Elections / 1892 · President

Grover Cleveland defeated Benjamin Harrison.

Name: 1892 United States presidential election — results
Creator: Akashic
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Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R), with James B. Weaver (Populist) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

1892 presidentClevelandD+1.7

Nominees: Grover Cleveland (D) · Benjamin Harrison (R) · James B. Weaver (Populist)

The 1892 cycle at a glance

National popular vote

D+1.7

Electoral college

Cleveland 277

of 444

Counties carried

D 1,167 · R 976

64 flipped

Tipping-point state

Wisconsin

D+1.7

1892 presidential election

Cleveland 277 +54223to win145 Harrison

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Each state filled by its margin · the number is its electoral votes · hover for the detail

The path to 223

Cleveland's states, safest to closest — the running electoral-vote total crosses 223 at the tipping-point state.

State	Won by	Electoral votes	Running total
Florida	+75.8%	4	4
Mississippi	+73.3%	9	13
South Carolina	+58.6%	9	22
Alabama	+55.5%	11	33
Louisiana	+53.1%	8	41
Georgia	+36.3%	13	54
Arkansas	+27.6%	8	62
Virginia	+17.5%	12	74
Tennessee	+13.5%	12	86
Kentucky	+11.7%	13	99
North Carolina	+11.6%	11	110
Maryland	+9.9%	8	118
Missouri	+7.5%	17	135
New Jersey	+4.4%	10	145
New York	+3.4%	36	181
Illinois	+3.1%	24	205
West Virginia	+2.4%	6	211
Wisconsin223th vote	+1.7%	12	223
Delaware	+1.5%	3	226
Indiana	+1.2%	15	241
California	+1.2%	9	250

Electoral college

444 electors at stake · 223 to win

277of 444

D Cleveland won the presidency, clearing the 223-vote majority with 54 to spare.

Cleveland277Harrison145Weaver + other electors22

Cleveland (electoral)

277

Harrison (electoral)

145

Weaver + other electors

Electoral-vote margin

132

Tipping-point stateOrdered from Cleveland’s strongest states down, Wisconsin cast the electoral votes that crossed 223 — Cleveland carried it D+1.7.

the swing · 1888 → 1892

How the country moved

Every county that voted in both cycles, placed by how its margin swung and sized by its turnout. 92 of 180 moved toward the Democrats. The median county swung D+0.3; weighted by turnout — the average voter's county — the shift was D+7.6.

biggest movers

Duval, FLD+123.6 Escambia, FLD+94.4 Alachua, FLD+93.4 Marion, FLD+82.0 Winston, ALD+66.8 Orange, FLD+66.7 Colbert, ALD+58.1 Madison, ALD+55.4

Each dot is one county, area ∝ votes cast · 180 counties · 615,506 votes · county returns, MEDSL & Akashic, 1888 & 1892.

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map. Electoral votes reflect the 1892 apportionment.

State	Won	Electoral votes	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	11	+55.5%	138,135	9,184	232,537
Arkansas	D	8	+27.6%	87,834	46,983	148,028
California	D	9	+1.2%	118,174	114,999	269,609
Colorado	O	4	−41.1%	0	38,620	93,860
Delaware	D	3	+1.5%	4,279	4,147	8,526
Florida	D	4	+75.8%	19,655	1,525	23,914
Georgia	D	13	+36.3%	129,459	48,458	223,183
Iowa	R	13	−5.3%	196,370	219,795	443,125
Idaho	O	3	−44.2%	2	8,563	19,373
Illinois	D	24	+3.1%	426,280	399,288	873,557
Indiana	D	15	+1.2%	261,762	255,115	551,685
Kansas	O	10	−48.4%	0	157,139	324,720
Kentucky	D	13	+11.7%	175,465	135,467	340,871
Louisiana	D	8	+53.1%	87,926	26,963	114,889
Massachusetts	R	15	−6.6%	176,813	202,814	391,028
Maryland	D	8	+9.9%	113,866	92,736	213,302
Maine	R	6	−12.8%	48,044	62,931	116,418
Michigan	R	14	−4.5%	201,729	222,708	466,246
Minnesota	R	9	−8.3%	100,589	122,944	268,049
Missouri	D	17	+7.5%	268,400	227,646	541,583
Mississippi	D	9	+73.3%	40,224	1,467	52,888
Montana	R	3	−2.9%	17,581	18,851	44,315
North Carolina	D	11	+11.6%	132,950	100,326	280,527
North Dakota	O	3	−48.5%	0	17,519	36,118
Nebraska	O	8	−31.1%	24,926	87,163	200,185
New Hampshire	R	4	−4.0%	42,081	45,658	89,329
New Jersey	D	10	+4.4%	171,066	156,102	337,623
Nevada	O	3	−19.3%	714	2,811	10,878
New York	D	36	+3.4%	654,868	609,350	1,336,793
Ohio	R	23	−0.1%	404,115	405,187	850,164
Oregon	R	4	−26.4%	14,243	35,002	78,491
Pennsylvania	R	32	−6.4%	452,264	516,011	1,003,010
Rhode Island	R	4	−5.0%	24,336	26,975	53,196
South Carolina	D	9	+58.6%	54,698	13,384	70,489
South Dakota	R	4	−36.5%	9,085	34,888	70,617
Tennessee	D	12	+13.5%	136,468	100,577	265,772
Virginia	D	12	+17.5%	164,136	113,098	292,238
Vermont	R	4	−38.8%	16,325	37,992	55,796
Washington	R	4	−7.6%	29,802	36,490	87,999
Wisconsin	D	12	+1.7%	177,325	171,101	371,481
West Virginia	D	6	+2.4%	84,467	80,292	171,079
Wyoming	R	3	−50.5%	0	8,454	16,735

Source. Compiled historical county records — 1892 presidential returns · official state + county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Grover Cleveland defeated Benjamin Harrison.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R), with James B. Weaver (Populist) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

1892 presidentClevelandD+1.7

The 1892 cycle at a glance

National popular vote

D+1.7

Electoral college

Cleveland 277

of 444

Counties carried

D 1,167 · R 976

64 flipped

Tipping-point state

Wisconsin

D+1.7

1892 presidential election

Cleveland 277 +54223to win145 Harrison

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Each state filled by its margin · the number is its electoral votes · hover for the detail

The path to 223

Cleveland's states, safest to closest — the running electoral-vote total crosses 223 at the tipping-point state.

