1892 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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The 1892 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
West Virginia was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. This would prove the last occasion West Virginia voted Democratic in a presidential election until 1912.
Results
[edit]| 1892 United States presidential election in West Virginia[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 84,467 | 49.37% | 6 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 80,292 | 46.93% | 0 | |
| Populist | James B. Weaver | 4,167 | 2.44% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 2,153 | 1.26% | 0 | |
| Totals | 171,079 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison Republican |
James B. Weaver People’s |
John Bidwell Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 1,522 | 49.66% | 1,497 | 48.84% | 23 | 0.75% | 23 | 0.75% | 25 | 0.82% | 3,065 |
| Berkeley | 2,133 | 48.28% | 2,259 | 51.13% | 8 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.41% | -126 | -2.85% | 4,418 |
| Boone | 782 | 58.84% | 541 | 40.71% | 4 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.15% | 241 | 18.13% | 1,329 |
| Braxton | 1,790 | 56.38% | 1,113 | 35.06% | 244 | 7.69% | 28 | 0.88% | 677 | 21.32% | 3,175 |
| Brooke | 770 | 49.55% | 740 | 47.62% | 4 | 0.26% | 40 | 2.57% | 30 | 1.93% | 1,554 |
| Cabell | 2,890 | 53.78% | 2,328 | 43.32% | 107 | 1.99% | 49 | 0.91% | 562 | 10.46% | 5,374 |
| Calhoun | 993 | 59.89% | 602 | 36.31% | 57 | 3.44% | 6 | 0.36% | 391 | 23.58% | 1,658 |
| Clay | 503 | 49.65% | 494 | 48.77% | 15 | 1.48% | 1 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.89% | 1,013 |
| Doddridge | 1,156 | 45.39% | 1,332 | 52.30% | 17 | 0.67% | 42 | 1.65% | -176 | -6.91% | 2,547 |
| Fayette | 2,232 | 43.06% | 2,665 | 51.41% | 185 | 3.57% | 102 | 1.97% | -433 | -8.35% | 5,184 |
| Gilmer | 1,187 | 58.04% | 816 | 39.90% | 34 | 1.66% | 8 | 0.39% | 371 | 18.14% | 2,045 |
| Grant | 400 | 25.54% | 1,155 | 73.75% | 3 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.51% | -755 | -48.21% | 1,566 |
| Greenbrier | 2,299 | 63.49% | 1,259 | 34.77% | 38 | 1.05% | 25 | 0.69% | 1,040 | 28.72% | 3,621 |
| Hampshire | 1,878 | 74.55% | 523 | 20.76% | 107 | 4.25% | 11 | 0.44% | 1,355 | 53.79% | 2,519 |
| Hancock | 593 | 41.47% | 693 | 48.46% | 72 | 5.03% | 72 | 5.03% | -100 | -6.99% | 1,430 |
| Hardy | 1,215 | 75.28% | 381 | 23.61% | 17 | 1.05% | 1 | 0.06% | 834 | 51.67% | 1,614 |
| Harrison | 2,237 | 44.70% | 2,567 | 51.30% | 154 | 3.08% | 46 | 0.92% | -330 | -6.59% | 5,004 |
| Jackson | 1,883 | 43.88% | 2,131 | 49.66% | 238 | 5.55% | 39 | 0.91% | -248 | -5.78% | 4,291 |
| Jefferson | 2,530 | 69.35% | 1,093 | 29.96% | 9 | 0.25% | 16 | 0.44% | 1,437 | 39.39% | 3,648 |
| Kanawha | 4,549 | 45.84% | 5,078 | 51.17% | 144 | 1.45% | 152 | 1.53% | -529 | -5.33% | 9,923 |
| Lewis | 1,676 | 50.04% | 1,550 | 46.28% | 29 | 0.87% | 94 | 2.81% | 126 | 3.76% | 3,349 |
| Lincoln | 1,081 | 47.90% | 840 | 37.22% | 323 | 14.31% | 13 | 0.58% | 241 | 10.68% | 2,257 |
| Logan | 1,522 | 75.87% | 484 | 24.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,038 | 51.74% | 2,006 |
| Marion | 2,662 | 48.79% | 2,584 | 47.36% | 72 | 1.32% | 138 | 2.53% | 78 | 1.43% | 5,456 |
