Counties with the longest streak of voting for one party for President

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Gasconade County voted for the Democrats in 1856.

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Texas info for the counties noted

1932: Kendall went for FDR, 74-26.

1928: Brooks went Smith, 67-33; Duval went Smith, 74-26; Jim Hogg went Smith, 71-29; Maverick went Hoover, 63-37; Starr went Smith, 90-10; Webb went Smith, 68-32; Zapata went Smith, 94-6

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When it comes to Gasconade, I remember seeing it in some book that had county results for the early 1800s.

CQ Voting and Elections Collection has Landon winning Kendall by a 693/405 vote in 1936.

The Handbook of Texas also says this:

"In presidential politics [Kendall] county voters preferred Republican candidates in all but two elections between 1872 and 1992, the exceptions being Teddy Roosevelt, who headed the progressive Bull Moose party in 1912, and Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932."

" Politically, Zapata County has been a traditional Democratic stronghold. Although Republican presidential candidates won a number of contests during the early years of the century, Democrats outpolled their Republican counterparts in every election from 1924 to 1992."

"From the time of Texas's admission to the Union until the 1950s, Webb County was staunchly in the Democratic camp. Despite occasional challenges from Republicans and independents, Democratic presidential candidates have prevailed in every election since the county was established, and the Democratic partyqv has dominated in state and local elections."

"Starr County residents have participated in presidential elections since 1848, when they voted for Lewis Cass. In every election through 1992 residents have voted for the Democratic candidate, except in 1872, 1876, 1880, and 1892."

"Like many other South Texas counties, Brooks County has remained staunchly Democratic over the years. From the county's inception through 1992 the majority of county residents voted Democratic in every presidential election, and Democrats continued to exercise a virtual stranglehold on local offices."

"Mexican Americansqv have generally supported the Democratic party.qv Consequently, Jim Hogg County has been staunchly Democratic; its residents voted Democratic in every presidential election from the time of the county's inception in 1913 to 1992."

"In the 1900 presidential election Duval County went Republican, but since that time, thanks largely to the efficiency of the Parr machine and the customary tendency of Hispanics to vote for Democrats, the county has delivered majorities to the Democratic partyqv on the order of 94 percent in 1916, 98 percent in 1932, 95 percent in 1936, 96 percent in 1940, 95 percent in 1944, 97 percent in 1948, and 93 percent in 1964. In fact, only once between 1916 and 1972 did the Democratic candidate receive less than 74 percent of the vote in Duval County; that year, 1956, a mere 68 percent voted Democratic. "

"In the fifteen United States presidential elections between 1872 and 1928 Maverick County voters cast a majority vote for the Democratic candidate on seven occasions and the Republican nominee on eight occasions, including the last four elections prior to 1932. In 1932 they choose Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt over Herbert Hoover 847 to 166, beginning a succession of five decades of local victory for the Democratic nominee."

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Snyder and Union results going back a bit, from here: http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/pres/indexpres.html

Snyder last went for the Democrats in 1856.

Union last went for the Democrats in 1832.

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Adair and Grayson went for FDR in 1932

Although I can't find that french site to try and figure out how far the rest go back.

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Adair and Grayson went for FDR in 1932

Although I can't find that french site to try and figure out how far the rest go back.

Here's some more results

D: Breathitt, Elliot, Floyd, Knott (since at least 1936, maybe never R)

Breathitt: May have went Republican once, unsure
Elliot: Formed before the 1872 election, went D in every election
Floyd: Went for Zachary Taylor in 1848, for Breckinridge in 1860, and didn't vote in 1864 due to the Civil War
Knott: Formed before the 1888 election, went D in every election

Counties which went Rep from 1872 until now: Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Jackson, Johnson, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Monroe, Owsley, Pulaski

Went for Seymour in 1868: Clinton, Cumberland
Went for McClellan in 1864: Monroe
Didn't hold an election in 1864: Johnson
Went for Breckinridge in 1860: Clay, Johnson, Owsley, Pulaski
Went for John Bell in 1860: Jackson, Laurel
Went for Buchanan in 1856: Owsley, Pulaski
Went for Fillmore in 1856: Clay

Never went D: Leslie (formed before 1880)

Clay went for the Whigs from 1836 to 1852.

McCreary was formed in 1912.

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Thanks for updating this thread, RBH.

Interesting that some Kentucky counties didn't vote in 1864. I assume these were areas sympathetic to the Confederate cause. Had they officially seceded? Or was it just too difficult to hold an election with war raging in their midst?

Areas of Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia weren't organized enough to vote in 1864.

The 1864 Missouri results also indicate very low turnout in some counties, mainly because the Democratic party base was busy fighting the civil war that year.