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.
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Minnesota was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York.
Campaign
editThe 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.[1]
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. [2]
Results
edit| 1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 122,823 | 45.96% | 9 | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 100,920 | 37.76% | 0 | |
| Fusion | James 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
edit| Counties carried by Harrison/Reid |
| Counties carried by Cleveland/Stevenson |
| Counties carried by Weaver/Field |
| County | Benjamin Harrison[4] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[4] Democratic |
James Baird Weaver[5] Fusion |
John Bidwell[6] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | ||
| Aitkin | 445 | 62.59% | 217 | 30.52% | 33 | 4.64% | 16 | 2.25% | 228 | 32.07% | 711 | AI |
| Anoka | 1,002 | 52.76% | 720 | 37.91% | 44 | 2.32% | 133 | 7.00% | 282 | 14.85% | 1,899 | AN |
| Becker | 853 | 55.43% | 266 | 17.28% | 239 | 15.53% | 181 | 11.76% | 587 | 38.14% | 1,539 | BK |
| Beltrami | 57 | 44.88% | 44 | 34.65% | 25 | 19.69% | 1 | 0.79% | 13 | 10.24% | 127 | BL |
| Benton | 426 | 25.63% | 577 | 34.72% | 632 | 38.03% | 27 | 1.62% | -55[a] | -3.31% | 1,662 | BN |
| Big Stone | 576 | 41.68% | 498 | 36.03% | 170 | 12.30% | 138 | 9.99% | 78 | 5.64% | 1,382 | BS |
| Blue Earth | 2,680 | 46.00% | 2,399 | 41.18% | 385 | 6.61% | 362 | 6.21% | 281 | 4.82% | 5,826 | BE |
| Brown | 1,080 | 38.48% | 1,174 | 41.82 | 494 | 17.60% | 59 | 2.10% | -94 | -3.35% | 2,807 | BR |
| Carlton | 737 | 58.49% | 370 | 29.37% | 108 | 8.57% | 45 | 3.57% | 367 | 29.13% | 1,260 | CT |
| Carver | 1,191 | 40.35% | 1,462 | 49.53% | 246 | 8.33% | 53 | 1.80% | -271 | -9.18% | 2,952 | CA |
| Cass | 311 | 39.72% | 233 | 29.76% | 221 | 28.22% | 18 | 2.30% | 78 | 9.96% | 783 | CS |
| Chippewa | 730 | 44.51% | 507 | 30.91% | 244 | 14.88% | 159 | 9.70% | 223 | 13.60% | 1,640 | CP |
| Chisago | 1,480 | 75.01% | 338 | 17.13% | 45 | 2.28% | 110 | 5.58% | 1,142 | 57.88% | 1,973 | CH |
| Clay | 959 | 40.19% | 594 | 24.90% | 710 | 29.76% | 123 | 5.16% | 249[b] | 10.44% | 2,386 | CY |
| Cook | 68 | 51.52% | 19 | 14.39% | 31 | 23.48% | 14 | 10.61% | 37[b] | 28.03% | 132 | CK |
| Cottonwood | 727 | 52.38% | 202 | 14.55% | 333 | 23.99% | 126 | 9.08% | 394[b] | 28.39% | 1,388 | CD |
| Crow Wing | 916 | 53.10% | 519 | 30.09% | 193 | 11.19% | 97 | 5.62% | 397 | 23.01% | 1,725 | CW |
| Dakota | 1,481 | 37.95% | 1,989 | 50.97% | 264 | 6.77% | 168 | 4.31% | -508 | -13.02% | 3,902 | DK |
| Dodge | 1,219 | 55.33% | 536 | 24.33% | 309 | 14.03% | 139 | 6.31% | 683 | 31.00% | 2,203 | DO |
| Douglas | 1,315 | 50.89% | 533 | 20.63% | 484 | 18.73% | 252 | 9.75% | 782 | 30.26% | 2,584 | DG |
| Faribault | 1,992 | 58.01% | 1,070 | 31.16% | 86 | 2.50% | 286 | 8.33% | 922 | 26.85% | 3,434 | FA |
| Fillmore | 2,925 | 56.53% | 1,346 | 26.01% | 542 | 10.48% | 361 | 6.98% | 1,579 | 30.52% | 5,174 | FI |
| Freeborn | 2,004 | 61.27% | 743 | 22.71% | 281 | 8.59% | 243 | 7.43% | 1,261 | 38.55% | 3,271 | FB |
