1892 United States presidential election in Kentucky

Summary

The 1892 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose thirteen electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1892 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison James B. Weaver
Party Democratic Republican People’s
Home state New York Indiana Iowa
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Whitelaw Reid James G. Field
Electoral vote 13 0 0
Popular vote 175,461 135,462 23,500
Percentage 51.48% 39.74% 6.89%

County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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 GOP would never carry the state during the Third Party System at either presidential[2] or gubernatorial level.[3]

However, at the beginning of the 1890s, the state was hit by a crisis in its farming sector, which was especially severe in its most secessionist region – the historically slaveholding and dark-tobacco-growing Jackson Purchase which was badly affected by changes in taste amongst the nation's smokers.[3] That region had been the centre of Greenback revolt over a decade previously, and a continuation of the trends meant that the “Kentucky Alliance” was formed in 1887. During the state's 1891 Constitutional Convention, the Alliance made a number of demands on taxation and labor reform, and sent to the state legislature thirteen men, mostly from the Purchase and Western Coal Field.

The Populist threat, however, would be dissipated by the work of Democratic vice presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson I, whose campaign in the state emphasized the potential impact of the Lodge Force Bill and high tariffs upon the South,[4] and sought to achieve a degree of reconciliation between sections greater than existed in 1890. His extensive tour of the state and warning that a vote for Weaver would be a vote for Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison meant that third-time Democratic nominee Grover Cleveland – whose stance in favor of the gold standard was unpopular in the South – would carry the state by almost the same margin as in 1888.[4]

Results edit

1892 United States presidential election in Kentucky[5]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 175,461 51.48% 13
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 135,462 39.74% 0
People's James Weaver 23,500 6.89% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 6,441 1.89% 0
Totals 340,864 100.00% 13
Voter turnout

