1892 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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Election Name:1892 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1888 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Previous Year:1888
Next Election:1896 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Next Year:1896
Election Date:November 8, 1892
Image1:StephenGroverCleveland.png
Nominee1:Grover Cleveland
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:New York
Running Mate1:Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral Vote1:13
Popular Vote1:175,461
Percentage1:51.48%
Nominee2:Benjamin Harrison
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Indiana
Running Mate2:Whitelaw Reid
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:135,462
Percentage2:39.74%
Image3:James B. Weaver 1892 (cropped).jpg
Colour3:CCFFCC
Nominee3:James B. Weaver
Party3:People’s
Home State3:Iowa
Running Mate3:James G. Field
Electoral Vote3:0
Popular Vote3:23,500
Percentage3:6.89%
Map Size:380px
President
Before Election:Benjamin Harrison
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Grover Cleveland
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

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.

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

1892 United States presidential election in Kentucky[5]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticGrover Cleveland175,46151.48%13
RepublicanBenjamin Harrison (incumbent)135,46239.74%0
People'sJames Weaver23,5006.89%0
ProhibitionJohn Bidwell6,441 1.89%0
Totals340,864100.00%13
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyStephen Grover Cleveland[6]
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison
Republican
James Baird Weaver[7]
People's
John Bidwell[8]
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
%%%%%
Adair1,02443.17%1,11947.18%2088.77%210.89%-95-4.01%2,372
Allen1,11646.75%98941.43%25710.77%251.05%1275.32%2,387
Anderson1,14258.06%74938.08%201.02%562.85%39319.98%1,967
Ballard91064.04%27719.49%22115.55%130.91%63344.55%1,421
Barren2,06151.43%1,36934.17%52413.08%531.32%69217.27%4,007
Bath1,44353.92%1,14842.90%511.91%341.27%29511.02%2,676
Bell69339.67%1,01958.33%201.14%150.86%-326-18.66%1,747
Boone2,00977.39%54520.99%100.39%321.23%1,46456.39%2,596
Bourbon2,21655.86%1,65741.77%150.38%791.99%55914.09%3,967
Boyd1,53749.20%1,52648.85%250.80%361.15%110.35%3,124
Boyle1,24950.10%1,14445.89%481.93%522.09%1054.21%2,493
Bracken1,47255.74%99637.71%1114.20%622.35%47618.02%2,641
Breathitt97762.87%56636.42%60.39%50.32%41126.45%1,554
Breckinridge1,49745.75%1,16735.67%57617.60%320.98%33010.09%3,272
Bullitt86260.75%39828.05%14310.08%161.13%46432.70%1,419
Butler71529.61%1,32754.95%33013.66%431.78%-612-25.34%2,415
Caldwell96039.59%1,12646.43%28111.59%582.39%-166-6.85%2,425
Calloway1,58165.01%37915.58%43918.05%331.36%1,14246.96%2,432
Campbell4,30250.79%3,95946.74%1121.32%971.15%3434.05%8,470
Carlisle81157.19%22315.73%34824.54%362.54%46332.65%1,418
Carroll1,57471.81%54224.73%30.14%733.33%1,03247.08%2,192
Carter98341.13%1,31955.19%612.55%271.13%-336-14.06%2,390
