1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky
  1912 November 7, 1916 1920  

All 13 Kentucky votes to the Electoral College
  Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Governor Charles Evans Hughes (cropped).jpg
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New Jersey New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral vote130
Popular vote269,990241,854
Percentage51.91%46.50%

Kentucky Presidential Election Results 1916.svg
County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

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 had carried the state only once [2] – by a very narrow margin in 1896 [3] when northern parts of the state were affected by hostility towards William Jennings Bryan, and state native John M. Palmer drew votes from the Democrats. [4]

Unlike the other former Confederate states, Kentucky was not able to disfranchise its relatively small black population which had shrunk significantly in the late nineteenth century due to migration out of the South, in the 1900s, [5] and this helped the Republicans carry the governorship in 1907 and narrowly fail to do so in 1915. Reunited after the 1912 debacle between William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, the GOP under Charles Evans Hughes visited the state in September and thought it could win a substantial plurality. [6] Wilson also visited Kentucky in September, [7] though for a large part of the fall the Republicans continued to believe they possessed a chance of carrying Kentucky's thirteen electoral votes, [8] after another campaign tour with Theodore Roosevelt. [9] However, by the second week of October, polls were suggesting that Wilson would comfortably carry Kentucky. [10] By the end of the month, polls suggested that Wilson had five-eighths of the vote over Hughes, [11] which if maintained would have been the best Democratic performance in the state between 1872 and 1960. [3]

Ultimately, Wilson carried the state by 5.41 percent, an improvement of around three points on the narrow victories of Alton B. Parker and William Jennings Bryan in Kentucky's previous three two-party contests, although much less than the final polls.

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Woodrow Wilson Thomas R. Marshall Democratic 13 [12] 269,99051.91%
Charles Evans Hughes Charles W. Fairbanks Republican 0241,85446.50%
Allan L. Benson George Ross Kirkpatrick Socialist 04,7340.91%
Frank Hanly Ira Landrith Prohibition 03,0360.58%
Arthur E. Reimer Caleb Harrison Socialist Labor 0333 [lower-alpha 1] 0.06%
No candidate Progressive 0122 [lower-alpha 1] 0.02%

