Benjamin Harrison carried South Dakota R+36.5.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs Benjamin Harrison (R) in South Dakota, 1892. The state ran 39.6 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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South Dakota result

70,617 votes counted

Cleveland (D)

9,085

12.9%

Harrison (R)

34,888

49.4%

Weaver + others

26,644

37.7%

Margin

R+36.5

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1892 presidential election

South Dakota, 1892

HarrisonR+36.5

How it voted

Share of the 1892 vote

Benjamin Harrison ✓Republican	49.4%	34,888
James B. WeaverPopulist	37.7%	26,644
Grover ClevelandDemocratic	12.9%	9,085

D+60

R+60

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

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1892 contest in context

South Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−36.5%
1896	+0.2%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−49.4%
1908	−23.8%
1912	+42.1%
1916	+3.9%
1920	−41.0%
1924	−36.3%
1928	−21.0%
1932	+29.2%
1936	+11.5%
1940	−14.8%
1944	−16.7%
1948	−4.8%
1952	−38.5%
1956	−16.8%
1960	−16.4%
1964	+11.2%
1968	−11.3%
1972	−8.6%
1976	−1.5%
1980	−28.8%
1984	−26.5%
1988	−6.3%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−3.5%
2000	+22.7%
2004	−21.3%
2008	−8.4%
2012	−18.0%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−26.2%
2024	−29.2%

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County results — 1892

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−25.9%	207	461	982
Beadle County	R	−41.8%	206	984	1,862
Bon Homme County	R	−34.9%	260	879	1,775
Brookings County	R	−42.6%	189	1,082	2,098
Brown County	O	−36.6%	279	1,446	3,190
Brule County	R	−27.7%	200	538	1,222
Buffalo County	R	−42.2%	13	78	154
Butte County	O	−32.8%	28	154	384
Campbell County	R	−46.6%	77	390	671
Charles Mix County	R	−44.6%	115	516	899
Clark County	R	−34.5%	197	731	1,549
Clay County	R	−44.1%	164	918	1,711
Codington County	R	−28.0%	408	882	1,691
Custer County	R	−33.0%	166	503	1,021
Davison County	O	−33.8%	120	569	1,329
Day County	O	−20.2%	362	752	1,932
Deuel County	R	−31.3%	126	441	1,007
Douglas County	R	−40.6%	109	541	1,064
Edmunds County	R	−26.3%	156	386	873
Fall River County	R	−29.0%	262	569	1,059
Faulk County	R	−49.3%	107	473	742
Grant County	O	−28.1%	188	605	1,485
Hamlin County	R	−35.6%	161	537	1,057
Hand County	O	−38.5%	70	526	1,183
Hanson County	O	−17.4%	196	378	1,044
Hughes County	R	−48.9%	102	459	730
Hutchinson County	R	−48.6%	254	1,034	1,605
Hyde County	R	−40.8%	51	184	326
Jerauld County	R	−40.6%	45	327	695
Kingsbury County	R	−37.8%	175	951	2,055
Lake County	O	−32.0%	196	742	1,707
Lawrence County	R	−38.1%	546	2,140	4,181
Lincoln County	R	−45.4%	206	1,130	2,035
Marshall County	O	−33.5%	114	477	1,085
McCook County	O	−20.3%	262	573	1,534
McPherson County	R	−27.6%	221	487	964
Meade County	O	−25.6%	128	427	1,168
Miner County	R	−15.6%	290	486	1,260
Minnehaha County	R	−40.8%	484	2,208	4,221
Moody County	R	−46.3%	96	735	1,379
Pennington County	R	−42.9%	147	959	1,893
Potter County	R	−42.0%	57	320	626
Roberts County	R	−54.9%	68	538	856
Sanborn County	R	−46.3%	95	564	1,014
Spink County	R	−45.0%	171	1,133	2,136
Stanley County	R	−30.3%	29	76	155
Sully County	R	−49.4%	39	278	484
Turner County	R	−34.7%	429	1,108	1,955
Union County	O	−31.2%	241	860	1,986
Walworth County	O	−33.6%	45	187	423
Yankton County	R	−43.4%	228	1,166	2,160