| Goodhue | 3,574 | 61.60% | 1,659 | 28.59% | 212 | 3.65% | 357 | 6.15% | 1,915 | 33.01% | 5,802 | GH |
| Grant | 776 | 55.35% | 319 | 22.75% | 182 | 12.98% | 125 | 8.92% | 457 | 32.60% | 1,402 | GR |
| Hennepin | 20,803 | 50.18% | 16,448 | 39.67% | 2,326 | 5.61% | 1,883 | 4.54% | 4,355 | 10.50% | 41,460 | HN |
| Houston | 1,509 | 50.13% | 1,243 | 41.30% | 170 | 5.65% | 88 | 2.92% | 266 | 8.84% | 3,010 | HS |
| Hubbard | 164 | 35.65% | 129 | 28.04% | 161 | 35.00% | 6 | 1.30% | 3[b] | 0.65% | 460 | HU |
| Isanti | 728 | 52.11% | 105 | 7.52% | 308 | 22.05% | 256 | 18.32% | 420[b] | 30.06% | 1,397 | IS |
| Itasca | 520 | 40.66% | 686 | 53.64% | 50 | 3.91% | 23 | 1.80% | -166 | -12.98% | 1,279 | IT |
| Jackson | 901 | 46.16% | 721 | 36.94% | 267 | 13.68% | 63 | 3.23% | 180 | 9.22% | 1,952 | JK |
| Kanabec | 182 | 53.53% | 38 | 11.18% | 35 | 10.29% | 85 | 25.00% | 97[c] | 28.53% | 340 | KA |
| Kandiyohi | 1,341 | 50.93% | 391 | 14.85% | 601 | 22.83% | 300 | 11.39% | 740[b] | 28.10% | 2,633 | KD |
| Kittson | 408 | 32.46% | 307 | 24.42% | 446 | 35.48% | 96 | 7.64% | -38[b] | -3.02% | 1,257 | KI |
| Lac qui Parle | 1,164 | 52.31% | 457 | 20.54% | 510 | 22.92% | 94 | 4.22% | 654[b] | 29.39% | 2,225 | LQ |
| Lake | 290 | 60.04% | 126 | 26.09% | 38 | 7.87% | 29 | 6.00% | 164 | 33.95% | 483 | LK |
| Le Sueur | 1,465 | 39.73% | 1,821 | 49.39% | 255 | 6.92% | 146 | 3.96% | -356 | -9.66% | 3,687 | LS |
| Lincoln | 318 | 28.65% | 396 | 35.68% | 310 | 27.93% | 86 | 7.75% | -78 | -7.03% | 1,110 | LN |
| Lyon | 1,068 | 50.88% | 486 | 23.15% | 280 | 13.34% | 265 | 12.63% | 582 | 27.73% | 2,099 | LY |
| Marshall | 526 | 27.90% | 354 | 18.78% | 892 | 47.32% | 113 | 5.99% | -366[b] | -19.42% | 1,885 | MH |
| Martin | 1,189 | 57.22% | 661 | 31.81% | 103 | 4.96% | 125 | 6.02% | 528 | 25.41% | 2,078 | MT |
| McLeod | 902 | 32.28% | 1,523 | 54.51% | 252 | 9.02% | 117 | 4.19% | -621 | -22.23% | 2,794 | MD |
| Meeker | 1,274 | 42.09% | 1,146 | 37.86% | 348 | 11.50% | 259 | 8.56% | 128 | 4.23% | 3,027 | MK |
| Mille Lacs | 463 | 56.05% | 223 | 27.00% | 103 | 12.47% | 37 | 4.48% | 240 | 29.06% | 826 | ML |
| Morrison | 1,135 | 37.76% | 1,585 | 52.73% | 160 | 5.32% | 126 | 4.19% | -450 | -14.97% | 3,006 | MR |
| Mower | 2,234 | 56.36% | 1,310 | 33.05% | 169 | 4.26% | 251 | 6.33% | 924 | 23.31% | 3,964 | MO |
| Murray | 586 | 36.90% | 517 | 32.56% | 412 | 25.94% | 73 | 4.60% | 69 | 4.35% | 1,588 | MU |
| Nicollet | 1,098 | 47.70% | 937 | 40.70% | 184 | 7.99% | 83 | 3.61% | 161 | 6.99% | 2,302 | NI |
| Nobles | 894 | 44.24% | 664 | 32.86% | 318 | 15.73% | 145 | 7.17% | 230 | 11.38% | 2,021 | NO |
| Norman | 724 | 38.97% | 294 | 15.82% | 596 | 32.08% | 244 | 13.13% | 128[b] | 6.89% | 1,858 | NR |
| Olmsted | 2,344 | 50.79% | 1,931 | 41.84% | 159 | 3.45% | 181 | 3.92% | 413 | 8.95% | 4,615 | OL |
| Otter Tail | 2,140 | 37.40% | 1,642 | 28.70% | 1,466 | 25.62% | 474 | 8.28% | 498 | 8.70% | 5,722 | OT |
| Pine | 538 | 48.42% | 458 | 41.22% | 70 | 6.30% | 45 | 4.05% | 80 | 7.20% | 1,111 | PN |
| Pipestone | 648 | 47.96% | 295 | 21.84% | 346 | 25.61% | 62 | 4.59% | 302[b] | 22.35% | 1,351 | PS |
| Polk | 1,376 | 23.35% | 1,510 | 25.63% | 2,775 | 47.10% | 231 | 3.92% | -1,265[a] | -21.47% | 5,892 | PL |
