Grover Cleveland carried Kentucky D+11.7.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R) in Kentucky, 1892. The state ran 8.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

Nominees: Grover Cleveland (D) · Benjamin Harrison (R) · James B. Weaver (Populist)

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Kentucky result

340,871 votes counted

Cleveland (D)

175,465

51.5%

Harrison (R)

135,467

39.7%

Weaver + others

29,939

8.8%

Margin

D+11.7

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1892 presidential election

Kentucky, 1892

ClevelandD+11.7

How it voted

Share of the 1892 vote

Grover Cleveland ✓Democratic	51.5%	175,465
Benjamin HarrisonRepublican	39.7%	135,467
James B. WeaverPopulist	8.8%	29,939

D+60

R+60

119 counties, each filled by 1892 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1892 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1892

119 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−4.0%	1,024	1,119	2,372
Allen County	D	+5.3%	1,116	989	2,387
Anderson County	D	+20.0%	1,142	749	1,967
Ballard County	D	+44.5%	910	277	1,421
Barren County	D	+17.3%	2,061	1,369	4,007
Bath County	D	+11.0%	1,443	1,148	2,676
Bell County	R	−18.7%	693	1,019	1,747
Boone County	D	+56.4%	2,009	545	2,596
Bourbon County	D	+14.1%	2,216	1,657	3,967
Boyd County	D	+0.4%	1,537	1,526	3,124
Boyle County	D	+4.2%	1,249	1,144	2,493
Bracken County	D	+18.0%	1,472	996	2,641
Breathitt County	D	+26.4%	977	566	1,554
Breckinridge County	D	+10.1%	1,497	1,167	3,272
Bullitt County	D	+32.7%	862	398	1,419
Butler County	R	−25.3%	715	1,327	2,415
Caldwell County	R	−6.8%	960	1,126	2,425
Calloway County	D	+49.4%	1,581	379	2,432
Campbell County	D	+4.0%	4,302	3,959	8,470
Carlisle County	D	+41.5%	811	223	1,418
Carroll County	D	+47.1%	1,574	542	2,192
Carter County	R	−14.1%	983	1,319	2,390
Casey County	R	−7.8%	1,039	1,223	2,359
Christian County	R	−9.4%	2,324	2,868	5,808
Clark County	D	+9.9%	1,958	1,599	3,627
Clay County	R	−34.3%	401	860	1,338
Clinton County	R	−36.5%	250	589	929
Crittenden County	R	−7.4%	1,118	1,312	2,624
Cumberland County	R	−19.9%	584	880	1,491
Daviess County	D	+26.6%	3,431	1,638	6,744
Edmonson County	R	−10.2%	491	618	1,247
Elliott County	D	+39.9%	1,079	453	1,570
Estill County	R	−3.8%	690	752	1,635
Fayette County	D	+20.2%	3,753	2,431	6,536
Fleming County	D	+6.2%	1,787	1,567	3,544
Floyd County	D	+27.7%	1,141	634	1,831
Franklin County	D	+26.1%	2,186	1,231	3,665
Fulton County	D	+47.0%	1,157	383	1,647
Gallatin County	D	+50.1%	737	237	999
Garrard County	R	−1.2%	1,126	1,155	2,338
Grant County	D	+20.1%	1,591	1,034	2,767
Graves County	D	+34.3%	2,563	1,028	4,479
Grayson County	D	+2.5%	1,251	1,173	3,152
Green County	R	−8.2%	585	739	1,874
Greenup County	R	−1.5%	1,109	1,143	2,290
Hancock County	D	+10.4%	786	607	1,725
Hardin County	D	+23.7%	1,909	1,075	3,515
