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1892 United States presidential election
1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1888 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1888 1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1896 November 8, 1892 x160px Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Indiana Whitelaw Reid 9 122,823 45.96% StephenGroverCleveland.jpg Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) New York Adlai Stevenson I 0 100,920 37.76% James B. Weaver 1892 (cropped).jpg James B. Weaver Populist Party (United States) 79CDCD Iowa James G. Field 0 29,313 10.97% John Bidwell circa 1890 3x4.jpg John Bidwell Prohibition Party (United States) California James B. Cranfill 0 14,182 5.31% 1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota results map by county.svg 350px County results
Harrison
#ffccd0 30–40%
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
Cleveland
#d3e7ff 30–40%
#b9d7ff 40–50%
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
Weaver
#d7f4d7 30–40%
#afe9af 40–50% President Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States)
The 1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Minnesota voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York.
Campaign
The Minnesota Democratic Party initially announced that it would not conduct a fusion campaign, but later withdrew four of its electors in favor of Populist electors on October 10.Knoles 1971 184
With 5.31 percent of the popular vote, Minnesota proved to be Prohibition Party candidate John Bidwell’s best performance as well as the only state where he broke 5 percent of the vote. This is the closest the Democrats came to winning Minnesota in the 19th century.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1892&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1892 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05
Results
1892 United States presidential election in MinnesotaLegislative Manual of the State of Minnesota https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015054508299&seq=512 Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota 468-469 HathiTrustPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 122,823 45.96% 9 Democratic Grover Cleveland 100,920 37.76% 0 Populist James B. Weaver 29,313 10.97% 0 Prohibition John Bidwell 14,182 5.31% 0 Totals 267,238 100.00% 9 Voter turnout —
Results by county
Counties carried by Harrison/ReidCounties carried by Cleveland/StevensonCounties carried by Weaver/Field
CountyBenjamin HarrisonRepublicanStephen Grover ClevelandDemocratic James Baird WeaverPopulist John BidwellProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %# Aitkin44562.59%21730.52%334.64%162.25%228 32.07%711AIAnoka1,00252.76%72037.91%442.32%1337.00%282 14.85%1,899ANBecker85355.43%26617.28%23915.53%18111.76%587 38.14%1,539BKBeltrami5744.88%4434.65%2519.69%10.79%13 10.24%127BLBenton42625.63%57734.72%63238.03%271.62% -55"WeaverdHarrison" In this county where Harrison ran third behind Cleveland and Weaver, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage. -3.31%1,662BNBig Stone57641.68%49836.03%17012.30%1389.99%78 5.64%1,382BSBlue Earth2,68046.00%2,39941.18%3856.61%3626.21%281 4.82%5,826BEBrown1,08038.48%1,17441.8249417.60%592.10% -94 -3.35%2,807BRCarlton73758.49%37029.37%1088.57%453.57%367 29.13%1,260CTCarver1,19140.35%1,46249.53%2468.33%531.80% -271 -9.18%2,952CACass31139.72%23329.76%22128.22%182.30%78 9.96%783CSChippewa73044.51%50730.91%24414.88%1599.70%223 13.60%1,640CPChisago1,48075.01%33817.13%452.28%1105.58%1,142 57.88%1,973CHClay95940.19%59424.90%71029.76%1235.16%249"WeaverdCleveland" In this county where Cleveland ran behind both Harrison and Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage.10.44%2,386CYCook6851.52%1914.39%3123.48%1410.61%37"WeaverdCleveland"28.03%132CKCottonwood72752.38%20214.55%33323.99%1269.08%394"WeaverdCleveland"28.39%1,388CDCrow Wing91653.10%51930.09%19311.19%975.62%397 23.01%1,725CWDakota1,48137.95%1,98950.97%2646.77%1684.31% -508 -13.02%3,902DKDodge1,21955.33%53624.33%30914.03%1396.31%683 31.00%2,203DODouglas1,31550.89%53320.63%48418.73%2529.75%782 30.26%2,584DGFaribault1,99258.01%1,07031.16%862.50%2868.33%922 