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

Grover Cleveland
Democratic · 46.00% of votes
277
electoral votes
Benjamin Harrison
Republican · 43.00% of votes
145
electoral votes
James B. Weaver
Populist · 8.50% of votes
22
electoral votes
John Bidwell
Prohibition · 2.24% of votes
—
electoral votes
Simon Wing
Socialist Labor · 0.18% of votes
—
electoral votes

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

Results by state

Alabama
Grover Cleveland · 59.4% · runner-up James B. Weaver 36.6%
11
electoral votes
Arkansas
Grover Cleveland · 59.3% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 31.8%
8
electoral votes
California
Grover Cleveland · 43.8% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 43.8%
8 Cleveland · 1 Harrison
electoral votes
Colorado
James B. Weaver · 57.1% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 41.1%
4
electoral votes
Connecticut
Grover Cleveland · 50.1% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 46.8%
6
electoral votes
Delaware
Grover Cleveland · 49.9% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 48.6%
3
electoral votes
Florida
Grover Cleveland · 85.0% · runner-up James B. Weaver 13.7%
4
electoral votes
Georgia
Grover Cleveland · 58.0% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 21.7%
13
electoral votes
Idaho
James B. Weaver · 54.2% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 44.3%
3
electoral votes
Illinois
Grover Cleveland · 48.8% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 45.7%
24
electoral votes
Indiana
Grover Cleveland · 47.5% · runner-up Benjamin Harrison 46.2%
15
electoral votes
Iowa
Benjamin Harrison · 49.6% · runner-up Grover Cleveland 44.3%
13
electoral votes

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 +3

Democratic control · Democratic–Republican +3 independents

House

220–126 +10

Democratic control · Democratic–Republican +10 independents