1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none June 2025 September 2023 1952 United States presidential election 1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky Kentucky Flag of Kentucky (1918-1963).svg presidential no 1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1948 1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1956 All 10 Kentucky votes to the Electoral College November 4, 1952https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1952 United States Presidential election of 1952 – Encyclopædia Britannica July 25, 2017 x200px Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois John Sparkman 10 495,729 49.91% Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) New Yorkhttp://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 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 Richard Nixon 0 495,029 49.84% 380px 380px County results Stevenson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Eisenhower #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower 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 10https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1953_1957.html#1952 1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57) July 25, 2017 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.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1952&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1952 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky August 12, 2020 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,http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1952 The American Presidency Project – Election of 1952 July 25, 2017 and in fact was the closest presidential election in any state since New Hampshire was won by Woodrow Wilson by 56 votes in 1916. As of 2024, 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. It is also the most recent election in which Kentucky supported a different candidate than Tennessee (coincidentally, the closest Eisenhower state in this election). Results 1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) 495,729 49.91% Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) 495,029 49.84% Stuart Hamblen Prohibition Party 1,161 0.12% Eric Hass Socialist Labor Party of America 893 0.09% Vincent Hallinan Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) 336 0.03% 993,148 100% Results by county CountyOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2717 KY US Presidential Race, November 04, 1952 Adlai StevensonDemocratic Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Stuart HamblenProhibition Eric HassSocialist Labor Vincent HallinanProgressive 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% 4,171Totals495,72949.91%495,02949.84%1,1610.12%8930.09%3360.03%7000.07%993,148 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Bell Boyd Breckinridge Caldwell Campbell Daviess Fayette Fleming Hancock Jefferson Lawrence Lincoln Metcalfe Taylor Warren Washington See also United States presidential elections in Kentucky References Kentucky 1952 Category:1952 Kentucky elections