1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky

Summary

The 1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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All 11 Kentucky votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 541,944 369,702
Percentage 58.51% 39.92%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 58.51 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.92 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]

In this election, Kentucky voted 5.65 percentage points to the right of the nation at-large.[5]

Results edit

1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 541,944 58.51%
Republican Alf Landon 369,702 39.92%
Union William Lemke 12,501 1.35%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 929 0.10%
Socialist Norman Thomas 632 0.07%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 294 0.03%
Communist Earl R. Browder 204 0.02%
Total votes 926,206 100%

Results by county edit

1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky by county
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke[6]
Union
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[7]
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 2,669 44.12% 3,371 55.72% 2 0.03% 8 0.13% -702 -11.60% 6,050
Allen 2,422 44.00% 3,070 55.77% 3 0.05% 10 0.18% -648 -11.77% 5,505
Anderson 2,454 64.16% 1,360 35.56% 2 0.05% 9 0.24% 1,094 28.60% 3,825
Ballard 3,523 81.87% 773 17.96% 2 0.05% 5 0.12% 2,750 63.91% 4,303
Barren 5,137 60.34% 3,352 39.38% 4 0.05% 20 0.23% 1,785 20.97% 8,513
Bath 2,795 61.70% 1,725 38.08% 1 0.02% 9 0.20% 1,070 23.62% 4,530
Bell 5,853 55.95% 4,573 43.71% 2 0.02% 33 0.32% 1,280 12.24% 10,461
Boone 2,785 71.14% 1,042 26.62% 82 2.09% 6 0.15% 1,743 44.52% 3,915
Bourbon 3,872 60.84% 2,471 38.83% 10 0.16% 11 0.17% 1,401 22.01% 6,364
Boyd 9,762 59.19% 6,650 40.32% 43 0.26% 37 0.22% 3,112 18.87% 16,492
Boyle 4,148 62.79% 2,431 36.80% 5 0.08% 22 0.33% 1,717 25.99% 6,606
Bracken 1,956 56.79% 1,436 41.70% 38 1.10% 14 0.41% 520 15.10% 3,444
Breathitt 3,980 68.85% 1,790 30.96% 1 0.02% 10 0.17% 2,190 37.88% 5,781
Breckinridge 3,233 51.94% 2,898 46.55% 35 0.56% 59 0.95% 335 5.38% 6,225
Bullitt 2,474 78.89% 647 20.63% 7 0.22% 8 0.26% 1,827 58.26% 3,136
Butler 1,237 32.26% 2,594 67.64% 1 0.03% 3 0.08% -1,357 -35.38% 3,835
Caldwell 2,699 55.67% 2,121 43.75% 18 0.37% 10 0.21% 578 11.92% 4,848
Calloway 5,523 85.34% 939 14.51% 3 0.05% 7 0.11% 4,584 70.83% 6,472
Campbell 16,780 55.57% 10,327 34.20% 2,984 9.88% 103 0.34% 6,453 21.37% 30,194
Carlisle 2,150 82.69% 420 16.15% 25 0.96% 5 0.19% 1,730 66.54% 2,600
Carroll 2,718 76.63% 794 22.39% 25 0.70% 10 0.28% 1,924 54.24% 3,547
Carter 3,403 43.57% 4,372 55.98% 18 0.23% 17 0.22% -969 -12.41% 7,810
Casey 1,925 34.77% 3,588 64.81% 7 0.13% 16 0.29% -1,663 -30.04% 5,536
Christian 6,660 55.36% 5,370 44.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,290 10.72% 12,030
Clark 4,396 66.02% 2,246 33.73% 6 0.09% 11 0.17% 2,150 32.29% 6,659
Clay 1,572 27.78% 4,087 72.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,515 -44.44% 5,659
Clinton 701 24.61% 2,147 75.39% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,446 -50.77% 2,848
Crittenden 1,926 44.02% 2,441 55.79% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% -515 -11.77% 4,375
Cumberland 935 30.51% 2,127 69.40% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% -1,192 -38.89% 3,065
Daviess 9,957 64.88% 4,636 30.21% 736[note 1] 4.80% 18[note 1] 0.12% 5,321 34.67% 15,347
Edmonson 1,329 34.43% 2,526 65.44% 5 0.13% 0 0.00% -1,197 -31.01% 3,860
