Political party strength in Kentucky
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Kentucky:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- Auditor of Public Accounts
- Agriculture Commissioner
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1792–1851
| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Attorney General |
Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1792 | Isaac Shelby (DR) | no such office | James Brown (DR) | George Nicholas (F) | John Logan | DR majority | DR majority | John Brown (AA) | John Edwards (AA) | 2AA | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Independent|Washington/ JeffersonTemplate:Efn (I) Green tick |
| 1793 | John Breckinridge (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1794 | |||||||||||
| 1795 | John Brown (DR) | Humphrey Marshall (F) | 2DR | ||||||||
| 1796 | Jefferson/ Burr (DR) Red X | ||||||||||
| 1797 | James Garrard (DR) | Harry Toulmin (DR) | James Blair (DR) | ||||||||
| 1798 | |||||||||||
| 1799 | |||||||||||
| 1800 | Jefferson/ Burr (DR) Green tick | ||||||||||
| 1801 | Alexander Scott Bullitt (DR) | John Breckinridge (DR)Template:Efn | |||||||||
| 1802 | |||||||||||
| 1803 | 6DR | ||||||||||
| 1804 | Jefferson/ Clinton (DR) Green tick | ||||||||||
| 1805 | Christopher Greenup (DR) | John Caldwell (DR)Template:Efn | John Rowan (DR) | Buckner Thruston (DR) | |||||||
| vacant | John Adair (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1806 | Thomas Posey (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1807 | Henry Clay (DR) | ||||||||||
| Alfred W. Grayson | David Logan | John Pope (DR) | |||||||||
| 1808 | William C. Greenup | Madison/ Clinton (DR) Green tick | |||||||||
| 1809 | Charles Scott (DR) | Gabriel Slaughter (DR) | Jesse Bledsoe (DR) | John P. Thomas | |||||||
| 1810 | Henry Clay (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1811 | George M. Bibb (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1812 | Fielding Whitlock | Madison/ Gerry (DR) Green tick | |||||||||
| Isaac Shelby (DR) | Richard Hickman (DR) | Martin D. Hardin (DR) | |||||||||
| 1813 | Christopher Greenup (DR) | Jesse Bledsoe (DR) | 10DR | ||||||||
| Martin D. Hardin (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1814 | |||||||||||
| George Walker (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1815 | William T. Barry (DR) | Isham Talbot (DR) | |||||||||
| 1816 | Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) Green tick | ||||||||||
| George Madison (DR)Template:Efn | Gabriel Slaughter (DR) | Charles Stewart Todd (DR) | |||||||||
| Gabriel Slaughter (DR)Template:Efn | vacant | John Pope (DR) | Martin D. Hardin (DR) | ||||||||
| 1817 | John J. Crittenden (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1818 | |||||||||||
| 1819 | Samuel South | Richard Mentor Johnson (DR) | William Logan (DR) | ||||||||
| 1820 | Oliver G. Waggener | Joseph M. White (DR) | |||||||||
| Benjamin Hardin (DR) | Isham Talbot (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1821 | John Adair (DR) | William T. Barry (DR) | Cabell Breckinridge (DR) | Solomon P. Sharp (DR) | |||||||
| 1822 | |||||||||||
| 1823 | 12DR (8A-C, 4J) | ||||||||||
| 1824 | Thomas Bell Monroe (DR) | Clay/ Sanford (DR) Red X | |||||||||
| 1825 | Joseph Desha (DR) | Robert B. McAfee (DR) | William T. Barry (DR) | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Frederick W. S. Grayson (J) | James Davidson | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Richard Mentor Johnson (J) | rowspan=7 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|John Rowan (J) | 7NR, 5J | |||
| James C. Pickett (DR) | rowspan=8 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|James W. Denny (J) | ||||||||||
| 1826 | 21NC, 17OC | 62OC, 38NC | 8NR, 4J | ||||||||
| 1827 | 22OC, 16NC | 56OC, 44NC | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|7J, 5NR | ||||||||
| 1828 | George Robertson (DR) | 20NR, 18D | 54NR, 46D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|8J, 4NR | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Jackson/ Calhoun (D) Green tick | ||||||
| 1829 | Thomas Metcalfe (NR) | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|John Breathitt (D) | Thomas T. Crittenden | 22NR, 16D | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|57D, 42NR, 1? | rowspan=7 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|George M. Bibb (J) | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|10J, 2NR | ||||
| 1830 | 24NR, 14D | 64NR, 36D | |||||||||
| 1831 | 20NR, 18D | 55NR, 44D, 1 tie | Henry Clay (NR) | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|8J, 4NR | |||||||
| 1832 | John F. McCurdy | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20D, 18NR | 52NR, 48D | Clay/ Sergeant (NR) Red X | |||||||
| 1833 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|John Breathitt (D)Template:Efn | James T. Morehead (NR) | Lewis Sanders | Charles S. Morehead (NR) | 22NR, 16D | 60NR, 40D | 9NR, 4J | ||||
| 1834 | rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|20D, 18NR | 60NR, 40D | |||||||||
| James T. Morehead (NR)Template:Efn | vacant | John J. Crittenden (NR)Template:Efn | |||||||||
| 1835 | William Owsley (NR) | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|21W, 17D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|75W, 25D | John J. Crittenden (NR) | |||||||
| 1836 | Austin P. Cox | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|23W, 15D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|63W, 37D | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Harrison/ Granger (W) Red X | |||||||
