Benjamin Harrison carried Iowa R+5.3.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R) in Iowa, 1892. The state ran 8.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

443,125 votes counted

Cleveland (D)

196,370

44.3%

Harrison (R)

219,795

49.6%

Weaver + others

26,960

6.1%

Margin

R+5.3

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1892 presidential election

Iowa, 1892

HarrisonR+5.3

How it voted

Share of the 1892 vote

Benjamin Harrison ✓Republican	49.6%	219,795
Grover ClevelandDemocratic	44.3%	196,370
James B. WeaverPopulist	6.1%	26,960

D+60

R+60

99 counties, each filled by 1892 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1892 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1892

99 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−17.0%	1,264	1,836	3,359
Adams County	R	−13.2%	1,149	1,533	2,902
Allamakee County	D	+3.2%	1,956	1,832	3,903
Appanoose County	R	−12.2%	1,924	2,534	4,987
Audubon County	D	+3.8%	1,393	1,288	2,768
Benton County	D	+0.9%	2,745	2,694	5,539
Black Hawk County	R	−15.4%	2,544	3,483	6,102
Boone County	R	−20.0%	1,925	2,959	5,163
Bremer County	D	+10.6%	1,933	1,555	3,580
Buchanan County	R	−6.9%	2,166	2,498	4,817
Buena Vista County	R	−24.5%	982	1,712	2,982
Butler County	R	−19.3%	1,430	2,129	3,623
Calhoun County	R	−26.7%	1,104	1,969	3,241
Carroll County	D	+19.2%	2,375	1,592	4,082
Cass County	R	−7.0%	1,990	2,317	4,677
Cedar County	D	+4.7%	2,347	2,130	4,644
Cerro Gordo County	R	−26.2%	1,209	2,133	3,525
Cherokee County	R	−19.3%	1,157	1,755	3,104
Chickasaw County	D	+10.5%	1,878	1,516	3,449
Clarke County	R	−18.4%	961	1,455	2,686
Clay County	R	−36.5%	654	1,516	2,361
Clayton County	D	+15.2%	3,337	2,443	5,869
Clinton County	D	+18.1%	5,649	3,893	9,726
Crawford County	D	+19.3%	2,272	1,511	3,940
Dallas County	R	−21.7%	1,641	2,679	4,782
Davis County	D	+3.8%	1,481	1,349	3,470
Decatur County	R	−9.8%	1,486	1,856	3,780
Delaware County	R	−11.7%	1,810	2,294	4,138
Des Moines County	D	+14.6%	4,526	3,361	7,996
Dickinson County	R	−27.4%	443	801	1,307
Dubuque County	D	+31.4%	6,831	3,526	10,513
Emmet County	R	−34.9%	391	831	1,259
Fayette County	R	−4.9%	2,499	2,771	5,559
Floyd County	R	−17.6%	1,387	2,017	3,578
Franklin County	R	−24.6%	1,064	1,771	2,870
Fremont County	D	+2.0%	1,716	1,635	3,954
Greene County	R	−20.6%	1,333	2,084	3,649
Grundy County	R	−0.7%	1,355	1,375	2,842
Guthrie County	R	−18.0%	1,540	2,295	4,183
Hamilton County	R	−25.1%	1,227	2,073	3,373
Hancock County	R	−20.5%	789	1,214	2,075
Hardin County	R	−25.5%	1,549	2,665	4,369
Harrison County	R	−2.0%	2,200	2,302	5,110
Henry County	R	−15.5%	1,710	2,390	4,382
Howard County	R	−6.0%	1,239	1,403	2,724
Humboldt County	R	−28.9%	742	1,382	2,215
Ida County	R	−0.1%	1,190	1,192	2,552
Iowa County	D	+12.2%	2,157	1,672	3,967
Jackson County	D	+20.4%	2,966	1,946	5,009
Jasper County	R	−9.8%	2,556	3,167	6,217
Jefferson County	R	−15.3%	1,545	2,140	3,889
Johnson County	D	+18.9%	3,227	2,179	5,537
Jones County	D	+0.4%	2,439	2,419	4,930
Keokuk County	D	+2.7%	2,655	2,509	5,411
Kossuth County	R	−8.5%	1,513	1,801	3,401
Lee County	D	+10.8%	4,956	3,971	9,137
Linn County	R	−5.2%	5,032	5,602	11,017
Louisa County	R	−24.1%	1,069	1,796	3,021
Lucas County	R	−15.7%	1,087	1,550	2,948
Lyon County	D	+0.9%	1,130	1,110	2,334
Madison County	R	−14.3%	1,406	1,966	3,923
Mahaska County	R	−13.1%	2,428	3,340	6,976
Marion County	D	+4.2%	2,540	2,319	5,307
Marshall County	R	−18.6%	2,312	3,441	6,080
Mills County	R	−8.0%	1,480	1,761	3,531
Mitchell County	R	−20.8%	1,162	1,797	3,050
Monona County	O	−13.9%	751	1,188	3,139
Monroe County	R	−10.1%	1,169	1,501	3,300
Montgomery County	R	−27.6%	1,174	2,187	3,670
Muscatine County	D	+4.1%	2,964	2,726	5,874
O'Brien County	R	−9.3%	1,373	1,666	3,147
Osceola County	R	−3.8%	674	729	1,433
Page County	R	−23.7%	1,503	2,623	4,728
Palo Alto County	R	−0.4%	1,101	1,110	2,382
Plymouth County	D	+13.7%	2,244	1,672	4,169
Pocahontas County	R	−14.5%	939	1,304	2,513
Polk County	R	−15.4%	5,538	7,757	14,428
Pottawattamie County	D	+2.3%	4,905	4,675	10,145
Poweshiek County	R	−13.1%	1,776	2,359	4,447
Ringgold County	R	−20.4%	1,111	1,766	3,209
Sac County	R	−18.9%	1,258	1,888	3,325
Scott County	D	+34.4%	6,205	2,999	9,328
Shelby County	D	+5.7%	1,890	1,674	3,769
Sioux County	R	−5.8%	1,792	2,021	3,920
Story County	R	−34.0%	1,321	2,797	4,336
Tama County	D	+3.3%	2,589	2,421	5,138
Taylor County	R	−17.3%	1,423	2,088	3,846
Union County	R	−9.9%	1,508	1,914	4,089
Van Buren County	R	−8.3%	1,789	2,125	4,030
Wapello County	R	−3.4%	3,380	3,643	7,804
Warren County	R	−21.8%	1,475	2,414	4,315
Washington County	R	−7.9%	2,134	2,518	4,838
Wayne County	R	−7.1%	1,561	1,825	3,737
Webster County	R	−7.7%	2,159	2,551	5,088
Winnebago County	R	−45.9%	342	1,083	1,614
Winneshiek County	R	−6.4%	2,262	2,578	4,917
Woodbury County	R	−4.7%	4,156	4,620	9,816
Worth County	R	−33.4%	614	1,273	1,974
Wright County	R	−28.4%	1,137	2,065	3,263