1892 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1892 United States presidential election 1892 United States presidential election in California California 1846 presidential no 1888 United States presidential election in California 1888 1896 United States presidential election in California 1896 November 8, 1892 x160px StephenGroverCleveland.jpg Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) New York Adlai Stevenson I 8 118,174 43.83% Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Indiana Whitelaw Reid 1 118,027 43.78% James B. Weaver 1892 (cropped).jpg James B. Weaver Populist Party (United States) Iowa James G. Field 0 25,311 9.39% 1892 United States presidential election in California results map by county.svg 300px County results Cleveland #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% Harrison #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #d40000 70–80% President Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) The 1892 United States presidential election in California was held on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Incumbent President Benjamin Harrison’s administration had been plagued by divisions within his party and by controversy over foreign relations, notably with Italy and Chile.Dozer, Donald Marquand; ‘Benjamin Harrison and the Presidential Campaign of 1892’; The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 1 (October 1948), pp. 49-77 In California, Harrison became less popular because it was believed that Senator Leland Stanford was dictating policies in the interest of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Opposition to its power had already spawned several unsuccessful reform movements in California since 1873,Graffiths, David B.; ‘Anti-Monopoly Movement in California 1873-1898’; Southern California Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 2 (June 1970), pp. 93-121 and the growing Populist movement also gained substantial support from small farmers in the state's Central Valley region.Hall, Tom G.; ‘California Populism at the Grass-Roots: The Case of Tulare County, 1892’; Southern California Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 2 (June 1967), pp. 193-204 The relative weakness of partisan loyalties in California helped give the movement much more influence than in the East,Kleppner, Paul; ‘Voters and Parties in the Western States, 1876-1900’; Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 1 (January 1983), pp. 49-68 however the much greater urban character of the state's economy, the diversity of its agricultural sector and the access of its wheat growers – the basis for Populist victories in the Plains States – to major ocean ports severely weakened the Populist Party under 1880 Greenback nominee James B. Weaver in California.Magliari, Michael; ‘Populism, Steamboats, and the Octopus: Transportation Rates and Monopoly in California's Wheat Regions, 1890-1896’; Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 58, No. 4 (November 1989), pp. 449-469 Consequently, California would prove Weaver's weakest state west of the Missouri River, giving him less than ten percent of the vote. California voted for the Democratic challenger, former president Grover Cleveland, over the Republican incumbent, Benjamin Harrison by an extremely narrow margin of just 147 votes, or a 0.05452% margin, which constitutes the fifth-closest statewide presidential election result on record, behind Florida in 2000, Maryland in 1832 and 1904, and California itself 20 years later in 1912. Because the vote was so close and voters voted for individual electors, the ninth Cleveland elector received fewer votes than one Harrison elector, who was thus elected.Knoles, George Harmon; The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892, Volume 5 (1942), p. 229 This was the second occasion in which California's electoral vote was split, rather than being awarded to a single candidate. The first occasion was in 1880. Such a split would only subsequently occur in California two subsequent times (1896, and 1912).DIVIDED ELECTORAL VOTES https://www.newspapers.com/image/431184246 Newspapers.com The Boston Globe 1 June 2021 en subscription 11 Nov 1912 California is one of the three states that voted Republican in both 1884 and 1888 but flipped to Cleveland in 1892, the others being Illinois and Wisconsin. Results + General Election ResultsStatement of the Vote of the State of California at the General Election Held November 8, A.D. 1892 State Printing Office Sacramento, California 3 https://archive.org/details/statementofvoteo1886cali/page/n97/mode/2up?view=theater 3 July 2024Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Grover Cleveland R. A. Long118,174 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland J. A. Filcher118,151 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland R. P. Hammond118,112 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland William Graves118,109 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Jackson Hatch118,096 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland J. D. Lynch118,029 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Thomas R. Bard118,027 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland M. Rosenthal118,008 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland W. L. Silman117,962 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland J. F. Thompson117,840 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison William Carson117,747 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison