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The1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ever sincethe Civil War, Kentucky had been shaped politically by divisions created by that war betweensecessionist, Democratic counties andUnionist, 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 in1896[3] when northern parts of the state were affected by hostility towardsWilliam Jennings Bryan, and state nativeJohn 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 governorshipin 1907 and narrowly fail to do soin 1915. Reunited after the 1912 debacle betweenWilliam Howard Taft andTheodore Roosevelt, the GOP underCharles 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 between1872 and1960.[3]
Ultimately, Wilson carried the state by 5.41 percent, an improvement of around three points on the narrow victories ofAlton B. Parker andWilliam Jennings Bryan in Kentucky's previous three two-party contests, although much less than the final polls.
Had Hughes won Kentucky and it's 13 Electoral votes he would have won the presidency.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson | Thomas R. Marshall | Democratic | 13[12] | 269,990 | 51.91% |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Charles W. Fairbanks | Republican | 0 | 241,854 | 46.50% |
| Allan L. Benson | George Ross Kirkpatrick | Socialist | 0 | 4,734 | 0.91% |
| Frank Hanly | Ira Landrith | Prohibition | 0 | 3,036 | 0.58% |
| Arthur E. Reimer | Caleb Harrison | Socialist Labor | 0 | 333[a] | 0.06% |
| No candidate | — | Progressive | 0 | 122[a] | 0.02% |
| 1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky by county[13][14] | |||||||||||
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| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,675 | 47.14% | 1,863 | 52.43% | 1 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.39% | -188 | -5.29% | 3,553 |
| Allen | 1,647 | 42.98% | 2,147 | 56.03% | 4 | 0.10% | 34 | 0.89% | -500 | -13.05% | 3,832 |
| Anderson | 1,521 | 58.21% | 1,065 | 40.76% | 1 | 0.04% | 26 | 1.00% | 456 | 17.45% | 2,613 |
| Ballard | 2,222 | 74.02% | 692 | 23.05% | 75 | 2.50% | 13 | 0.43% | 1,530 | 50.97% | 3,002 |
| Barren | 3,370 | 57.24% | 2,462 | 41.81% | 23 | 0.39% | 33 | 0.56% | 908 | 15.42% | 5,888 |
| Bath | 1,796 | 56.48% | 1,360 | 42.77% | 8 | 0.25% | 16 | 0.50% | 436 | 13.71% | 3,180 |
| Bell | 1,373 | 28.80% | 3,321 | 69.67% | 54 | 1.13% | 19 | 0.40% | -1,948 | -40.86% | 4,767 |
| Boone | 2,008 | 78.81% | 531 | 20.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.35% | 1,477 | 57.97% | 2,548 |
| Bourbon | 2,715 | 55.18% | 2,167 | 44.04% | 7 | 0.14% | 31 | 0.63% | 548 | 11.14% | 4,920 |
| Boyd | 2,738 | 47.68% | 2,883 | 50.20% | 62 | 1.08% | 60 | 1.04% | -145 | -2.52% | 5,743 |
| Boyle | 2,052 | 57.45% | 1,494 | 41.83% | 3 | 0.08% | 23 | 0.64% | 558 | 15.62% | 3,572 |