Results by county

1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky by county [13] [14]
CountyThomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Adair 1,67547.14%1,86352.43%10.03%140.39%-188-5.29%3,553
Allen 1,64742.98%2,14756.03%40.10%340.89%-500-13.05%3,832
Anderson 1,52158.21%1,06540.76%10.04%261.00%45617.45%2,613
Ballard 2,22274.02%69223.05%752.50%130.43%1,53050.97%3,002
Barren 3,37057.24%2,46241.81%230.39%330.56%90815.42%5,888
Bath 1,79656.48%1,36042.77%80.25%160.50%43613.71%3,180
Bell 1,37328.80%3,32169.67%541.13%190.40%-1,948-40.86%4,767
Boone 2,00878.81%53120.84%00.00%90.35%1,47757.97%2,548
Bourbon 2,71555.18%2,16744.04%70.14%310.63%54811.14%4,920
Boyd 2,73847.68%2,88350.20%621.08%601.04%-145-2.52%5,743
Boyle 2,05257.45%1,49441.83%30.08%230.64%55815.62%3,572
Bracken 1,67659.37%1,08238.33%471.66%180.64%59421.04%2,823
Breathitt 2,06756.23%1,58443.09%30.08%220.60%48313.14%3,676
Breckinridge 2,17245.35%2,54953.23%130.27%551.15%-377-7.87%4,789
Bullitt 1,50864.39%82635.27%10.04%70.30%68229.12%2,342
Butler 1,15831.75%2,45667.34%100.27%230.63%-1,298-35.59%3,647
Caldwell 1,60548.01%1,67250.01%491.47%170.51%-67-2.00%3,343
Calloway 3,33473.88%1,02622.73%1352.99%180.40%2,30851.14%4,513
Campbell 7,29053.62%5,69641.90%5133.77%960.71%1,59411.72%13,595
Carlisle 1,64675.33%49422.61%331.51%120.55%1,15252.72%2,185
Carroll 1,75776.03%53523.15%10.04%180.78%1,22252.88%2,311
Carter 1,95440.55%2,81858.48%190.39%280.58%-864-17.93%4,819
Casey 1,35240.49%1,94958.37%80.24%300.90%-597-17.88%3,339
Christian 3,64443.71%4,59455.11%540.65%440.53%-950-11.40%8,336
Clark 2,62059.71%1,73139.45%60.14%310.71%88920.26%4,388
Clay 82026.43%2,27173.21%50.16%60.19%-1,451-46.78%3,102
Clinton 37922.93%1,26076.23%00.00%140.85%-881-53.30%1,653
Crittenden 1,45544.20%1,79454.50%190.58%240.73%-339-10.30%3,292
Cumberland 65331.67%1,39467.60%00.00%150.73%-741-35.94%2,062
Daviess 5,39656.37%4,07842.60%290.30%700.73%1,31813.77%9,573
Edmonson 93540.74%1,33958.34%70.31%140.61%-404-17.60%2,295
Elliott 1,15168.23%52531.12%10.06%100.59%62637.11%1,687
Estill 1,18043.30%1,52455.93%00.00%210.77%-344-12.62%2,725
Fayette 6,34853.30%5,47245.95%190.16%700.59%8767.36%11,909
Fleming 2,24054.41%1,83644.60%10.02%400.97%4049.81%4,117
Floyd 2,21754.53%1,82344.84%160.39%100.25%3949.69%4,066
Franklin 3,34569.67%1,42629.70%120.25%180.37%1,91939.97%4,801
Fulton 2,20073.53%74724.97%170.57%280.94%1,45348.56%2,992
Gallatin 1,06078.69%28321.01%00.00%40.30%77757.68%1,347
Garrard 1,37545.42%1,62853.78%40.13%200.66%-253-8.36%3,027
Grant 1,84162.24%1,07836.44%30.10%361.22%76325.79%2,958
Graves 5,19771.44%1,93026.53%1311.80%170.23%3,26744.91%7,275
Grayson 1,95344.77%2,36854.29%130.30%280.64%-415-9.51%4,362
Green 1,23946.40%1,41252.88%00.00%190.71%-173-6.48%2,670
Greenup 1,82048.34%1,82148.37%922.44%320.85%-1-0.03%3,765
Hancock 83346.41%91851.14%321.78%120.67%-85-4.74%1,795
Hardin 3,27263.08%1,88736.38%160.31%120.23%1,38526.70%5,187
Harlan 69020.09%2,67077.73%531.54%220.64%-1,980-57.64%3,435
Harrison 2,77865.43%1,40933.18%70.16%521.22%1,36932.24%4,246
Hart 2,04849.53%2,03149.12%360.87%200.48%170.41%4,135
Henderson 3,69960.73%2,21836.41%1252.05%490.80%1,48124.31%6,091
Henry 2,59566.11%1,30233.17%50.13%230.59%1,29332.94%3,925
Hickman 1,98277.42%53921.05%240.94%150.59%1,44356.37%2,560
Hopkins 3,75750.06%3,61548.17%1021.36%310.41%1421.89%7,505
Jackson 25211.26%1,96887.90%30.13%160.71%-1,716-76.64%2,239
Jefferson 28,84049.46%28,38648.68%8831.51%2050.35%4540.78%58,314
Jessamine 1,72755.39%1,32642.53%00.00%652.08%40112.86%3,118
Johnson 1,25332.84%2,50065.51%411.07%220.58%-1,247-32.68%3,816
Kenton 10,40264.28%5,26732.55%4112.54%1030.64%5,13531.73%16,183
Knott 1,45471.66%57128.14%00.00%40.20%88343.52%2,029
Knox 1,12625.81%3,19273.18%240.55%200.46%-2,066-47.36%4,362
