1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Whitelaw Reid
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 177,325 171,101
Percentage 47.72% 46.05%
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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The 1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Wisconsin voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Democratic Party candidate Grover Cleveland won Wisconsin with 47.72 percent of the popular vote, winning the state's twelve electoral votes.[1] As a result of his win, Cleveland became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Wisconsin. No Democrat would win Wisconsin again until Woodrow Wilson in 1912. This marked the first occasion in which Wisconsin voted for a different candidate than Iowa, a phenomenon that has only occurred five more times since — 1924, 1940, 1976, 2004, and 2020. Along with California, and Illinois, Wisconsin is one of the three states that Cleveland lost in both 1884 and 1888 but won in 1892.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 177,325 47.72% 12
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 171,101 46.05% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 13,136 3.54% 0
People's James Weaver 10,019 2.7% 0
Totals 371,581 100.0% 12

Results by county

1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin by county[2][3][4]
County Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		Benjamin Harrison
Republican 		John Bidwell
Prohibition 		James Baird Weaver
People’s 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 402 28.49% 972 68.89% 22 1.56% 15 1.06% -570 -40.40% 1,411
Ashland 2,436 49.57% 2,283 46.46% 139 2.83% 56 1.14% 153 3.11% 4,914
Barron 767 24.20% 1,818 57.37% 194 6.12% 390 12.31% -1,051 -33.17% 3,169
Bayfield 1,349 46.44% 1,467 50.50% 61 2.10% 28 0.96% -118 -4.06% 2,905
Brown 3,653 54.26% 2,855 42.41% 180 2.67% 44 0.65% 798 11.85% 6,732
Buffalo 1,393 45.24% 1,523 49.46% 60 1.95% 103 3.35% -130 -4.22% 3,079
Burnett 55 7.68% 406 56.70% 163 22.77% 92 12.85% 243[a] 33.94% 716
Calumet 1,863 64.67% 909 31.55% 26 0.90% 83 2.88% 954 33.11% 2,881
Chippewa 2,530 50.57% 1,975 39.48% 182 3.64% 316 6.32% 555 11.09% 5,003
Clark 1,711 43.23% 2,039 51.52% 161 4.07% 47 1.19% -328 -8.29% 3,958
Columbia 2,957 43.95% 3,314 49.26% 409 6.08% 48 0.71% -357 -5.31% 6,728
Crawford 1,615 46.68% 1,727 49.91% 39 1.13% 79 2.28% -112 -3.24% 3,460
Dane 6,833 47.63% 6,445 44.93% 980 6.83% 88 0.61% 388 2.70% 14,346
Dodge 6,810 70.14% 2,653 27.33% 199 2.05% 47 0.48% 4,157 42.82% 9,709
Door 1,007 36.71% 1,596 58.18% 68 2.48% 72 2.62% -589 -21.47% 2,743
Douglas 2,340 39.95% 2,967 50.66% 206 3.52% 344 5.87% -627 -10.71% 5,857
Dunn 1,257 29.51% 2,169 50.93% 221 5.19% 612 14.37% -912 -21.41% 4,259
Eau Claire 2,383 41.90% 2,719 47.80% 400 7.03% 186 3.27% -336 -5.91% 5,688
Florence 195 29.50% 449 67.93% 12 1.82% 5 0.76% -254 -38.43% 661
Fond du Lac 5,254 54.04% 4,129 42.47% 238 2.45% 101 1.04% 1,125 11.57% 9,722
Forest 228 48.41% 223 47.35% 14 2.97% 6 1.27% 5 1.06% 471
Grant 3,685 43.89% 4,217 50.23% 418 4.98% 76 0.91% -532 -6.34% 8,396
Green 2,052 40.57% 2,329 46.05% 350 6.92% 327 6.47% -277 -5.48% 5,058
Green Lake 1,810 53.92% 1,430 42.60% 97 2.89% 20 0.60% 380 11.32% 3,357
Iowa 2,336 46.77% 2,274 45.53% 356 7.13% 29 0.58% 62 1.24% 4,995
Jackson 1,160 33.36% 2,078 59.76% 209 6.01% 30 0.86% -918 -26.40% 3,477
