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1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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The 1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. South Dakota participated in its first ever presidential election, having been admitted as the 40th state on November 2, 1889.

1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota
November 8, 1892 1896 →
 
Nominee Benjamin Harrison James B. Weaver Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Independent Democratic
Alliance Populist
Home state Indiana Iowa New York
Running mate Whitelaw Reid James G. Field Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 4 0 0
Popular vote 34,888 26,544 9,081
Percentage 49.48% 37.64% 12.88%
County Results
President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The state was won by the Republican ticket of incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York, by a margin of 11.84%. He defeated independent James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia (both of whom ran under the Populist banner nationally), and the Democratic ticket of former (and future) President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.

Results

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1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 34,888 49.48% 4
Independent James Weaver 26,544 37.64% 0
Democratic Grover Cleveland 9,081 12.88% 0
Totals 70,513 100.00% 4
Voter turnout —

Results by county

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County[2] Benjamin Harrison
Republican 		Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		James Baird Weaver
Independent 		Margin[a] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Aurora 461 46.95% 207 21.08% 314 31.98% 147 14.97% 982
Beadle 984 52.85% 206 11.06% 672 36.09% 312 16.76% 1,862
Bon Homme 879 49.52% 260 14.65% 636 35.83% 243 13.69% 1,775
Brookings 1,082 51.57% 189 9.01% 827 39.42% 255 12.15% 2,098
Brown 1,446 45.33% 279 8.75% 1,465 45.92% -19 -0.60% 3,190
Brule 538 44.03% 200 16.37% 484 39.61% 54 4.42% 1,222
Buffalo 78 50.65% 13 8.44% 63 40.91% 15 9.74% 154
Butte 154 40.10% 28 7.29% 202 52.60% -48 -12.50% 384
Campbell 390 58.12% 77 11.48% 204 30.40% 186 27.72% 671
Charles Mix 516 57.40% 115 12.79% 268 29.81% 248 27.59% 899
Clark 731 47.19% 197 12.72% 621 40.09% 110 7.10% 1,549
Clay 918 53.65% 164 9.59% 629 36.76% 289 16.89% 1,711
Codington 882 52.16% 408 24.13% 401 23.71% 474[b] 28.03% 1,691
Custer 503 49.27% 166 16.26% 352 34.48% 151 14.79% 1,021
Davison 569 42.81% 120 9.03% 640 48.16% -71 -5.34% 1,329
Day 752 38.92% 362 18.74% 818 42.34% -66 -3.42% 1,932
Deuel 441 43.79% 126 12.51% 440 43.69% 1 0.10% 1,007
Douglas 541 50.85% 109 10.24% 414 38.91% 127 11.94% 1,064
Edmunds 386 44.22% 156 17.87% 331 37.92% 55 6.30% 873
Fall River 569 53.73% 262 24.74% 228 21.53% 307[b] 28.99% 1,059
Faulk 473 63.75% 107 14.42% 162 21.83% 311 41.91% 742
Grant 605 40.74% 188 12.66% 692 46.60% -87 -5.86% 1,485
Hamlin 537 50.80% 161 15.23% 359 33.96% 178 16.84% 1,057
Hand 526 44.46% 70 5.92% 587 49.62% -61 -5.16% 1,183
Hanson 378 36.21% 196 18.77% 470 45.02% -92 -8.81% 1,044
Hughes 459 62.88% 102 13.97% 169 23.15% 290 39.73% 730
Hutchinson 1,034 64.42% 254 15.83% 317 19.75% 717 44.67% 1,605
Hyde 184 56.44% 51 15.64% 91 27.91% 93 28.53% 326
Jerauld 327 47.05% 45 6.47% 323 46.47% 4 0.58% 695
Kingsbury 951 46.28% 175 8.52% 929 45.21% 22 1.07% 2,055
Lake 742 43.47% 196 11.48% 769 45.05% -27 -1.58% 1,707
Lawrence 2,140 51.18% 546 13.06% 1,495 35.76% 645 15.43% 4,181
Lincoln 1,130 55.53% 206 10.12% 699 34.35% 431 21.18% 2,035
Marshall 477 43.96% 114 10.51% 494 45.53% -17 -1.57% 1,085
McCook 573 37.35% 262 17.08% 699 45.57% -126 -8.21% 1,534
McPherson 487 50.52% 221 22.93% 256 26.56% 231 23.96% 964
Meade 427 36.56% 128 10.96% 613 52.48% -186 -15.92% 1,168
Miner 486 38.57% 290 23.02% 484 38.41% 2 0.16% 1,260
Minnehaha 2,208 52.31% 484 11.47% 1,529 36.22% 679 16.09% 4,221
Moody 735 53.30% 96 6.96% 548 39.74% 187 13.56% 1,379
Pennington 959 50.66% 147 7.77% 787 41.57% 172 9.09% 1,893
Potter 320 51.12% 57 9.11% 249 39.78% 71 11.34% 626
Roberts 538 62.85% 68 7.94% 250 29.21% 288 33.64% 856
Sanborn 564 55.62% 95 9.37% 355 35.01% 209 20.61% 1,014
Spink 1,133 53.04% 171 8.01% 832 38.95% 301 14.09% 2,136
Stanley 76 49.03% 29 18.71% 50 32.26% 26 16.77% 155
Sully 278 57.44% 39 8.06% 167 34.50% 111 22.93% 484
Turner 1,108 56.68% 429 21.94% 418 21.38% 679[b] 34.73% 1,955
Union 860 43.30% 241 12.13% 885 44.56% -25 -1.26% 1,986
Walworth 187 44.21% 45 10.64% 191 45.15% -4 -0.95% 423
Yankton 1,166 53.98% 228 10.56% 766 35.46% 400 18.52% 2,160
Totals 34,888 49.40% 9,085 12.87% 26,644 37.73% 8,244 11.67% 70,617

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Because Weaver finished second behind Harrison and ahead of Cleveland in South Dakota as a whole, all margins given are Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margins Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage unless otherwise stated for the county in question.
  2. ^ a b c In this county where Cleveland did finish second ahead of Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Cleveland vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Cleveland percentage.

References

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  1. ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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