J. C. Campbell117,743 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison J. A. Waymire117,717 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison H. V. Morehouse117,711 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison M. L. Mery117,670 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Isaac Hecht117,613 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison J. R. Willoughby117,605 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison S. L. Hanscom117,504 People's Party James B. Weaver S. Bowers25,311 People's Party James B. Weaver A. L. Warner25,256 People's Party James B. Weaver J. S. Dore25,254 People's Party James B. Weaver J. N. Barton25,243 People's Party James B. Weaver L. F. Moulton25,237 People's Party James B. Weaver T. V. Cator25,229 People's Party James B. Weaver William McCormick25,217 People's Party James B. Weaver W. C. Bowman25,201 People's Party James B. Weaver D. T. Fowler25,176 Prohibition Party John Bidwell R. H. McDonald8,096 Prohibition Party John Bidwell William P. Miller8,029 Prohibition Party John Bidwell F. M. Porter8,028 Prohibition Party John Bidwell A. McArthur8,007 Prohibition Party John Bidwell F. E. Kellogg7,995 Prohibition Party John Bidwell T. L. Hierlihy7,991 Prohibition Party John Bidwell F. E. Caton7,980 Prohibition Party John Bidwell H. H. Luse7,972 Prohibition Party John Bidwell S. Fowler7,921 Write-in Scattering1Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 269,609 Results by county County Grover ClevelandDemocratic Benjamin HarrisonRepublican James B. WeaverPeople's John BidwellProhibition ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votescastBased on the highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # % # % Alameda7,11438.52%8,79247.60%2,11411.45%4502.44%00.00%-1,678-9.09%18,470 Alpine1719.77%6575.58%44.65%00.00%00.00%-48-55.81%86 Amador1,25548.01%1,12543.04%1646.27%702.68%00.00%1304.97%2,614 Butte2,14145.89%2,18046.73%1833.92%1613.45%00.00%-39-0.84%4,665 Calaveras1,27646.79%1,35549.69%752.75%210.77%00.00%-79-2.90%2,727 Colusa1,18757.20%64531.08%1919.20%522.51%00.00%54226.12%2,075 Contra Costa1,33242.30%1,63151.79%1213.84%652.06%00.00%-299-9.50%3,149 Del Norte33952.72%23536.55%599.18%101.56%00.00%10416.17%643 El Dorado1,27048.00%1,15943.80%1746.58%431.63%00.00%1114.20%2,646 Fresno3,45342.35%3.03137.18%1,29515.88%3744.59%00.00%4225.18%8,153 Glenn80851.70%52833.78%18311.71%442.82%00.00%28017.91%1,563 Humboldt1,84433.98%2,41644.53%1,03619.09%1302.40%00.00%-572-10.54%5,426 Inyo26633.25%40951.13%8510.63%405.00%00.00%-143-17.88%800 Kern1,26650.38%99239.47%2018.00%542.15%00.00%27410.90%2,513 Lake64444.97%53237.15%20814.53%483.35%00.00%1127.82%1,432 Lassen52446.66%54048.09%403.56%191.69%00.00%-16-1.42%1,123 Los Angeles8,11935.64%10,22644.89%3,08613.55%1,3485.92%00.00%-2,107-9.25%22,779 Marin94942.88%1,18653.59%592.67%190.86%00.00%-237-10.71%2,213 Mariposa52651.98%40439.92%706.92%121.19%00.00%12212.06%1,012 Mendocino2,02349.56%1,70941.87%1583.87%1924.70%00.00%3147.69%4,082 Merced99550.46%78239.66%1266.39%693.50%00.00%21310.80%1,972 Modoc59652.05%40635.46%1069.26%373.23%00.00%19016.59%1,145 Mono16630.97%28653.36%7714.37%71.31%00.00%-120-22.39%536 Monterey1,60639.14%1,70941.65%68616.72%1022.49%00.00%-103-2.51%4,103 Napa1,47842.43%1,76950.79%1734.97%631.81%00.00%-291-8.35%3,483 Nevada1,63439.84%1,75742.84%61615.02%942.29%00.00%-123-3.00%4,101 Orange1,00034.49%1,15239.74%48016.56%2679.21%00.00%-152-5.24%2,899 Placer1,52443.08%1,74349.27%1855.23%862.43%00.00%-219-6.19%3,538 Plumas53743.62%64252.15%272.19%252.03%00.00%-105-8.53%1,231 Sacramento3,49839.23%4,36248.92%8899.97%1681.88%00.00%-864-9.69%8,917 San Benito75945.56%61636.97%25615.37%352.10%00.00%1438.58%1,666 San Bernardino2,54633.65%3,68648.71%7219.53%6148.11%00.00%-1,140-15.07%7,567 San Diego2,33430.26%3,52545.71%1,51919.70%3344.33%00.00%-1,191-15.44%7,712 San Francisco31,02253.09%24,41641.78%2,5084.29%4890.84%00.00%6,60611.30%58,435 San Joaquin3,10644.19%2,95842.08%5928.42%3735.31%00.00%1482.11%7,029 San Luis Obispo1,19931.88%1,43338.10%99726.51%1323.51%00.00%-234-6.22%3,761 San Mateo1,02047.40%1,08850.56%321.49%120.56%00.00%-68-3.16%2,152 Santa Barbara1,22834.88%1,48342.12%63918.15%1704.83%10.03%-255-7.24%3,521 Santa Clara4,16740.12%4,62044.48%1,09110.50%5094.90%00.00%-453-4.36%10,387 Santa Cruz1,51236.77%1,84344.82%56213.67%1954.74%00.00%-331-8.05%4,112 Shasta1,13739.41%1,23442.77%43615.11%782.70%00.00%-97-3.36%2,885 Sierra52938.61%78757.45%463.36%80.58%00.00%-258-18.83%1,370 Siskiyou1,60549.74%1,49346.27%1093.38%200.62%00.00%1123.47%3,227 Solano2,17444.52%2,40349.21%2134.36%931.90%00.00%-229-4.69%4,883 Sonoma3,45149.65%3,01643.40%2974.27%1862.68%00.00%4356.26%6,950 Stanislaus1,36953.69%99238.90%582.27%1315.14%00.00%37714.78%2,550 Sutter73546.64%74547.27%452.86%513.24%00.00%-10-0.63%1,576 Tehama1,04546.80%96943.39%1707.61%492.19%00.00%763.40%2,233 Trinity45746.92%49550.82%191.95%30.31%00.00%-38-3.90%974 Tulare2,61342.09%1,98431.96%1,41022.71%2013.24%00.00%62910.13%6,208 Tuolumne91650.27%73940.56%1136.20%542.96%00.00%1779.71%1,822 Ventura95834.80%1,28346.60%41515.07%973.52%00.00%-325-11.81%2,753 Yolo1,70750.74%1,37240.78%1354.01%1504.46%00.00%3359.96%3,364 Yuba1,19850.42%1,07945.41%572.40%421.77%00.00%1195.01%2,376Total 118,17443.83%118,02743.78%25,3119.39%8,0963.00%10.00%1470.05%269,609 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic San Joaquin Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Butte Lassen Trinity See also United States presidential elections in California Notes References California 1892 Category:1892 California elections