nominee3	Andrew Johnson
party3	Independent politician
popular_vote3	37,900
percentage3	20.61%
image3	File:Andrew Johnson photo portrait head and shoulders (3x4 cropped).jpg
map_caption

Maynard:
Cheatham:
Johnson:
No data: The 1872 congressional elections in Tennessee was held on November 5, 1872, to determine who will represent the state of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. These elections were the first under Tennessee's new congressional map after redistricting was completed by the state government. Tennessee gained 2 extra seats, including Tennessee's at-large congressional district. Republican Horace Maynard was redistricted from the 2nd district to the new at-large district.

Maynard was re-elected to the at-large congressional district's special election, defeating Democrat and former Confederate General Benjamin F. Cheatham and former President Andrew Johnson who ran as an Independent.

For the Congressional district elections, Republicans gained 4 seats, while Democrats lost 3 seats. Including the at-large congressional district, the Tennessee delegation became a 7-3 Republican majority.

Republican:
Democratic:

Overview

Statewide

Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats Before	Seats After	+/–
Republican	81,767	45.77%	2	7	5
Democratic	87,729	49.11%	6	3	3
Independents	9,150	5.12%	0	0
Totals	178,646	100.00%	8	10	0

By district

Results of the 1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee by district:

|- ! | Horace Maynard Redistricted from the . | | Republican | 1865 | | New district. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Horace Maynard (Republican) 43.95%

Benjamin F. Cheatham (Democratic) 35.45%
Andrew Johnson (Independent) 20.61%}}

|- ! | Roderick R. Butler | | Republican | 1867 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Roderick R. Butler (Republican) 56.73%

William B. Carter (Democratic) 43.27%}}

|- ! | Abraham E. Garrett Redistricted from the . | | Democratic | 1870 | | Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Jacob M. Thornburgh (Republican) 55.70%

Alfred Caldwell (Democratic) 30.05%
Abraham E. Garrett (Independent) 14.25%}}

|- ! | | New district. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* William Crutchfield (Republican) 52.85%

David M. Key (Democratic) 47.16%}}

|- ! | John M. Bright | | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John M. Bright (Democratic) 69.81%

John P. Steele (Republican) 30.19%}}

|- ! | Edward I. Golladay | | Democratic | 1870 | |Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Horace Harrison (Republican) 42.07%

Edward I. Golladay (Democratic) 34.10%
William B. Brien (Independent) 23.83%}}

|- ! | Washington C. Whitthorne | | Democratic | 1870 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Washington C. Whitthorne (Democratic) 53.89%

Theodore H. Gibbs (Republican) 40.74%
Jonathan Morris (Independent) 5.37%}}

|- ! | Robert P. Caldwell | | Democratic | 1870 | |Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected. Democratic hold. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* John D. C. Atkins (Democratic) 55.63%

W. W. Murray (Republican) 37.70%
W. E. Travis (Democratic) 6.67%}}

|- ! | William W. Vaughan | | Democratic | 1870 | |Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* David A. Nunn (Republican) 37.90%

A. W. Campbell (Democratic) 29.83%
William P. Caldwell (Democratic) 22.38%
T. H. Bell (Democratic) 9.89%}}

|- ! | |New district. Republican gain. | nowrap | {{Plainlist|* Barbour Lewis (Republican) 56.67%

L. C. Haines (Democratic) 43.33%}} |}

Tennessee at-large

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District 2

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District 5

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District 8

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District 9

References

"TN - At Large".
Oliver P. Temple, ''[https://archive.org/stream/notablemenoftenn00temp/notablemenoftenn00temp_djvu.txt Notable Men of Tennessee, From 1833 to 1875, Their Times and Their Contemporaries]'' (New York: Cosmopolitan Press, 1912), pp. 137-149.
"TN - At Large".
"TN - District 01".
"TN - District 02".
"TN - District 03".
"TN - District 04".
"TN - District 05".
"TN - District 06".
"TN - District 07".
"TN - District 08".
"TN - District 09".
"TN - At Large".
"TN - District 1st".
"TN - District 3rd".
"TN - District 4th".
"TN - 6th".
"TN - 7th".
"TN - District 9th".

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