Jefferson 4,661 61.53% 2,679 35.37% 211 2.79% 24 0.32% 1,982 26.17% 7,575
Juneau 1,978 47.91% 1,945 47.11% 144 3.49% 62 1.50% 33 0.80% 4,129
Kenosha 1,928 52.95% 1,628 44.71% 69 1.90% 16 0.44% 300 8.24% 3,641
Kewaunee 2,046 78.84% 518 19.96% 7 0.27% 24 0.92% 1,528 58.88% 2,595
La Crosse 3,810 44.24% 3,693 42.88% 358 4.16% 752 8.73% 117 1.36% 8,613
Lafayette 2,286 46.25% 2,366 47.87% 209 4.23% 82 1.66% -80 -1.62% 4,943
Langlade 1,289 58.64% 844 38.40% 48 2.18% 17 0.77% 445 20.25% 2,198
Lincoln 1,443 49.45% 997 34.17% 80 2.74% 398 13.64% 446 15.28% 2,918
Manitowoc 4,349 65.06% 2,249 33.64% 29 0.43% 58 0.87% 2,100 31.41% 6,685
Marathon 3,791 63.94% 1,959 33.04% 71 1.20% 108 1.82% 1,832 30.90% 5,929
Marinette 1,994 46.53% 1,837 42.87% 192 4.48% 262 6.11% 157 3.66% 4,285
Marquette 1,198 56.14% 877 41.10% 52 2.44% 7 0.33% 321 15.04% 2,134
Milwaukee 24,607 48.24% 24,602 48.23% 513 1.01% 1,286 2.52% 5 0.01% 51,008
Monroe 2,458 45.80% 2,530 47.14% 273 5.09% 106 1.98% -72 -1.34% 5,367
Oconto 1,499 50.85% 1,279 43.39% 42 1.42% 128 4.34% 220 7.46% 2,948
Oneida 1,317 51.81% 1,149 45.20% 30 1.18% 46 1.81% 168 6.61% 2,542
Outagamie 4,545 59.72% 2,733 35.91% 224 2.94% 109 1.43% 1,812 23.81% 7,611
Ozaukee 2,094 74.71% 652 23.26% 8 0.29% 49 1.75% 1,442 51.44% 2,803
Pepin 539 36.01% 865 57.78% 83 5.54% 10 0.67% -326 -21.78% 1,497
Pierce 1,210 30.14% 2,315 57.66% 300 7.47% 190 4.73% -1,105 -27.52% 4,015
Polk 585 23.90% 1,477 60.33% 175 7.15% 211 8.62% -892 -36.44% 2,448
Portage 2,570 50.21% 2,291 44.75% 214 4.18% 44 0.86% 279 5.45% 5,119
Price 876 41.87% 1,099 52.53% 84 4.02% 33 1.58% -223 -10.66% 2,092
Racine 3,750 43.79% 3,956 46.19% 352 4.11% 506 5.91% -206 -2.41% 8,564
Richland 1,670 38.05% 2,194 49.99% 231 5.26% 294 6.70% -524 -11.94% 4,389
Rock 4,231 38.62% 6,052 55.24% 552 5.04% 121 1.10% -1,821 -16.62% 10,956
Sauk 3,139 45.74% 3,277 47.76% 396 5.77% 50 0.73% -138 -2.01% 6,862
Sawyer 328 41.89% 412 52.62% 37 4.73% 6 0.77% -84 -10.73% 783
Shawano 2,040 55.36% 1,323 35.90% 49 1.33% 273 7.41% 717 19.46% 3,685
Sheboygan 5,126 56.74% 3,638 40.27% 98 1.08% 172 1.90% 1,488 16.47% 9,034
St. Croix 2,220 42.33% 2,467 47.04% 373 7.11% 184 3.51% -247 -4.71% 5,244
Taylor 904 53.21% 734 43.20% 29 1.71% 32 1.88% 170 10.01% 1,699
Trempealeau 1,521 38.49% 2,116 53.54% 277 7.01% 38 0.96% -595 -15.06% 3,952
Vernon 1,440 27.79% 3,106 59.95% 253 4.88% 382 7.37% -1,666 -32.16% 5,181
Walworth 2,153 32.55% 3,871 58.52% 512 7.74% 79 1.19% -1,718 -25.97% 6,615
Washburn 305 36.14% 488 57.82% 35 4.15% 16 1.90% -183 -21.68% 844
Washington 2,624 60.27% 1,700 39.04% 22 0.51% 8 0.18% 924 21.22% 4,354
Waukesha 3,635 48.01% 3,600 47.54% 248 3.28% 89 1.18% 35 0.46% 7,572
Waupaca 2,186 36.83% 3,397 57.23% 306 5.15% 47 0.79% -1,211 -20.40% 5,936
Waushara 786 25.74% 2,091 68.47% 141 4.62% 36 1.18% -1,305 -42.73% 3,054
Winnebago 5,893 49.60% 5,354 45.06% 351 2.95% 284 2.39% 539 4.54% 11,882
Wood 2,220 54.29% 1,779 43.51% 54 1.32% 36 0.88% 441 10.79% 4,089
Totals 177,325 47.73% 171,105 46.06% 13,136 3.54% 9,919 2.67% 6,220 1.67% 371,485

Notes

  1. ^ In this county where Bidwell ran second ahead of Cleveland, margin given is Harrison vote minus Bidwell vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Bidwell percentage.

References

  1. ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 John Bidwell". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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