Results by county edit

County Stephen Grover Cleveland[6]
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison[6]
Republican
James Baird Weaver[7]
People's
John Bidwell[8]
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 1,024 43.17% 1,119 47.18% 208 8.77% 21 0.89% -95 -4.01% 2,372
Allen 1,116 46.75% 989 41.43% 257 10.77% 25 1.05% 127 5.32% 2,387
Anderson 1,142 58.06% 749 38.08% 20 1.02% 56 2.85% 393 19.98% 1,967
Ballard 910 64.04% 277 19.49% 221 15.55% 13 0.91% 633 44.55% 1,421
Barren 2,061 51.43% 1,369 34.17% 524 13.08% 53 1.32% 692 17.27% 4,007
Bath 1,443 53.92% 1,148 42.90% 51 1.91% 34 1.27% 295 11.02% 2,676
Bell 693 39.67% 1,019 58.33% 20 1.14% 15 0.86% -326 -18.66% 1,747
Boone 2,009 77.39% 545 20.99% 10 0.39% 32 1.23% 1,464 56.39% 2,596
Bourbon 2,216 55.86% 1,657 41.77% 15 0.38% 79 1.99% 559 14.09% 3,967
Boyd 1,537 49.20% 1,526 48.85% 25 0.80% 36 1.15% 11 0.35% 3,124
Boyle 1,249 50.10% 1,144 45.89% 48 1.93% 52 2.09% 105 4.21% 2,493
Bracken 1,472 55.74% 996 37.71% 111 4.20% 62 2.35% 476 18.02% 2,641
Breathitt 977 62.87% 566 36.42% 6 0.39% 5 0.32% 411 26.45% 1,554
Breckinridge 1,497 45.75% 1,167 35.67% 576 17.60% 32 0.98% 330 10.09% 3,272
Bullitt 862 60.75% 398 28.05% 143 10.08% 16 1.13% 464 32.70% 1,419
Butler 715 29.61% 1,327 54.95% 330 13.66% 43 1.78% -612 -25.34% 2,415
Caldwell 960 39.59% 1,126 46.43% 281 11.59% 58 2.39% -166 -6.85% 2,425
Calloway 1,581 65.01% 379 15.58% 439 18.05% 33 1.36% 1,142[a] 46.96% 2,432
Campbell 4,302 50.79% 3,959 46.74% 112 1.32% 97 1.15% 343 4.05% 8,470
Carlisle 811 57.19% 223 15.73% 348 24.54% 36 2.54% 463[a] 32.65% 1,418
Carroll 1,574 71.81% 542 24.73% 3 0.14% 73 3.33% 1,032 47.08% 2,192
Carter 983 41.13% 1,319 55.19% 61 2.55% 27 1.13% -336 -14.06% 2,390
Casey 1,039 44.04% 1,223 51.84% 20 0.85% 77 3.26% -184 -7.80% 2,359
Christian 2,324 40.01% 2,868 49.38% 510 8.78% 106 1.83% -544 -9.37% 5,808
Clark 1,958 53.98% 1,599 44.09% 33 0.91% 37 1.02% 359 9.90% 3,627
Clay 401 29.97% 860 64.28% 60 4.48% 17 1.27% -459 -34.30% 1,338
Clinton 250 26.91% 589 63.40% 83 8.93% 7 0.75% -339 -36.49% 929
Crittenden 1,118 42.61% 1,312 50.00% 145 5.53% 49 1.87% -194 -7.39% 2,624
Cumberland 584 39.17% 880 59.02% 8 0.54% 19 1.27% -296 -19.85% 1,491
Daviess 3,431 50.87% 1,638 24.29% 1,602 23.75% 73 1.08% 1,793 26.59% 6,744
Edmonson 491 39.37% 618 49.56% 119 9.54% 19 1.52% -127 -10.18% 1,247
Elliott 1,079 68.73% 453 28.85% 36 2.29% 2 0.13% 626 39.87% 1,570
Estill 690 42.20% 752 45.99% 177 10.83% 16 0.98% -62 -3.79% 1,635
Fayette 3,753 57.42% 2,431 37.19% 101 1.55% 251 3.84% 1,322 20.23% 6,536
Fleming 1,787 50.42% 1,567 44.22% 92 2.60% 98 2.77% 220 6.21% 3,544
Floyd 1,141 62.32% 634 34.63% 42 2.29% 14 0.76% 507 27.69% 1,831
Franklin 2,186 59.65% 1,231 33.59% 163 4.45% 85 2.32% 955 26.06% 3,665
Fulton 1,157 70.25% 383 23.25% 74 4.49% 33 2.00% 774 46.99% 1,647
Gallatin 737 73.77% 237 23.72% 5 0.50% 20 2.00% 500 50.05% 999
Garrard 1,126 48.16% 1,155 49.40% 10 0.43% 47 2.01% -29 -1.24% 2,338
Grant 1,591 57.50% 1,034 37.37% 76 2.75% 66 2.39% 557 20.13% 2,767