Larue 1,35058.72%93640.71%10.04%120.52%41418.01%2,299
Laurel 1,17132.08%2,38365.29%782.14%180.49%-1,212-33.21%3,650
Lawrence 1,91049.20%1,92849.67%180.46%260.67%-18-0.46%3,882
Lee 79340.86%1,13558.48%10.05%120.62%-342-17.62%1,941
Leslie 1338.04%1,51691.60%20.12%40.24%-1,383-83.56%1,655
Letcher 1,12133.32%2,22065.99%120.36%110.33%-1,099-32.67%3,364
Lewis 1,27634.40%2,32462.66%691.86%401.08%-1,048-28.26%3,709
Lincoln 2,21253.22%1,86844.95%410.99%350.84%3448.28%4,156
Livingston 1,28755.84%92340.04%833.60%120.52%36415.79%2,305
Logan 3,37356.71%2,50142.05%310.52%430.72%87214.66%5,948
Lyon 1,19160.77%74838.16%90.46%120.61%44322.60%1,960
Madison 3,29551.94%3,01747.56%100.16%220.35%2784.38%6,344
Magoffin 1,43347.83%1,53551.23%50.17%230.77%-102-3.40%2,996
Marion 2,06359.33%1,39640.15%30.09%150.43%66719.18%3,477
Marshall 2,26364.11%1,20134.02%461.30%200.57%1,06230.08%3,530
Martin 28019.96%1,10078.40%151.07%80.57%-820-58.45%1,403
Mason 2,82056.40%2,12742.54%70.14%460.92%69313.86%5,000
McCracken 4,35656.92%3,05839.96%2112.76%280.37%1,29816.96%7,653
McCreary 32416.36%1,63082.28%221.11%50.25%-1,306-65.93%1,981
McLean 1,58951.37%1,43946.52%411.33%240.78%1504.85%3,093
Meade 1,31760.86%80337.11%361.66%80.37%51423.75%2,164
Menifee 73066.36%36933.55%10.09%00.00%36132.82%1,100
Mercer 2,09357.20%1,53141.84%40.11%310.85%56215.36%3,659
Metcalfe 1,04648.16%1,10750.97%40.18%150.69%-61-2.81%2,172
Monroe 88230.43%2,00869.29%10.03%70.24%-1,126-38.85%2,898
Montgomery 1,70558.33%1,19540.88%120.41%110.38%51017.45%2,923
Morgan 2,31966.97%1,12332.43%70.20%140.40%1,19634.54%3,463
Muhlenberg 2,90043.93%3,53353.52%1462.21%220.33%-633-9.59%6,601
Nelson 2,63962.54%1,54636.64%40.09%310.73%1,09325.90%4,220
Nicholas 1,82964.67%96434.09%60.21%291.03%86530.59%2,828
Ohio 2,72343.83%3,28652.89%1562.51%480.77%-563-9.06%6,213
Oldham 1,45568.76%64230.34%50.24%140.66%81338.42%2,116
Owen 2,91180.70%66318.38%100.28%230.64%2,24862.32%3,607
Owsley 19714.25%1,17384.88%30.22%90.65%-976-70.62%1,382
Pendleton 1,72858.12%1,20640.57%130.44%260.87%52217.56%2,973
Perry 90428.25%2,21769.28%531.66%260.81%-1,313-41.03%3,200
Pike 3,41444.34%4,21254.71%310.40%420.55%-798-10.36%7,699
Powell 75756.32%58743.68%00.00%00.00%17012.65%1,344
Pulaski 2,53137.54%4,13661.35%160.24%590.88%-1,605-23.81%6,742
Robertson 66361.22%41538.32%00.00%50.46%24822.90%1,083
Rockcastle 96833.21%1,93266.28%80.27%70.24%-964-33.07%2,915
Rowan 88147.91%94151.17%50.27%120.65%-60-3.26%1,839
Russell 85939.30%1,29859.38%50.23%241.10%-439-20.08%2,186
Scott 2,61163.30%1,48636.02%70.17%210.51%1,12527.27%4,125
Shelby 2,91960.76%1,86338.78%50.10%170.35%1,05621.98%4,804
Simpson 1,88766.03%95533.41%50.17%110.38%93232.61%2,858
Spencer 1,27168.00%59131.62%10.05%60.32%68036.38%1,869
Taylor 1,36050.07%1,33249.04%50.18%190.70%281.03%2,716
Todd 2,05154.24%1,67144.19%280.74%310.82%38010.05%3,781
Trigg 1,72251.73%1,53346.05%601.80%140.42%1895.68%3,329
Trimble 1,31982.23%25916.15%50.31%211.31%1,06066.08%1,604
Union 2,75468.99%1,18429.66%491.23%50.13%1,57039.33%3,992
Warren 4,22857.96%3,00241.15%110.15%540.74%1,22616.81%7,295
Washington 1,65449.77%1,65449.77%30.09%120.36%00.00%3,323
Wayne 1,37345.25%1,63853.99%10.03%220.73%-265-8.73%3,034
Webster 2,67355.65%2,08243.35%200.42%280.58%59112.30%4,803
Whitley 1,17122.79%3,91976.27%330.64%150.29%-2,748-53.48%5,138
Wolfe 1,10862.99%64536.67%00.00%60.34%46326.32%1,759
Woodford 1,78657.50%1,30041.85%90.29%110.35%48615.65%3,106
Totals269,99051.91%241,85446.50%4,7340.91%3,0360.58%28,1365.41%520,069

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Totals for this candidate were not separated by county but only listed as a statewide total which is included in the statewide aggregate below.

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