| Marshall | 1,808 | 37.00% | 2,567 | 52.53% | 339 | 6.94% | 173 | 3.54% | -759 | -15.53% | 4,887 |
| Mason | 2,260 | 45.52% | 2,600 | 52.37% | 64 | 1.29% | 41 | 0.83% | -340 | -6.85% | 4,965 |
| McDowell | 607 | 32.43% | 1,265 | 67.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -658 | -35.15% | 1,872 |
| Mercer | 1,827 | 51.48% | 1,651 | 46.52% | 61 | 1.72% | 10 | 0.28% | 176 | 4.96% | 3,549 |
| Mineral | 1,279 | 46.87% | 1,356 | 49.69% | 75 | 2.75% | 19 | 0.70% | -77 | -2.82% | 2,729 |
| Monongalia | 1,505 | 39.38% | 2,255 | 59.00% | 24 | 0.63% | 38 | 0.99% | -750 | -19.62% | 3,822 |
| Monroe | 1,373 | 53.24% | 1,141 | 44.24% | 58 | 2.25% | 7 | 0.27% | 232 | 9.00% | 2,579 |
| Morgan | 582 | 38.62% | 910 | 60.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.86% | -328 | -21.77% | 1,507 |
| Nicholas | 1,063 | 55.36% | 728 | 37.92% | 32 | 1.67% | 97 | 5.05% | 335 | 17.45% | 1,920 |
| Ohio | 5,220 | 49.93% | 5,061 | 48.41% | 19 | 0.18% | 154 | 1.47% | 159 | 1.52% | 10,454 |
| Pendleton | 1,075 | 59.59% | 717 | 39.75% | 8 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.22% | 358 | 19.84% | 1,804 |
| Pleasants | 855 | 53.64% | 713 | 44.73% | 13 | 0.82% | 13 | 0.82% | 142 | 8.91% | 1,594 |
| Pocahontas | 950 | 63.08% | 539 | 35.79% | 3 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.93% | 411 | 27.29% | 1,506 |
| Preston | 1,323 | 30.31% | 2,866 | 65.66% | 88 | 2.02% | 88 | 2.02% | -1,543 | -35.35% | 4,365 |
| Putnam | 1,597 | 48.39% | 1,612 | 48.85% | 76 | 2.30% | 15 | 0.45% | -15 | -0.45% | 3,300 |
| Raleigh | 965 | 51.94% | 871 | 46.88% | 7 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.81% | 94 | 5.06% | 1,858 |
| Randolph | 1,622 | 65.17% | 839 | 33.71% | 11 | 0.44% | 17 | 0.68% | 783 | 31.46% | 2,489 |
| Ritchie | 1,349 | 38.32% | 1,773 | 50.37% | 219 | 6.22% | 179 | 5.09% | -424 | -12.05% | 3,520 |
| Roane | 1,709 | 51.69% | 1,452 | 43.92% | 123 | 3.72% | 22 | 0.67% | 257 | 7.77% | 3,306 |
| Summers | 1,632 | 55.57% | 1,233 | 41.98% | 46 | 1.57% | 26 | 0.89% | 399 | 13.59% | 2,937 |
| Taylor | 1,158 | 40.69% | 1,522 | 53.48% | 139 | 4.88% | 27 | 0.95% | -364 | -12.79% | 2,846 |
| Tucker | 867 | 49.97% | 830 | 47.84% | 30 | 1.73% | 8 | 0.46% | 37 | 2.13% | 1,735 |
| Tyler | 1,106 | 42.15% | 1,449 | 55.22% | 45 | 1.71% | 24 | 0.91% | -343 | -13.07% | 2,624 |
| Upshur | 938 | 32.48% | 1,849 | 64.02% | 18 | 0.62% | 83 | 2.87% | -911 | -31.54% | 2,888 |
| Wayne | 2,095 | 56.85% | 1,514 | 41.09% | 71 | 1.93% | 5 | 0.14% | 581 | 15.77% | 3,685 |
| Webster | 737 | 67.31% | 353 | 32.24% | 5 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | 35.07% | 1,095 |
| Wetzel | 1,810 | 50.89% | 1,183 | 33.26% | 544 | 15.29% | 20 | 0.56% | 627 | 17.63% | 3,557 |
| Wirt | 1,110 | 53.65% | 926 | 44.76% | 15 | 0.72% | 18 | 0.87% | 184 | 8.89% | 2,069 |
| Wood | 2,985 | 46.78% | 3,201 | 50.16% | 117 | 1.83% | 78 | 1.22% | -216 | -3.39% | 6,381 |
| Wyoming | 577 | 48.49% | 591 | 49.66% | 11 | 0.92% | 11 | 0.92% | -14 | -1.18% | 1,190 |
| Totals | 84,467 | 49.37% | 80,292 | 46.93% | 4,167 | 2.44% | 2,153 | 1.26% | 4,175 | 2.44% | 171,079 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – West Virginia
- ^ "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)
