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1978 Tennessee U.S. House District 1 Election

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Who won the 1978 Tennessee U.S. House District 1 Election?

James H. Jimmy Quillen won the 1978 Tennessee U.S. House District 1 Election. James H. Jimmy Quillen received 92,143 popular votes (64.51%). The main challenger was William Gordon Ball (35.49%).

See the full head-to-head between Quillen and Ball

Quillen +29.0 pts · won by 41,449 votes
James H. Jimmy QuillenRepublicanWINNER64.51%
92,143 votes
William Gordon BallDemocratic35.49%
50,694 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.