1900 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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Election Name:1900 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1896 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Previous Year:1896
Next Election:1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Next Year:1904
Election Date:November 6, 1900
Image1:WilliamJBryan1902 3x4.jpg
Nominee1:William Jennings Bryan
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Nebraska
Running Mate1:Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral Vote1:13
Popular Vote1:235,126
Percentage1:50.21%
Nominee2:William McKinley
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Ohio
Running Mate2:Theodore Roosevelt
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:227,132
Percentage2:48.51%
Map Size:380px
President
Before Election:William McKinley
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:William McKinley
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1900 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate, former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I. They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Bryan won the state by a narrow margin of 1.7%.

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.[2] However, the Democratic Party in the state was heavily divided over free silver and the role of corporations in the middle 1890s, and it lost the governorship for the first time in forty years in 1895 due to Populist defections.[3] In 1896, the state's growing urban and coal mining areas, which unlike most parts of the South had developed economic ties with the Midwest and Northeast and thus opposed free silver,[4] gave William McKinley sufficient support to become the first Republican presidential candidate to win Kentucky, winning it by a very narrow margin of 277 votes in what remains the seventh-closest vote for presidential electors on record.

For the rematch in 1900, an early poll had the state in doubt.[5] By the final week of October, polls generally had returning Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan carrying the state,[6] and this he did by a 1.7 percent margin. His win was generally attributed to the fact that urban and coal counties were more tolerant of anti-imperialism (directed against American colonialism in the Pacific islands) than free silver.[4] This was the only state that had backed McKinley four years prior that Bryan managed to flip.

Bryan would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.

