1876 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none June 2025 September 2023 1876 United States presidential election 1876 United States presidential election in Kentucky presidential no 1872 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1872 1880 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1880 November 7, 1876 x200px SamuelJonesTilden.jpg Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Party (United States) New York Thomas A. Hendricks 12 160,060 61.41% President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) Ohio William A. Wheeler 0 97,568 37.44% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) 1876 United States presidential election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 380px County results Tilden #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Hayes #ffccd0 30–40% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% The 1876 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The Civil War would shape Kentucky politically for not merely the rest of the nineteenth century but also for the twentieth by creating entrenched divisions between secessionist, Democratic counties and Unionist, Republican ones.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 The southern cultural hegemony meant the state as a whole leaned Democratic throughout the Third Party System and the GOP would never carry the state during that era at either the presidentialPhillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 350 978-0-691-16324-6 or gubernatorial level.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 Kentucky had been one of only six states to vote against popular incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, and the effects of an economic downturnSee Tiffany, Jordan A.; ‘On How the Republican Party Won Elections: 1860 To 1892’ (thesis), p. 40 meant that Democratic nominees Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks increased their margin by nineteen points. Kentucky would prove Tilden's fourth-strongest state behind Georgia, Texas and Mississippi. Only Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Richard Nixon in 1972, and Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024 have since exceeded Tilden's percentage for either party in Kentucky.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2016&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Kentucky Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Lewis County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 208-213 0786422173 Results Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV) Samuel J. Tilden of New York Thomas A. Hendricks Democratic 121876 Presidential Election Results – Kentucky https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1876&off=0&elect=0&fips=21&f=0 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 160,060 61.41% Rutherford B. Hayes William A. Wheeler Republican 0 97,568 37.44% — — Write-ins 0 2,998 1.15% Results by county County Samuel J. TildenDemocratic Rutherford B. HayesRepublican Peter CooperGreenback Green C. SmithProhibition Margin Total votes castDec 04, 1876, page 2 - Tri-Weekly Kentucky Yeoman at Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/1044320560/ 2025-07-14 Newspapers.com enNov 24, 1876, page 2 - Tri-Weekly Kentucky Yeoman at Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/1044320514/ 2025-07-14 Newspapers.com en # % # % # % # % # % Adair 1,176 52.52% 1,062 47.43% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 114 5.09% 2,239 Allen 1,064 62.11% 649 37.89% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 415 24.23% 1,713 Anderson 1,154 69.31% 509 30.57% 0 0.00% 2 0.12% 645 38.74% 1,665 Ballard 2,061 85.70% 343 14.26% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 1,718 71.43% 2,405 Barren 2,185 62.29% 1,309 37.31% 14 0.40% 0 0.00% 876 24.97% 3,508 Bath 1,123 57.33% 831 42.42% 5 0.26% 0 0.00% 292 14.91% 1,959 Bell 234 33.72% 458 65.99% 0 0.00% 2 0.29% -224 -32.28% 694 Boone 1,802 81.54% 408 18.