1888 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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Election Name:	1888 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Popular Vote1:	183,830
After Election:	Benjamin Harrison
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Before Election:	Grover Cleveland
President
Percentage2:	44.98%
Popular Vote2:	155,138
Electoral Vote2:	0
Running Mate2:	Levi P. Morton
Home State2:	Indiana
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Nominee2:	Benjamin Harrison
Percentage1:	53.30%
Electoral Vote1:	13
Running Mate1:	Allen Thurman
Home State1:	New York
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Nominee1:	Grover Cleveland
Image1:	StephenGroverCleveland.jpg
Election Date:	November 6, 1888
Next Year:	1892
Next Election:	1892 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Previous Year:	1884
Previous Election:	1884 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Ongoing:	no
Type:	presidential
Flag Year:	1918
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)
Map Size:	380px

The 1888 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1888. All contemporary thirty-eight states were part of the 1888 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 GOP 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 region.^[3] Incumbent president Grover Cleveland lost four points on his 1884 performance, but still carried the state comfortably against GOP nominee Benjamin Harrison.

, this is the last occasion when a Democratic presidential candidate passed thirty percent in rock-ribbed Unionist and Republican Clinton County.

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Grover Cleveland (incumbent)	Allen G. Thurman	Democratic	13^[4]	183,830	53.30%
Benjamin Harrison	Levi P. Morton	Republican	0	155,138	44.98%
Clinton B. Fisk	John A. Brooks	Prohibition	0	5,223	1.51%
Alson Streeter	Charles E. Cunningham	Union Labor	0	677	0.20%