Results

1900 United States presidential election in Kentucky[7]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticWilliam Jennings Bryan235,12650.21%13
RepublicanWilliam McKinley (incumbent)227,13248.51%0
ProhibitionJohn G. Woolley2,8900.62%0
PopulistWharton Barker1,9610.42%0
Social DemocraticEugene V. Debs7660.16%0
Socialist LaborJoseph F. Malloney3900.08%0
Totals468,265100.00%13
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyWilliam Jennings Bryan[8]
Democratic
William McKinley
Republican
John Granville Woolley
Prohibition
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
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Adair1,45245.53%1,71353.72%180.56%00.00%60.19%-261-8.18%3,189
Allen1,49445.67%1,72552.74%220.67%30.09%270.83%-231-7.06%3,271
Anderson1,48555.91%1,14843.22%150.56%10.04%70.26%33712.69%2,656
Ballard1,87772.84%67026.00%120.47%00.00%180.70%1,20746.84%2,577
Barren3,17057.77%2,23440.71%400.73%20.04%410.75%93617.06%5,487
Bath1,83652.22%1,65447.04%150.43%00.00%110.31%1825.18%3,516
Bell74825.70%2,14273.58%180.62%10.03%20.07%-1,394-47.89%2,911
Boone2,30274.89%75924.69%120.39%00.00%10.03%1,54350.20%3,074
Bourbon2,41150.66%2,21746.59%290.61%60.13%962.02%1944.08%4,759
Boyd1,51442.84%1,99556.45%180.51%10.03%60.17%-481-13.61%3,534
Boyle1,57748.15%1,64650.26%411.25%00.00%110.34%-69-2.11%3,275
Bracken1,86958.13%1,31841.00%210.65%10.03%60.19%55117.14%3,215
Breathitt1,57364.63%85034.92%90.37%20.08%00.00%72329.70%2,434
Breckinridge2,23146.11%2,53452.38%260.54%00.00%470.97%-303-6.26%4,838
Bullitt1,44264.69%77234.63%110.49%10.04%30.13%67030.06%2,229
Butler1,13132.20%2,33366.43%310.88%00.00%170.48%-1,202-34.23%3,512
Caldwell1,47546.62%1,62251.26%150.47%10.03%511.61%-147-4.65%3,164
Calloway2,87675.62%84422.19%200.53%00.00%631.66%2,03253.43%3,803
Campbell5,14146.52%5,56750.38%680.62%2081.88%660.60%-426-3.86%11,050
Carlisle1,58773.20%53324.58%371.71%00.00%110.51%1,05448.62%2,168
Carroll1,80869.97%74928.99%261.01%00.00%10.04%1,05940.98%2,584
Carter1,72040.99%2,45258.44%160.38%10.02%70.17%-732-17.45%4,196
Casey1,30241.89%1,78657.46%150.48%00.00%50.16%-484-15.57%3,108
Christian3,26441.93%4,47357.46%280.36%00.00%200.26%-1,209-15.53%7,785
Clark2,30254.41%1,90044.91%220.52%10.02%60.14%4029.50%4,231
Clay68125.71%1,94873.54%90.34%10.04%100.38%-1,267-47.83%2,649
Clinton41427.01%1,10772.21%40.26%10.07%70.46%-693-45.21%1,533
Crittenden1,51744.21%1,86554.36%230.67%00.00%260.76%-348-10.14%3,431
Cumberland66034.38%1,24164.64%140.73%00.00%50.26%-581-30.26%1,920
Daviess4,91055.36%3,73842.14%1501.69%20.02%700.79%1,17213.21%8,870
Edmonson91443.84%1,15655.44%60.29%00.00%90.43%-242-11.61%2,085
Elliott1,36768.52%62431.28%20.10%00.00%20.10%74337.24%1,995
Estill1,00042.07%1,32955.91%170.72%00.00%311.30%-329-13.84%2,377
Fayette4,29344.36%5,30254.78%670.69%20.02%140.14%-1,009-10.43%9,678
Fleming2,18050.35%2,10948.71%400.92%00.00%10.02%711.64%4,330
Floyd1,61557.15%1,19742.36%90.32%20.07%30.11%41814.79%2,826
Franklin2,94660.80%1,86338.45%170.35%50.10%140.29%1,08322.35%4,845
Fulton1,48770.81%58127.67%221.05%10.05%90.43%90643.14%2,100
Gallatin1,01871.24%40428.27%70.49%00.00%00.00%61442.97%1,429
Garrard1,31244.58%1,59254.09%341.16%00.00%50.17%-280-9.51%2,943
Grant2,03957.79%1,46541.52%220.62%00.00%20.06%57416.27%3,528
Graves4,75968.30%2,07329.75%400.57%100.14%861.23%2,68638.55%6,968
Grayson1,93845.61%2,21352.08%90.21%00.00%892.09%-275-6.47%4,249
Green1,24346.71%1,39952.57%100.38%00.00%90.34%-156-5.86%2,661
Greenup1,43041.45%1,98257.45%270.78%00.00%110.32%-552-16.00%3,450
Hancock98946.26%1,11352.06%200.94%00.00%160.75%-124-5.80%2,138
Hardin3,05958.75%2,05339.43%420.81%60.12%470.90%1,00619.32%5,207
Harlan28015.03%1,57784.65%30.16%10.05%20.11%-1,297-69.62%1,863
Harrison2,80159.91%1,84339.42%260.56%10.02%40.09%95820.49%4,675
Hart1,93747.24%2,14052.20%160.39%00.00%70.17%-203-4.95%4,100
Henderson3,93757.07%2,86541.53%660.96%120.17%180.26%1,07215.54%6,898
Henry2,36658.94%1,60940.08%260.65%00.00%130.32%75718.86%4,014
Hickman1,87667.43%86230.98%281.01%00.00%160.58%1,01436.45%2,782
Hopkins3,32151.05%3,02446.48%821.26%40.06%751.15%2974.57%6,506
Jackson25812.68%1,77086.98%20.10%00.00%50.25%-1,512-74.30%2,035
Jefferson21,10745.36%24,90653.52%1690.36%1780.38%1760.38%-3,799-8.16%46,536
Jessamine1,56552.59%1,32644.56%802.69%10.03%40.13%2398.03%2,976
Johnson1,02534.80%1,89764.41%50.17%00.00%180.61%-872-29.61%2,945
