1944 Tennessee gubernatorial election
November 7, 1944
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County results McCord: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Kilgo: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944. Democratic U.S. Representative Jim Nance McCord defeated Republican Greeneville attorney John Wesley Kilgo with 62.5% of the vote.
In the primary election, McCord sought his party's nomination for governor in the race to succeed the incumbent, Prentice Cooper, who was term-limited. With the support of powerful Memphis political boss, E. H. Crump, McCord won the primary by a lopsided margin over Knoxville law professor John R. Neal and Nashville attorney Rex Manning.
After losing the Democratic primary, Neal ran in the general election as an independent.