Graves 2,563 57.22% 1,028 22.95% 832 18.58% 56 1.25% 1,535 34.27% 4,479
Grayson 1,251 39.69% 1,173 37.21% 701 22.24% 27 0.86% 78 2.47% 3,152
Green 585 31.22% 739 39.43% 535 28.55% 15 0.80% -154 -8.22% 1,874
Greenup 1,109 48.43% 1,143 49.91% 16 0.70% 22 0.96% -34 -1.48% 2,290
Hancock 786 45.57% 607 35.19% 318 18.43% 14 0.81% 179 10.38% 1,725
Hardin 1,909 54.31% 1,075 30.58% 490 13.94% 41 1.17% 834 23.73% 3,515
Harlan 231 24.32% 674 70.95% 34 3.58% 11 1.16% -443 -46.63% 950
Harrison 2,172 59.28% 1,273 34.74% 11 0.30% 208 5.68% 899 24.54% 3,664
Hart 1,414 47.18% 1,034 34.50% 509 16.98% 40 1.33% 380 12.68% 2,997
Henderson 2,278 44.83% 1,746 34.36% 971 19.11% 86 1.69% 532 10.47% 5,081
Henry 1,793 58.25% 1,019 33.11% 160 5.20% 106 3.44% 774 25.15% 3,078
Hickman 1,155 61.05% 460 24.31% 227 12.00% 50 2.64% 695 36.73% 1,892
Hopkins 2,014 45.98% 1,726 39.41% 555 12.67% 85 1.94% 288 6.58% 4,380
Jackson 188 17.55% 868 81.05% 8 0.75% 7 0.65% -680 -63.49% 1,071
Jefferson 20,919 59.29% 13,454 38.13% 358 1.01% 551 1.56% 7,465 21.16% 35,282
Jessamine 1,042 48.33% 922 42.76% 15 0.70% 177 8.21% 120 5.57% 2,156
Johnson 785 35.33% 1,340 60.31% 72 3.24% 25 1.13% -555 -24.98% 2,222
Kenton 5,686 59.57% 3,494 36.61% 155 1.62% 210 2.20% 2,192 22.96% 9,545
Knott 566 70.49% 236 29.39% 0 0.00% 1 0.12% 330 41.10% 803
Knox 668 32.15% 1,305 62.80% 87 4.19% 18 0.87% -637 -30.65% 2,078
Larue 797 46.97% 568 33.47% 285 16.79% 47 2.77% 229 13.49% 1,697
Laurel 832 41.25% 1,080 53.54% 73 3.62% 32 1.59% -248 -12.30% 2,017
Lawrence 1,724 53.51% 1,445 44.85% 33 1.02% 20 0.62% 279 8.66% 3,222
Lee 507 46.64% 565 51.98% 12 1.10% 3 0.28% -58 -5.34% 1,087
Leslie 76 12.54% 528 87.13% 1 0.17% 1 0.17% -452 -74.59% 606
Letcher 274 34.68% 513 64.94% 2 0.25% 1 0.13% -239 -30.25% 790
Lewis 1,044 36.39% 1,531 53.36% 251 8.75% 43 1.50% -487 -16.97% 2,869
Lincoln 1,473 51.06% 1,175 40.73% 42 1.46% 195 6.76% 298 10.33% 2,885
Livingston 928 55.57% 550 32.93% 175 10.48% 17 1.02% 378 22.63% 1,670
Logan 2,191 47.77% 1,763 38.43% 592 12.91% 41 0.89% 428 9.33% 4,587
Lyon 727 52.42% 499 35.98% 131 9.44% 30 2.16% 228 16.44% 1,387
Madison 2,565 51.04% 2,312 46.01% 30 0.60% 118 2.35% 253 5.03% 5,025
Magoffin 660 41.59% 844 53.18% 73 4.60% 10 0.63% -184 -11.59% 1,587
Marion 1,451 57.06% 954 37.51% 108 4.25% 30 1.18% 497 19.54% 2,543
Marshall 1,081 54.02% 360 17.99% 537 26.84% 23 1.15% 544[a] 27.19% 2,001
Martin 229 31.94% 475 66.25% 7 0.98% 6 0.84% -246 -34.31% 717
Mason 2,586 55.04% 2,001 42.59% 46 0.98% 65 1.38% 585 12.45% 4,698
McCracken 1,735 51.09% 1,195 35.19% 366 10.78% 100 2.94% 540 15.90% 3,396
McLean 869 47.07% 534 28.93% 407 22.05% 36 1.95% 335 18.15% 1,846
Meade 1,171 65.35% 416 23.21% 189 10.55% 16 0.89% 755 42.13% 1,792
Menifee 475 58.79% 258 31.93% 62 7.67% 13 1.61% 217 26.86% 808
Mercer 1,562 52.73% 1,185 40.01% 76 2.57% 139 4.69% 377 12.73% 2,962
Metcalfe 495 30.11% 756 45.99% 382 23.24% 11 0.67% -261 -15.88% 1,644
Monroe 631 31.19% 1,125 55.61% 256 12.65% 11 0.54% -494 -24.42% 2,023
Montgomery 1,507 57.61% 1,041 39.79% 18 0.69% 50 1.91% 466 17.81% 2,616