Elliott 1,539 76.23% 480 23.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,059 52.45% 2,019
Estill 2,646 47.33% 2,931 52.43% 2 0.04% 11 0.20% -285 -5.10% 5,590
Fayette 14,428 55.12% 11,544 44.10% 130 0.50% 73 0.28% 2,884 11.02% 26,175
Fleming 2,879 50.96% 2,749 48.66% 12 0.21% 9 0.16% 130 2.30% 5,649
Floyd 7,962 70.23% 3,375 29.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,587 40.46% 11,337
Franklin 6,222 75.35% 2,010 24.34% 18 0.22% 8 0.10% 4,212 51.01% 8,258
Fulton 3,727 82.35% 782 17.28% 6 0.13% 11 0.24% 2,945 65.07% 4,526
Gallatin 1,456 77.65% 404 21.55% 13 0.69% 2 0.11% 1,052 56.11% 1,875
Garrard 2,276 50.19% 2,252 49.66% 0 0.00% 7 0.15% 24 0.53% 4,535
Grant 2,560 64.99% 1,353 34.35% 20 0.51% 6 0.15% 1,207 30.64% 3,939
Graves 9,231 83.43% 1,692 15.29% 123 1.11% 19 0.17% 7,539 68.13% 11,065
Grayson 2,676 47.76% 2,907 51.88% 9 0.16% 11 0.20% -231 -4.12% 5,603
Green 1,970 45.69% 2,336 54.17% 2 0.05% 4 0.09% -366 -8.49% 4,312
Greenup 4,686 54.12% 3,973 45.88% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 713 8.23% 8,659
Hancock 1,317 54.38% 1,087 44.88% 13 0.54% 5 0.21% 230 9.50% 2,422
Hardin 4,480 65.75% 2,284 33.52% 37 0.54% 13 0.19% 2,196 32.23% 6,814
Harlan 11,060 59.56% 7,510 40.44% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,550 19.12% 18,570
Harrison 4,378 71.20% 1,756 28.56% 2 0.03% 13 0.21% 2,622 42.64% 6,149
Hart 3,341 51.31% 3,147 48.33% 5 0.08% 18 0.28% 194 2.98% 6,511
Henderson 6,835 77.38% 1,811 20.50% 132 1.49% 55 0.62% 5,024 56.88% 8,833
Henry 3,545 69.99% 1,516 29.93% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 2,029 40.06% 5,065
Hickman 2,548 86.31% 385 13.04% 13 0.44% 6 0.20% 2,163 73.27% 2,952
Hopkins 8,193 69.21% 3,602 30.43% 15 0.13% 28 0.24% 4,591 38.78% 11,838
Jackson 420 10.87% 3,440 89.05% 0 0.00% 3 0.08% -3,020 -78.18% 3,863
Jefferson 85,748 60.23% 53,043 37.26% 3,150 2.21% 428 0.30% 32,705 22.97% 142,369
Jessamine 2,813 57.38% 2,066 42.15% 4 0.08% 19 0.39% 747 15.24% 4,902
Johnson 3,106 41.81% 4,305 57.95% 9 0.12% 9 0.12% -1,199 -16.14% 7,429
Kenton 21,879 63.11% 8,885 25.63% 3,768 10.87% 134 0.39% 12,994 37.48% 34,666
Knott 3,488 80.13% 865 19.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,623 60.26% 4,353
Knox 3,419 40.97% 4,921 58.97% 5 0.06% 0 0.00% -1,502 -18.00% 8,345
Larue 2,305 66.48% 1,151 33.20% 7 0.20% 4 0.12% 1,154 33.29% 3,467
Laurel 2,677 35.76% 4,798 64.08% 6 0.08% 6 0.08% -2,121 -28.33% 7,487
Lawrence 3,175 51.81% 2,944 48.04% 4 0.07% 5 0.08% 231 3.77% 6,128
Lee 1,440 44.25% 1,812 55.69% 0 0.00% 2 0.06% -372 -11.43% 3,254
Leslie 618 18.52% 2,716 81.39% 0 0.00% 3 0.09% -2,098 -62.87% 3,337
Letcher 6,240 61.65% 3,871 38.24% 5 0.05% 6 0.06% 2,369 23.40% 10,122
Lewis 1,985 37.76% 3,255 61.92% 9 0.17% 8 0.15% -1,270 -24.16% 5,257
Lincoln 3,575 52.37% 3,211 47.04% 12 0.18% 28 0.41% 364 5.33% 6,826
Livingston 1,897 64.37% 1,039 35.26% 2 0.07% 9 0.31% 858 29.11% 2,947
Logan 4,912 72.82% 1,812 26.86% 5 0.07% 16 0.24% 3,100 45.96% 6,745
Lyon 1,861 66.49% 929 33.19% 5 0.18% 4 0.14% 932 33.30% 2,799
Madison 6,259 50.57% 6,034 48.76% 7 0.06% 76 0.61% 225 1.82% 12,376
Magoffin 2,554 49.72% 2,577 50.17% 2 0.04% 4 0.08% -23 -0.45% 5,137
Marion 3,526 68.52% 1,567 30.45% 39 0.76% 14 0.27% 1,959 38.07% 5,146
Marshall 3,472 75.09% 1,141 24.68% 2 0.04% 9 0.19% 2,331 50.41% 4,624
Martin 817 28.62% 2,037 71.35% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,220 -42.73% 2,855
Mason 4,503 56.52% 3,317 41.63% 122 1.53% 25 0.31% 1,186 14.89% 7,967
McCracken 10,557 76.34% 3,160 22.85% 54 0.39% 58 0.42% 7,397 53.49% 13,829
