Benjamin Harrison carried Minnesota R+8.3.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R) in Minnesota, 1892. The state ran 10.0 points more Republican than the nation (D+1.7 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

268,049 votes counted

Cleveland (D)

100,589

37.5%

Harrison (R)

122,944

45.9%

Weaver + others

44,516

16.6%

Margin

R+8.3

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1892 presidential election

Minnesota, 1892

HarrisonR+8.3

How it voted

Share of the 1892 vote

Benjamin Harrison ✓Republican	45.9%	122,944
Grover ClevelandDemocratic	37.5%	100,589
James B. WeaverPopulist	16.6%	44,516

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1892 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1892

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−32.1%	217	445	711
Anoka County	R	−14.8%	720	1,002	1,899
Becker County	R	−38.1%	266	853	1,539
Beltrami County	R	−10.2%	44	57	127
Benton County	O	+9.1%	577	426	1,662
Big Stone County	R	−5.6%	498	576	1,382
Blue Earth County	R	−4.8%	2,399	2,680	5,826
Brown County	D	+3.3%	1,174	1,080	2,807
Carlton County	R	−29.1%	370	737	1,260
Carver County	D	+9.2%	1,462	1,191	2,952
Cass County	R	−10.0%	233	311	783
Chippewa County	R	−13.6%	507	730	1,640
Chisago County	R	−57.9%	338	1,480	1,973
Clay County	R	−15.3%	594	959	2,386
Cook County	R	−37.1%	19	68	132
Cottonwood County	R	−37.8%	202	727	1,388
Crow Wing County	R	−23.0%	519	916	1,725
Dakota County	D	+13.0%	1,989	1,481	3,902
Dodge County	R	−31.0%	536	1,219	2,203
Douglas County	R	−30.3%	533	1,315	2,584
Faribault County	R	−26.8%	1,070	1,992	3,434
Fillmore County	R	−30.5%	1,346	2,925	5,174
Freeborn County	R	−38.6%	743	2,004	3,271
Goodhue County	R	−33.0%	1,659	3,574	5,802
Grant County	R	−32.6%	319	776	1,402
Hennepin County	R	−10.5%	16,448	20,803	41,460
Houston County	R	−8.8%	1,243	1,509	3,010
Hubbard County	O	−7.6%	129	164	460
Isanti County	R	−44.6%	105	728	1,397
Itasca County	D	+13.0%	686	520	1,279
Jackson County	R	−9.2%	721	901	1,952
Kanabec County	R	−42.4%	38	182	340
Kandiyohi County	R	−36.1%	391	1,341	2,633
Kittson County	O	−8.0%	307	408	1,257
Lac qui Parle County	R	−31.8%	457	1,164	2,225
Lake County	R	−34.0%	126	290	483
Le Sueur County	D	+9.7%	1,821	1,465	3,687
Lincoln County	D	+7.0%	396	318	1,110
Lyon County	R	−27.7%	486	1,068	2,099
Marshall County	O	−9.1%	354	526	1,885
Martin County	R	−25.4%	661	1,189	2,078
McLeod County	D	+22.2%	1,523	902	2,794
Meeker County	R	−4.2%	1,146	1,274	3,027
Mille Lacs County	R	−29.1%	223	463	826
Morrison County	D	+15.0%	1,585	1,135	3,006
Mower County	R	−23.3%	1,310	2,234	3,964
Murray County	R	−4.3%	517	586	1,588
Nicollet County	R	−7.0%	937	1,098	2,302
Nobles County	R	−11.4%	664	894	2,021
Norman County	O	−23.1%	294	724	1,858
Olmsted County	R	−8.9%	1,931	2,344	4,615
Otter Tail County	R	−8.7%	1,642	2,140	5,722
Pine County	R	−7.2%	458	538	1,111
Pipestone County	R	−26.1%	295	648	1,351
Polk County	O	+2.3%	1,510	1,376	5,892
Pope County	R	−41.7%	282	1,037	1,809
Ramsey County	D	+5.6%	12,817	11,307	26,926
Redwood County	R	−19.2%	645	1,155	2,653
Renville County	R	−11.3%	984	1,370	3,429
Rice County	R	−9.7%	1,794	2,245	4,649
Rock County	R	−35.3%	383	940	1,576
Scott County	D	+41.6%	1,937	760	2,829
Sherburne County	R	−29.2%	290	632	1,173
Sibley County	D	+9.2%	1,191	958	2,522
St. Louis County	R	−15.1%	3,586	5,157	10,383
Stearns County	D	+41.4%	4,461	1,624	6,859
Steele County	R	−3.4%	1,299	1,396	2,866
Stevens County	R	−8.4%	509	622	1,346
Swift County	R	−2.5%	712	762	2,038
Todd County	R	−4.5%	1,118	1,251	2,972
Traverse County	R	−9.1%	317	413	1,050
Wabasha County	D	+5.3%	1,774	1,580	3,661
Wadena County	R	−12.2%	332	454	1,001
Waseca County	R	−2.0%	1,042	1,090	2,430
Washington County	R	−15.6%	1,733	2,451	4,598
Watonwan County	R	−36.6%	388	934	1,490
Wilkin County	R	−7.0%	363	434	1,017
Winona County	D	+14.1%	3,701	2,734	6,844
Wright County	R	−9.5%	1,829	2,271	4,677
Yellow Medicine County	R	−29.5%	364	911	1,855