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1887 Kentucky Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1887 Kentucky Gubernatorial Election?

Simon Bolivar Buckner won the 1887 Kentucky Gubernatorial Election. Simon Bolivar Buckner received 143,270 popular votes (50.7%). The main challenger was William O'Connell Bradley (44.76%).

See the full head-to-head between Buckner and Bradley

Buckner +5.9 pts · won by 16,797 votes
Simon Bolivar BucknerDemocraticWINNER50.7%
143,270 votes
William O'Connell BradleyRepublican44.76%
126,473 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.