Harlan County	R	−46.6%	231	674	950
Harrison County	D	+24.5%	2,172	1,273	3,664
Hart County	D	+12.7%	1,414	1,034	2,997
Henderson County	D	+10.5%	2,278	1,746	5,081
Henry County	D	+25.1%	1,793	1,019	3,078
Hickman County	D	+36.7%	1,155	460	1,892
Hopkins County	D	+6.6%	2,014	1,726	4,380
Jackson County	R	−63.5%	188	868	1,071
Jefferson County	D	+21.2%	20,919	13,454	35,282
Jessamine County	D	+5.6%	1,042	922	2,156
Johnson County	R	−25.0%	785	1,340	2,222
Kenton County	D	+23.0%	5,686	3,494	9,545
Knott County	D	+41.1%	566	236	803
Knox County	R	−30.7%	668	1,305	2,078
Larue County	D	+13.5%	797	568	1,697
Laurel County	R	−12.3%	832	1,080	2,017
Lawrence County	D	+8.7%	1,724	1,445	3,222
Lee County	R	−5.3%	507	565	1,087
Leslie County	R	−74.6%	76	528	606
Letcher County	R	−30.3%	274	513	790
Lewis County	R	−17.0%	1,044	1,531	2,869
Lincoln County	D	+10.3%	1,473	1,175	2,885
Livingston County	D	+22.6%	928	550	1,670
Logan County	D	+9.3%	2,191	1,763	4,587
Lyon County	D	+16.4%	727	499	1,387
Madison County	D	+5.0%	2,565	2,312	5,025
Magoffin County	R	−11.6%	660	844	1,587
Marion County	D	+19.5%	1,451	954	2,543
Marshall County	D	+36.0%	1,081	360	2,001
Martin County	R	−34.3%	229	475	717
Mason County	D	+12.5%	2,586	2,001	4,698
McCracken County	D	+15.9%	1,735	1,195	3,396
McLean County	D	+18.1%	869	534	1,846
Meade County	D	+42.1%	1,171	416	1,792
Menifee County	D	+26.9%	475	258	808
Mercer County	D	+12.7%	1,562	1,185	2,962
Metcalfe County	R	−15.9%	495	756	1,644
Monroe County	R	−24.4%	631	1,125	2,023
Montgomery County	D	+17.8%	1,507	1,041	2,616
Morgan County	D	+24.9%	1,125	620	2,029
Muhlenberg County	R	−7.9%	1,421	1,688	3,389
Nelson County	D	+27.2%	1,858	1,025	3,058
Nicholas County	D	+21.1%	1,312	808	2,390
Ohio County	D	+1.9%	1,664	1,581	4,262
Oldham County	D	+33.4%	783	365	1,250
Owen County	D	+49.6%	2,579	748	3,688
Owsley County	R	−47.4%	229	660	909
Pendleton County	D	+12.8%	1,419	1,014	3,170
Perry County	R	−23.4%	346	560	916
Pike County	D	+6.9%	1,534	1,333	2,895
Powell County	D	+12.6%	580	446	1,062
Pulaski County	R	−15.4%	1,753	2,457	4,579
Robertson County	D	+12.2%	567	438	1,057
Rockcastle County	R	−16.5%	684	966	1,710
Rowan County	R	−0.2%	562	564	1,172
Russell County	R	−8.1%	646	765	1,472
Scott County	D	+23.6%	1,999	1,201	3,381
Shelby County	D	+27.4%	2,122	1,169	3,473
Simpson County	D	+20.9%	1,166	725	2,109
Spencer County	D	+42.8%	848	316	1,242
Taylor County	D	+1.4%	653	630	1,635
Todd County	D	+5.7%	1,587	1,406	3,186
Trigg County	D	+11.8%	1,088	814	2,322
Trimble County	D	+60.1%	1,149	264	1,473
Union County	D	+44.1%	2,275	777	3,398
Warren County	D	+15.3%	2,867	2,053	5,307
Washington County	D	+6.3%	1,193	1,035	2,491
Wayne County	R	−2.7%	931	986	2,042
Webster County	D	+14.8%	1,278	839	2,965
Whitley County	R	−46.1%	619	1,734	2,417
Wolfe County	D	+23.7%	658	386	1,146
Woodford County	D	+7.7%	1,289	1,097	2,483