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,394 63.08% 2,210 Bourbon 1,761 52.16% 1,615 47.84% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 146 4.32% 3,376 Boyd 1,059 54.50% 884 45.50% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 175 9.01% 1,943 Boyle 1,434 54.80% 1,176 44.94% 0 0.00% 7 0.27% 258 9.86% 2,617 Bracken 1,575 70.41% 634 28.34% 10 0.45% 18 0.80% 941 42.07% 2,237 Breathitt 687 66.06% 351 33.75% 0 0.00% 2 0.19% 336 32.31% 1,040 Breckinridge 1,357 62.16% 800 36.65% 0 0.00% 26 1.19% 557 25.52% 2,183 Bullitt 1,017 78.11% 262 20.12% 6 0.46% 17 1.31% 755 57.99% 1,302 Butler 449 30.69% 557 38.07% 457 31.24% 0 0.00% -100 -6.83% 1,463 Caldwell 1,199 60.92% 752 38.21% 2 0.10% 15 0.76% 447 22.71% 1,968 Calloway 1,647 84.55% 246 12.63% 55 2.82% 0 0.00% 1,401 71.92% 1,948 Campbell 2,949 56.14% 2,304 43.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 645 12.28% 5,253 Carroll 1,289 82.42% 275 17.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,014 64.83% 1,564 Carter 763 51.69% 713 48.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 50 3.39% 1,476 Casey 541 51.72% 469 44.84% 0 0.00% 36 3.44% 72 6.88% 1,046 Christian 2,062 42.04% 2,842 57.94% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% -780 -15.90% 4,905 Clark 1,356 56.62% 1,025 42.80% 10 0.42% 4 0.17% 331 13.82% 2,395 Clay 821 47.24% 910 52.36% 0 0.00% 7 0.40% -89 -5.12% 1,738 Clinton 342 39.36% 498 57.31% 27 3.11% 2 0.23% -156 -17.95% 869 Crittenden 944 49.37% 931 48.69% 30 1.57% 7 0.37% 13 0.68% 1,912 Cumberland 596 49.22% 614 50.70% 0 0.00% 1 0.08% -18 -1.49% 1,211 Daviess 3,285 72.85% 1,050 23.29% 162 3.59% 12 0.27% 2,235 49.57% 4,509 Edmonson 479 53.88% 396 44.54% 14 1.57% 0 0.00% 83 9.34% 889 Elliott 739 83.79% 141 15.99% 0 0.00% 2 0.23% 598 67.80% 882 Estill 895 56.79% 658 41.75% 0 0.00% 23 1.46% 237 15.04% 1,576 Fayette 2,963 48.89% 3,085 50.90% 0 0.00% 13 0.21% -122 -2.01% 6,061 Fleming 1,534 57.76% 1,112 41.87% 0 0.00% 10 0.38% 422 15.89% 2,656 Floyd 927 76.67% 282 23.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 645 53.35% 1,209 Franklin 1,989 64.20% 1,084 34.99% 0 0.00% 25 0.81% 905 29.21% 3,098 Fulton 1,037 87.36% 148 12.47% 0 0.00% 2 0.17% 889 74.89% 1,187 Gallatin 678 74.02% 238 25.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 440 48.03% 916 Garrard 1,136 49.98% 1,135 49.93% 0 0.00% 2 0.09% 1 0.04% 2,273 Grant 1,297 63.95% 719 35.45% 0 0.00% 12 0.59% 578 28.50% 2,028 Graves 2,985 76.13% 926 23.62% 0 0.00% 10 0.26% 2,059 52.51% 3,921 Grayson 1,068 57.61% 613 33.06% 164 8.85% 9 0.49% 455 24.54% 1,854 Green 951 55.81% 741 43.49% 7 0.41% 5 0.29% 210 12.32% 1,704 Greenup 1,020 50.37% 979 48.35% 25 1.23% 1 0.05% 41 2.02% 2,025 Hancock 810 79.33% 205 20.08% 0 0.00% 6 0.59% 605 59.26% 1,021 Hardin 2,135 72.18% 813 27.48% 0 0.00% 10 0.34% 1,322 44.69% 2,958 Harlan 179 22.72% 608 77.16% 0 0.00% 1 0.13% -429 -54.44% 788 Harrison 1,915 65.60% 988 33.85% 0 0.00% 16 0.55% 927 31.76% 2,919 Hart 1,584 60.25% 1,031 39.22% 9 0.34% 5 0.19% 553 21.03% 2,629 Henderson 2,592 62.84% 1,524 36.95% 6 0.15% 3 0.07% 1,068 25.89% 4,125 Henry 1,862 69.30% 820 30.52% 0 0.00% 5 0.19% 1,042 38.78% 2,687 Hickman 1,317 77.52% 381 22.42% 0 0.00% 1 0.06% 936 55.09% 1,699 Hopkins 1,859 64.50% 952 33.03% 68 2.36% 3 0.10% 907 31.47% 2,882 Jackson 281 32.49% 576 66.59% 0 0.00% 8 0.92% -295 -34.10% 865 Jefferson 14,656 71.10% 5,905 28.65% 0 0.00% 51 0.25% 8,751 42.46% 20,612 Jessamine 1,142 51.05% 1,086 48.55% 2 0.09% 7 0.31% 56 2.50% 2,237 Johnson 559 44.05% 707 55.71% 3 0.24% 0 0.00% -148 -11.66% 1,269 Kenton 4,185 62.86% 2,440 36.65% 9 0.14% 24 0.36% 1,745 26.21% 6,658 Knox 651 41.73% 889 56.99% 8 0.51% 12 0.77% -238 -15.26% 1,560 Larue 978 69.86% 422 30.14% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 556 39.71% 1,400 Laurel 560 44.91% 660 52.93% 0 0.00% 27 2.17% -100 -8.02% 1,247 Lawrence 1,048 63.02% 615 36.