The 1892 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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Kansas was won by the Populist nominees,[1] James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia. Weaver and Field defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. This was the first time that a non-Republican had won Kansas’ electoral votes since statehood, and one of only seven times out of forty that Kansas has not voted Republican in a presidential election.
Kansas was one of a handful of states, five in total, that did not feature former and future President Grover Cleveland on their ballots: Kansas had been his second weakest state in 1888, garnering only 31.03 percent of the vote. Kansas was also Weaver's fourth strongest state percentage-wise and the state which gave him the most popular votes. Lorenzo D. Lewelling, a fellow Populist, was elected Governor of Kansas, almost perfectly matching Weaver's vote total.[2]
Results
edit| 1892 United States presidential election in Kansas[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| People's | James Weaver | 163,111 | 50.20% | 10 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 157,241 | 48.40% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 4,553 | 1.40% | 0 | |
| Totals | 324,905 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
edit| 1892 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[4][5][6] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Benjamin Harrison Republican |
James Baird Weaver Populist |
John Bidwell Prohibition |
Margin[a] | Total votes cast | ||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 1,509 | 51.20% | 1,398 | 47.44% | 40 | 1.36% | 111 | 3.76% | 2,947 |
| Anderson | 1,638 | 51.06% | 1,476 | 46.01% | 94 | 2.93% | 162 | 5.05% | 3,208 |
| Atchison | 2,666 | 49.17% | 2,718 | 50.13% | 38 | 0.70% | -52 | -0.96% | 5,422 |
| Barber | 883 | 37.75% | 1,439 | 61.52% | 17 | 0.73% | -556 | -23.77% | 2,339 |
| Barton | 1,381 | 43.10% | 1,816 | 56.68% | 7 | 0.22% | -435 | -13.58% | 3,204 |
| Bourbon | 2,803 | 49.24% | 2,863 | 50.30% | 26 | 0.46% | -60 | -1.06% | 5,692 |
| Brown | 2,562 | 52.03% | 2,252 | 45.74% | 110 | 2.23% | 310 | 6.29% | 4,924 |
| Butler | 2,650 | 48.62% | 2,705 | 49.63% | 95 | 1.74% | -55 | -1.01% | 5,450 |
| Chase | 891 | 47.37% | 972 | 51.67% | 18 | 0.96% | -81 | -4.30% | 1,881 |
| Chautauqua | 1,408 | 52.03% | 1,292 | 47.75% | 6 | 0.22% | 116 | 4.28% | 2,706 |
| Cherokee | 2,696 | 41.43% | 3,751 | 57.64% | 61 | 0.94% | -1,055 | -16.21% | 6,508 |
| Cheyenne | 505 | 50.45% | 486 | 48.55% | 10 | 1.00% | 19 | 1.90% | 1,001 |
| Clark | 226 | 42.40% | 305 | 57.22% | 2 | 0.38% | -79 | -14.82% | 533 |
| Clay | 1,666 | 43.78% | 2,038 | 53.56% | 101 | 2.65% | -372 | -9.78% | 3,805 |
| Cloud | 1,915 | 44.98% | 2,268 | 53.28% | 74 | 1.74% | -353 | -8.30% | 4,257 |
