1892 Presidential Election

November 8, 1892 · The Gilded Age · 444 electoral votes, 223 to win

Cleveland completed the only split-term comeback until Trump repeated it in 2024. Weaver's Populists carried five Western states with 8.5%, announcing the agrarian revolt.

Elected

Grover Cleveland

Democratic

Electoral vote

277 of 444

Popular vote

46.0%

5,553,898 votes

Turnout

75.8%

The result

EV share
Grover ClevelandDemocraticAdlai Stevenson I277
5,553,89846.00%24
Benjamin HarrisonRepublicanWhitelaw Reid145
5,190,81943.00%16
James B. WeaverPopulistJames G. Field22
1,026,5958.50%4
John BidwellProhibitionJames Cranfill—270,8792.24%—
Simon WingSocialist LaborCharles Matchett—21,1730.18%—

12,063,364 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

AlabamaGrover Cleveland59.4%11James B. Weaver · 36.6%
ArkansasGrover Cleveland59.3%8Benjamin Harrison · 31.8%
CaliforniaGrover Cleveland43.8%8 Cleveland · 1 HarrisonBenjamin Harrison · 43.8%
ColoradoJames B. Weaver57.1%4Benjamin Harrison · 41.1%
ConnecticutGrover Cleveland50.1%6Benjamin Harrison · 46.8%
DelawareGrover Cleveland49.9%3Benjamin Harrison · 48.6%
FloridaGrover Cleveland85.0%4James B. Weaver · 13.7%
GeorgiaGrover Cleveland58.0%13Benjamin Harrison · 21.7%
IdahoJames B. Weaver54.2%3Benjamin Harrison · 44.3%
IllinoisGrover Cleveland48.8%24Benjamin Harrison · 45.7%
IndianaGrover Cleveland47.5%15Benjamin Harrison · 46.2%
IowaBenjamin Harrison49.6%13Grover Cleveland · 44.3%
KansasJames B. Weaver50.3%10Benjamin Harrison · 48.3%
KentuckyGrover Cleveland51.5%13Benjamin Harrison · 39.7%
LouisianaGrover Cleveland76.5%8Benjamin Harrison · 23.5%
MaineBenjamin Harrison54.1%6Grover Cleveland · 41.3%
MarylandGrover Cleveland53.4%8Benjamin Harrison · 43.5%
MassachusettsBenjamin Harrison51.9%15Grover Cleveland · 45.2%
MichiganBenjamin Harrison47.7%5 Cleveland · 9 HarrisonGrover Cleveland · 43.4%
MinnesotaBenjamin Harrison45.8%9Grover Cleveland · 37.6%
MississippiGrover Cleveland76.2%9James B. Weaver · 19.3%
MissouriGrover Cleveland49.6%17Benjamin Harrison · 42.0%
MontanaBenjamin Harrison42.2%3Grover Cleveland · 39.8%
NebraskaBenjamin Harrison43.6%6James B. Weaver · 41.5%
NevadaJames B. Weaver66.8%3Benjamin Harrison · 26.0%
New HampshireBenjamin Harrison51.1%4Grover Cleveland · 47.1%
New JerseyGrover Cleveland50.7%10Benjamin Harrison · 46.2%
New YorkGrover Cleveland49.0%36Benjamin Harrison · 45.6%
North CarolinaGrover Cleveland47.4%11Benjamin Harrison · 35.8%
North DakotaJames B. Weaver49.0%1 Cleveland · 1 Harrison · 1 WeaverBenjamin Harrison · 48.5%
OhioBenjamin Harrison47.7%1 Cleveland · 22 HarrisonGrover Cleveland · 47.5%
OregonBenjamin Harrison44.7%3 Harrison · 1 WeaverJames B. Weaver · 34.3%
PennsylvaniaBenjamin Harrison51.5%32Grover Cleveland · 45.1%
Rhode IslandBenjamin Harrison50.7%4Grover Cleveland · 45.8%
South CarolinaGrover Cleveland77.6%9Benjamin Harrison · 18.9%
South DakotaBenjamin Harrison49.5%3James B. Weaver · 37.8%
TennesseeGrover Cleveland51.4%12Benjamin Harrison · 37.8%
TexasGrover Cleveland57.7%15James B. Weaver · 23.5%
VermontBenjamin Harrison68.1%4Grover Cleveland · 29.3%
VirginiaGrover Cleveland56.2%12Benjamin Harrison · 38.7%
WashingtonBenjamin Harrison41.5%4Grover Cleveland · 33.9%
West VirginiaGrover Cleveland49.4%6Benjamin Harrison · 46.9%
WisconsinGrover Cleveland47.7%12Benjamin Harrison · 46.1%
WyomingBenjamin Harrison50.6%3James B. Weaver · 46.2%

The state table accounts for 142 of Benjamin Harrison's 145 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.

The Congress it seated

53th Congress

1893–1895

Unified government

Senate

44–38

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House

220–126

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