Results by county

County	Stephen Grover Cleveland^[5] Democratic		Benjamin Harrison Republican		Clinton Bowen Fisk^[6] Prohibition		Alson Jenness Streeter Union Labor		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adair		1,128		46.12%		1,283		52.45%		35		1.43%		0		0.00%		-155		-6.34%		2,446
	Allen		1,527		52.69%		1,326		45.76%		45		1.55%		0		0.00%		201		6.94%		2,898
	Anderson		1,235		60.69%		742		36.46%		58		2.85%		0		0.00%		493		24.23%		2,035
	Ballard		961		74.27%		321		24.81%		12		0.93%		0		0.00%		640		49.46%		1,294
	Barren		2,749		59.49%		1,791		38.76%		81		1.75%		0		0.00%		958		20.73%		4,621
	Bath		1,545		52.43%		1,362		46.22%		37		1.26%		3		0.10%		183		6.21%		2,947
	Bell		279		23.10%		928		76.82%		1		0.08%		0		0.00%		-649		-53.73%		1,208
	Boone		2,116		76.42%		635		22.93%		18		0.65%		0		0.00%		1,481		53.49%		2,769
	Bourbon		1,990		48.75%		2,052		50.27%		40		0.98%		0		0.00%		-62		-1.52%		4,082
	Boyd		1,302		45.68%		1,531		53.72%		17		0.60%		0		0.00%		-229		-8.04%		2,850
	Boyle		1,399		49.56%		1,367		48.42%		57		2.02%		0		0.00%		32		1.13%		2,823
	Bracken		1,702		59.70%		1,066		37.39%		83		2.91%		0		0.00%		636		22.31%		2,851
	Breathitt		636		54.92%		505		43.61%		17		1.47%		0		0.00%		131		11.31%		1,158
	Breckinridge		1,826		50.61%		1,769		49.03%		13		0.36%		0		0.00%		57		1.58%		3,608
	Bullitt		996		68.78%		429		29.63%		23		1.59%		0		0.00%		567		39.16%		1,448
	Butler		973		36.20%		1,637		60.90%		78		2.90%		0		0.00%		-664		-24.70%		2,688
	Caldwell		1,098		49.82%		1,080		49.00%		26		1.18%		0		0.00%		18		0.82%		2,204
	Calloway		995		72.21%		340		24.67%		22		1.60%		21		1.52%		655		47.53%		1,378
	Campbell		4,160		49.71%		4,141		49.48%		41		0.49%		27		0.32%		19		0.23%		8,369
	Carlisle		848		74.00%		271		23.65%		27		2.36%		0		0.00%		577		50.35%		1,146
	Carroll		1,632		70.10%		623		26.76%		69		2.96%		4		0.17%		1,009		43.34%		2,328
	Carter		1,373		43.14%		1,773		55.70%		37		1.16%		0		0.00%		-400		-12.57%		3,183
	Casey		1,125		47.07%		1,204		50.38%		61		2.55%		0		0.00%		-79		-3.31%		2,390
	Christian		2,247		37.74%		3,481		58.46%		104		1.75%		122		2.05%		-1,234		-20.73%		5,954
	Clark		1,835		54.68%		1,467		43.71%		54		1.61%		0		0.00%		368		10.97%		3,356
	Clay		652		31.91%		1,390		68.04%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		-738		-36.12%		2,043
	Clinton		409		30.84%		903		68.10%		14		1.06%		0		0.00%		-494		-37.25%		1,326
	Crittenden		1,175		45.83%		1,357		52.93%		18		0.70%		14		0.55%		-182		-7.10%		2,564
	Cumberland		677		39.92%		1,016		59.91%		3		0.18%		0		0.00%		-339		-19.99%		1,696
	Daviess		3,818		62.44%		2,238		36.60%		59		0.96%		0		0.00%		1,580		25.84%		6,115
	Edmonson		762		49.54%		764		49.67%		12		0.78%		0		0.00%		-2		-0.13%		1,538
	Elliott		1,090		71.71%		426		28.03%		4		0.26%		0		0.00%		664		43.68%		1,520
	Estill		835		47.39%		917		52.04%		10		0.57%		0		0.00%		-82		-4.65%		1,762
	Fayette		3,435		50.08%		3,301		48.13%		122		1.78%		1		0.01%		134		1.95%		6,859
	Fleming		1,813		50.01%		1,711		47.20%		101		2.79%		0		0.00%		102		2.81%		3,625
	Floyd		1,122		61.68%		690		37.93%		7		0.38%		0		0.00%		432		23.75%		1,819
	Franklin		2,334		61.55%		1,429		37.68%		26		0.69%		3		0.08%		905		23.87%		3,792
	Fulton		933		71.44%		333		25.50%		38		2.91%		2		0.15%		600		45.94%		1,306
	Gallatin		821		70.78%		313		26.98%		25		2.16%		1		0.09%		508		43.79%		1,160
	Garrard		1,124		47.15%		1,220		51.17%		38		1.59%		2		0.08%		-96		-4.03%		2,384