| Coffey | 1,769 | 47.54% | 1,886 | 50.69% | 66 | 1.77% | -117 | -3.15% | 3,721 |
| Comanche | 259 | 45.52% | 310 | 54.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -51 | -8.96% | 569 |
| Cowley | 3,886 | 49.13% | 3,896 | 49.26% | 127 | 1.61% | -10 | -0.13% | 7,909 |
| Crawford | 3,064 | 41.89% | 4,164 | 56.93% | 86 | 1.18% | -1,100 | -15.04% | 7,314 |
| Decatur | 619 | 38.59% | 983 | 61.28% | 2 | 0.12% | -364 | -22.69% | 1,604 |
| Dickinson | 2,419 | 47.14% | 2,647 | 51.59% | 65 | 1.27% | -228 | -4.45% | 5,131 |
| Doniphan | 2,161 | 64.41% | 1,185 | 35.32% | 9 | 0.27% | 976 | 29.09% | 3,355 |
| Douglas | 3,114 | 57.31% | 2,174 | 40.01% | 146 | 2.69% | 940 | 17.30% | 5,434 |
| Edwards | 399 | 45.55% | 472 | 53.88% | 5 | 0.57% | -73 | -8.33% | 876 |
| Elk | 1,235 | 47.19% | 1,369 | 52.31% | 13 | 0.50% | -134 | -5.12% | 2,617 |
| Ellis | 546 | 33.52% | 1,069 | 65.62% | 14 | 0.86% | -523 | -32.10% | 1,629 |
| Ellsworth | 1,102 | 49.80% | 1,097 | 49.57% | 14 | 0.63% | 5 | 0.23% | 2,213 |
| Finney | 478 | 58.29% | 338 | 41.22% | 4 | 0.49% | 140 | 17.07% | 820 |
| Ford | 648 | 53.42% | 565 | 46.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 | 6.84% | 1,213 |
| Franklin | 2,209 | 46.06% | 2,431 | 50.69% | 156 | 3.25% | -222 | -4.63% | 4,796 |
| Garfield | 102 | 59.65% | 69 | 40.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 33 | 19.30% | 171 |
| Geary | 863 | 42.72% | 1,113 | 55.10% | 44 | 2.18% | -250 | -12.38% | 2,020 |
| Gove | 327 | 56.87% | 248 | 43.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 13.74% | 575 |
| Graham | 436 | 44.40% | 546 | 55.60% | 0 | 0.00% | -110 | -11.20% | 982 |
| Grant | 151 | 53.55% | 131 | 46.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 7.10% | 282 |
| Gray | 274 | 54.37% | 229 | 45.44% | 1 | 0.20% | 45 | 8.93% | 504 |
| Greeley | 241 | 67.89% | 114 | 32.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 127 | 35.78% | 355 |
| Greenwood | 1,734 | 49.01% | 1,781 | 50.34% | 23 | 0.65% | -47 | -1.33% | 3,538 |
| Hamilton | 252 | 56.25% | 186 | 41.52% | 10 | 2.23% | 66 | 14.73% | 448 |
| Harper | 1,288 | 38.57% | 1,986 | 59.48% | 65 | 1.95% | -698 | -20.91% | 3,339 |
| Harvey | 2,025 | 52.80% | 1,756 | 45.79% | 54 | 1.41% | 269 | 7.01% | 3,835 |
| Haskell | 177 | 61.46% | 111 | 38.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 66 | 22.92% | 288 |
| Hodgeman | 363 | 61.21% | 223 | 37.61% | 7 | 1.18% | 140 | 23.60% | 593 |
| Jackson | 1,825 | 52.93% | 1,594 | 46.23% | 29 | 0.84% | 231 | 6.70% | 3,448 |
| Jefferson | 2,026 | 49.95% | 1,973 | 48.64% | 57 | 1.41% | 53 | 1.31% | 4,056 |
| Jewell | 1,963 | 45.59% | 2,225 | 51.67% | 118 | 2.74% | -262 | -6.08% | 4,306 |
| Johnson | 2,070 | 50.48% | 1,932 | 47.11% | 99 | 2.41% | 138 | 3.37% | 4,101 |
| Kearny | 219 | 60.83% | 141 | 39.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 21.66% | 360 |
