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Election 1887 Results

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1887 Kentucky governor election

Simon B. Buckner (Democrat) beat William O. Bradley (Republican) in Kentucky in 1887, 50.7% to 44.8%, a margin of 5.9 points and 16,712 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1883, when J. Proctor Knott won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 119 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 51 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Jefferson, cast 23,164 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.5 points. The closest was Bourbon, where 8 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Simon B. Buckner won Democratic 143,466 50.7%
William O. Bradley Republican 126,754 44.8%
All other candidates 12,858 4.5%
Total283,078

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 12,855 55.5% 9,950 43.0% 359 23,164 D+12.5
Kenton 3,036 44.7% 1,699 25.0% 2,062 6,797 D+19.7
Campbell 1,769 33.5% 1,678 31.8% 1,838 5,285 Others
Fayette 2,503 50.2% 2,252 45.1% 234 4,989 D+5.0
Madison 2,338 50.6% 2,219 48.0% 68 4,625 D+2.6
Christian 1,698 37.1% 2,646 57.8% 231 4,575 R+20.7
Henderson 2,475 55.5% 1,795 40.3% 189 4,459 D+15.3
Warren 2,389 54.4% 1,947 44.3% 55 4,391 D+10.1
Daviess 2,650 63.4% 1,415 33.9% 114 4,179 D+29.6
Barren 2,272 57.0% 1,635 41.0% 82 3,989 D+16.0
Ohio 1,914 48.1% 2,035 51.1% 32 3,981 R+3.0
Pulaski 1,225 32.8% 2,305 61.7% 203 3,733 R+28.9
Logan 1,853 50.2% 1,822 49.4% 15 3,690 D+0.8
Breckinridge 1,740 48.2% 1,845 51.1% 28 3,613 R+2.9
Hardin 2,160 60.1% 1,331 37.0% 105 3,596 D+23.1
Graves 2,336 65.1% 1,097 30.5% 158 3,591 D+34.5
Bourbon 1,763 49.6% 1,755 49.3% 40 3,558 D+0.2
Owen 2,613 74.4% 722 20.5% 179 3,514 D+53.8
Mason 1,844 53.0% 1,550 44.6% 85 3,479 D+8.5
Hopkins 1,569 48.5% 1,367 42.2% 300 3,236 D+6.2
Harrison 1,785 55.9% 1,115 34.9% 295 3,195 D+21.0
Fleming 1,583 49.8% 1,473 46.3% 122 3,178 D+3.5
Franklin 1,763 56.4% 1,328 42.5% 37 3,128 D+13.9
Grayson 1,447 47.2% 1,564 51.0% 57 3,068 R+3.8
Hart 1,580 51.5% 1,426 46.5% 61 3,067 D+5.0
Muhlenberg 1,313 43.0% 1,712 56.1% 28 3,053 R+13.1
Mercer 1,266 42.4% 1,115 37.4% 604 2,985 D+5.1
Shelby 1,675 56.5% 1,225 41.3% 64 2,964 D+15.2
Lawrence 1,406 48.0% 1,510 51.5% 14 2,930 R+3.5
Pendleton 1,480 52.6% 1,257 44.7% 76 2,813 D+7.9
McCracken 1,563 56.2% 1,097 39.5% 120 2,780 D+16.8
Scott 1,632 59.2% 949 34.4% 176 2,757 D+24.8
Lincoln 1,174 43.0% 1,209 44.3% 349 2,732 R+1.3
Boyle 1,267 46.8% 1,300 48.0% 140 2,707 R+1.2
Nelson 1,615 59.9% 1,003 37.2% 77 2,695 D+22.7
