Tuesday, November 8, 1892
1892 presidential election results
Grover Cleveland (Democratic) and running mate Adlai E. Stevenson won with 277 electoral votes and 46.0% of the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: Illinois, D+3.1 (nation D+3.0). It delivered electoral vote number 223 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland Won | Adlai E. Stevenson | Democratic | 277 | 5,554,617 | 46.00% | 24 |
| Benjamin Harrison | Whitelaw Reid | Republican | 145 | 5,186,793 | 43.00% | 16 |
| James B. Weaver | James Field | Populist | 22 | 1,029,357 | 8.50% | 4 |
| Total popular votes counted | 12,071,548 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | Grover Cleveland | Benjamin Harrison | James B. Weaver | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 59.4% 11 | 3.9% | 36.5% | 22.9 | 11 | 232,543 |
| Arkansas | 59.3% 8 | 31.8% | 8.0% | 27.5 | 8 | 148,117 |
| California | 43.8% 8 | 43.8% 1 | 9.4% | 0.1 | 9 | 269,585 |
| Colorado | 0.0% | 41.1% | 57.1% 4 | 15.9 | 4 | 93,881 |
| Connecticut | 50.1% 6 | 46.8% | 0.5% | 3.3 | 6 | 164,593 |
| Delaware | 49.9% 3 | 48.5% | 0.0% | 1.4 | 3 | 37,235 |
| Florida | 84.8% 4 | 0.0% | 13.6% | 71.2 | 4 | 35,567 |
| Georgia | 57.8% 13 | 21.6% | 19.2% | 36.2 | 13 | 223,961 |
| Idaho | 0.0% | 44.3% | 54.2% 3 | 9.9 | 3 | 19,407 |
| Illinois | 48.8% 24 | 45.7% | 2.5% | 3.1 | 24 | 873,667 |
| Indiana | 47.5% 15 | 46.2% | 4.0% | 1.3 | 15 | 553,613 |
| Iowa | 44.3% | 49.6% 13 | 4.6% | 5.3 | 13 | 443,159 |
| Kansas | 0.0% | 48.3% | 50.3% 10 | 2.1 | 10 | 323,591 |
| Kentucky | 51.5% 13 | 39.7% | 6.9% | 11.7 | 13 | 340,864 |
| Louisiana | 74.3% 8 | 23.6% | 2.1% | 50.7 | 8 | 118,287 |
| Maine | 41.4% | 54.2% 6 | 1.8% | 12.8 | 6 | 116,013 |
| Maryland | 53.4% 8 | 43.5% | 0.4% | 9.9 | 8 | 213,275 |
| Massachusetts | 45.2% | 51.9% 15 | 0.8% | 6.7 | 15 | 391,028 |
| Michigan | 43.3% 5 | 47.7% 9 | 4.3% | 4.4 | 14 | 466,917 |
| Minnesota | 37.8% | 45.9% 9 | 11.0% | 8.1 | 9 | 267,461 |
| Mississippi | 76.2% 9 | 2.7% | 19.3% | 57.0 | 9 | 52,519 |
| Missouri | 49.6% 17 | 42.0% | 7.6% | 7.5 | 17 | 541,583 |
| Montana | 39.8% | 42.4% 3 | 16.5% | 2.7 | 3 | 44,461 |
| Nebraska | 12.5% | 43.6% 8 | 41.5% | 2.0 | 8 | 200,205 |
| Nevada | 6.5% | 26.0% | 66.7% 3 | 40.8 | 3 | 10,826 |
| New Hampshire | 47.1% | 51.1% 4 | 0.3% | 4.0 | 4 | 89,328 |
| New Jersey | 50.7% 10 | 46.2% | 0.3% | 4.4 | 10 | 337,485 |
| New York | 49.0% 36 | 45.6% | 1.2% | 3.4 | 36 | 1,336,793 |
| North Carolina | 47.4% 11 | 35.8% | 15.8% | 11.6 | 11 | 280,270 |
| North Dakota | 0.0% 1 | 48.5% 1 | 49.0% 1 | — | 3 | 36,118 |
| Ohio | 47.5% 1 | 47.7% 22 | 1.7% | 0.1 | 23 | 850,164 |
| Oregon | 18.2% | 44.7% 3 | 34.3% 1 | 10.4 | 4 | 78,378 |
| Pennsylvania | 45.1% | 51.4% 32 | 0.9% | 6.4 | 32 | 1,003,000 |
| Rhode Island | 45.7% | 50.7% 4 | 0.4% | 5.0 | 4 | 53,196 |
| South Carolina | 77.6% 9 | 18.9% | 3.4% | 58.6 | 9 | 70,504 |
| South Dakota | 12.9% | 49.5% 4 | 37.6% | 11.8 | 4 | 70,513 |
| Tennessee | 51.4% 12 | 37.8% | 9.0% | 13.5 | 12 | 265,732 |
| Texas | 56.6% 15 | 18.3% | 23.6% | 33.0 | 15 | 422,447 |
| Vermont | 29.3% | 68.1% 4 | 0.1% | 38.8 | 4 | 55,793 |
| Virginia | 56.2% 12 | 38.7% | 4.2% | 17.5 | 12 | 292,238 |
| Washington | 33.9% | 41.4% 4 | 21.8% | 7.6 | 4 | 87,968 |
| West Virginia | 49.4% 6 | 46.9% | 2.4% | 2.4 | 6 | 171,079 |
| Wisconsin | 47.7% 12 | 46.1% | 2.7% | 1.7 | 12 | 371,481 |
| Wyoming | 0.0% | 50.6% 3 | 46.2% | 4.4 | 3 | 16,703 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1892
- California Grover Cleveland by 124 votes (0.05 pts)
- Ohio Benjamin Harrison by 1,072 votes (0.13 pts)
- Indiana Grover Cleveland by 7,125 votes (1.29 pts)
- Delaware Grover Cleveland by 504 votes (1.35 pts)
- Wisconsin Grover Cleveland by 6,224 votes (1.68 pts)
- Nebraska Benjamin Harrison by 4,079 votes (2.04 pts)
- Kansas James B. Weaver by 6,754 votes (2.09 pts)
- West Virginia Grover Cleveland by 4,175 votes (2.44 pts)
Flipped since 1888
- California: Republican → Democratic (9 EV)
- Colorado: Republican → Populist (4 EV)
- Illinois: Republican → Democratic (24 EV)
- Indiana: Republican → Democratic (15 EV)
- Kansas: Republican → Populist (10 EV)
- Nevada: Republican → Populist (3 EV)
- New York: Republican → Democratic (36 EV)
- Wisconsin: Republican → Democratic (12 EV)
Source: 1892
Questions and answers
Who won the 1892 presidential election?
Grover Cleveland (Democratic) won the 1892 election with 277 electoral votes, with Adlai E. Stevenson as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1892?
Grover Cleveland 277; Benjamin Harrison 145; James B. Weaver 22 (out of 444).
Who won the popular vote in 1892?
Grover Cleveland received the most popular votes: 5,554,617 (46.0%) of 12,071,548 counted.
What was the closest state in 1892?
California, which Grover Cleveland won by 124 votes (0.05 points).
Which states flipped in 1892?
Compared with 1888, 8 states changed party: California (to Democratic), Colorado (to Populist), Illinois (to Democratic), Indiana (to Democratic), Kansas (to Populist), Nevada (to Populist), New York (to Democratic) and Wisconsin (to Democratic).
What was the tipping-point state in 1892?
Illinois. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 223; it voted Democratic by 3.1 points, against Democratic by 3.0 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data