| Kingman | 1,225 | 43.12% | 1,564 | 55.05% | 52 | 1.83% | -339 | -11.93% | 2,841 |
| Kiowa | 398 | 50.44% | 376 | 47.66% | 15 | 1.90% | 22 | 2.78% | 789 |
| Labette | 2,950 | 47.89% | 3,116 | 50.58% | 94 | 1.53% | -166 | -2.69% | 6,160 |
| Lane | 284 | 55.58% | 222 | 43.44% | 5 | 0.98% | 62 | 12.14% | 511 |
| Leavenworth | 3,471 | 46.96% | 3,869 | 52.34% | 52 | 0.70% | -398 | -5.38% | 7,392 |
| Lincoln | 878 | 39.18% | 1,348 | 60.15% | 15 | 0.67% | -470 | -20.97% | 2,241 |
| Linn | 2,046 | 49.37% | 2,063 | 49.78% | 35 | 0.84% | -17 | -0.41% | 4,144 |
| Logan | 457 | 58.14% | 329 | 41.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 128 | 16.28% | 786 |
| Lyon | 2,591 | 48.48% | 2,623 | 49.08% | 130 | 2.43% | -32 | -0.60% | 5,344 |
| Marion | 2,210 | 55.54% | 1,682 | 42.27% | 87 | 2.19% | 528 | 13.27% | 3,979 |
| Marshall | 2,531 | 45.32% | 2,937 | 52.59% | 117 | 2.09% | -406 | -7.27% | 5,585 |
| McPherson | 2,294 | 48.42% | 2,335 | 49.28% | 109 | 2.30% | -41 | -0.86% | 4,738 |
| Meade | 261 | 54.83% | 214 | 44.96% | 1 | 0.21% | 47 | 9.87% | 476 |
| Miami | 2,243 | 49.10% | 2,280 | 49.91% | 45 | 0.99% | -37 | -0.81% | 4,568 |
| Mitchell | 1,467 | 43.51% | 1,855 | 55.01% | 50 | 1.48% | -388 | -11.50% | 3,372 |
| Montgomery | 2,736 | 51.83% | 2,514 | 47.62% | 29 | 0.55% | 222 | 4.21% | 5,279 |
| Morris | 1,416 | 50.90% | 1,323 | 47.56% | 43 | 1.55% | 93 | 3.34% | 2,782 |
| Morton | 106 | 57.61% | 76 | 41.30% | 2 | 1.09% | 30 | 16.31% | 184 |
| Nemaha | 2,222 | 49.73% | 2,194 | 49.10% | 52 | 1.16% | 28 | 0.63% | 4,468 |
| Neosho | 2,000 | 47.81% | 2,170 | 51.88% | 13 | 0.31% | -170 | -4.07% | 4,183 |
| Ness | 495 | 44.43% | 590 | 52.96% | 29 | 2.60% | -95 | -8.53% | 1,114 |
| Norton | 1,054 | 48.26% | 1,090 | 49.91% | 40 | 1.83% | -36 | -1.65% | 2,184 |
| Osage | 2,604 | 43.77% | 3,170 | 53.29% | 175 | 2.94% | -566 | -9.52% | 5,949 |
| Osborne | 1,162 | 45.37% | 1,380 | 53.89% | 19 | 0.74% | -218 | -8.52% | 2,561 |
| Ottawa | 1,444 | 47.48% | 1,541 | 50.67% | 56 | 1.84% | -97 | -3.19% | 3,041 |
| Pawnee | 670 | 47.86% | 722 | 51.57% | 8 | 0.57% | -52 | -3.71% | 1,400 |
| Phillips | 1,352 | 47.79% | 1,469 | 51.93% | 8 | 0.28% | -117 | -4.14% | 2,829 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,107 | 49.80% | 2,101 | 49.66% | 23 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.14% | 4,231 |
| Pratt | 947 | 44.19% | 1,170 | 54.60% | 26 | 1.21% | -223 | -10.41% | 2,143 |
| Rawlins | 592 | 43.79% | 756 | 55.92% | 4 | 0.30% | -164 | -12.13% | 1,352 |
| Reno | 3,166 | 50.00% | 3,097 | 48.91% | 69 | 1.09% | 69 | 1.09% | 6,332 |
| Republic | 2,167 | 50.03% | 2,049 | 47.31% | 115 | 2.66% | 118 | 2.72% | 4,331 |
| Rice | 1,724 | 46.78% | 1,821 | 49.42% | 140 | 3.80% | -97 | -2.64% | 3,685 |
| Riley | 1,574 | 51.67% | 1,427 | 46.85% | 45 | 1.48% | 147 | 4.82% | 3,046 |
