1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election
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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election
| flag_year =
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1820 Kentucky gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1820
| next_election = 1828 Kentucky gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1828
| election_date = August 2, 1824
| image1 = x150px
| nominee1 = Joseph Desha
| party1 = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 38,378
| percentage1 = 59.25%
| image2 = x100px
| nominee2 = Christopher Tompkins
| party2 = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 22,499
| percentage2 = 34.73%
| image3 = x100px
| nominee3 = William Russell
| party3 = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote3 = 3,900
| percentage3 = 6.02%
| map_image = 1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = County results
Desha: {{legend0|#AFE9AF|40–50%}} {{legend0|#73D873|50–60%}} {{legend0|#42CA42|60–70%}} {{legend0|#30A630|70–80%}} {{legend0|#217821|80–90%}} {{legend0|#165016|90-100%}}
Tompkins: {{legend0|#E27F7F|50–60%}} {{legend0|#D75D5D|60–70%}} {{legend0|#D72F30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#C21B18|80–90%}}
Russell: {{legend0|#FFCCAA|40–50%}}
No Data/Vote: {{legend0|#808080}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = John Adair
| before_party = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = Joseph Desha
| after_party = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsKY}}
The 1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1824.
Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor John Adair was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
Former U.S. Representative Joseph Desha defeated Christopher Tompkins and William Russell with 59.25% of the vote.
General election
=Candidates=
- Joseph Desha, former U.S. Representative
- William Russell, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives{{sfn|Allen|1872|pp=51-53}}
- Christopher Tompkins, former circuit judge{{sfn|Allen|1872|p=367}}{{cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Robert |last2=Barnes |first2=Catherine |date=1982 |title= Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly |volume=V |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-omPLYeCtsQC&pg=PA181 |location=Baltimore |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. |page=181 |isbn=0-8063-0960-1 }}
Desha represented the pro-relief faction and Tompkins and Russell represented the anti-relief faction.{{cite journal |last=Doutrich III |first=Paul E. |date=January 1982 |title=A Pivotal Decision: The 1824 Gubernatorial Election in Kentucky |url=https://filsonhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/publicationpdfs/56-1-3_A-Pivotal-Decision-The-1824-Gubernatorial-Election-in-Kentucky_Doutrich-Paul-E.-III.pdf |journal=The Filson Club History Quarterly |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=14–29 |location=Louisville, Kentucky |doi= |access-date=17 April 2022 }}
=Results=
{{Election box begin | title=1824 Kentucky gubernatorial election{{cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |publisher=Meckler Books |location=Westport, CT |year=1979 |pages=108–109 |isbn=0-930466-17-9}}{{cite web |publisher= Tufts University |work=Tufts Digital Collations and Archives |title=Kentucky 1824 Governor |series=A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 |access-date=17 April 2022 |url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/pg15bf545 }}{{cite book |editor-last=Harrison |editor-first=Lowell H. |date=2004 |title=Kentucky's Governors |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/232566909.pdf |location=The University Press of Kentucky |publisher=Lexington, Kentucky |page=29 |isbn=0-8131-2326-7 }}{{cite book |editor-last=Shaffner |editor-first=Taliaferro P. |date=1847 |title=The Kentucky State Register, for the year 1847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYgSAAAAYAAJ |location=Louisville |publisher=Morton & Griswold |page=192 }}{{cite journal |last=Mathias |first=Frank F. |date=April 1973 |title=The Relief and Court Struggle: Half-Way House to Populism |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23377608 |journal=The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=154–176 |publisher=Kentucky Historical Society |doi= |jstor=23377608 |access-date=17 April 2022 }}{{cite journal |last=Padgett |first=James A. |date=January 1940 |title=Correspondence Between Governor Joseph Desha and Amos Kendall, 1831–1835 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23371751 |journal=Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society |volume=38 |issue=122 |pages=5–24 |publisher=Kentucky Historical Society |doi= |jstor=23371751 |access-date=17 April 2022 }}{{efn|Some sources give the result as Desha 38,463, Tompkins 22,300, Russell 3,899.{{cite book |title=Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 |year=1998 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Congressional Quarterly Inc. |publication-date=1998 |page=53 |isbn=1-56802-396-0 }}{{cite book |editor1-last=Kallenbach |editor1-first=Joseph E. |editor2-last=Kallenbach |editor2-first=Jessamine S. |date=1977 |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |volume=I |location=Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. |publisher=Oceana Publications, Inc. |page=209 |isbn=0-379-00665-0 }}}}{{efn|Some sources give Desha's vote as 38,369.{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=219185 |title=KY Governor, 1824 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=17 April 2022 }}{{cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |pages=72–73 |publisher=McFarland |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina }}}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Joseph Desha
| votes = 38,378
| percentage = 59.25%
| change = +39.36%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Christopher Tompkins
| votes = 22,499
| percentage = 34.73%
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = William Russell
| votes = 3,900
| percentage = 6.02%
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
| votes = 15,879
| percentage = 24.52%
| change =
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{{Election box turnout|
| votes = 64,777
| percentage =
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link |
| winner = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
| loser =
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
- {{cite book |last=Allen |first=William B. |date=1872 |title=A History of Kentucky, Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and other leading men, of all occupations and pursuits |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_s_wTAAAAYAAJ/ |location=Louisville, Ky. |publisher=Bradley & Gilbert}}
Notes
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