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 433 26.04% 1,663 Lee 352 48.89% 367 50.97% 0 0.00% 1 0.14% -15 -2.08% 720 Letcher 412 53.09% 364 46.91% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 48 6.19% 776 Lewis 1,147 50.28% 1,134 49.72% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 13 0.57% 2,281 Lincoln 1,547 59.43% 1,047 40.22% 2 0.08% 7 0.27% 500 19.21% 2,603 Livingston 1,073 79.42% 255 18.87% 23 1.70% 0 0.00% 818 60.55% 1,351 Logan 2,242 59.02% 1,557 40.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 685 18.03% 3,799 Lyon 781 61.74% 484 38.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 297 23.48% 1,265 Madison 2,236 52.95% 1,967 46.58% 0 0.00% 20 0.47% 269 6.37% 4,223 Magoffin 489 52.81% 436 47.08% 0 0.00% 1 0.11% 53 5.72% 926 Marion 1,632 66.21% 827 33.55% 2 0.08% 4 0.16% 805 32.66% 2,465 Marshall 1,311 85.30% 217 14.12% 0 0.00% 9 0.59% 1,094 71.18% 1,537 Martin 94 28.48% 235 71.21% 0 0.00% 1 0.30% -141 -42.73% 330 Mason 2,362 60.64% 1,518 38.97% 0 0.00% 15 0.39% 844 21.67% 3,895 McCracken 1,756 65.06% 943 34.94% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 813 30.12% 2,699 McLean 799 58.41% 306 22.37% 263 19.23% 0 0.00% 493 36.04% 1,368 Meade 1,227 80.62% 258 16.95% 35 2.30% 2 0.13% 969 63.67% 1,522 Menifee 401 78.47% 109 21.33% 0 0.00% 1 0.20% 292 57.14% 511 Mercer 1,659 59.10% 1,131 40.29% 0 0.00% 17 0.61% 528 18.81% 2,807 Metcalfe 718 51.69% 669 48.16% 0 0.00% 2 0.14% 49 3.53% 1,389 Monroe 590 46.17% 664 51.96% 24 1.88% 0 0.00% -74 -5.79% 1,278 Montgomery 1,213 58.09% 869 41.62% 0 0.00% 6 0.29% 344 16.48% 2,088 Morgan 1,022 75.31% 335 24.69% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 687 50.63% 1,357 Muhlenberg 1,159 53.83% 950 44.12% 42 1.95% 2 0.09% 209 9.71% 2,153 Nelson 1,782 67.99% 815 31.10% 3 0.11% 21 0.80% 967 36.89% 2,621 Nicholas 1,315 62.95% 762 36.48% 0 0.00% 12 0.57% 553 26.47% 2,089 Ohio 1,589 54.85% 1,114 38.45% 168 5.80% 26 0.90% 475 16.40% 2,897 Oldham 956 68.33% 424 30.31% 17 1.22% 2 0.14% 532 38.03% 1,399 Owen 2,700 87.10% 398 12.84% 0 0.00% 2 0.06% 2,302 74.26% 3,100 Owsley 215 28.98% 526 70.89% 0 0.00% 1 0.13% -311 -41.91% 742 Pendleton 1,686 64.65% 920 35.28% 0 0.00% 2 0.08% 766 29.37% 2,608 Perry 326 34.83% 610 65.17% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -284 -30.34% 936 Pike 947 66.74% 429 30.23% 0 0.00% 43 3.03% 518 36.50% 1,419 Powell 344 57.91% 250 42.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 94 15.82% 594 Pulaski 1,652 44.87% 1,981 53.80% 0 0.00% 49 1.33% -329 -8.94% 3,682 Robertson 689 65.12% 359 33.93% 3 0.28% 7 0.66% 330 31.19% 1,058 Rockcastle 824 51.34% 776 48.35% 1 0.06% 4 0.25% 48 2.99% 1,605 Rowan 247 45.32% 298 54.68% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -51 -9.36% 545 Russell 647 55.06% 528 44.94% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 119 10.13% 1,175 Scott 1,827 57.73% 1,322 41.77% 0 0.00% 16 0.51% 505 15.96% 3,165 Shelby 2,135 63.35% 1,210 35.91% 7 0.21% 18 0.53% 925 27.45% 3,370 Simpson 1,272 66.91% 597 31.40% 10 0.53% 22 1.16% 675 35.51% 1,901 Spencer 881 73.29% 320 26.62% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 561 46.67% 1,202 Taylor 990 67.72% 471 32.22% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 519 35.50% 1,462 Todd 1,395 53.24% 1,215 46.37% 8 0.31% 2 0.08% 180 6.87% 2,620 Trigg 1,508 60.08% 994 39.60% 7 0.28% 1 0.04% 514 20.48% 2,510 Trimble 1,058 90.20% 114 9.72% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% 944 80.48% 1,173 Union 2,200 75.81% 654 22.54% 46 1.59% 2 0.07% 1,546 53.27% 2,902 Warren 2,652 56.91% 1,899 40.75% 99 2.12% 10 0.21% 753 16.16% 4,660 Washington 1,428 58.31% 1,014 41.40% 0 0.00% 7 0.29% 414 16.90% 2,449 Wayne 1,050 59.06% 694 39.03% 33 1.86% 1 0.06% 356 20.02% 1,778 Webster 1,270 69.63% 491 26.92% 55 3.02% 8 0.44% 779 42.71% 1,824 Whitley 487 32.82% 987 66.51% 0 0.00% 10 0.67% -500 -33.69% 1,484 Wolfe 531 66.21% 270 33.67% 0 0.00% 1 0.12% 261 32.54% 802 Woodford 1,340 55.19% 1,080 44.48% 1 0.04% 7 0.29% 260 10.71% 2,428Totals160,10861.49%97,52037.45%1,9430.75%8180.31%62,58824.04%260,389 See also United States presidential elections in Kentucky 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