McCreary 1,105 27.16% 2,953 72.57% 3 0.07% 8 0.20% -1,848 -45.42% 4,069
McLean 2,496 64.35% 1,338 34.49% 30 0.77% 15 0.39% 1,158 29.85% 3,879
Meade 2,102 70.85% 785 26.46% 73 2.46% 7 0.24% 1,317 44.39% 2,967
Menifee 1,123 66.61% 559 33.16% 4 0.24% 0 0.00% 564 33.45% 1,686
Mercer 3,659 62.59% 2,161 36.97% 5 0.09% 21 0.36% 1,498 25.62% 5,846
Metcalfe 1,748 49.52% 1,777 50.34% 2 0.06% 3 0.08% -29 -0.82% 3,530
Monroe 1,352 36.48% 2,345 63.28% 5 0.13% 4 0.11% -993 -26.79% 3,706
Montgomery 2,594 60.79% 1,649 38.65% 16 0.37% 8 0.19% 945 22.15% 4,267
Morgan 3,256 71.86% 1,269 28.01% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 1,987 43.85% 4,531
Muhlenberg 6,385 60.08% 4,168 39.22% 60 0.56% 15 0.14% 2,217 20.86% 10,628
Nelson 4,234 66.59% 1,913 30.09% 188 2.96% 23 0.36% 2,321 36.51% 6,358
Nicholas 2,325 64.23% 1,277 35.28% 8 0.22% 10 0.28% 1,048 28.95% 3,620
Ohio 4,030 46.92% 4,532 52.77% 9 0.10% 18 0.21% -502 -5.84% 8,589
Oldham 2,020 72.30% 760 27.20% 7 0.25% 7 0.25% 1,260 45.10% 2,794
Owen 3,392 83.44% 661 16.26% 6 0.15% 6 0.15% 2,731 67.18% 4,065
Owsley 464 16.95% 2,273 83.02% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,809 -66.07% 2,738
Pendleton 2,432 56.41% 1,837 42.61% 21 0.49% 21 0.49% 595 13.80% 4,311
Perry 6,753 59.45% 4,595 40.45% 6 0.05% 5 0.04% 2,158 19.00% 11,359
Pike 11,382 58.06% 8,210 41.88% 1 0.01% 10 0.05% 3,172 16.18% 19,603
Powell 1,185 53.94% 998 45.43% 0 0.00% 14 0.64% 187 8.51% 2,197
Pulaski 4,711 38.29% 7,570 61.52% 5 0.04% 19 0.15% -2,859 -23.23% 12,305
Robertson 897 63.93% 498 35.50% 1 0.07% 7 0.50% 399 28.44% 1,403
Rockcastle 1,568 28.81% 3,875 71.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,307 -42.38% 5,443
Rowan 1,989 53.99% 1,687 45.79% 3 0.08% 5 0.14% 302 8.20% 3,684
Russell 1,235 31.33% 2,688 68.19% 3 0.08% 16 0.41% -1,453 -36.86% 3,942
Scott 3,966 67.93% 1,861 31.88% 4 0.07% 7 0.12% 2,105 36.06% 5,838
Shelby 4,384 69.40% 1,898 30.05% 12 0.19% 23 0.36% 2,486 39.35% 6,317
Simpson 3,027 70.72% 1,240 28.97% 1 0.02% 12 0.28% 1,787 41.75% 4,280
Spencer 1,647 71.80% 638 27.81% 7 0.31% 2 0.09% 1,009 43.98% 2,294
Taylor 2,732 49.75% 2,738 49.86% 0 0.00% 21 0.38% -6 -0.11% 5,491
Todd 2,987 71.53% 1,178 28.21% 1 0.02% 10 0.24% 1,809 43.32% 4,176
Trigg 2,928 65.53% 1,521 34.04% 15 0.34% 4 0.09% 1,407 31.49% 4,468
Trimble 1,659 85.16% 271 13.91% 4 0.21% 14 0.72% 1,388 71.25% 1,948
Union 4,713 81.47% 965 16.68% 104 1.80% 3 0.05% 3,748 64.79% 5,785
Warren 8,113 64.83% 4,347 34.74% 16 0.13% 38 0.30% 3,766 30.09% 12,514
Washington 2,516 50.90% 2,391 48.37% 23 0.47% 13 0.26% 125 2.53% 4,943
Wayne 2,546 46.46% 2,924 53.36% 4 0.07% 6 0.11% -378 -6.90% 5,480
Webster 4,788 70.49% 1,983 29.20% 5 0.07% 16 0.24% 2,805 41.30% 6,792
Whitley 3,175 35.59% 5,733 64.27% 4 0.04% 8 0.09% -2,558 -28.68% 8,920
Wolfe 1,577 61.87% 972 38.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 605 23.73% 2,549
Woodford 2,574 62.20% 1,558 37.65% 3 0.07% 3 0.07% 1,016 24.55% 4,138
Totals 541,944 58.51% 369,702 39.92% 12,501 1.35% 2,059 0.22% 172,242 18.60% 926,214

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Totals for Lemke and “other” candidates in this county are different from those in Géoelections, whose Lemke figure is greater than the total non-major-party vote from America at the Polls. They have been adjusted to match the totals found in Dave Leip’s Atlas.

References edit

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  6. ^ Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 with data on request)
  7. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 178-179 ISBN 0405077114