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1884 United States presidential election in Kentucky
←  1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Maine
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks John A. Logan
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 152,961 118,690
Percentage 55.32% 42.93%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1884. All contemporary thirty-eight states were part of the 1884 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 Republican Party 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 and other western regions. [3] The Democratic Party would permanently lose some of the Greenback voters, especially in the Western Coal Field region, with the result that nominee Grover Cleveland lost three points on Winfield Scott Hancock’s 1880 margin.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Russell County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [4]

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Grover Cleveland Thomas A. Hendricks Democratic 13 [5] 152,961 55.32%
James G. Blaine John A. Logan Republican 0 118,690 42.93%
John St. John William Daniel Prohibition 0 3,139 1.14%
Benjamin Butler Absolom West Greenback 0 1,691 0.61%

Results by county

County Stephen Grover Cleveland [6]
Democratic
James Gillespie Blaine [6]
Republican
Various candidates [6]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 1,059 51.43% 989 48.03% 11 0.53% 70 3.40% 2,059
Allen 1,045 57.10% 760 41.53% 25 1.37% 285 15.57% 1,830
Anderson 1,119 63.83% 612 34.91% 22 1.25% 507 28.92% 1,753
Ballard 1,886 76.11% 546 22.03% 46 1.86% 1,340 54.08% 2,478
Barren 2,084 62.62% 1,176 35.34% 68 2.04% 908 27.28% 3,328
Bath 1,260 52.50% 1,132 47.17% 8 0.33% 128 5.33% 2,400
Bell 238 30.24% 537 68.23% 12 1.52% -299 -37.99% 787
Boone 1,694 75.22% 529 23.49% 29 1.29% 1,165 51.73% 2,252
Bourbon 1,836 50.04% 1,828 49.82% 5 0.14% 8 0.22% 3,669
Boyd 1,106 45.01% 1,335 54.33% 16 0.65% -229 -9.32% 2,457
Boyle 1,253 49.21% 1,234 48.47% 59 2.32% 19 0.75% 2,546
Bracken 1,739 64.12% 925 34.11% 48 1.77% 814 30.01% 2,712
Breathitt 870 64.59% 459 34.08% 18 1.34% 411 30.51% 1,347
Breckinridge 1,341 52.18% 1,179 45.88% 50 1.95% 162 6.30% 2,570
Bullitt 632 66.25% 302 31.66% 20 2.10% 330 34.59% 954
Butler 761 39.59% 997 51.87% 164 8.53% -236 -12.28% 1,922
Caldwell 1,136 56.69% 832 41.52% 36 1.80% 304 15.17% 2,004
Calloway 1,361 76.29% 354 19.84% 69 3.87% 1,007 56.45% 1,784
Campbell 3,111 47.96% 3,319 51.17% 56 0.86% -208 -3.21% 6,486
Carroll 1,349 72.96% 434 23.47% 66 3.57% 915 49.49% 1,849
Carter 1,148 45.39% 1,353 53.50% 28 1.11% -205 -8.11% 2,529
Casey 742 48.50% 736 48.10% 52 3.40% 6 0.39% 1,530
Christian 2,001 39.85% 2,818 56.12% 202 4.02% -817 -16.27% 5,021
Clark 1,493 54.31% 1,244 45.25% 12 0.44% 249 9.06% 2,749