| Pope | 1,037 | 57.32% | 282 | 15.59% | 361 | 19.96% | 129 | 7.13% | 676[b] | 37.37% | 1,809 | PO |
| Ramsey | 11,307 | 41.99% | 12,817 | 47.60% | 1,725 | 6.41% | 1,077 | 4.00% | -1,510 | -5.61% | 26,926 | RM |
| Redwood | 1,155 | 43.54% | 645 | 24.31% | 734 | 27.67% | 119 | 4.49% | 421[b] | 15.87% | 2,653 | RW |
| Renville | 1,370 | 39.95% | 984 | 28.70% | 925 | 26.98% | 150 | 4.37% | 386 | 11.26% | 3,429 | RV |
| Rice | 2,245 | 48.29% | 1,794 | 38.59% | 352 | 7.57% | 258 | 5.55% | 451 | 9.70% | 4,649 | RC |
| Rock | 940 | 59.64% | 383 | 24.30% | 176 | 11.17% | 77 | 4.89% | 557 | 35.34% | 1,576 | RK |
| Scott | 760 | 26.86% | 1,937 | 68.47% | 99 | 3.50% | 33 | 1.17% | -1,177 | -41.60% | 2,829 | SL |
| Sherburne | 632 | 53.88% | 290 | 24.72% | 202 | 17.22% | 49 | 4.18% | 342 | 29.16% | 1,173 | SC |
| Sibley | 958 | 37.99% | 1,191 | 47.22% | 325 | 12.89% | 48 | 1.90% | -233 | -9.24% | 2,522 | SB |
| St. Louis | 5,157 | 49.67% | 3,586 | 34.54% | 985 | 9.49% | 655 | 6.31% | 1,571 | 15.13% | 10,383 | SY |
| Stearns | 1,624 | 23.68% | 4,461 | 65.04% | 551 | 8.03% | 223 | 3.25% | -2,837 | -41.36% | 6,859 | ST |
| Steele | 1,396 | 48.71% | 1,299 | 45.32% | 55 | 1.92% | 116 | 4.05% | 97 | 3.38% | 2,866 | SE |
| Stevens | 622 | 46.21% | 509 | 37.82% | 144 | 10.70% | 71 | 5.27% | 113 | 8.40% | 1,346 | SV |
| Swift | 762 | 37.39% | 712 | 34.94% | 434 | 21.30% | 130 | 6.38% | 50 | 2.45% | 2,038 | SW |
| Todd | 1,251 | 42.09% | 1,118 | 37.62% | 460 | 15.48% | 143 | 4.81% | 133 | 4.48% | 2,972 | TD |
| Traverse | 413 | 39.33% | 317 | 30.19% | 258 | 24.57% | 62 | 5.90% | 96 | 9.14% | 1,050 | TR |
| Wabasha | 1,580 | 43.16% | 1,774 | 48.46% | 151 | 4.12% | 156 | 4.26% | -194 | -5.30% | 3,661 | WB |
| Wadena | 454 | 45.35% | 332 | 33.17% | 161 | 16.08% | 54 | 5.39% | 122 | 12.19% | 1,001 | WD |
| Waseca | 1,090 | 44.86% | 1,042 | 42.88% | 164 | 6.75% | 134 | 5.51% | 48 | 1.98% | 2,430 | WC |
| Washington | 2,451 | 53.31% | 1,733 | 37.69% | 298 | 6.48% | 116 | 2.52% | 718 | 15.62% | 4,598 | WA |
| Watonwan | 934 | 62.68% | 388 | 26.04% | 75 | 5.03% | 93 | 6.24% | 546 | 36.64% | 1,490 | WW |
| Wilkin | 434 | 42.67% | 363 | 35.69% | 169 | 16.62% | 51 | 5.01% | 71 | 6.98% | 1,017 | WK |
| Winona | 2,734 | 39.95% | 3,701 | 54.08% | 256 | 3.74% | 153 | 2.24% | -967 | -14.13% | 6,844 | WN |
| Wright | 2,271 | 48.56% | 1,829 | 39.11% | 337 | 7.21% | 240 | 5.13% | 442 | 9.45% | 4,677 | WR |
| Yellow Medicine | 911 | 49.11% | 364 | 19.62% | 379 | 20.43% | 201 | 10.84% | 532[b] | 28.68% | 1,855 | YM |
| Totals | 122,944 | 45.87% | 100,589 | 37.53% | 30,399 | 11.34% | 14,117 | 5.27% | 22,355 | 8.34% | 268,049 | MN |
Notes
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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.
- ^ In 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.
References
edit- ^ Knoles 1971, p. 184.
- ^ "1892 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results — Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ a b "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 John Bidwell". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
Works cited
edit- Knoles, George (1971). The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892. Stanford University Press. ISBN 040450969X.