1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Country:	Kentucky
Flag Image:	Flag of Kentucky (1918-1963).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Next Year:	1956
Votes For Election:	All 10 Kentucky votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 4, 1952^[1]
Image1:	Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee1:	Adlai Stevenson
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Illinois
Running Mate1:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	495,729
Percentage1:	49.91%
Nominee2:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York^[2]
Running Mate2:	Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	495,029
Percentage2:	49.84%
Map Size:	380px
President
Before Election:	Harry S. Truman
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 10^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 49.91 percent of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 49.84 percent of the popular vote.^[4] The race in Kentucky was the closest in the nation, with the candidates separated by a mere 700 votes, or 0.07 percent of the vote,^[5] and in fact was the closest presidential election in any state since New Hampshire was won by Woodrow Wilson by fifty-six votes in 1916.

As of 2020, this is the last time a Republican won the presidency without carrying Kentucky, as well as the last time that a non-Southern Democrat would carry the state.

Results

Results by county

County^[6]	Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Stuart Hamblen Prohibition		Eric Hass Socialist Labor		Vincent Hallinan Progressive		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adair		2,184		36.85%		3,737		63.05%		2		0.03%		4		0.07%		0		0.00%		-1,553		-26.20%		5,927
	Allen		1,750		37.10%		2,946		62.45%		18		0.38%		2		0.04%		1		0.02%		-1,196		-25.35%		4,717
	Anderson		2,153		59.69%		1,445		40.06%		7		0.19%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		708		19.63%		3,607
	Ballard		2,910		77.25%		851		22.59%		4		0.11%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		2,059		54.66%		3,767
	Barren		4,618		55.21%		3,743		44.75%		4		0.05%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		875		10.46%		8,365
	Bath		2,400		57.94%		1,737		41.94%		3		0.07%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		663		16.00%		4,142
	Bell		5,276		44.86%		6,461		54.94%		11		0.09%		12		0.10%		1		0.01%		-1,185		-10.08%		11,761
	Boone		2,620		52.97%		2,309		46.68%		12		0.24%		3		0.06%		2		0.04%		311		6.29%		4,946
	Bourbon		3,339		59.95%		2,229		40.02%		2		0.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,110		19.93%		5,570
	Boyd		10,245		49.44%		10,426		50.32%		34		0.16%		5		0.02%		10		0.05%		-181		-0.88%		20,720
	Boyle		3,771		55.76%		2,969		43.90%		18		0.27%		1		0.01%		4		0.06%		802		11.86%		6,763
	Bracken		1,753		50.90%		1,690		49.07%		1		0.03%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		63		1.83%		3,444
	Breathitt		3,383		71.01%		1,381		28.99%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,002		42.02%		4,764
	Breckinridge		2,828		47.75%		3,078		51.98%		9		0.15%		6		0.10%		1		0.02%		-250		-4.23%		5,922
	Bullitt		2,121		62.05%		1,292		37.80%		5		0.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		829		24.25%		3,418
	Butler		1,157		27.78%		2,996		71.93%		5		0.12%		4		0.10%		3		0.07%		-1,839		-44.15%		4,165
	Caldwell		2,133		45.87%		2,507		53.91%		5		0.11%		4		0.09%		1		0.02%		-374		-8.04%		4,650
	Calloway		5,434		74.69%		1,829		25.14%		4		0.05%		7		0.10%		1		0.01%		3,605		49.55%		7,275
	Campbell		12,976		42.25%		17,705		57.64%		12		0.04%		15		0.05%		8		0.03%		-4,729		-15.39%		30,716
