1876 United States presidential election in Kentucky County Results
Tilden
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Hayes
30–40%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
The1876 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the1876 United States presidential election . Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .
The Civil War would shapeKentucky politically for not merely the rest of the nineteenth century but also for the twentieth by creating entrenched divisions betweensecessionist ,Democratic counties andUnionist ,Republican ones.[ 1] Third Party System and the GOP would never carry the state during that era at either the presidential[ 2] [ 3]
Kentucky had been one of only six states to vote against popular incumbentUlysses S. Grant in1872 , and the effects ofan economic downturn [ 4] Samuel J. Tilden andThomas A. Hendricks increased their margin by nineteen points. Kentucky would prove Tilden's fourth-strongest state behindGeorgia ,Texas andMississippi . OnlyLyndon Johnson in1964 ,Richard Nixon in1972 , andDonald Trump in2016 ,2020 , and2024 have since exceeded Tilden's percentage for either party in Kentucky.[ 5]
As of the 2024 presidential election[update] Lewis County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 6]
County Samuel J. Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes Peter Cooper Green C. Smith Margin Total votes cast[ 8] [ 9] # % # % # % # % # % 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% 2,428 Totals 160,108 61.49% 97,520 37.45% 1,943 0.75% 818 0.31% 62,588 24.04% 260,389
^ Sullivan, Robert David;‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ ;America Magazine inThe National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016 ^ Phillips, Kevin P. ;The Emerging Republican Majority , p. 350ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6 ^ 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 ^ See Tiffany, Jordan A.; ‘On How the Republican Party Won Elections: 1860 To 1892’ (thesis), p. 40 ^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Kentucky" . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.^ Menendez, Albert J.;The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 ; pp. 208-213ISBN 0786422173 ^ "1876 Presidential Election Results – Kentucky" . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.^ "Dec 04, 1876, page 2 - Tri-Weekly Kentucky Yeoman at Newspapers.com" .Newspapers.com . RetrievedJuly 14, 2025 .^ "Nov 24, 1876, page 2 - Tri-Weekly Kentucky Yeoman at Newspapers.com" .Newspapers.com . RetrievedJuly 14, 2025 .
.jpg)
