Kentucky 1812 Lieutenant Governor
- Office:
- Lieutenant Governor (State)
- Title:
- Lieutenant Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Kentucky 1812 Lieutenant Governor
- Date:
- 1812
- State:
- Kentucky
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Lieutenant Governor/Lieutenant Governor
- Candidates:
- Richard Hickman, Young Ewing, John Bradford, James Crutcher
Candidates: | Richard Hickman[1] | Young Ewing | John Bradford | James Crutcher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Affiliation: | ||||
Final Result: [2][3][4] | 24040 | 8393 | 3830 | 3636 |
Adair County | 309 | 259 | 4 | 40 |
Barren County | 728 | 339 | 5 | 164 |
Bath County | 699 | 14 | - | - |
Boone County | 147 | 6 | 75 | 10 |
Bourbon County[5][6] | 1287 | 53 | 87 | 1 |
Bracken County | 231 | 51 | 16 | 3 |
Breckinridge County | 113 | 10 | 11 | 178 |
Bullitt County | 310 | 6 | 10 | 101 |
Butler County | 14 | 185 | - | 5 |
Caldwell County | 56 | 698 | 1 | 1 |
Campbell County | 96 | 26 | 283 | 16 |
Casey County | 215 | 120 | 6 | 5 |
Christian County | 498 | 722 | 12 | 22 |
Clark County | 1073 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
Clay County | 11 | 166 | 141 | 5 |
Cumberland County | 200 | 588 | 13 | 1 |
Estill County | 246 | 1 | 4 | - |
Fayette County[7][8][9] | 1291 | 53 | 600 | 12 |
Fleming County | 699 | 10 | 92 | 16 |
Floyd County | 390 | - | - | 18 |
Franklin County[10][11] | 526 | 18 | 47 | 10 |
Gallatin County[12] | 241 | 24 | 65 | 5 |
Garrard County | 765 | 48 | 88 | 8 |
Grayson County | 44 | 5 | 18 | 106 |
Green County[13] | 530 | 37 | 6 | 120 |
Greenup County | 263 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Hardin County | 100 | 50 | 9 | 646 |
Harrison County | 616 | 27 | 297 | 5 |
Henderson County | 56 | 189 | 54 | 2 |
Henry County | 753 | 16 | 39 | 72 |
Hopkins County | 148 | 206 | 4 | 9 |
Jefferson County | 1075 | 19 | 84 | 220 |
Jessamine County | 603 | 15 | 115 | 15 |
Knox County | 79 | 179 | 274 | 3 |
Lewis County | 140 | 18 | 82 | 17 |
Lincoln County[14] | 665 | 89 | 130 | 17 |
Livingston County | 29 | 392 | - | 5 |
Logan County | 417 | 514 | 12 | 9 |
Madison County | 901 | 41 | 104 | 4 |
Mason County | 709 | 33 | 219 | 29 |
Mercer County[15][16] | 750 | 130 | 25 | 26 |
Montgomery County | 946 | 8 | 23 | 3 |
Muhlenberg County | 34 | 327 | 54 | 23 |
Nelson County | 144 | 35 | 59 | 675 |
Nicholas County | 124 | 10 | 190 | 20 |
Ohio County | 297 | 59 | 18 | 38 |
Pendleton County | 286 | 4 | 14 | 11 |
Pulaski County[17] | 535 | 267 | 2 | 4 |
Rockcastle County[18] | - | - | - | - |
Scott County | 444 | 620 | 128 | 3 |
Shelby County[19] | 1243 | 35 | 56 | 145 |
Union County | 122 | 34 | 5 | 4 |
Warren County | 386 | 711 | 2 | 50 |
Washington County | 398 | 123 | 43 | 600 |
Wayne County | 68 | 648 | 7 | 2 |
Woodford County[20] | 559 | 59 | 87 | 13 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]The September 10th edition of the National Intelligencer lists the "Official Election Returns" as: Hickman - 24,040, Bradford - 3,889, Ewing - 3,600, Crutcher - 3,636. These returns were lists the next day in the Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, MD).
[3]The August 26th edition of the Palladium lists the following returns: Hickman 24074, Bradford 3830, Ewing 8393, and Crutcher 3635. The returns were not added correctly from the Palladium. The returns summed correctly is: Hickman 23788, Bradford 3794, Ewing 8417, and Crutcher 3571.
[4]The August 25th edition of the Kentucky Gazette lists the following returns: Hickman 24074, Bradford 3830, Ewing 8393, and Crutcher 3635. The returns were not added correctly from the Palladium. The returns summed correctly is: Hickman 23444, Bradford 3180, Ewing 7489, and Crutcher 3611.
[5]The August 15 edition of the Western Citizen lists the votes for Richard Hickman as 1278, and the votes for John Bradford as 78.
[6]The August 11th edition of the Kentucky Gazette and August 8th edition of the Reporter (Lexington, KY) reports zero votes for James Crutcher.
[7]The August 15th edition of the Western Citizen lists the votes for Richard Hickman as 1272.
[8]The August 11th edition of the Kentucky Gazette, August 8th edition of the Reporter (Lexington, KY) and the August 24th edition of The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) reports 1292 votes for Richard Hickman.
[9]Handwritten return in Lewis Sanders Scrap Book, reports 33 votes for Young Ewing.
[10]The August 15 edition of the Western Citizen, the August 18th edition of the Kentucky Gazette and the August 26th edition of the Palladium list the votes for Young Ewing as 19.
[11]The August 5th edition of the Argus of Western America only lists one day of voting: Richard Hickman, 287; John Bradford, 36; Young Ewing, 10; and James Crutcher, 6.
[12]The August 26th edition of the Palladium lists the votes for John Bradford as 25.
[13]The August 26th edition of the Palladium reports 36 votes for John Bradford.
[14]Kentucky Gazette reports 120 votes for John Bradford.
[15]The August 26th edition of the Palladium reports 928 vote for Richard Hickman, 91 for John Bradford, 171 for Young Ewing and 67 votes for James Crutcher.
[16]The August 15th edition of the Western Citizen reports 36 votes for James Crutcher.
[17]The August 15th edition of the Reporter (Lexington, KY) reports zero votes for Richard Hickman.
[18]The returns from Rockcastle County were not included in the votes for Governor and Lt. Governor. They may have been rejected or more likely they just lists their return too late to be counted.
[19]The August 26th edition of the Palladium reports 1248 votes for Richard Hickman.
[20]The August 26th edition of the Palladium reports 555 votes for Richard Hickman.
References:
Handwritten return in Lewis Sanders Scrap Book. 52. Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY.
American Statesman (Lexington, KY). July 18, 1812.
The Argus of Western America (Frankfort, KY). August 5, 1812.
American Statesman (Lexington, KY). August 8, 1812.
The Reporter (Lexington, KY). August 8, 1812.
The Western Citizen (Paris, KY). August 8, 1812.
Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). August 11, 1812.
The Reporter (Lexington, KY). August 15, 1812.
The Western Citizen (Paris, KY). August 15, 1812.
Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). August 18, 1812.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). August 24, 1812.
Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). August 25, 1812.
The Palladium (Frankfort, KY). August 26, 1812.
The Western Citizen (Paris, KY). August 29, 1812.
National Intelligencer (Washington, DC). September 10, 1812.
Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser (Baltimore, MD). September 11, 1812.
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