	Carlisle		1,867		73.97%		656		25.99%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,211		47.98%		2,524
	Carroll		2,605		71.72%		1,019		28.06%		8		0.22%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,586		43.66%		3,632
	Carter		3,019		41.57%		4,221		58.12%		11		0.15%		6		0.08%		5		0.07%		-1,202		-16.55%		7,262
	Casey		1,522		28.36%		3,831		71.39%		4		0.07%		7		0.13%		2		0.04%		-2,309		-43.03%		5,366
	Christian		6,787		58.15%		4,858		41.62%		15		0.13%		7		0.06%		5		0.04%		1,929		16.53%		11,672
	Clark		3,620		58.27%		2,592		41.73%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,028		16.54%		6,212
	Clay		1,365		24.62%		4,161		75.05%		1		0.02%		15		0.27%		2		0.04%		-2,796		-50.43%		5,544
	Clinton		678		19.12%		2,856		80.54%		4		0.11%		7		0.20%		1		0.03%		-2,178		-61.42%		3,546
	Crittenden		1,427		36.46%		2,471		63.13%		8		0.20%		7		0.18%		1		0.03%		-1,044		-26.67%		3,914
	Cumberland		909		27.14%		2,426		72.44%		5		0.15%		7		0.21%		2		0.06%		-1,517		-45.30%		3,349
	Daviess		7,522		41.77%		10,462		58.09%		16		0.09%		7		0.04%		3		0.02%		-2,940		-16.32%		18,010
	Edmonson		992		30.31%		2,279		69.63%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-1,287		-39.32%		3,273
	Elliott		2,074		76.73%		629		23.27%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,445		53.46%		2,703
	Estill		1,900		41.76%		2,630		57.80%		13		0.29%		5		0.11%		2		0.04%		-730		-16.04%		4,550
	Fayette		14,275		44.91%		17,376		54.66%		31		0.10%		86		0.27%		21		0.07%		-3,101		-9.75%		31,789
	Fleming		2,446		48.44%		2,592		51.33%		3		0.06%		9		0.18%		0		0.00%		-146		-2.89%		5,050
	Floyd		8,940		67.78%		4,238		32.13%		7		0.05%		2		0.02%		2		0.02%		4,702		35.65%		13,189
	Franklin		7,309		70.20%		3,097		29.75%		4		0.04%		1		0.01%		0		0.00%		4,212		40.45%		10,411
	Fulton		2,673		67.81%		1,266		32.12%		1		0.03%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		1,407		35.69%		3,942
	Gallatin		1,383		74.72%		465		25.12%		2		0.11%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		918		49.60%		1,851
	Garrard		1,927		44.49%		2,398		55.37%		4		0.09%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		-471		-10.88%		4,331
	Grant		2,545		61.16%		1,609		38.67%		6		0.14%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		936		22.49%		4,161
	Graves		9,592		76.55%		2,925		23.34%		4		0.03%		4		0.03%		5		0.04%		6,667		53.21%		12,530
	Grayson		2,341		36.80%		4,011		63.05%		4		0.06%		6		0.09%		0		0.00%		-1,670		-26.25%		6,362
	Green		1,857		40.01%		2,773		59.75%		7		0.15%		4		0.09%		0		0.00%		-916		-19.74%		4,641
	Greenup		4,716		51.95%		4,354		47.96%		3		0.03%		3		0.03%		2		0.02%		362		3.99%		9,078
	Hancock		1,177		46.61%		1,341		53.11%		2		0.08%		2		0.08%		3		0.12%		-164		-6.50%		2,525
	Hardin		4,599		53.74%		3,914		45.73%		35		0.41%		7		0.08%		3		0.04%		685		8.01%		8,558
	Harlan		10,025		57.85%		7,284		42.03%		7		0.04%		12		0.07%		2		0.01%		2,741		15.82%		17,330
	Harrison		3,367		64.26%		1,866		35.61%		2		0.04%		3		0.06%		2		0.04%		1,501		28.65%		5,240
	Hart		2,952		50.01%		2,934		49.70%		7		0.12%		7		0.12%		3		0.05%		18		0.31%		5,903
	Henderson		5,913		54.28%		4,929		45.25%		43		0.39%		4		0.04%		4		0.04%		984		9.03%		10,893
	Henry		3,468		68.51%		1,584		31.29%		8		0.16%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		1,884		37.22%		5,062
	Hickman		1,988		69.39%		871		30.40%		3		0.10%		1		0.03%		2		0.07%		1,117		38.99%		2,865
	Hopkins		7,157		62.40%		4,285		37.36%		14		0.12%		5		0.04%		8		0.07%		2,872		25.04%		11,469
	Jackson		471		13.16%		3,104		86.75%		1		0.03%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		-2,633		-73.59%		3,578
	Jefferson		81,642		44.99%		99,069		54.60%		290		0.16%		343		0.19%		103		0.06%		-17,427		-9.61%		181,447