| Bracken | 1,676 | 59.37% | 1,082 | 38.33% | 47 | 1.66% | 18 | 0.64% | 594 | 21.04% | 2,823 |
| Breathitt | 2,067 | 56.23% | 1,584 | 43.09% | 3 | 0.08% | 22 | 0.60% | 483 | 13.14% | 3,676 |
| Breckinridge | 2,172 | 45.35% | 2,549 | 53.23% | 13 | 0.27% | 55 | 1.15% | -377 | -7.87% | 4,789 |
| Bullitt | 1,508 | 64.39% | 826 | 35.27% | 1 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.30% | 682 | 29.12% | 2,342 |
| Butler | 1,158 | 31.75% | 2,456 | 67.34% | 10 | 0.27% | 23 | 0.63% | -1,298 | -35.59% | 3,647 |
| Caldwell | 1,605 | 48.01% | 1,672 | 50.01% | 49 | 1.47% | 17 | 0.51% | -67 | -2.00% | 3,343 |
| Calloway | 3,334 | 73.88% | 1,026 | 22.73% | 135 | 2.99% | 18 | 0.40% | 2,308 | 51.14% | 4,513 |
| Campbell | 7,290 | 53.62% | 5,696 | 41.90% | 513 | 3.77% | 96 | 0.71% | 1,594 | 11.72% | 13,595 |
| Carlisle | 1,646 | 75.33% | 494 | 22.61% | 33 | 1.51% | 12 | 0.55% | 1,152 | 52.72% | 2,185 |
| Carroll | 1,757 | 76.03% | 535 | 23.15% | 1 | 0.04% | 18 | 0.78% | 1,222 | 52.88% | 2,311 |
| Carter | 1,954 | 40.55% | 2,818 | 58.48% | 19 | 0.39% | 28 | 0.58% | -864 | -17.93% | 4,819 |
| Casey | 1,352 | 40.49% | 1,949 | 58.37% | 8 | 0.24% | 30 | 0.90% | -597 | -17.88% | 3,339 |
| Christian | 3,644 | 43.71% | 4,594 | 55.11% | 54 | 0.65% | 44 | 0.53% | -950 | -11.40% | 8,336 |
| Clark | 2,620 | 59.71% | 1,731 | 39.45% | 6 | 0.14% | 31 | 0.71% | 889 | 20.26% | 4,388 |
| Clay | 820 | 26.43% | 2,271 | 73.21% | 5 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.19% | -1,451 | -46.78% | 3,102 |
| Clinton | 379 | 22.93% | 1,260 | 76.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.85% | -881 | -53.30% | 1,653 |
| Crittenden | 1,455 | 44.20% | 1,794 | 54.50% | 19 | 0.58% | 24 | 0.73% | -339 | -10.30% | 3,292 |
| Cumberland | 653 | 31.67% | 1,394 | 67.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.73% | -741 | -35.94% | 2,062 |
| Daviess | 5,396 | 56.37% | 4,078 | 42.60% | 29 | 0.30% | 70 | 0.73% | 1,318 | 13.77% | 9,573 |
| Edmonson | 935 | 40.74% | 1,339 | 58.34% | 7 | 0.31% | 14 | 0.61% | -404 | -17.60% | 2,295 |
| Elliott | 1,151 | 68.23% | 525 | 31.12% | 1 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.59% | 626 | 37.11% | 1,687 |
| Estill | 1,180 | 43.30% | 1,524 | 55.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 0.77% | -344 | -12.62% | 2,725 |
| Fayette | 6,348 | 53.30% | 5,472 | 45.95% | 19 | 0.16% | 70 | 0.59% | 876 | 7.36% | 11,909 |
| Fleming | 2,240 | 54.41% | 1,836 | 44.60% | 1 | 0.02% | 40 | 0.97% | 404 | 9.81% | 4,117 |
| Floyd | 2,217 | 54.53% | 1,823 | 44.84% | 16 | 0.39% | 10 | 0.25% | 394 | 9.69% | 4,066 |
| Franklin | 3,345 | 69.67% | 1,426 | 29.70% | 12 | 0.25% | 18 | 0.37% | 1,919 | 39.97% | 4,801 |
| Fulton | 2,200 | 73.53% | 747 | 24.97% | 17 | 0.57% | 28 | 0.94% | 1,453 | 48.56% | 2,992 |
