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1958-11-04 Gubernatorial Election Results for Tennessee


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County Turnout Buford Ellington
(D)		 Jim McCord
(I)		 Tom Wall
(R)		 Allen Bell
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 21% 248,87457.5% 136,39931.5% 35,9388.3% 3,0240.7% 8,3101.9% 112,475 432,545
Total R vote: 35,938 (8.3%)      Total D vote: 248,874 (57.5%)      Total Other vote: 147,733 (34.2%)
* incumbent

Other candidates included: Thomas Cook (I), 2,673 votes ; Herbert Moore (I), 1,923 votes ; Paul Warwick (I), 1,639 votes ; Lee Foster (Wheat in Bread), 1,605 votes ; John Neal (I), 453 votes


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Robert Peters 18,323 59.3%
2   Hansell Proffitt 12,565 40.7%
TOTAL VOTES 30,888  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Buford Ellington 213,415 31.1%
2   Andrew Taylor 204,629 29.9%
3   Edmund Orgill 204,382 29.8%
4   Clifford Allen 56,854 8.3%
5   Jake Armstrong 2,936 0.4%
6   John Hickey 1,495 0.2%
7   Edward Friar 1,487 0.2%
8   Ed Brown 93 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 685,291