1892 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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Nominee Benjamin Harrison James B. Weaver Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Populist Democratic
Home state Indiana Iowa New York
Running mate Whitelaw Reid James G. Field Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 87,213 83,134 24,943
Percentage 43.56% 41.53% 12.46%
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The 1892 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Nebraska was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. Harrison and Reid narrowly defeated the Populist nominees, James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia, with national winner and Democratic nominees Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson I a distant third and carrying only Thomas County by plurality.[1]

Alongside 1908, this is one of only two elections where Nebraska did not vote the same as neighboring Kansas,[a] and Weaver's is the best-ever third party performance in Nebraska presidential election history.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Nebraska[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 87,213 43.56% 8
People's James Weaver 83,134 41.53% 0
Democratic Grover Cleveland 24,943 12.46% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 4,902 2.45% 0
Totals 200,192 100.00% 8
Voter turnout —

Results by county

County[3] Benjamin Harrison
Republican 		Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		James Baird Weaver[4]
Independent Populist 		John Bidwell[5]
Prohibition 		Margin[b] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,620 46.22% 320 9.13% 1,415 40.37% 150 4.28% 205 5.85% 3,505
Antelope 825 39.87% 175 8.46% 973 47.03% 96 4.64% -148 -7.15% 2,069
Banner 197 47.58% 29 7.00% 183 44.20% 5 1.21% 14 3.38% 414
Blaine 61 39.10% 23 14.74% 63 40.38% 9 5.77% -2 -1.28% 156
Boone 887 41.90% 188 8.88% 994 46.95% 48 2.27% -107 -5.05% 2,117
Box Butte 416 35.96% 229 19.79% 493 42.61% 19 1.64% -77 -6.66% 1,157
Boyd 528 44.44% 184 15.49% 464 39.06% 12 1.01% 64 5.39% 1,188
Brown 363 46.84% 74 9.55% 329 42.45% 9 1.16% 34 4.39% 775
Buffalo 1,864 42.80% 377 8.66% 2,043 46.91% 71 1.63% -179 -4.11% 4,355
Burt 1,332 54.12% 178 7.23% 876 35.60% 75 3.05% 456 18.53% 2,461
Butler 1,099 36.31% 441 14.57% 1,428 47.18% 59 1.95% -329 -10.87% 3,027
Cass 2,173 47.44% 723 15.78% 1,600 34.93% 85 1.86% 573 12.51% 4,581
Cedar 710 38.34% 226 12.20% 891 48.11% 25 1.35% -181 -9.77% 1,852
Chase 355 39.23% 84 9.28% 454 50.17% 12 1.33% -99 -10.94% 905
Cherry 499 43.13% 152 13.14% 484 41.83% 22 1.90% 15 1.30% 1,157
Cheyenne 503 45.94% 201 18.36% 365 33.33% 26 2.37% 138 12.60% 1,095
Clay 1,624 48.13% 232 6.88% 1,425 42.23% 93 2.76% 199 5.90% 3,374
Colfax 612 32.28% 589 31.07% 662 34.92% 33 1.74% -50 -2.64% 1,896
Cuming 844 33.98% 578 23.27% 1,018 40.98% 44 1.77% -174 -7.00% 2,484
Custer 1,810 41.29% 263 6.00% 2,189 49.93% 122 2.78% -379 -8.65% 4,384