| Gallatin | 1,060 | 78.69% | 283 | 21.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.30% | 777 | 57.68% | 1,347 |
| Garrard | 1,375 | 45.42% | 1,628 | 53.78% | 4 | 0.13% | 20 | 0.66% | -253 | -8.36% | 3,027 |
| Grant | 1,841 | 62.24% | 1,078 | 36.44% | 3 | 0.10% | 36 | 1.22% | 763 | 25.79% | 2,958 |
| Graves | 5,197 | 71.44% | 1,930 | 26.53% | 131 | 1.80% | 17 | 0.23% | 3,267 | 44.91% | 7,275 |
| Grayson | 1,953 | 44.77% | 2,368 | 54.29% | 13 | 0.30% | 28 | 0.64% | -415 | -9.51% | 4,362 |
| Green | 1,239 | 46.40% | 1,412 | 52.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 19 | 0.71% | -173 | -6.48% | 2,670 |
| Greenup | 1,820 | 48.34% | 1,821 | 48.37% | 92 | 2.44% | 32 | 0.85% | -1 | -0.03% | 3,765 |
| Hancock | 833 | 46.41% | 918 | 51.14% | 32 | 1.78% | 12 | 0.67% | -85 | -4.74% | 1,795 |
| Hardin | 3,272 | 63.08% | 1,887 | 36.38% | 16 | 0.31% | 12 | 0.23% | 1,385 | 26.70% | 5,187 |
| Harlan | 690 | 20.09% | 2,670 | 77.73% | 53 | 1.54% | 22 | 0.64% | -1,980 | -57.64% | 3,435 |
| Harrison | 2,778 | 65.43% | 1,409 | 33.18% | 7 | 0.16% | 52 | 1.22% | 1,369 | 32.24% | 4,246 |
| Hart | 2,048 | 49.53% | 2,031 | 49.12% | 36 | 0.87% | 20 | 0.48% | 17 | 0.41% | 4,135 |
| Henderson | 3,699 | 60.73% | 2,218 | 36.41% | 125 | 2.05% | 49 | 0.80% | 1,481 | 24.31% | 6,091 |
| Henry | 2,595 | 66.11% | 1,302 | 33.17% | 5 | 0.13% | 23 | 0.59% | 1,293 | 32.94% | 3,925 |
| Hickman | 1,982 | 77.42% | 539 | 21.05% | 24 | 0.94% | 15 | 0.59% | 1,443 | 56.37% | 2,560 |
| Hopkins | 3,757 | 50.06% | 3,615 | 48.17% | 102 | 1.36% | 31 | 0.41% | 142 | 1.89% | 7,505 |
| Jackson | 252 | 11.26% | 1,968 | 87.90% | 3 | 0.13% | 16 | 0.71% | -1,716 | -76.64% | 2,239 |
| Jefferson | 28,840 | 49.46% | 28,386 | 48.68% | 883 | 1.51% | 205 | 0.35% | 454 | 0.78% | 58,314 |
| Jessamine | 1,727 | 55.39% | 1,326 | 42.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 65 | 2.08% | 401 | 12.86% | 3,118 |
| Johnson | 1,253 | 32.84% | 2,500 | 65.51% | 41 | 1.07% | 22 | 0.58% | -1,247 | -32.68% | 3,816 |
| Kenton | 10,402 | 64.28% | 5,267 | 32.55% | 411 | 2.54% | 103 | 0.64% | 5,135 | 31.73% | 16,183 |
| Knott | 1,454 | 71.66% | 571 | 28.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.20% | 883 | 43.52% | 2,029 |
| Knox | 1,126 | 25.81% | 3,192 | 73.18% | 24 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.46% | -2,066 | -47.36% | 4,362 |
| Larue | 1,350 | 58.72% | 936 | 40.71% | 1 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.52% | 414 | 18.01% | 2,299 |
| Laurel | 1,171 | 32.08% | 2,383 | 65.29% | 78 | 2.14% | 18 | 0.49% | -1,212 | -33.21% | 3,650 |
| Lawrence | 1,910 | 49.20% | 1,928 | 49.67% | 18 | 0.46% | 26 | 0.67% | -18 | -0.46% | 3,882 |
| Lee | 793 | 40.86% | 1,135 | 58.48% | 1 | 0.05% | 12 | 0.62% | -342 | -17.62% | 1,941 |
| Leslie | 133 | 8.04% | 1,516 | 91.60% | 2 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.24% | -1,383 | -83.56% | 1,655 |