	Jessamine		2,578		53.80%		2,193		45.76%		17		0.35%		4		0.08%		0		0.00%		385		8.04%		4,792
	Johnson		2,654		33.78%		5,199		66.18%		2		0.03%		1		0.01%		0		0.00%		-2,545		-32.40%		7,856
	Kenton		19,457		50.26%		19,200		49.60%		25		0.06%		15		0.04%		12		0.03%		257		0.66%		38,709
	Knott		4,437		79.49%		1,124		20.14%		21		0.38%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,313		59.35%		5,582
	Knox		2,766		33.52%		5,470		66.28%		16		0.19%		1		0.01%		0		0.00%		-2,704		-32.76%		8,253
	LaRue		2,161		55.96%		1,701		44.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		460		11.92%		3,862
	Laurel		2,263		28.11%		5,776		71.74%		4		0.05%		7		0.09%		1		0.01%		-3,513		-43.63%		8,051
	Lawrence		2,597		48.98%		2,696		50.85%		5		0.09%		3		0.06%		1		0.02%		-99		-1.87%		5,302
	Lee		1,100		41.08%		1,572		58.70%		1		0.04%		5		0.19%		0		0.00%		-472		-17.62%		2,678
	Leslie		705		17.81%		3,239		81.81%		6		0.15%		7		0.18%		2		0.05%		-2,534		-64.00%		3,959
	Letcher		5,097		52.08%		4,689		47.92%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		408		4.16%		9,786
	Lewis		1,556		31.83%		3,317		67.86%		4		0.08%		9		0.18%		2		0.04%		-1,761		-36.03%		4,888
	Lincoln		2,910		47.60%		3,186		52.11%		12		0.20%		4		0.07%		2		0.03%		-276		-4.51%		6,114
	Livingston		1,554		58.49%		1,102		41.48%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		452		17.01%		2,657
	Logan		4,917		63.94%		2,758		35.86%		8		0.10%		3		0.04%		4		0.05%		2,159		28.08%		7,690
	Lyon		1,404		65.06%		746		34.57%		4		0.19%		1		0.05%		3		0.14%		658		30.49%		2,158
	Madison		5,901		49.94%		5,886		49.82%		21		0.18%		4		0.03%		3		0.03%		15		0.12%		11,815
	Magoffin		2,243		51.66%		2,093		48.20%		4		0.09%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		150		3.46%		4,342
	Marion		3,159		58.19%		2,262		41.67%		5		0.09%		3		0.06%		0		0.00%		897		16.52%		5,429
	Marshall		3,445		69.82%		1,474		29.87%		8		0.16%		5		0.10%		2		0.04%		1,971		39.95%		4,934
	Martin		1,174		30.77%		2,641		69.23%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-1,467		-38.46%		3,815
	Mason		3,614		50.00%		3,606		49.89%		1		0.01%		7		0.10%		0		0.00%		8		0.11%		7,228
	McCracken		12,302		66.95%		6,051		32.93%		13		0.07%		5		0.03%		4		0.02%		6,251		34.02%		18,375
	McCreary		937		21.75%		3,360		77.98%		3		0.07%		5		0.12%		4		0.09%		-2,423		-56.23%		4,309
	McLean		1,961		52.11%		1,791		47.60%		9		0.24%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		170		4.51%		3,763
	Meade		2,040		61.63%		1,265		38.22%		4		0.12%		1		0.03%		0		0.00%		775		23.41%		3,310
	Menifee		1,219		65.43%		638		34.25%		3		0.16%		3		0.16%		0		0.00%		581		31.18%		1,863
	Mercer		2,740		51.58%		2,545		47.91%		18		0.34%		3		0.06%		6		0.11%		195		3.67%		5,312
	Metcalfe		1,848		45.78%		2,176		53.90%		4		0.10%		8		0.20%		1		0.02%		-328		-8.12%		4,037
	Monroe		1,084		22.78%		3,675		77.22%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-2,591		-54.44%		4,759
	Montgomery		2,653		57.08%		1,981		42.62%		9		0.19%		4		0.09%		1		0.02%		672		14.46%		4,648
	Morgan		3,161		70.62%		1,311		29.29%		4		0.09%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,850		41.33%		4,476
	Muhlenberg		5,037		51.34%		4,761		48.52%		2		0.02%		10		0.10%		2		0.02%		276		2.82%		9,812
	Nelson		3,417		52.62%		3,064		47.18%		8		0.12%		3		0.05%		2		0.03%		353		5.44%		6,494
	Nicholas		1,819		61.06%		1,156		38.80%		4		0.13%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		663		22.26%		2,979
	Ohio		2,700		37.80%		4,428		62.00%		13		0.18%		1		0.01%		0		0.00%		-1,728		-24.20%		7,142
	Oldham		1,735		49.91%		1,723		49.57%		13		0.37%		2		0.06%		3		0.09%		12		0.34%		3,476
	Owen		3,174		79.35%		819		20.48%		4		0.10%		3		0.08%		0		0.00%		2,355		58.87%		4,000