Dakota 394 33.50% 170 14.46% 602 51.19% 10 0.85% -208 -17.69% 1,176
Dawes 803 46.26% 190 10.94% 716 41.24% 27 1.56% 87 5.01% 1,736
Dawson 1,188 48.23% 182 7.39% 1,067 43.32% 26 1.06% 121 4.91% 2,463
Deuel 250 43.55% 101 17.60% 211 36.76% 12 2.09% 39 6.79% 574
Dixon 665 38.71% 339 19.73% 634 36.90% 80 4.66% 31 1.80% 1,718
Dodge 1,445 38.24% 911 24.11% 1,338 35.41% 85 2.25% 107 2.83% 3,779
Douglas 10,702 48.27% 2,904 13.10% 8,322 37.53% 244 1.10% 2,380 10.73% 22,172
Dundy 362 44.04% 55 6.69% 378 45.99% 27 3.28% -16 -1.95% 822
Fillmore 1,541 45.79% 276 8.20% 1,475 43.83% 73 2.17% 66 1.96% 3,365
Franklin 597 38.07% 88 5.61% 854 54.46% 29 1.85% -257 -16.39% 1,568
Frontier 706 40.41% 85 4.87% 943 53.98% 13 0.74% -237 -13.57% 1,747
Furnas 905 42.59% 104 4.89% 1,086 51.11% 30 1.41% -181 -8.52% 2,125
Gage 3,323 52.13% 880 13.81% 1,969 30.89% 202 3.17% 1,354 21.24% 6,374
Garfield 134 40.48% 17 5.14% 175 52.87% 5 1.51% -41 -12.39% 331
Gosper 358 36.79% 85 8.74% 521 53.55% 9 0.92% -163 -16.75% 973
Grant 49 43.75% 11 9.82% 50 44.64% 2 1.79% -1 -0.89% 112
Greeley 298 29.30% 159 15.63% 556 54.67% 4 0.39% -258 -25.37% 1,017
Hall 1,546 45.83% 392 11.62% 1,383 41.00% 52 1.54% 163 4.83% 3,373
Hamilton 1,207 42.95% 265 9.43% 1,252 44.56% 86 3.06% -45 -1.60% 2,810
Harlan 568 36.88% 101 6.56% 800 51.95% 71 4.61% -232 -15.06% 1,540
Hayes 345 45.22% 79 10.35% 330 43.25% 9 1.18% 15 1.97% 763
Hitchcock 495 39.98% 76 6.14% 654 52.83% 13 1.05% -159 -12.84% 1,238
Holt 1,002 39.70% 233 9.23% 1,220 48.34% 69 2.73% -218 -8.64% 2,524
Hooker 11 22.00% 5 10.00% 33 66.00% 1 2.00% -22 -44.00% 50
Howard 537 29.41% 329 18.02% 941 51.53% 19 1.04% -404 -22.12% 1,826
Jefferson 1,038 42.23% 318 12.94% 1,024 41.66% 78 3.17% 14 0.57% 2,458
Johnson 1,150 48.73% 234 9.92% 907 38.43% 69 2.92% 243 10.30% 2,360
Kearney 819 41.55% 125 6.34% 964 48.91% 63 3.20% -145 -7.36% 1,971
Keith 210 37.84% 98 17.66% 241 43.42% 6 1.08% -31 -5.59% 555
Keya Paha 203 30.53% 80 12.03% 374 56.24% 8 1.20% -171 -25.71% 665
Kimball 109 48.02% 24 10.57% 83 36.56% 11 4.85% 26 11.45% 227
Knox 957 45.38% 326 15.46% 763 36.18% 63 2.99% 194 9.20% 2,109
Lancaster 5,858 52.69% 1,283 11.54% 3,488 31.37% 489 4.40% 2,370 21.32% 11,118
Lincoln 969 41.30% 168 7.16% 1,154 49.19% 55 2.34% -185 -7.89% 2,346
Logan 127 44.88% 26 9.19% 126 44.52% 4 1.41% 1 0.35% 283
Loup 115 47.13% 18 7.38% 109 44.67% 2 0.82% 6 2.46% 244
Madison 1,186 41.60% 435 15.26% 1,158 40.62% 72 2.53% 28 0.98% 2,851
McPherson 30 41.10% 13 17.81% 28 38.36% 2 2.74% 2 2.74% 73
Merrick 850 43.88% 143 7.38% 842 43.47% 102 5.27% 8 0.41% 1,937
Nance 614 42.05% 87 5.96% 728 49.86% 31 2.12% -114 -7.81% 1,460
Nemaha 1,105 40.96% 367 13.60% 1,150 42.62% 76 2.82% -45 -1.67% 2,698
Nuckolls 990 39.89% 159 6.41% 1,288 51.89% 45 1.81% -298 -12.01% 2,482
Otoe 1,591 37.50% 937 22.08% 1,584 37.33% 131 3.09% 7 0.16% 4,243
Pawnee 1,266 54.13% 231 9.88% 705 30.14% 137 5.86% 561 23.98% 2,339
Perkins 328 35.50% 89 9.63% 492 53.25% 15 1.62% -164 -17.75% 924