| Letcher | 1,121 | 33.32% | 2,220 | 65.99% | 12 | 0.36% | 11 | 0.33% | -1,099 | -32.67% | 3,364 |
| Lewis | 1,276 | 34.40% | 2,324 | 62.66% | 69 | 1.86% | 40 | 1.08% | -1,048 | -28.26% | 3,709 |
| Lincoln | 2,212 | 53.22% | 1,868 | 44.95% | 41 | 0.99% | 35 | 0.84% | 344 | 8.28% | 4,156 |
| Livingston | 1,287 | 55.84% | 923 | 40.04% | 83 | 3.60% | 12 | 0.52% | 364 | 15.79% | 2,305 |
| Logan | 3,373 | 56.71% | 2,501 | 42.05% | 31 | 0.52% | 43 | 0.72% | 872 | 14.66% | 5,948 |
| Lyon | 1,191 | 60.77% | 748 | 38.16% | 9 | 0.46% | 12 | 0.61% | 443 | 22.60% | 1,960 |
| Madison | 3,295 | 51.94% | 3,017 | 47.56% | 10 | 0.16% | 22 | 0.35% | 278 | 4.38% | 6,344 |
| Magoffin | 1,433 | 47.83% | 1,535 | 51.23% | 5 | 0.17% | 23 | 0.77% | -102 | -3.40% | 2,996 |
| Marion | 2,063 | 59.33% | 1,396 | 40.15% | 3 | 0.09% | 15 | 0.43% | 667 | 19.18% | 3,477 |
| Marshall | 2,263 | 64.11% | 1,201 | 34.02% | 46 | 1.30% | 20 | 0.57% | 1,062 | 30.08% | 3,530 |
| Martin | 280 | 19.96% | 1,100 | 78.40% | 15 | 1.07% | 8 | 0.57% | -820 | -58.45% | 1,403 |
| Mason | 2,820 | 56.40% | 2,127 | 42.54% | 7 | 0.14% | 46 | 0.92% | 693 | 13.86% | 5,000 |
| McCracken | 4,356 | 56.92% | 3,058 | 39.96% | 211 | 2.76% | 28 | 0.37% | 1,298 | 16.96% | 7,653 |
| McCreary | 324 | 16.36% | 1,630 | 82.28% | 22 | 1.11% | 5 | 0.25% | -1,306 | -65.93% | 1,981 |
| McLean | 1,589 | 51.37% | 1,439 | 46.52% | 41 | 1.33% | 24 | 0.78% | 150 | 4.85% | 3,093 |
| Meade | 1,317 | 60.86% | 803 | 37.11% | 36 | 1.66% | 8 | 0.37% | 514 | 23.75% | 2,164 |
| Menifee | 730 | 66.36% | 369 | 33.55% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 361 | 32.82% | 1,100 |
| Mercer | 2,093 | 57.20% | 1,531 | 41.84% | 4 | 0.11% | 31 | 0.85% | 562 | 15.36% | 3,659 |
| Metcalfe | 1,046 | 48.16% | 1,107 | 50.97% | 4 | 0.18% | 15 | 0.69% | -61 | -2.81% | 2,172 |
| Monroe | 882 | 30.43% | 2,008 | 69.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.24% | -1,126 | -38.85% | 2,898 |
| Montgomery | 1,705 | 58.33% | 1,195 | 40.88% | 12 | 0.41% | 11 | 0.38% | 510 | 17.45% | 2,923 |
| Morgan | 2,319 | 66.97% | 1,123 | 32.43% | 7 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.40% | 1,196 | 34.54% | 3,463 |
| Muhlenberg | 2,900 | 43.93% | 3,533 | 53.52% | 146 | 2.21% | 22 | 0.33% | -633 | -9.59% | 6,601 |
| Nelson | 2,639 | 62.54% | 1,546 | 36.64% | 4 | 0.09% | 31 | 0.73% | 1,093 | 25.90% | 4,220 |
| Nicholas | 1,829 | 64.67% | 964 | 34.09% | 6 | 0.21% | 29 | 1.03% | 865 | 30.59% | 2,828 |
| Ohio | 2,723 | 43.83% | 3,286 | 52.89% | 156 | 2.51% | 48 | 0.77% | -563 | -9.06% | 6,213 |
| Oldham | 1,455 | 68.76% | 642 | 30.34% | 5 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.66% | 813 | 38.42% | 2,116 |
| Owen | 2,911 | 80.70% | 663 | 18.38% | 10 | 0.28% | 23 | 0.64% | 2,248 | 62.32% | 3,607 |