Clark 1,354 50.5% 1,268 47.3% 59 2,681 D+3.2
Henry 1,475 55.6% 1,032 38.9% 148 2,655 D+16.7
Adair 1,128 44.1% 1,351 52.8% 78 2,557 R+8.7
Todd 1,214 47.9% 1,281 50.6% 39 2,534 R+2.6
Carter 1,015 41.0% 1,379 55.7% 83 2,477 R+14.7
Bath 1,270 51.4% 1,155 46.7% 46 2,471 D+4.7
Lewis 895 36.3% 1,469 59.6% 101 2,465 R+23.3
Bracken 1,406 57.4% 957 39.1% 86 2,449 D+18.3
Marion 1,221 50.6% 1,104 45.8% 86 2,411 D+4.9
Grant 1,367 56.8% 974 40.5% 66 2,407 D+16.3
Montgomery 1,168 49.0% 1,141 47.9% 75 2,384 D+1.1
Garrard 968 41.2% 1,284 54.6% 100 2,352 R+13.4
Boyd 1,087 46.5% 1,224 52.3% 28 2,339 R+5.9
Union 1,593 68.2% 632 27.1% 111 2,336 D+41.1
Washington 965 41.5% 1,295 55.7% 67 2,327 R+14.2
Woodford 1,201 52.1% 1,077 46.7% 26 2,304 D+5.4
Butler 666 29.1% 1,515 66.3% 105 2,286 R+37.1
Allen 1,003 45.2% 1,167 52.6% 48 2,218 R+7.4
Wayne 1,083 49.3% 1,067 48.6% 46 2,196 D+0.7
Nicholas 1,199 54.8% 768 35.1% 222 2,189 D+19.7
Caldwell 1,064 50.5% 965 45.8% 76 2,105 D+4.7
Whitley 430 20.5% 1,536 73.3% 129 2,095 R+52.8
Johnson 810 38.8% 1,253 60.0% 24 2,087 R+21.2
Casey 826 40.1% 1,155 56.1% 77 2,058 R+16.0
Greenup 991 48.6% 1,042 51.1% 5 2,038 R+2.5
Boone 1,589 78.4% 416 20.5% 23 2,028 D+57.8
Laurel 717 35.5% 1,222 60.4% 83 2,022 R+25.0
Calloway 1,563 77.6% 411 20.4% 39 2,013 D+57.2
Clay 643 32.2% 1,351 67.7% 1 1,995 R+35.5
Anderson 1,109 57.1% 713 36.7% 120 1,942 D+20.4
Crittenden 785 40.5% 1,082 55.8% 73 1,940 R+15.3
Carroll 1,264 65.2% 565 29.1% 110 1,939 D+36.0
Green 726 39.2% 1,042 56.3% 84 1,852 R+17.1
Simpson 1,063 57.6% 742 40.2% 39 1,844 D+17.4
Floyd 1,078 58.7% 746 40.6% 13 1,837 D+18.1
Pike 882 48.7% 896 49.5% 33 1,811 R+0.8
Morgan 1,116 62.1% 642 35.7% 39 1,797 D+26.4
Trigg 960 55.0% 765 43.8% 22 1,747 D+11.2
Monroe 574 33.8% 1,103 65.0% 21 1,698 R+31.2
Meade 1,080 64.4% 586 35.0% 10 1,676 D+29.5
Knox 503 30.3% 1,142 68.8% 16 1,661 R+38.5
Rockcastle 639 39.1% 927 56.7% 70 1,636 R+17.6
Metcalfe 648 39.6% 900 55.0% 87 1,635 R+15.4
Webster 972 59.6% 595 36.5% 65 1,632 D+23.1
Larue 880 55.0% 697 43.5% 24 1,601 D+11.4
Estill 741 46.8% 839 53.0% 2 1,582 R+6.2
Russell 711 46.9% 788 51.9% 18 1,517 R+5.1
Hancock 696 46.4% 758 50.5% 47 1,501 R+4.1
Cumberland 498 34.6% 915 63.6% 26 1,439 R+29.0
McLean 807 57.8% 559 40.1% 29 1,395 D+17.8
Magoffin 572 41.7% 791 57.7% 8 1,371 R+16.0
Taylor 600 44.3% 657 48.5% 97 1,354 R+4.2
Hickman 1,023 77.5% 267 20.2% 30 1,320 D+57.3
Marshall 1,006 77.3% 225 17.3% 70 1,301 D+60.0
Livingston 853 66.7% 400 31.3% 25 1,278 D+35.4
Edmonson 522 41.3% 701 55.5% 41 1,264 R+14.2
Ballard 947 75.5% 295 23.5% 13 1,255 D+52.0
Breathitt 699 56.3% 510 41.1% 32 1,241 D+15.2