Phelps 768 37.39% 96 4.67% 1,071 52.14% 119 5.79% -303 -14.75% 2,054
Pierce 396 33.70% 257 21.87% 508 43.23% 14 1.19% -112 -9.53% 1,175
Platte 897 31.16% 665 23.10% 1,267 44.01% 50 1.74% -370 -12.85% 2,879
Polk 733 34.16% 126 5.87% 1,187 55.31% 100 4.66% -454 -21.16% 2,146
Red Willow 807 43.13% 159 8.50% 871 46.55% 34 1.82% -64 -3.42% 1,871
Richardson 1,928 47.45% 402 9.89% 1,650 40.61% 83 2.04% 278 6.84% 4,063
Rock 343 54.88% 52 8.32% 223 35.68% 7 1.12% 120 19.20% 625
Saline 1,704 46.68% 500 13.70% 1,297 35.53% 149 4.08% 407 11.15% 3,650
Sarpy 582 39.17% 351 23.62% 522 35.13% 31 2.09% 60 4.04% 1,486
Saunders 1,416 34.40% 559 13.58% 1,965 47.74% 176 4.28% -549 -13.34% 4,116
Scotts Bluff 217 49.21% 45 10.20% 172 39.00% 7 1.59% 45 10.20% 441
Seward 1,336 40.05% 763 22.87% 1,183 35.46% 54 1.62% 153 4.59% 3,336
Sheridan 644 35.64% 163 9.02% 964 53.35% 36 1.99% -320 -17.71% 1,807
Sherman 453 36.86% 122 9.93% 636 51.75% 18 1.46% -183 -14.89% 1,229
Sioux 139 32.78% 90 21.23% 195 45.99% 0 0.00% -56 -13.21% 424
Stanton 381 36.78% 242 23.36% 402 38.80% 11 1.06% -21 -2.03% 1,036
Thayer 1,261 46.63% 356 13.17% 1,019 37.68% 68 2.51% 242 8.95% 2,704
Thomas 35 37.23% 36 38.30% 22 23.40% 1 1.06% -1[c] -1.06% 94
Thurston 470 63.17% 78 10.48% 186 25.00% 10 1.34% 284 38.17% 744
Valley 579 37.28% 145 9.34% 793 51.06% 36 2.32% -214 -13.78% 1,553
Washington 1,068 44.04% 567 23.38% 744 30.68% 46 1.90% 324 13.36% 2,425
Wayne 676 43.67% 271 17.51% 576 37.21% 25 1.61% 100 6.46% 1,548
Webster 1,023 44.97% 169 7.43% 1,040 45.71% 43 1.89% -17 -0.75% 2,275
Wheeler 122 39.87% 29 9.48% 150 49.02% 5 1.63% -28 -9.15% 306
York 1,917 51.44% 219 5.88% 1,484 39.82% 107 2.87% 433 11.62% 3,727
Totals 87,163 43.54% 24,926 12.45% 83,194 41.56% 4,902 2.45% 3,969 1.98% 200,185

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In 2008 and 2020, although both states were carried by the Republican nominee, Nebraska gave one of its electoral votes to the Democratic nominee due to his carrying Nebraska's second congressional district, in a system for allocating electors that Nebraska first adopted in 1992.
  2. ^ Because Weaver finished second behind Harrison and ahead of Cleveland in Nebraska as a whole, all margins given are Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margins Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage unless otherwise stated for the county in question.
  3. ^ In this county where Harrison and Cleveland did finish in the first two places, margin given is Harrison vote minus Cleveland vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Cleveland percentage.

References

  1. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 250-251 ISBN 0786422173
  2. ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. ^ Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)
  5. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)
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