Clay 682 42.10% 931 57.47% 7 0.43% -249 -15.37% 1,620
Clinton 269 32.93% 540 66.10% 8 0.98% -271 -33.17% 817
Crittenden 859 46.46% 914 49.43% 76 4.11% -55 -2.97% 1,849
Cumberland 529 43.54% 675 55.56% 11 0.91% -146 -12.02% 1,215
Daviess 3,139 65.77% 1,571 32.91% 63 1.32% 1,568 32.85% 4,773
Edmonson 633 53.46% 545 46.03% 6 0.51% 88 7.43% 1,184
Elliott 873 76.98% 261 23.02% 0 0.00% 612 53.97% 1,134
Estill 785 51.48% 737 48.33% 3 0.20% 48 3.15% 1,525
Fayette 2,593 45.98% 3,000 53.19% 47 0.83% -407 -7.22% 5,640
Fleming 1,677 51.46% 1,542 47.32% 40 1.23% 135 4.14% 3,259
Floyd 1,136 65.10% 608 34.84% 1 0.06% 528 30.26% 1,745
Franklin 1,819 59.44% 1,227 40.10% 14 0.46% 592 19.35% 3,060
Fulton 987 75.11% 307 23.36% 20 1.52% 680 51.75% 1,314
Gallatin 753 74.19% 254 25.02% 8 0.79% 499 49.16% 1,015
Garrard 1,009 47.46% 1,086 51.08% 31 1.46% -77 -3.62% 2,126
Grant 1,345 61.19% 804 36.58% 49 2.23% 541 24.61% 2,198
Graves 2,754 70.60% 1,081 27.71% 66 1.69% 1,673 42.89% 3,901
Grayson 1,176 51.60% 1,030 45.20% 73 3.20% 146 6.41% 2,279
Green 682 46.17% 785 53.15% 10 0.68% -103 -6.97% 1,477
Greenup 994 45.22% 1,192 54.23% 12 0.55% -198 -9.01% 2,198
Hancock 656 50.50% 532 40.95% 111 8.55% 124 9.55% 1,299
Hardin 1,531 61.61% 901 36.26% 53 2.13% 630 25.35% 2,485
Harlan 217 25.03% 650 74.97% 0 0.00% -433 -49.94% 867
Harrison 1,861 61.54% 1,120 37.04% 43 1.42% 741 24.50% 3,024
Hart 1,348 58.94% 869 38.00% 70 3.06% 479 20.94% 2,287
Henderson 2,379 53.71% 1,970 44.48% 80 1.81% 409 9.23% 4,429
Henry 1,539 59.84% 939 36.51% 94 3.65% 600 23.33% 2,572
Hickman 1,204 69.84% 489 28.36% 31 1.80% 715 41.47% 1,724
Hopkins 1,628 55.13% 1,125 38.10% 200 6.77% 503 17.03% 2,953
Jackson 280 29.26% 656 68.55% 21 2.19% -376 -39.29% 957
Jefferson 11,266 55.23% 8,709 42.69% 424 2.08% 2,557 12.53% 20,399
Jessamine 1,134 53.72% 971 46.00% 6 0.28% 163 7.72% 2,111
Johnson 764 39.85% 1,140 59.47% 13 0.68% -376 -19.61% 1,917
Kenton 4,489 55.70% 3,459 42.92% 111 1.38% 1,030 12.78% 8,059
Knott 453 77.57% 119 20.38% 12 2.05% 334 57.19% 584
Knox 608 39.45% 921 59.77% 12 0.78% -313 -20.31% 1,541
Larue 860 64.81% 456 34.36% 11 0.83% 404 30.44% 1,327
Laurel 824 43.60% 1,045 55.29% 21 1.11% -221 -11.69% 1,890
Lawrence 1,419 53.51% 1,231 46.42% 2 0.08% 188 7.09% 2,652
Lee 385 48.43% 410 51.57% 0 0.00% -25 -3.14% 795
Leslie 76 12.79% 518 87.21% 0 0.00% -442 -74.41% 594
Letcher 296 45.26% 357 54.59% 1 0.15% -61 -9.33% 654
Lewis 1,152 43.02% 1,498 55.94% 28 1.05% -346 -12.92% 2,678
Lincoln 1,377 54.51% 1,078 42.68% 71 2.81% 299 11.84% 2,526
Livingston 922 70.76% 370 28.40% 11 0.84% 552 42.36% 1,303
Logan 2,317 55.04% 1,861 44.20% 32 0.76% 456 10.83% 4,210
Lyon 748 54.28% 571 41.44% 59 4.28% 177 12.84% 1,378
Madison 2,295 51.72% 2,106 47.46% 36 0.81% 189 4.26% 4,437
Magoffin 703 46.90% 796 53.10% 0 0.00% -93 -6.20% 1,499