Casey1,03944.04%1,22351.84%200.85%773.26%-184-7.80%2,359
Christian2,32440.01%2,86849.38%5108.78%1061.83%-544-9.37%5,808
Clark1,95853.98%1,59944.09%330.91%371.02%3599.90%3,627
Clay40129.97%86064.28%604.48%171.27%-459-34.30%1,338
Clinton25026.91%58963.40%838.93%70.75%-339-36.49%929
Crittenden1,11842.61%1,31250.00%1455.53%491.87%-194-7.39%2,624
Cumberland58439.17%88059.02%80.54%191.27%-296-19.85%1,491
Daviess3,43150.87%1,63824.29%1,60223.75%731.08%1,79326.59%6,744
Edmonson49139.37%61849.56%1199.54%191.52%-127-10.18%1,247
Elliott1,07968.73%45328.85%362.29%20.13%62639.87%1,570
Estill69042.20%75245.99%17710.83%160.98%-62-3.79%1,635
Fayette3,75357.42%2,43137.19%1011.55%2513.84%1,32220.23%6,536
Fleming1,78750.42%1,56744.22%922.60%982.77%2206.21%3,544
Floyd1,14162.32%63434.63%422.29%140.76%50727.69%1,831
Franklin2,18659.65%1,23133.59%1634.45%852.32%95526.06%3,665
Fulton1,15770.25%38323.25%744.49%332.00%77446.99%1,647
Gallatin73773.77%23723.72%50.50%202.00%50050.05%999
Garrard1,12648.16%1,15549.40%100.43%472.01%-29-1.24%2,338
Grant1,59157.50%1,03437.37%762.75%662.39%55720.13%2,767
Graves2,56357.22%1,02822.95%83218.58%561.25%1,53534.27%4,479
Grayson1,25139.69%1,17337.21%70122.24%270.86%782.47%3,152
Green58531.22%73939.43%53528.55%150.80%-154-8.22%1,874
Greenup1,10948.43%1,14349.91%160.70%220.96%-34-1.48%2,290
Hancock78645.57%60735.19%31818.43%140.81%17910.38%1,725
Hardin1,90954.31%1,07530.58%49013.94%411.17%83423.73%3,515
Harlan23124.32%67470.95%343.58%111.16%-443-46.63%950
Harrison2,17259.28%1,27334.74%110.30%2085.68%89924.54%3,664
Hart1,41447.18%1,03434.50%50916.98%401.33%38012.68%2,997
Henderson2,27844.83%1,74634.36%97119.11%861.69%53210.47%5,081
Henry1,79358.25%1,01933.11%1605.20%1063.44%77425.15%3,078
Hickman1,15561.05%46024.31%22712.00%502.64%69536.73%1,892
Hopkins2,01445.98%1,72639.41%55512.67%851.94%2886.58%4,380
Jackson18817.55%86881.05%80.75%70.65%-680-63.49%1,071
Jefferson20,91959.29%13,45438.13%3581.01%5511.56%7,46521.16%35,282
Jessamine1,04248.33%92242.76%150.70%1778.21%1205.57%2,156
Johnson78535.33%1,34060.31%723.24%251.13%-555-24.98%2,222
Kenton5,68659.57%3,49436.61%1551.62%2102.20%2,19222.96%9,545
Knott56670.49%23629.39%00.00%10.12%33041.10%803
Knox66832.15%1,30562.80%874.19%180.87%-637-30.65%2,078
Larue79746.97%56833.47%28516.79%472.77%22913.49%1,697
Laurel83241.25%1,08053.54%733.62%321.59%-248-12.30%2,017
Lawrence1,72453.51%1,44544.85%331.02%200.62%2798.66%3,222
Lee50746.64%56551.98%121.10%30.28%-58-5.34%1,087
Leslie7612.54%52887.13%10.17%10.17%-452-74.59%606
Letcher27434.68%51364.94%20.25%10.13%-239-30.25%790
Lewis1,04436.39%1,53153.36%2518.75%431.50%-487-16.97%2,869
Lincoln1,47351.06%1,17540.73%421.46%1956.76%29810.33%2,885
Livingston92855.57%55032.93%17510.48%171.02%37822.63%1,670
Logan2,19147.77%1,76338.43%59212.91%410.89%4289.33%4,587
Lyon72752.42%49935.98%1319.44%302.16%22816.44%1,387
Madison2,56551.04%2,31246.01%300.60%1182.35%2535.03%5,025
Magoffin66041.59%84453.18%734.60%100.63%-184-11.59%1,587
Marion1,45157.06%95437.51%1084.25%301.18%49719.54%2,543
Marshall1,08154.02%36017.99%53726.84%231.15%54427.19%2,001
