Election in Kentucky
The 1884 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1884. All contemporary thirty-eight states were part of the 1884 United States presidential election . Kentucky voters chose thirteen electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president . Ever since the Civil War , Kentucky had been shaped politically by divisions created by that war between secessionist , Democratic counties and Unionist , Republican ones,[1] although the state as a whole leaned Democratic throughout this era and the Republican Party would never carry the state during the Third Party System at either presidential[2] or gubernatorial level.[3] What would become a long-lived partisan system[1] after the state was freed from the direct control of former Confederates would not be seriously affected by the first post-war insurgency movement – that of the Greenback Party at the tail end of the 1870s in the secessionist Jackson Purchase and other western regions.[3] The Democratic Party would permanently lose some of the Greenback voters, especially in the Western Coal Field region, with the result that nominee Grover Cleveland lost three points on Winfield Scott Hancock ’s 1880 margin.
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last occasion when Russell County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[4]
Results [ edit ] Results by county [ edit ] County Stephen Grover Cleveland[6] Democratic James Gillespie Blaine[6] Republican Various candidates[6] Other parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Adair 1,059 51.43% 989 48.03% 11 0.53% 70 3.40% 2,059 Allen 1,045 57.10% 760 41.53% 25 1.37% 285 15.57% 1,830 Anderson 1,119 63.83% 612 34.91% 22 1.25% 507 28.92% 1,753 Ballard 1,886 76.11% 546 22.03% 46 1.86% 1,340 54.08% 2,478 Barren 2,084 62.62% 1,176 35.34% 68 2.04% 908 27.28% 3,328 Bath 1,260 52.50% 1,132 47.17% 8 0.33% 128 5.33% 2,400 Bell 238 30.24% 537 68.23% 12 1.52% -299 -37.99% 787 Boone 1,694 75.22% 529 23.49% 29 1.29% 1,165 51.73% 2,252 Bourbon 1,836 50.04% 1,828 49.82% 5 0.14% 8 0.22% 3,669 Boyd 1,106 45.01% 1,335 54.33% 16 0.65% -229 -9.32% 2,457 Boyle 1,253 49.21% 1,234 48.47% 59 2.32% 19 0.75% 2,546 Bracken 1,739 64.12% 925 34.11% 48 1.77% 814 30.01% 2,712 Breathitt 870 64.59% 459 34.08% 18 1.34% 411 30.51% 1,347 Breckinridge 1,341 52.18% 1,179 45.88% 50 1.95% 162 6.30% 2,570 Bullitt 632 66.25% 302 31.66% 20 2.10% 330 34.59% 954 Butler 761 39.59% 997 51.87% 164 8.53% -236 -12.28% 1,922 Caldwell 1,136 56.69% 832 41.52% 36 1.80% 304 15.17% 2,004 Calloway 1,361 76.29% 354 19.84% 69 3.87% 1,007 56.45% 1,784 Campbell 3,111 47.96% 3,319 51.17% 56 0.86% -208 -3.21% 6,486 Carroll 1,349 72.96% 434 23.47% 66 3.57% 915 49.49% 1,849 Carter 1,148 45.39% 1,353 53.50% 28 1.11% -205 -8.11% 2,529 Casey 742 48.50% 736 48.10% 52 3.40% 6 0.39% 1,530 Christian 2,001 39.85% 2,818 56.12% 202 4.02% -817 -16.27% 5,021 Clark 1,493 54.31% 1,244 45.25% 12 0.44% 249 9.06% 2,749 Clay 682 42.10% 931 57.47% 7 0.43% -249 -15.37% 1,620 Clinton 269 