	Grant		1,604		57.45%		1,126		40.33%		62		2.22%		0		0.00%		478		17.12%		2,792
	Graves		2,432		65.94%		1,182		32.05%		60		1.63%		14		0.38%		1,250		33.89%		3,688
	Grayson		1,461		48.19%		1,513		49.90%		56		1.85%		2		0.07%		-52		-1.72%		3,032
	Green		1,047		46.16%		1,181		52.07%		17		0.75%		23		1.01%		-134		-5.91%		2,268
	Greenup		1,236		47.58%		1,360		52.35%		2		0.08%		0		0.00%		-124		-4.77%		2,598
	Hancock		900		49.70%		881		48.65%		12		0.66%		18		0.99%		19		1.05%		1,811
	Hardin		2,175		59.23%		1,421		38.70%		73		1.99%		3		0.08%		754		20.53%		3,672
	Harlan		211		19.81%		837		78.59%		17		1.60%		0		0.00%		-626		-58.78%		1,065
	Harrison		2,133		58.86%		1,327		36.62%		164		4.53%		0		0.00%		806		22.24%		3,624
	Hart		1,635		51.14%		1,506		47.11%		56		1.75%		0		0.00%		129		4.04%		3,197
	Henderson		3,043		53.92%		2,413		42.75%		170		3.01%		18		0.32%		630		11.16%		5,644
	Henry		1,964		59.70%		1,184		35.99%		140		4.26%		2		0.06%		780		23.71%		3,290
	Hickman		1,053		69.60%		383		25.31%		60		3.97%		17		1.12%		670		44.28%		1,513
	Hopkins		1,882		50.82%		1,569		42.37%		163		4.40%		89		2.40%		313		8.45%		3,703
	Jackson		231		18.19%		1,019		80.24%		20		1.57%		0		0.00%		-788		-62.05%		1,270
	Jefferson		17,535		57.32%		12,863		42.05%		170		0.56%		23		0.08%		4,672		15.27%		30,591
	Jessamine		1,310		52.82%		1,110		44.76%		60		2.42%		0		0.00%		200		8.06%		2,480
	Johnson		854		38.26%		1,357		60.80%		21		0.94%		0		0.00%		-503		-22.54%		2,232
	Kenton		5,879		58.84%		3,994		39.98%		38		0.38%		80		0.80%		1,885		18.87%		9,991
	Knott		468		73.93%		164		25.91%		1		0.16%		0		0.00%		304		48.03%		633
	Knox		646		31.07%		1,424		68.49%		9		0.43%		0		0.00%		-778		-37.42%		2,079
	Larue		1,002		57.32%		724		41.42%		22		1.26%		0		0.00%		278		15.90%		1,748
	Laurel		975		40.54%		1,384		57.55%		38		1.58%		8		0.33%		-409		-17.01%		2,405
	Lawrence		1,655		49.04%		1,714		50.79%		6		0.18%		0		0.00%		-59		-1.75%		3,375
	Lee		432		45.57%		514		54.22%		2		0.21%		0		0.00%		-82		-8.65%		948
	Leslie		66		9.09%		660		90.91%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-594		-81.82%		726
	Letcher		281		31.15%		616		68.29%		5		0.55%		0		0.00%		-335		-37.14%		902
	Lewis		1,379		41.83%		1,880		57.02%		38		1.15%		0		0.00%		-501		-15.20%		3,297
	Lincoln		1,612		51.29%		1,322		42.06%		209		6.65%		0		0.00%		290		9.23%		3,143
	Livingston		997		65.42%		514		33.73%		12		0.79%		1		0.07%		483		31.69%		1,524
	Logan		3,010		56.77%		2,248		42.40%		18		0.34%		26		0.49%		762		14.37%		5,302
	Lyon		640		51.12%		573		45.77%		38		3.04%		1		0.08%		67		5.35%		1,252
	Madison		2,406		50.04%		2,343		48.73%		59		1.23%		0		0.00%		63		1.31%		4,808
	Magoffin		660		43.19%		865		56.61%		2		0.13%		1		0.07%		-205		-13.42%		1,528
	Marion		1,599		60.71%		1,008		38.27%		27		1.03%		0		0.00%		591		22.44%		2,634
	Marshall		998		71.75%		364		26.17%		24		1.73%		5		0.36%		634		45.58%		1,391
	Martin		218		29.30%		525		70.56%		1		0.13%		0		0.00%		-307		-41.26%		744
	Mason		2,778		54.72%		2,265		44.61%		34		0.67%		0		0.00%		513		10.10%		5,077
	McCracken		1,812		52.89%		1,535		44.80%		78		2.28%		1		0.03%		277		8.09%		3,426
	McLean		972		55.13%		742		42.09%		45		2.55%		4		0.23%		230		13.05%		1,763
	Meade		1,348		69.27%		593		30.47%		5		0.26%		0		0.00%		755		38.80%		1,946
	Menifee		569		69.90%		229		28.13%		15		1.84%		1		0.12%		340		41.77%		814