Bullitt 708 59.5% 426 35.8% 55 1,189 D+23.7
Trimble 928 78.8% 172 14.6% 77 1,177 D+64.2
Clinton 283 24.2% 854 73.0% 33 1,170 R+48.8
Elliott 816 70.2% 315 27.1% 31 1,162 D+43.1
Spencer 774 67.4% 337 29.3% 38 1,149 D+38.0
Carlisle 856 76.5% 249 22.3% 14 1,119 D+54.2
Fulton 846 75.6% 222 19.8% 51 1,119 D+55.8
Wolfe 678 61.0% 376 33.8% 57 1,111 D+27.2
Jackson 179 16.6% 893 82.7% 8 1,080 R+66.1
Gallatin 706 66.3% 273 25.6% 86 1,065 D+40.7
Oldham 638 60.2% 275 25.9% 147 1,060 D+34.2
Lyon 550 53.1% 333 32.2% 152 1,035 D+21.0
Harlan 223 22.4% 769 77.1% 5 997 R+54.8
Bell 211 22.8% 706 76.4% 7 924 R+53.6
Owsley 227 24.6% 694 75.1% 3 924 R+50.5
Lee 389 43.4% 498 55.6% 9 896 R+12.2
Robertson 526 59.3% 302 34.0% 59 887 D+25.3
Perry 284 33.3% 565 66.3% 3 852 R+33.0
Menifee 523 68.6% 219 28.7% 20 762 D+39.9
Leslie 72 10.7% 603 89.3% 675 R+78.7
Letcher 228 33.8% 433 64.2% 13 674 R+30.4
Rowan 278 42.1% 369 55.8% 14 661 R+13.8
Powell 305 48.0% 321 50.5% 10 636 R+2.5
Martin 197 32.1% 416 67.8% 1 614 R+35.7
Knott 429 71.6% 166 27.7% 4 599 D+43.9
Jessamine 196 39.2% 281 56.2% 23 500 R+17.0

Counties as they stood in 1887; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Kentucky governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
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2019 Andy Beshear (D) D+0.4
2015 Matt G. Bevin (R) R+8.7
2011 Steven L. Beshear (D) D+20.4
2007 Steven L. Beshear (D) D+17.4
2003 Ernest Fletcher (R) R+10.1
1999 Paul E. Patton (D) D+38.5
1995 Paul E. Patton (D) D+2.2
1991 Brereton C. Jones (D) D+29.5
1987 Wallace G. Wilkinson (D) D+29.6
1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) D+10.4
1979 John Y. Brown Jr. (D) D+19.0
1975 Julian Carroll (D) D+25.7
1971 Wendell H. Ford (D) D+6.2
1967 Louie B. Nunn (R) R+3.2
1963 Edward T. Breathitt (D) D+1.5
1959 Bert T. Combs (D) D+21.1
1955 Happy Chandler (D) D+16.6
1951 Lawrence W. Wetherby (D) D+9.2
1947 Earle C. Clements (D) D+14.8
1943 Simeon S. Willis (R) R+1.6
1939 Keen Johnson (D) D+13.0
1935 Happy Chandler (D) D+9.3
1931 Ruby Laffoon (D) D+8.9
1927 Flem D. Sampson (R) R+4.2
1923 William J. Fields (D) D+7.4
1919 Edwin P. Morrow (R) R+8.5
1915 Augustus O. Stanley (D) D+0.1
1911 James B. McCreary (D) D+7.1
1907 Augustus E. Willson (R) R+4.3
1903 John C.W. Beckham (D) D+6.0
1900 J. C. W. Beckham (D) D+0.8
1899 William S. Taylor (R) R+0.6
1895 William O. Bradley (R) R+2.5
1891 John Young Brown (D) D+9.7
1887 Simon B. Buckner (D) D+5.9
1883 J. Proctor Knott (D) D+19.9
1879 Luke P. Blackburn (D) D+19.2
1875 James B. McCreary (D) D+16.6
1871 Preston H. Leslie (D) D+17.2
1867 John Larue Helm (D) D+41.0