Morgan 1,125 55.45% 620 30.56% 279 13.75% 5 0.25% 505 24.89% 2,029
Muhlenberg 1,421 41.93% 1,688 49.81% 243 7.17% 37 1.09% -267 -7.88% 3,389
Nelson 1,858 60.76% 1,025 33.52% 151 4.94% 24 0.78% 833 27.24% 3,058
Nicholas 1,312 54.90% 808 33.81% 45 1.88% 225 9.41% 504 21.09% 2,390
Ohio 1,664 39.04% 1,581 37.10% 973 22.83% 44 1.03% 83 1.95% 4,262
Oldham 783 62.64% 365 29.20% 62 4.96% 40 3.20% 418 33.44% 1,250
Owen 2,579 69.93% 748 20.28% 177 4.80% 184 4.99% 1,831 49.65% 3,688
Owsley 229 25.19% 660 72.61% 19 2.09% 1 0.11% -431 -47.41% 909
Pendleton 1,419 44.76% 1,014 31.99% 658 20.76% 79 2.49% 405 12.78% 3,170
Perry 346 37.77% 560 61.14% 8 0.87% 2 0.22% -214 -23.36% 916
Pike 1,534 52.99% 1,333 46.04% 7 0.24% 21 0.73% 201 6.94% 2,895
Powell 580 54.61% 446 42.00% 30 2.82% 6 0.56% 134 12.62% 1,062
Pulaski 1,753 38.28% 2,457 53.66% 239 5.22% 130 2.84% -704 -15.37% 4,579
Robertson 567 53.64% 438 41.44% 17 1.61% 35 3.31% 129 12.20% 1,057
Rockcastle 684 40.00% 966 56.49% 6 0.35% 54 3.16% -282 -16.49% 1,710
Rowan 562 47.95% 564 48.12% 31 2.65% 15 1.28% -2 -0.17% 1,172
Russell 646 43.89% 765 51.97% 52 3.53% 9 0.61% -119 -8.08% 1,472
Scott 1,999 59.12% 1,201 35.52% 9 0.27% 172 5.09% 798 23.60% 3,381
Shelby 2,122 61.10% 1,169 33.66% 142 4.09% 40 1.15% 953 27.44% 3,473
Simpson 1,166 55.29% 725 34.38% 171 8.11% 47 2.23% 441 20.91% 2,109
Spencer 848 68.28% 316 25.44% 58 4.67% 20 1.61% 532 42.83% 1,242
Taylor 653 39.94% 630 38.53% 326 19.94% 26 1.59% 23 1.41% 1,635
Todd 1,587 49.81% 1,406 44.13% 134 4.21% 59 1.85% 181 5.68% 3,186
Trigg 1,088 46.86% 814 35.06% 396 17.05% 24 1.03% 274 11.80% 2,322
Trimble 1,149 78.00% 264 17.92% 18 1.22% 42 2.85% 885 60.08% 1,473
Union 2,275 66.95% 777 22.87% 318 9.36% 28 0.82% 1,498 44.08% 3,398
Warren 2,867 54.02% 2,053 38.68% 252 4.75% 135 2.54% 814 15.34% 5,307
Washington 1,193 47.89% 1,035 41.55% 238 9.55% 25 1.00% 158 6.34% 2,491
Wayne 931 45.59% 986 48.29% 105 5.14% 20 0.98% -55 -2.69% 2,042
Webster 1,278 43.10% 839 28.30% 824 27.79% 24 0.81% 439 14.81% 2,965
Whitley 619 25.61% 1,734 71.74% 27 1.12% 37 1.53% -1,115 -46.13% 2,417
Wolfe 658 57.42% 386 33.68% 82 7.16% 20 1.75% 272 23.73% 1,146
Woodford 1,289 51.91% 1,097 44.18% 30 1.21% 67 2.70% 192 7.73% 2,483
Totals 175,465 51.48% 135,467 39.74% 23,500 6.89% 6,439 1.89% 39,998 11.73% 340,871

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c In this county where Harrison ran third behind both Cleveland and Weaver, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage.

References edit

  1. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 350 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ a b Schlup, Leonard; ‘Adlai E. Stevenson and Southern Politics in 1892’; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Winter 1993–94), pp. 58–77
  5. ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  6. ^ a b "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  7. ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  8. ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 John Bidwell". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)