| 1837 | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|James Clark (W)Template:Efn | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Charles A. Wickliffe (W) | James M. Bullock | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|24W, 14D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|58W, 42D | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|John J. Crittenden (W) | rowspan=7 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Henry Clay (W) | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|12W, 1D | |||
| 1838 | rowspan=14 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|Owen G. Cotes (D) | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|71W, 29D | |||||||||
| 1839 | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|22W, 16D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|68W, 32D | rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|11W, 2D | ||||||||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Charles A. Wickliffe (W)Template:Efn | vacant | ||||||||||
| 1840 | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|60W, 38D, 2? | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Harrison/ Tyler (W) Green tick | |||||||||
| 1841 | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Robert P. Letcher (W) | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Manlius Valerius Thomson (W) | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|James Harlan (W) | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|24W, 14D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|76W, 24D | rowspan=7 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|James T. Morehead (W) | |||||
| 1842 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|27W, 11D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|77W, 23D | |||||||||
| rowspan=7 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|John J. Crittenden (W)Template:Efn | |||||||||||
| 1843 | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|29W, 9D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|57W, 43D | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Tie|5D, 5W | ||||||||
| 1844 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|26W, 12D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|62W, 38D | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Clay/ Frelinghuysen (W) Red X | ||||||||
| 1845 | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|William Owsley (W) | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Archibald Dixon (W) | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Benjamin Hardin (W) | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|64W, 35D, 1? | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|7W, 3D | ||||||
| 1846 | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|24W, 14D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|62W, 38D | |||||||||
| 1847 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|George B. Kinkead (W) | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|26W, 12D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|63W, 37D | rowspan=7 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Joseph R. Underwood (W) | rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|6W, 4D | ||||||
| 1848 | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|27W, 11D | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|59W, 41D | rowspan=6 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Taylor/ Fillmore (W) Green tick | ||||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"|William Decatur Reed (W) | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Thomas Metcalfe (W) | ||||||||||
| 1849 | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|John J. Crittenden (W)Template:Efn | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|John L. Helm (W) | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Orlando Brown (W) | rowspan=4 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|M. Conyers Johnson (D) | Richard Curd Wintersmith |
style="background-color:Template:Party color"|64W, 36D | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |Henry Clay (W)Template:Efn | ||||
| 1850 | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|Joshua Fry Bell (W) | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|59W, 41D | |||||||||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|John L. Helm (W)Template:Efn | vacant | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"|John William Finnell (W) | |||||||||
| 1851 | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|23W, 15D | style="background-color:Template:Party color"|57W, 43D | Template:Party shading/Tie |5D, 5W | ||||||||
1852–present
See also
References
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- ↑ The Hickman Courier (Ky.), May 27, 1871, p.4
- ↑ The Ohio County News (Ky.), June 23, 1875, p.2
- ↑ The Evening Bulletin (Ky.), August 1, 1891, p.2
- ↑ The Twice-A-Week Messenger (Ky.), Nov. 29, 1899, p.1
- ↑ The Courier Journal (Ky.), November 23, 1903, p.2
- ↑ genealogytrails.com/ken/mercer/bios_01.html
- ↑ Lexington Leader (Ky.), October 2, 1907, p. 4
- ↑ The Courier Journal (Ky.), November 2, 1911, p.2
- ↑ The Courier Journal (Ky.), Dec. 4, 1923, p.4
- ↑ The Lexington Herald (Ky.), Nov. 13, 1927, p.12
- ↑ The Owensboro Messenger (Ky.), Nov. 21, 1943, p.2
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