Martin22931.94%47566.25%70.98%60.84%-246-34.31%717
Mason2,58655.04%2,00142.59%460.98%651.38%58512.45%4,698
McCracken1,73551.09%1,19535.19%36610.78%1002.94%54015.90%3,396
McLean86947.07%53428.93%40722.05%361.95%33518.15%1,846
Meade1,17165.35%41623.21%18910.55%160.89%75542.13%1,792
Menifee47558.79%25831.93%627.67%131.61%21726.86%808
Mercer1,56252.73%1,18540.01%762.57%1394.69%37712.73%2,962
Metcalfe49530.11%75645.99%38223.24%110.67%-261-15.88%1,644
Monroe63131.19%1,12555.61%25612.65%110.54%-494-24.42%2,023
Montgomery1,50757.61%1,04139.79%180.69%501.91%46617.81%2,616
Morgan1,12555.45%62030.56%27913.75%50.25%50524.89%2,029
Muhlenberg1,42141.93%1,68849.81%2437.17%371.09%-267-7.88%3,389
Nelson1,85860.76%1,02533.52%1514.94%240.78%83327.24%3,058
Nicholas1,31254.90%80833.81%451.88%2259.41%50421.09%2,390
Ohio1,66439.04%1,58137.10%97322.83%441.03%831.95%4,262
Oldham78362.64%36529.20%624.96%403.20%41833.44%1,250
Owen2,57969.93%74820.28%1774.80%1844.99%1,83149.65%3,688
Owsley22925.19%66072.61%192.09%10.11%-431-47.41%909
Pendleton1,41944.76%1,01431.99%65820.76%792.49%40512.78%3,170
Perry34637.77%56061.14%80.87%20.22%-214-23.36%916
Pike1,53452.99%1,33346.04%70.24%210.73%2016.94%2,895
Powell58054.61%44642.00%302.82%60.56%13412.62%1,062
Pulaski1,75338.28%2,45753.66%2395.22%1302.84%-704-15.37%4,579
Robertson56753.64%43841.44%171.61%353.31%12912.20%1,057
Rockcastle68440.00%96656.49%60.35%543.16%-282-16.49%1,710
Rowan56247.95%56448.12%312.65%151.28%-2-0.17%1,172
Russell64643.89%76551.97%523.53%90.61%-119-8.08%1,472
Scott1,99959.12%1,20135.52%90.27%1725.09%79823.60%3,381
Shelby2,12261.10%1,16933.66%1424.09%401.15%95327.44%3,473
Simpson1,16655.29%72534.38%1718.11%472.23%44120.91%2,109
Spencer84868.28%31625.44%584.67%201.61%53242.83%1,242
Taylor65339.94%63038.53%32619.94%261.59%231.41%1,635
Todd1,58749.81%1,40644.13%1344.21%591.85%1815.68%3,186
Trigg1,08846.86%81435.06%39617.05%241.03%27411.80%2,322
Trimble1,14978.00%26417.92%181.22%422.85%88560.08%1,473
Union2,27566.95%77722.87%3189.36%280.82%1,49844.08%3,398
Warren2,86754.02%2,05338.68%2524.75%1352.54%81415.34%5,307
Washington1,19347.89%1,03541.55%2389.55%251.00%1586.34%2,491
Wayne93145.59%98648.29%1055.14%200.98%-55-2.69%2,042
Webster1,27843.10%83928.30%82427.79%240.81%43914.81%2,965
Whitley61925.61%1,73471.74%271.12%371.53%-1,115-46.13%2,417
Wolfe65857.42%38633.68%827.16%201.75%27223.73%1,146
Woodford1,28951.91%1,09744.18%301.21%672.70%1927.73%2,483
Totals175,46551.48%135,46739.74%23,5006.89%6,4391.89%39,99811.73%340,871

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. Schlup, Leonard; ‘Adlai E. Stevenson and Southern Politics in 1892’; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Winter 1993–94), pp. 58–77
  5. Web site: Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. 1892 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky.
  6. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892. (.xlsx file for €15)
  7. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 for James B. Weaver. (.xlsx file for €15)
  8. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 John Bidwell. (.xlsx file for €15)