1832 Kentucky gubernatorial election
August 6, 1832
 
Nominee John Breathitt Richard A. Buckner
Party Democratic National Republican
Popular vote 40,715 39,473
Percentage 50.77% 49.23%
County results
Brown:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%     >90%
Buckner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Thomas Metcalfe
National Republican

 Elected Governor

John Breathitt
Democratic

The 1832 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on August 6, 1832.

Incumbent National Republican Governor Thomas Metcalfe was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.

Democratic nominee John Breathitt defeated National Republican nominee Richard A. Buckner with 50.77% of the vote.

Breathitt died on February 21, 1834, and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Whig James T. Morehead.

General election

Candidates

Results

1832 Kentucky gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][5][6][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Breathitt 40,715 50.77% +1.15%
National Republican Richard A. Buckner 39,473 49.23% -1.15%
Majority 1,242 1.56%
Turnout 80,188
Democratic gain from National Republican Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the result as Breathitt 40,780, Buckner 39,269.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "KY Governor, 1832". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  3. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Lowell H., ed. (2004). Kentucky's Governors (PDF). The University Press of Kentucky: Lexington, Kentucky. p. 39. ISBN 0-8131-2326-7.
  5. ↑ Shaffner, Taliaferro P., ed. (1847). The Kentucky State Register, for the year 1847. Louisville: Morton & Griswold. p. 193.
  6. ↑ "Gubernatorial Election for Kentucky, 1832". Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. Martinsburg, Va. September 6, 1832. p. 2. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 53. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  8. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 209. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.


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