The 1887 Kentucky gubernatorial election resulted to a win for Democratic candidate Simon Bolivar Buckner who won against closest competitor William O'Connell Bradley.
He was elected governor of Kentucky in 1887. Delegates to the 1887 state Democratic convention nominated Buckner unanimously for the office of governor. A week later, the Republicans chose William O. Bradley as their candidate. The official results of the election gave Buckner a plurality of 16,797 over Bradley. William O'Connell Bradley (March 18, 1847  May 23, 1914) was a politician from the US state of Kentucky. 