Marion 1,488 60.69% 943 38.46% 21 0.86% 545 22.23% 2,452
Marshall 1,239 79.37% 295 18.90% 27 1.73% 944 60.47% 1,561
Martin 179 30.81% 402 69.19% 0 0.00% -223 -38.38% 581
Mason 2,646 54.98% 2,120 44.05% 47 0.98% 526 10.93% 4,813
McCracken 1,992 60.88% 1,262 38.57% 18 0.55% 730 22.31% 3,272
McLean 818 60.37% 472 34.83% 65 4.80% 346 25.54% 1,355
Meade 960 69.57% 394 28.55% 26 1.88% 566 41.01% 1,380
Menifee 511 72.79% 182 25.93% 9 1.28% 329 46.87% 702
Mercer 1,496 54.84% 1,161 42.56% 71 2.60% 335 12.28% 2,728
Metcalfe 648 47.09% 681 49.49% 47 3.42% -33 -2.40% 1,376
Monroe 541 39.60% 793 58.05% 32 2.34% -252 -18.45% 1,366
Montgomery 1,371 55.73% 1,078 43.82% 11 0.45% 293 11.91% 2,460
Morgan 1,301 68.01% 608 31.78% 4 0.21% 693 36.23% 1,913
Muhlenberg 1,311 54.78% 1,024 42.79% 58 2.42% 287 11.99% 2,393
Nelson 1,534 62.59% 877 35.78% 40 1.63% 657 26.81% 2,451
Nicholas 1,344 59.18% 875 38.53% 52 2.29% 469 20.65% 2,271
Ohio 1,573 51.24% 1,399 45.57% 98 3.19% 174 5.67% 3,070
Oldham 677 61.77% 373 34.03% 46 4.20% 304 27.74% 1,096
Owen 2,399 79.23% 577 19.06% 52 1.72% 1,822 60.17% 3,028
Owsley 224 27.42% 588 71.97% 5 0.61% -364 -44.55% 817
Pendleton 1,563 54.84% 1,237 43.40% 50 1.75% 326 11.44% 2,850
Perry 236 29.28% 566 70.22% 4 0.50% -330 -40.94% 806
Pike 1,142 51.51% 1,073 48.40% 2 0.09% 69 3.11% 2,217
Powell 385 55.96% 300 43.60% 3 0.44% 85 12.35% 688
Pulaski 1,374 38.70% 2,131 60.03% 45 1.27% -757 -21.32% 3,550
Robertson 483 65.63% 248 33.70% 5 0.68% 235 31.93% 736
Rockcastle 698 43.54% 905 56.46% 0 0.00% -207 -12.91% 1,603
Rowan 413 47.31% 460 52.69% 0 0.00% -47 -5.38% 873
Russell 530 51.51% 472 45.87% 27 2.62% 58 5.64% 1,029
Scott 1,789 56.19% 1,328 41.71% 67 2.10% 461 14.48% 3,184
Shelby 1,983 60.87% 1,228 37.69% 47 1.44% 755 23.17% 3,258
Simpson 1,031 60.61% 641 37.68% 29 1.70% 390 22.93% 1,701
Spencer 870 70.50% 358 29.01% 6 0.49% 512 41.49% 1,234
Taylor 832 59.43% 558 39.86% 10 0.71% 274 19.57% 1,400
Todd 1,104 51.64% 958 44.81% 76 3.55% 146 6.83% 2,138
Trigg 1,312 57.87% 896 39.52% 59 2.60% 416 18.35% 2,267
Trimble 941 81.97% 172 14.98% 35 3.05% 769 66.99% 1,148
Union 1,863 72.83% 626 24.47% 69 2.70% 1,237 48.36% 2,558
Warren 2,937 60.32% 1,866 38.32% 66 1.36% 1,071 22.00% 4,869
Washington 1,144 50.09% 1,133 49.61% 7 0.31% 11 0.48% 2,284
Wayne 775 53.37% 654 45.04% 23 1.58% 121 8.33% 1,452
Webster 1,180 61.24% 552 28.65% 195 10.12% 628 32.59% 1,927
Whitley 480 29.81% 1,106 68.70% 24 1.49% -626 -38.88% 1,610
Wolfe 688 62.83% 403 36.80% 4 0.37% 285 26.03% 1,095
Woodford 1,267 52.33% 1,126 46.51% 28 1.16% 141 5.82% 2,421
Totals 152,961 55.32% 118,688 42.93% 4,830 1.75% 34,273 12.40% 276,479

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 208-213 ISBN  0786422173
  5. ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  6. ^ a b c Géoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)