State	Won by	Electoral votes	Running total
Florida	+75.8%	4	4
Mississippi	+73.3%	9	13
South Carolina	+58.6%	9	22
Alabama	+55.5%	11	33
Louisiana	+53.1%	8	41
Georgia	+36.3%	13	54
Arkansas	+27.6%	8	62
Virginia	+17.5%	12	74
Tennessee	+13.5%	12	86
Kentucky	+11.7%	13	99
North Carolina	+11.6%	11	110
Maryland	+9.9%	8	118
Missouri	+7.5%	17	135
New Jersey	+4.4%	10	145
New York	+3.4%	36	181
Illinois	+3.1%	24	205
West Virginia	+2.4%	6	211
Wisconsin223th vote	+1.7%	12	223
Delaware	+1.5%	3	226
Indiana	+1.2%	15	241
California	+1.2%	9	250

Electoral college

444 electors at stake · 223 to win

277of 444

D Cleveland won the presidency, clearing the 223-vote majority with 54 to spare.

Cleveland277Harrison145Weaver + other electors22

Cleveland (electoral)

277

Harrison (electoral)

145

Weaver + other electors

Electoral-vote margin

132

Tipping-point stateOrdered from Cleveland’s strongest states down, Wisconsin cast the electoral votes that crossed 223 — Cleveland carried it D+1.7.

the swing · 1888 → 1892

How the country moved

biggest movers

Duval, FLD+123.6 Escambia, FLD+94.4 Alachua, FLD+93.4 Marion, FLD+82.0 Winston, ALD+66.8 Orange, FLD+66.7 Colbert, ALD+58.1 Madison, ALD+55.4

Each dot is one county, area ∝ votes cast · 180 counties · 615,506 votes · county returns, MEDSL & Akashic, 1888 & 1892.

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map. Electoral votes reflect the 1892 apportionment.

State	Won	Electoral votes	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	11	+55.5%	138,135	9,184	232,537
Arkansas	D	8	+27.6%	87,834	46,983	148,028
California	D	9	+1.2%	118,174	114,999	269,609
Colorado	O	4	−41.1%	0	38,620	93,860
Delaware	D	3	+1.5%	4,279	4,147	8,526
Florida	D	4	+75.8%	19,655	1,525	23,914
Georgia	D	13	+36.3%	129,459	48,458	223,183
Iowa	R	13	−5.3%	196,370	219,795	443,125
Idaho	O	3	−44.2%	2	8,563	19,373
Illinois	D	24	+3.1%	426,280	399,288	873,557
Indiana	D	15	+1.2%	261,762	255,115	551,685
Kansas	O	10	−48.4%	0	157,139	324,720
Kentucky	D	13	+11.7%	175,465	135,467	340,871
Louisiana	D	8	+53.1%	87,926	26,963	114,889
Massachusetts	R	15	−6.6%	176,813	202,814	391,028
Maryland	D	8	+9.9%	113,866	92,736	213,302
Maine	R	6	−12.8%	48,044	62,931	116,418
Michigan	R	14	−4.5%	201,729	222,708	466,246
Minnesota	R	9	−8.3%	100,589	122,944	268,049
Missouri	D	17	+7.5%	268,400	227,646	541,583
Mississippi	D	9	+73.3%	40,224	1,467	52,888
Montana	R	3	−2.9%	17,581	18,851	44,315
North Carolina	D	11	+11.6%	132,950	100,326	280,527
North Dakota	O	3	−48.5%	0	17,519	36,118
Nebraska	O	8	−31.1%	24,926	87,163	200,185
New Hampshire	R	4	−4.0%	42,081	45,658	89,329
New Jersey	D	10	+4.4%	171,066	156,102	337,623
Nevada	O	3	−19.3%	714	2,811	10,878
New York	D	36	+3.4%	654,868	609,350	1,336,793
Ohio	R	23	−0.1%	404,115	405,187	850,164
Oregon	R	4	−26.4%	14,243	35,002	78,491
Pennsylvania	R	32	−6.4%	452,264	516,011	1,003,010
Rhode Island	R	4	−5.0%	24,336	26,975	53,196
South Carolina	D	9	+58.6%	54,698	13,384	70,489
South Dakota	R	4	−36.5%	9,085	34,888	70,617
Tennessee	D	12	+13.5%	136,468	100,577	265,772
Virginia	D	12	+17.5%	164,136	113,098	292,238
Vermont	R	4	−38.8%	16,325	37,992	55,796
Washington	R	4	−7.6%	29,802	36,490	87,999
Wisconsin	D	12	+1.7%	177,325	171,101	371,481
West Virginia	D	6	+2.4%	84,467	80,292	171,079
Wyoming	R	3	−50.5%	0	8,454	16,735

Source. Compiled historical county records — 1892 presidential returns · official state + county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Cleveland (D)	5,206,456	45.5%
Harrison (R)	5,016,723	43.9%
All others	1,217,047	10.6%
Margin	189,733	D+1.7

Cleveland (D)	5,206,456	45.5%
Harrison (R)	5,016,723	43.9%
All others	1,217,047	10.6%
Margin	189,733	D+1.7