32.93% 540 66.10% 8 0.98% -271 -33.17% 817 Crittenden 859 46.46% 914 49.43% 76 4.11% -55 -2.97% 1,849 Cumberland 529 43.54% 675 55.56% 11 0.91% -146 -12.02% 1,215 Daviess 3,139 65.77% 1,571 32.91% 63 1.32% 1,568 32.85% 4,773 Edmonson 633 53.46% 545 46.03% 6 0.51% 88 7.43% 1,184 Elliott 873 76.98% 261 23.02% 0 0.00% 612 53.97% 1,134 Estill 785 51.48% 737 48.33% 3 0.20% 48 3.15% 1,525 Fayette 2,593 45.98% 3,000 53.19% 47 0.83% -407 -7.22% 5,640 Fleming 1,677 51.46% 1,542 47.32% 40 1.23% 135 4.14% 3,259 Floyd 1,136 65.10% 608 34.84% 1 0.06% 528 30.26% 1,745 Franklin 1,819 59.44% 1,227 40.10% 14 0.46% 592 19.35% 3,060 Fulton 987 75.11% 307 23.36% 20 1.52% 680 51.75% 1,314 Gallatin 753 74.19% 254 25.02% 8 0.79% 499 49.16% 1,015 Garrard 1,009 47.46% 1,086 51.08% 31 1.46% -77 -3.62% 2,126 Grant 1,345 61.19% 804 36.58% 49 2.23% 541 24.61% 2,198 Graves 2,754 70.60% 1,081 27.71% 66 1.69% 1,673 42.89% 3,901 Grayson 1,176 51.60% 1,030 45.20% 73 3.20% 146 6.41% 2,279 Green 682 46.17% 785 53.15% 10 0.68% -103 -6.97% 1,477 Greenup 994 45.22% 1,192 54.23% 12 0.55% -198 -9.01% 2,198 Hancock 656 50.50% 532 40.95% 111 8.55% 124 9.55% 1,299 Hardin 1,531 61.61% 901 36.26% 53 2.13% 630 25.35% 2,485 Harlan 217 25.03% 650 74.97% 0 0.00% -433 -49.94% 867 Harrison 1,861 61.54% 1,120 37.04% 43 1.42% 741 24.50% 3,024 Hart 1,348 58.94% 869 38.00% 70 3.06% 479 20.94% 2,287 Henderson 2,379 53.71% 1,970 44.48% 80 1.81% 409 9.23% 4,429 Henry 1,539 59.84% 939 36.51% 94 3.65% 600 23.33% 2,572 Hickman 1,204 69.84% 489 28.36% 31 1.80% 715 41.47% 1,724 Hopkins 1,628 55.13% 1,125 38.10% 200 6.77% 503 17.03% 2,953 Jackson 280 29.26% 656 68.55% 21 2.19% -376 -39.29% 957 Jefferson 11,266 55.23% 8,709 42.69% 424 2.08% 2,557 12.53% 20,399 Jessamine 1,134 53.72% 971 46.00% 6 0.28% 163 7.72% 2,111 Johnson 764 39.85% 1,140 59.47% 13 0.68% -376 -19.61% 1,917 Kenton 4,489 55.70% 3,459 42.92% 111 1.38% 1,030 12.78% 8,059 Knott 453 77.57% 119 20.38% 12 2.05% 334 57.19% 584 Knox 608 39.45% 921 59.77% 12 0.78% -313 -20.31% 1,541 Larue 860 64.81% 456 34.36% 11 0.83% 404 30.44% 1,327 Laurel 824 43.60% 1,045 55.29% 21 1.11% -221 -11.69% 1,890 Lawrence 1,419 53.51% 1,231 46.42% 2 0.08% 188 7.09% 2,652 Lee 385 48.43% 410 51.57% 0 0.00% -25 -3.14% 795 Leslie 76 12.79% 518 87.21% 0 0.00% -442 -74.41% 594 Letcher 296 45.26% 357 54.59% 1 0.15% -61 -9.33% 654 Lewis 1,152 43.02% 1,498 55.94% 28 1.05% -346 -12.92% 2,678 Lincoln 1,377 54.51% 1,078 42.68% 71 2.81% 299 11.84% 2,526 Livingston 922 70.76% 370 28.40% 11 0.84% 552 42.36% 1,303 Logan 2,317 55.04% 1,861 44.20% 32 0.76% 456 10.83% 4,210 Lyon 748 54.28% 571 41.44% 59 4.28% 177 12.84% 1,378 Madison 2,295 51.72% 2,106 47.46% 36 0.81% 189 4.26% 4,437 Magoffin 703 46.90% 796 53.10% 0 0.00% -93 -6.20% 1,499 Marion 1,488 60.69% 943 38.46% 21 0.86% 545 22.23% 2,452 Marshall 1,239 79.37% 295 18.90% 27 1.73% 944 60.47% 1,561 Martin 179 30.81% 402 69.19% 0 0.00% -223 -38.38% 581 Mason 2,646 54.98% 2,120 44.05% 47 0.98% 526 10.93% 4,813 McCracken 1,992 60.88% 1,262 38.57% 18 0.55% 730 22.31% 