Kenton7,26354.74%5,65042.58%830.63%2411.82%310.23%1,61312.16%13,268
Knott1,01570.15%42929.65%10.07%00.00%20.14%58640.50%1,447
Knox97627.15%2,60672.49%50.14%00.00%80.22%-1,630-45.34%3,595
Larue1,42057.49%1,03641.94%80.32%00.00%60.24%38415.55%2,470
Laurel1,19834.36%2,24164.27%170.49%170.49%140.40%-1,043-29.91%3,487
Lawrence1,94648.44%2,05251.08%110.27%10.02%70.17%-106-2.64%4,017
Lee63742.21%85756.79%120.80%00.00%30.20%-220-14.58%1,509
Leslie1108.46%1,18691.23%20.15%00.00%20.15%-1,076-82.77%1,300
Letcher50131.97%1,06267.77%30.19%00.00%10.06%-561-35.80%1,567
Lewis1,48238.48%2,31160.01%370.96%00.00%210.55%-829-21.53%3,851
Lincoln1,87149.21%1,92550.63%00.00%20.05%40.11%-54-1.42%3,802
Livingston1,51561.89%90637.01%100.41%10.04%160.65%60924.88%2,448
Logan3,39255.26%2,62442.75%280.46%20.03%921.50%76812.51%6,138
Lyon1,00554.65%78942.90%130.71%10.05%311.69%21611.75%1,839
Madison3,04649.15%3,08449.77%540.87%00.00%130.21%-38-0.61%6,197
Magoffin95541.87%1,32157.91%30.13%10.04%10.04%-366-16.05%2,281
Marion2,07057.77%1,49141.61%130.36%20.06%70.20%57916.16%3,583
Marshall1,59458.28%99736.45%291.06%00.00%1154.20%59721.83%2,735
Martin24623.08%81276.17%40.38%00.00%40.38%-566-53.10%1,066
Mason2,95254.19%2,45545.06%300.55%20.04%90.17%4979.12%5,448
McCracken3,02053.39%2,50644.31%560.99%60.11%681.20%5149.09%5,656
McLean1,46350.96%1,34446.81%280.98%00.00%361.25%1194.14%2,871
Meade1,47060.72%91937.96%70.29%80.33%170.70%55122.76%2,421
Menifee84563.92%47035.55%30.23%00.00%40.30%37528.37%1,322
Mercer1,78449.15%1,77548.90%431.18%20.06%260.72%90.25%3,630
Metcalfe1,05047.15%1,16252.18%70.31%00.00%80.36%-112-5.03%2,227
Monroe86733.09%1,72465.80%90.34%10.04%190.73%-857-32.71%2,620
Montgomery1,58950.62%1,53348.84%150.48%10.03%10.03%561.78%3,139
Morgan1,73261.03%1,09338.51%90.32%00.00%40.14%63922.52%2,838
Muhlenberg1,85742.12%2,49356.54%280.64%00.00%310.70%-636-14.43%4,409
Nelson2,43863.01%1,40736.37%140.36%20.05%80.21%1,03126.65%3,869
Nicholas1,87959.27%1,26239.81%270.85%10.03%10.03%61719.46%3,170
Ohio2,89146.29%3,25152.06%450.72%10.02%570.91%-360-5.76%6,245
Oldham1,06260.65%66738.09%181.03%00.00%40.23%39522.56%1,751
Owen3,38074.24%1,12424.69%330.72%10.02%150.33%2,25649.55%4,553
Owsley25518.53%1,11581.03%30.22%00.00%30.22%-860-62.50%1,376
Pendleton1,86253.35%1,58045.27%340.97%50.14%90.26%2828.08%3,490
Perry46731.32%1,01968.34%40.27%00.00%10.07%-552-37.02%1,491
Pike1,97946.02%2,29053.26%210.49%00.00%100.23%-311-7.23%4,300
Powell78852.57%69646.43%80.53%10.07%60.40%926.14%1,499
Pulaski2,17834.32%4,08464.35%811.28%40.06%00.00%-1,906-30.03%6,347
Robertson71858.80%49440.46%90.74%00.00%00.00%22418.35%1,221
Rockcastle1,01037.98%1,63761.56%80.30%00.00%40.15%-627-23.58%2,659
Rowan79046.36%90553.11%70.41%00.00%20.12%-115-6.75%1,704
Russell78039.08%1,20660.42%70.35%00.00%30.15%-426-21.34%1,996
Scott2,53954.17%2,10744.95%350.75%00.00%60.13%4329.22%4,687
Shelby2,79458.59%1,97541.41%00.00%00.00%00.00%81917.17%4,769
Simpson1,57163.04%86634.75%341.36%00.00%210.84%70528.29%2,492
Spencer1,17466.63%58233.03%40.23%00.00%20.11%59233.60%1,762
Taylor1,28652.15%1,13145.86%210.85%10.04%271.09%1556.29%2,466
Todd1,86850.12%1,82548.97%170.46%00.00%170.46%431.15%3,727
Trigg1,53349.84%1,45547.30%120.39%10.03%752.44%782.54%3,076
Trimble1,43776.03%43723.12%140.74%00.00%20.11%1,00052.91%1,890
Union3,10467.46%1,43731.23%290.63%00.00%310.67%1,66736.23%4,601
Warren3,45553.48%2,92845.33%410.63%40.06%320.50%5278.16%6,460
Washington1,66950.59%1,60048.50%170.52%10.03%120.36%692.09%3,299
Wayne1,37346.39%1,57453.18%60.20%00.00%70.24%-201-6.79%2,960
Webster2,48156.31%1,84941.97%370.84%00.00%390.89%63214.34%4,406
Whitley98921.24%3,63478.05%270.58%00.00%60.13%-2,645-56.81%4,656
Wolfe95956.98%71242.31%60.36%00.00%60.36%24714.68%1,683
Woodford1,71250.97%1,61748.14%240.71%00.00%60.18%952.83%3,359
Totals235,12350.21%227,12848.51%2,8900.62%7660.16%2,3460.50%7,9951.71%468,253

See also

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. Shannon, Jasper Berry and McQuown, Ruth; Presidential Politics in Kentucky, 1824-1948: A Compilation of Election Statistics and an Analysis of Political Behavior (1950), p. 96
  5. See ‘Attempt to Deceive’ Princeton Clarion-Leader, July 19, 1900, p. 2
  6. ‘Election Forecasts from Both Sides’; The Topeka State-Journal, October 25, 1900, p. 7
  7. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky
  8. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1900 (.xlsx file for €15)