26.85%3,434FAFillmore2,92556.53%1,34626.01%54210.48%3616.98%1,579 30.52%5,174FIFreeborn2,00461.27%74322.71%2818.59%2437.43%1,261 38.55%3,271FBGoodhue3,57461.60%1,65928.59%2123.65%3576.15%1,915 33.01%5,802GHGrant77655.35%31922.75%18212.98%1258.92%457 32.60%1,402GRHennepin20,80350.18%16,44839.67%2,3265.61%1,8834.54%4,355 10.50%41,460HNHouston1,50950.13%1,24341.30%1705.65%882.92%266 8.84%3,010HSHubbard16435.65%12928.04%16135.00%61.30%3"WeaverdCleveland"0.65%460HUIsanti72852.11%1057.52%30822.05%25618.32%420"WeaverdCleveland"30.06%1,397ISItasca52040.66%68653.64%503.91%231.80% -166 -12.98%1,279ITJackson90146.16%72136.94%26713.68%633.23%180 9.22%1,952JKKanabec18253.53%3811.18%3510.29%8525.00%97In 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.28.53%340KAKandiyohi1,34150.93%39114.85%60122.83%30011.39%740"WeaverdCleveland"28.10%2,633KDKittson40832.46%30724.42%44635.48%967.64% -38"WeaverdCleveland" -3.02%1,257KILac qui Parle1,16452.31%45720.54%51022.92%944.22%654"WeaverdCleveland"29.39%2,225LQLake29060.04%12626.09%387.87%296.00%164 33.95%483LKLe Sueur1,46539.73%1,82149.39%2556.92%1463.96% -356 -9.66%3,687LSLincoln31828.65%39635.68%31027.93%867.75% -78 -7.03%1,110LNLyon1,06850.88%48623.15%28013.34%26512.63%582 27.73%2,099LYMarshall52627.90%35418.78%89247.32%1135.99% -366"WeaverdCleveland" -19.42%1,885MHMartin1,18957.22%66131.81%1034.96%1256.02%528 25.41%2,078MTMcLeod90232.28%1,52354.51%2529.02%1174.19% -621 -22.23%2,794MDMeeker1,27442.09%1,14637.86%34811.50%2598.56%128 4.23%3,027MKMille Lacs46356.05%22327.00%10312.47%374.48%240 29.06%826MLMorrison1,13537.76%1,58552.73%1605.32%1264.19% -450 -14.97%3,006MRMower2,23456.36%1,31033.05%1694.26%2516.33%924 23.31%3,964MOMurray58636.90%51732.56%41225.94%734.60%69 4.35%1,588MUNicollet1,09847.70%93740.70%1847.99%833.61%161 6.99%2,302NINobles89444.24%66432.86%31815.73%1457.17%230 11.38%2,021NONorman72438.97%29415.82%59632.08%24413.13%128"WeaverdCleveland"6.89%1,858NROlmsted2,34450.79%1,93141.84%1593.45%1813.92%413 8.95%4,615OLOtter Tail2,14037.40%1,64228.70%1,46625.62%4748.28%498 8.70%5,722OTPine53848.42%45841.22%706.30%454.05%80 7.20%1,111PNPipestone64847.96%29521.84%34625.61%624.59%302"WeaverdCleveland"22.35%1,351PSPolk1,37623.35%1,51025.63%2,77547.10%2313.92% -1,265"WeaverdHarrison" -21.47%5,892PLPope1,03757.32%28215.59%36119.96%1297.13%676"WeaverdCleveland"37.37%1,809PORamsey11,30741.99%12,81747.60%1,7256.41%1,0774.00% -1,510 -5.61%26,926RMRedwood1,15543.54%64524.31%73427.67%1194.49%421"WeaverdCleveland"15.87%2,653RWRenville1,37039.95%98428.70%92526.98%1504.37%386 11.26%3,429RVRice2,24548.29%1,79438.59%3527.57%2585.55%451 9.70%4,649RCRock94059.64%38324.30%17611.17%774.89%557 35.34%1,576RKScott76026.86%1,93768.47%993.50%331.17% -1,177 -41.60%2,829SLSherburne63253.88%29024.72%20217.22%494.18%342 29.16%1,173SCSibley95837.99%1,19147.22%32512.89%481.90% -233 -9.24%2,522SBSt. Louis5,15749.67%3,58634.54%9859.49%6556.31%1,571 15.13%10,383SYStearns1,62423.68%4,46165.04%5518.03%2233.25% -2,837 -41.36%6,859STSteele1,39648.71%1,29945.32%551.92%1164.05%97 3.38%2,866SEStevens62246.21%50937.82%14410.70%715.27%113 8.40%1,346SVSwift76237.39%71234.94%43421.30%1306.38%50 2.45%2,038SWTodd1,25142.09%1,11837.62%46015.48%1434.81%133 4.48%2,972TDTraverse41339.33%31730.19%25824.57%625.90%96 9.14%1,050TRWabasha1,58043.16%1,77448.46%1514.12%1564.26% -194 -5.30%3,661WBWadena45445.35%33233.17%16116.08%545.39%122 12.19%1,001WDWaseca1,09044.86%1,04242.88%1646.75%1345.51%48 1.98%2,430WCWashington2,45153.31%1,73337.69%2986.48%1162.52%718 15.62%4,598WAWatonwan93462.68%38826.04%755.03%936.24%546 36.64%1,490WWWilkin43442.67%36335.69%16916.62%515.01%71 6.98%1,017WKWinona2,73439.95%3,70154.08%2563.74%1532.24% -967 -14.13%6,844WNWright2,27148.56%1,82939.11%3377.21%2405.13%442 9.45%4,677WRYellow Medicine91149.11%36419.62%37920.43%20110.84%532"WeaverdCleveland"28.68%1,855YMTotals122,94445.87%100,58937.53%30,39911.34%14,1175.27%22,3558.34%268,049MN
See also
United States presidential elections in Minnesota
Notes
References
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Works cited
Knoles George The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892 Stanford University Press 1971 https://archive.org/details/presidentialcamp0000knol 040450969X
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