3,272 McLean 818 60.37% 472 34.83% 65 4.80% 346 25.54% 1,355 Meade 960 69.57% 394 28.55% 26 1.88% 566 41.01% 1,380 Menifee 511 72.79% 182 25.93% 9 1.28% 329 46.87% 702 Mercer 1,496 54.84% 1,161 42.56% 71 2.60% 335 12.28% 2,728 Metcalfe 648 47.09% 681 49.49% 47 3.42% -33 -2.40% 1,376 Monroe 541 39.60% 793 58.05% 32 2.34% -252 -18.45% 1,366 Montgomery 1,371 55.73% 1,078 43.82% 11 0.45% 293 11.91% 2,460 Morgan 1,301 68.01% 608 31.78% 4 0.21% 693 36.23% 1,913 Muhlenberg 1,311 54.78% 1,024 42.79% 58 2.42% 287 11.99% 2,393 Nelson 1,534 62.59% 877 35.78% 40 1.63% 657 26.81% 2,451 Nicholas 1,344 59.18% 875 38.53% 52 2.29% 469 20.65% 2,271 Ohio 1,573 51.24% 1,399 45.57% 98 3.19% 174 5.67% 3,070 Oldham 677 61.77% 373 34.03% 46 4.20% 304 27.74% 1,096 Owen 2,399 79.23% 577 19.06% 52 1.72% 1,822 60.17% 3,028 Owsley 224 27.42% 588 71.97% 5 0.61% -364 -44.55% 817 Pendleton 1,563 54.84% 1,237 43.40% 50 1.75% 326 11.44% 2,850 Perry 236 29.28% 566 70.22% 4 0.50% -330 -40.94% 806 Pike 1,142 51.51% 1,073 48.40% 2 0.09% 69 3.11% 2,217 Powell 385 55.96% 300 43.60% 3 0.44% 85 12.35% 688 Pulaski 1,374 38.70% 2,131 60.03% 45 1.27% -757 -21.32% 3,550 Robertson 483 65.63% 248 33.70% 5 0.68% 235 31.93% 736 Rockcastle 698 43.54% 905 56.46% 0 0.00% -207 -12.91% 1,603 Rowan 413 47.31% 460 52.69% 0 0.00% -47 -5.38% 873 Russell 530 51.51% 472 45.87% 27 2.62% 58 5.64% 1,029 Scott 1,789 56.19% 1,328 41.71% 67 2.10% 461 14.48% 3,184 Shelby 1,983 60.87% 1,228 37.69% 47 1.44% 755 23.17% 3,258 Simpson 1,031 60.61% 641 37.68% 29 1.70% 390 22.93% 1,701 Spencer 870 70.50% 358 29.01% 6 0.49% 512 41.49% 1,234 Taylor 832 59.43% 558 39.86% 10 0.71% 274 19.57% 1,400 Todd 1,104 51.64% 958 44.81% 76 3.55% 146 6.83% 2,138 Trigg 1,312 57.87% 896 39.52% 59 2.60% 416 18.35% 2,267 Trimble 941 81.97% 172 14.98% 35 3.05% 769 66.99% 1,148 Union 1,863 72.83% 626 24.47% 69 2.70% 1,237 48.36% 2,558 Warren 2,937 60.32% 1,866 38.32% 66 1.36% 1,071 22.00% 4,869 Washington 1,144 50.09% 1,133 49.61% 7 0.31% 11 0.48% 2,284 Wayne 775 53.37% 654 45.04% 23 1.58% 121 8.33% 1,452 Webster 1,180 61.24% 552 28.65% 195 10.12% 628 32.59% 1,927 Whitley 480 29.81% 1,106 68.70% 24 1.49% -626 -38.88% 1,610 Wolfe 688 62.83% 403 36.80% 4 0.37% 285 26.03% 1,095 Woodford 1,267 52.33% 1,126 46.51% 28 1.16% 141 5.82% 2,421 Totals 152,961 55.32% 118,688 42.93% 4,830 1.75% 34,273 12.40% 276,479
References [ edit ] ^ a b Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016 ^ Phillips, Kevin P. ; The Emerging Republican Majority , p. 350 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6 ^ a b Brown, Thomas J.; ‘The Roots of Bluegrass Insurgency: An Analysis of the Populist Movement in Kentucky’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society , Vol. 78, No. 3 (Summer 1980), pp. 219-242 ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 ; pp. 208-213 ISBN 0786422173 ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky" . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. ^ a b c Géoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)