1828 Kentucky gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1828 Kentucky gubernatorial election Presidential no 1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election 1824 1832 Kentucky gubernatorial election 1832 August 4, 1828 x150px Thomas Metcalfe National Republican Party (United States) 38,930 50.45% x150px William T. Barry Democratic Party (United States) 38,231 49.55% 300px County results 300px Congressional district results 1 Metcalfe: #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% #EC7014 70–80% #CC4C02 80–90%Barry: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5ff 80–90% Governor Joseph Desha Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Thomas Metcalfe National Republican Party (United States) The 1828 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 4, 1828. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Joseph Desha was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term. National Republican nominee Thomas Metcalfe defeated Democratic nominee William T. Barry with 50.45% of the vote. General election Candidates William T. Barry, Democratic, former chief justice of the (New) Kentucky Court of Appeals Thomas Metcalfe, National Republican, former U.S. Representative Results 1828 Kentucky gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=219187 KY Governor, 1828 Our Campaigns 16 April 2022 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 53 1-56802-396-0 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 108–109 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 209 0-379-00665-0 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County 73–74 McFarland 2003 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Harrison Lowell H. 2004 Kentucky's Governors https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/232566909.pdf The University Press of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 34 0-8131-2326-7 Shaffner Taliaferro P. 1847 The Kentucky State Register, for the year 1847 https://books.google.com/books?id=KYgSAAAAYAAJ Louisville Morton & Griswold 193 September 2, 1828 Kentucky https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025530/1828-09-02/ed-1/seq-3/ Delaware journal Wilmington, Del. 3 16 April 2022 National Republican Party (United States) Thomas Metcalfe 38,930 50.45% Democratic Party (United States) William T. Barry 38,231 49.55% 699 0.90% 77,161 National Republican Party (United States) Democratic-Republican Party (United States) See also Old Court – New Court controversy References 1828 Kentucky Gubernatorial Category:August 1828