| Rooks | 811 | 47.93% | 847 | 50.06% | 34 | 2.01% | -36 | -2.13% | 1,692 |
| Rush | 570 | 47.50% | 616 | 51.33% | 14 | 1.17% | -46 | -3.83% | 1,200 |
| Russell | 1,007 | 57.44% | 730 | 41.64% | 16 | 0.91% | 277 | 15.80% | 1,753 |
| Saline | 1,817 | 45.17% | 2,175 | 54.06% | 31 | 0.77% | -358 | -8.89% | 4,023 |
| Scott | 142 | 45.95% | 162 | 52.43% | 5 | 1.62% | -20 | -6.48% | 309 |
| Sedgwick | 4,770 | 46.68% | 5,254 | 51.42% | 194 | 1.90% | -484 | -4.74% | 10,218 |
| Seward | 156 | 57.14% | 115 | 42.12% | 2 | 0.73% | 41 | 15.02% | 273 |
| Shawnee | 6,759 | 60.82% | 4,206 | 37.85% | 148 | 1.33% | 2,553 | 22.97% | 11,113 |
| Sheridan | 325 | 41.09% | 463 | 58.53% | 3 | 0.38% | -138 | -17.44% | 791 |
| Sherman | 571 | 43.16% | 748 | 56.54% | 4 | 0.30% | -177 | -13.38% | 1,323 |
| Smith | 1,389 | 41.33% | 1,923 | 57.22% | 49 | 1.46% | -534 | -15.89% | 3,361 |
| Stafford | 840 | 39.25% | 1,232 | 57.57% | 68 | 3.18% | -392 | -18.32% | 2,140 |
| Stanton | 146 | 52.71% | 131 | 47.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 5.42% | 277 |
| Stevens | 85 | 31.48% | 185 | 68.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -100 | -37.04% | 270 |
| Sumner | 3,503 | 45.52% | 4,058 | 52.74% | 134 | 1.74% | -555 | -7.22% | 7,695 |
| Thomas | 490 | 41.28% | 693 | 58.38% | 4 | 0.34% | -203 | -17.10% | 1,187 |
| Trego | 309 | 50.49% | 294 | 48.04% | 9 | 1.47% | 15 | 2.45% | 612 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,356 | 46.82% | 1,520 | 52.49% | 20 | 0.69% | -164 | -5.67% | 2,896 |
| Wallace | 377 | 55.93% | 295 | 43.77% | 2 | 0.30% | 82 | 12.16% | 674 |
| Washington | 2,323 | 44.80% | 2,842 | 54.81% | 20 | 0.39% | -519 | -10.01% | 5,185 |
| Wichita | 245 | 53.26% | 214 | 46.52% | 1 | 0.22% | 31 | 6.74% | 460 |
| Wilson | 1,803 | 51.80% | 1,636 | 47.00% | 42 | 1.21% | 167 | 4.80% | 3,481 |
| Woodson | 1,071 | 50.16% | 1,032 | 48.34% | 32 | 1.50% | 39 | 1.82% | 2,135 |
| Wyandotte | 5,889 | 51.10% | 5,529 | 47.98% | 106 | 0.92% | 360 | 3.12% | 11,524 |
| Totals | 157,241 | 48.40% | 163,096[b] | 50.20% | 4,554 | 1.40% | -5,855 | -1.80% | 324,891 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Because Grover Cleveland was not on the ballot and no nominee was listed under the “Democratic” line, margin given is Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage for all counties.
- ^ There is a difference of fifteen votes between this sum and Dave Leip’s total figure for the Weaver vote.
References
edit- ^ Our Campaigns; KS US President 1892
- ^ "Our Campaigns - KS Governor Race - Nov 08, 1892".
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1892 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas
- ^ "Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Popular Vote for John Bidwell". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)