1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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.
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Kentucky was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 58.51 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.92 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
| 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
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke[5] Union |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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
- 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
- "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 with data on request)
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 178-179 ISBN 0405077114
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