| Owsley | 197 | 14.25% | 1,173 | 84.88% | 3 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.65% | -976 | -70.62% | 1,382 |
| Pendleton | 1,728 | 58.12% | 1,206 | 40.57% | 13 | 0.44% | 26 | 0.87% | 522 | 17.56% | 2,973 |
| Perry | 904 | 28.25% | 2,217 | 69.28% | 53 | 1.66% | 26 | 0.81% | -1,313 | -41.03% | 3,200 |
| Pike | 3,414 | 44.34% | 4,212 | 54.71% | 31 | 0.40% | 42 | 0.55% | -798 | -10.36% | 7,699 |
| Powell | 757 | 56.32% | 587 | 43.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 170 | 12.65% | 1,344 |
| Pulaski | 2,531 | 37.54% | 4,136 | 61.35% | 16 | 0.24% | 59 | 0.88% | -1,605 | -23.81% | 6,742 |
| Robertson | 663 | 61.22% | 415 | 38.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.46% | 248 | 22.90% | 1,083 |
| Rockcastle | 968 | 33.21% | 1,932 | 66.28% | 8 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.24% | -964 | -33.07% | 2,915 |
| Rowan | 881 | 47.91% | 941 | 51.17% | 5 | 0.27% | 12 | 0.65% | -60 | -3.26% | 1,839 |
| Russell | 859 | 39.30% | 1,298 | 59.38% | 5 | 0.23% | 24 | 1.10% | -439 | -20.08% | 2,186 |
| Scott | 2,611 | 63.30% | 1,486 | 36.02% | 7 | 0.17% | 21 | 0.51% | 1,125 | 27.27% | 4,125 |
| Shelby | 2,919 | 60.76% | 1,863 | 38.78% | 5 | 0.10% | 17 | 0.35% | 1,056 | 21.98% | 4,804 |
| Simpson | 1,887 | 66.03% | 955 | 33.41% | 5 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.38% | 932 | 32.61% | 2,858 |
| Spencer | 1,271 | 68.00% | 591 | 31.62% | 1 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.32% | 680 | 36.38% | 1,869 |
| Taylor | 1,360 | 50.07% | 1,332 | 49.04% | 5 | 0.18% | 19 | 0.70% | 28 | 1.03% | 2,716 |
| Todd | 2,051 | 54.24% | 1,671 | 44.19% | 28 | 0.74% | 31 | 0.82% | 380 | 10.05% | 3,781 |
| Trigg | 1,722 | 51.73% | 1,533 | 46.05% | 60 | 1.80% | 14 | 0.42% | 189 | 5.68% | 3,329 |
| Trimble | 1,319 | 82.23% | 259 | 16.15% | 5 | 0.31% | 21 | 1.31% | 1,060 | 66.08% | 1,604 |
| Union | 2,754 | 68.99% | 1,184 | 29.66% | 49 | 1.23% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,570 | 39.33% | 3,992 |
| Warren | 4,228 | 57.96% | 3,002 | 41.15% | 11 | 0.15% | 54 | 0.74% | 1,226 | 16.81% | 7,295 |
| Washington | 1,654 | 49.77% | 1,654 | 49.77% | 3 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,323 |
| Wayne | 1,373 | 45.25% | 1,638 | 53.99% | 1 | 0.03% | 22 | 0.73% | -265 | -8.73% | 3,034 |
| Webster | 2,673 | 55.65% | 2,082 | 43.35% | 20 | 0.42% | 28 | 0.58% | 591 | 12.30% | 4,803 |
| Whitley | 1,171 | 22.79% | 3,919 | 76.27% | 33 | 0.64% | 15 | 0.29% | -2,748 | -53.48% | 5,138 |
| Wolfe | 1,108 | 62.99% | 645 | 36.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.34% | 463 | 26.32% | 1,759 |
| Woodford | 1,786 | 57.50% | 1,300 | 41.85% | 9 | 0.29% | 11 | 0.35% | 486 | 15.65% | 3,106 |
| Totals | 269,990 | 51.91% | 241,854 | 46.50% | 4,734 | 0.91% | 3,036 | 0.58% | 28,136 | 5.41% | 520,069 |
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