	Owsley		419		17.55%		1,954		81.86%		2		0.08%		12		0.50%		0		0.00%		-1,535		-64.31%		2,387
	Pendleton		1,993		51.21%		1,895		48.69%		2		0.05%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		98		2.52%		3,892
	Perry		5,538		51.46%		5,210		48.41%		3		0.03%		9		0.08%		2		0.02%		328		3.05%		10,762
	Pike		12,761		56.50%		9,778		43.29%		11		0.05%		21		0.09%		14		0.06%		2,983		13.21%		22,585
	Powell		1,218		55.04%		992		44.83%		2		0.09%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		226		10.21%		2,213
	Pulaski		4,032		29.42%		9,651		70.41%		13		0.09%		6		0.04%		5		0.04%		-5,619		-40.99%		13,707
	Robertson		827		57.00%		623		42.94%		1		0.07%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		204		14.06%		1,451
	Rockcastle		1,326		27.39%		3,503		72.35%		8		0.17%		5		0.10%		0		0.00%		-2,177		-44.96%		4,842
	Rowan		2,220		52.66%		1,985		47.08%		7		0.17%		4		0.09%		0		0.00%		235		5.58%		4,216
	Russell		1,171		28.60%		2,913		71.14%		3		0.07%		4		0.10%		4		0.10%		-1,742		-42.54%		4,095
	Scott		3,171		60.27%		2,077		39.48%		8		0.15%		1		0.02%		4		0.08%		1,094		20.79%		5,261
	Shelby		4,076		62.12%		2,474		37.70%		7		0.11%		4		0.06%		1		0.02%		1,602		24.42%		6,562
	Simpson		2,724		67.43%		1,310		32.43%		4		0.10%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		1,414		35.00%		4,040
	Spencer		1,283		63.93%		723		36.02%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		560		27.91%		2,007
	Taylor		2,439		43.62%		3,126		55.90%		23		0.41%		2		0.04%		2		0.04%		-687		-12.28%		5,592
	Todd		2,995		67.82%		1,401		31.73%		15		0.34%		2		0.05%		3		0.07%		1,594		36.09%		4,416
	Trigg		2,585		69.40%		1,134		30.44%		4		0.11%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		1,451		38.96%		3,725
	Trimble		1,855		82.81%		370		16.52%		15		0.67%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,485		66.29%		2,240
	Union		3,445		63.54%		1,967		36.28%		3		0.06%		3		0.06%		4		0.07%		1,478		27.26%		5,422
	Warren		7,106		49.32%		7,267		50.44%		22		0.15%		7		0.05%		5		0.03%		-161		-1.12%		14,407
	Washington		2,114		47.88%		2,290		51.87%		8		0.18%		3		0.07%		0		0.00%		-176		-3.99%		4,415
	Wayne		2,461		41.99%		3,396		57.94%		2		0.03%		2		0.03%		0		0.00%		-935		-15.95%		5,861
	Webster		3,516		65.28%		1,858		34.50%		6		0.11%		5		0.09%		1		0.02%		1,658		30.78%		5,386
	Whitley		2,958		29.55%		7,030		70.22%		7		0.07%		11		0.11%		5		0.05%		-4,072		-40.67%		10,011
	Wolfe		1,557		63.94%		876		35.98%		2		0.08%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		681		27.96%		2,435
	Woodford		2,319		55.60%		1,845		44.23%		3		0.07%		4		0.10%		0		0.00%		474		11.37%		4,171
Totals	495,729	49.91%	495,029	49.84%	1,161	0.12%	893	0.09%	336	0.03%	700	0.07%	993,148

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1952 – Encyclopædia Britannica. July 25, 2017.
2. Web site: U.S. presidential election, 1952 . Facts on File . October 24, 2013 . Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195323/http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EAPPE0334&SID=2&DatabaseName=American+History+Online&InputText=%22presidential+election+1952%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=U.S.+presidential+election%2C+1952&TabRecordType=Subject+Entry&BioCountPass=0&SubCountPass=1&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=1&AmericanData=Set . October 29, 2013 . dead .
3. Web site: 1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57). July 25, 2017.
4. Web site: 1952 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky. August 12, 2020.
5. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1952. July 25, 2017.
6. Web site: Our Campaigns. KY US Presidential Race, November 04, 1952.