1804 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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A presidential election was held in Kentucky between November 2, 1804, as part of the 1804 United States presidential election.[1] The Democratic-Republican Party's ticket of incumbent president Thomas Jefferson and former New York governor George Clinton was elected unanimously.[2] Jefferson won the national election in a landslide over the Federalist former U.S. minister to France, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.[3]
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November 2, 1804
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 County results
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General election
Summary
Kentucky voters chose eight electors from a field of 31 candidates, all Democratic-Republicans, who ran in the state's two multi-member districts.[2] Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect the members of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a block. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential nominee, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[4] The following table calculates the sum of the votes for the leading Democratic-Republican candidate in each district to give an approximate sense of the statewide popular vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Thomas Jefferson George Clinton |
5,080 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 5,080 | 100.00 | ||
Results by district
| District | E.V. | Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | E.V. | |||
| KentuckyâNorthern | 4 | 2,827 | 100.00 | 4 | 2,827 |
| KentuckyâSouthern | 4 | 2,253 | 100.00 | 4 | 2,253 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 5,080 | 100.00 | 8 | 5,080 |
Northern District
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Charles Scott | 2,827 | |
| Democratic-Republican | John Coburn | 1,806 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Hubbard Taylor | 1,592 | |
| Democratic-Republican | William Irvine | 1,267 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Thomas Bodley | 1,185 | |
| Democratic-Republican | James Garrard | 777 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Robert Sanders | 695 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Duval Payne | 386 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Robert Todd | 385 | |
| Democratic-Republican | John Hall | 317 | |
| Democratic-Republican | George S. Smith | 263 | |
| Democratic-Republican | John Price | 226 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Thomas Irwin | 52 | |
Total votes |
â2,827 | ||
Southern District
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic-Republican | Isaac Shelby | 2,253 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Ninian Edwards | 1,585 | |
| Democratic-Republican | Joseph Lewis | 1,310 | |
| Democratic-Republican | William Roberts | 1,207 | |
Total votes |
â2,253 | ||
Results by county
This table shows the highest vote for a Democratic-Republican elector in each county. Returns are missing from all but a few counties; the totals presented here therefore differ significantly from the statewide summary based on the district returns.
| County | Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| Adair | ** | ** | |
| Barren | ** | ** | |
| Boone | ** | ** | |
| Bourbon | ** | ** | |
| Bracken | ** | ** | |
| Breckinridge | ** | ** | |
| Bullitt | ** | ** | |
| Campbell | ** | ** | |
| Christian | ** | ** | |
| Clarke | ** | ** | |
| Cumberland | ** | ** | |
| Fayette | ** | ** | |
| Fleming | ** | ** | |
| Floyd | ** | ** | |
| Franklin | 442 | 100.00 | 442 |
| Gallatin | ** | ** | |
| Garrard | ** | ** | |
| Green | ** | ** | |
| Greenup | ** | ** | |
| Hardin | 104 | 100.00 | 104 |
| Harrison | ** | ** | |
| Henderson | ** | ** | |
| Henry | ** | ** | |
| Jefferson | ** | ** | |
| Jessamine | ** | ** | |
| Knox | ** | ** | |
| Lincoln | ** | ** | |
| Livingston | ** | ** | |
| Logan | ** | ** | |
| Madison | ** | ** | |
| Mason | ** | ** | |
| Mercer | ** | ** | |
| Montgomery | ** | ** | |
| Muhlenberg | ** | ** | |
| Nelson | 277 | 100.00 | 277 |
| Nicholas | ** | ** | |
| Ohio | ** | ** | |
| Pendleton | ** | ** | |
| Pulaski | ** | ** | |
| Scott | ** | ** | |
| Shelby | 403 | 100.00 | 403 |
| Warren | ** | ** | |
| Washington | 175 | 100.00 | 175 |
| Wayne | ** | ** | |
| Woodford | ** | ** | |
| TOTAL | 1,401 | 100.00 | 1,401 |