	Mercer		1,711		53.47%		1,361		42.53%		125		3.91%		3		0.09%		350		10.94%		3,200
	Metcalfe		896		45.53%		1,033		52.49%		23		1.17%		16		0.81%		-137		-6.96%		1,968
	Monroe		837		38.70%		1,311		60.61%		10		0.46%		5		0.23%		-474		-21.91%		2,163
	Montgomery		1,531		55.31%		1,202		43.42%		35		1.26%		0		0.00%		329		11.89%		2,768
	Morgan		1,342		65.95%		683		33.56%		10		0.49%		0		0.00%		659		32.38%		2,035
	Muhlenberg		1,768		48.65%		1,817		50.00%		22		0.61%		27		0.74%		-49		-1.35%		3,634
	Nelson		1,876		62.08%		1,102		36.47%		44		1.46%		0		0.00%		774		25.61%		3,022
	Nicholas		1,475		57.82%		933		36.57%		143		5.61%		0		0.00%		542		21.25%		2,551
	Ohio		2,066		49.06%		2,100		49.87%		21		0.50%		24		0.57%		-34		-0.81%		4,211
	Oldham		826		61.78%		460		34.41%		46		3.44%		5		0.37%		366		27.37%		1,337
	Owen		2,922		74.75%		834		21.34%		152		3.89%		1		0.03%		2,088		53.42%		3,909
	Owsley		248		26.11%		699		73.58%		3		0.32%		0		0.00%		-451		-47.47%		950
	Pendleton		1,945		56.92%		1,417		41.47%		55		1.61%		0		0.00%		528		15.45%		3,417
	Perry		296		29.69%		699		70.11%		2		0.20%		0		0.00%		-403		-40.42%		997
	Pike		1,249		49.54%		1,266		50.22%		6		0.24%		0		0.00%		-17		-0.67%		2,521
	Powell		441		51.82%		403		47.36%		7		0.82%		0		0.00%		38		4.47%		851
	Pulaski		1,752		36.33%		2,924		60.64%		144		2.99%		2		0.04%		-1,172		-24.31%		4,822
	Robertson		657		64.35%		346		33.89%		18		1.76%		0		0.00%		311		30.46%		1,021
	Rockcastle		777		41.57%		1,050		56.18%		42		2.25%		0		0.00%		-273		-14.61%		1,869
	Rowan		384		48.06%		412		51.56%		3		0.38%		0		0.00%		-28		-3.50%		799
	Russell		697		45.80%		804		52.83%		21		1.38%		0		0.00%		-107		-7.03%		1,522
	Scott		2,037		55.14%		1,531		41.45%		126		3.41%		0		0.00%		506		13.70%		3,694
	Shelby		2,219		60.18%		1,436		38.95%		21		0.57%		11		0.30%		783		21.24%		3,687
	Simpson		1,525		62.42%		859		35.16%		58		2.37%		1		0.04%		666		27.26%		2,443
	Spencer		998		70.08%		399		28.02%		27		1.90%		0		0.00%		599		42.06%		1,424
	Taylor		1,059		55.33%		792		41.38%		63		3.29%		0		0.00%		267		13.95%		1,914
	Todd		1,622		50.45%		1,555		48.37%		38		1.18%		0		0.00%		67		2.08%		3,215
	Trigg		928		46.40%		978		48.90%		94		4.70%		0		0.00%		-50		-2.50%		2,000
	Trimble		1,195		81.57%		247		16.86%		23		1.57%		0		0.00%		948		64.71%		1,465
	Union		2,244		69.00%		955		29.37%		18		0.55%		35		1.08%		1,289		39.64%		3,252
	Warren		3,587		57.15%		2,590		41.27%		98		1.56%		1		0.02%		997		15.89%		6,276
	Washington		1,328		49.00%		1,365		50.37%		17		0.63%		0		0.00%		-37		-1.37%		2,710
	Wayne		1,108		49.40%		1,107		49.35%		28		1.25%		0		0.00%		1		0.04%		2,243
	Webster		1,626		60.58%		1,034		38.52%		16		0.60%		8		0.30%		592		22.06%		2,684
	Whitley		681		23.35%		2,202		75.49%		33		1.13%		1		0.03%		-1,521		-52.14%		2,917
	Wolfe		805		63.74%		444		35.15%		14		1.11%		0		0.00%		361		28.58%		1,263
	Woodford		1,387		52.58%		1,217		46.13%		34		1.29%		0		0.00%		170		6.44%		2,638
Totals	183,830	53.31%	155,131	44.98%	5,223	1.51%	677	0.20%	28,699	8.32%	344,861

Notes and References

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. [Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips, Kevin P.]
3. 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. Web site: Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. 1888 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky.
5. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
6. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)