1892 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1892 United States presidential election in Ohio
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Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Whitelaw Reid Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 22 1
Popular vote 405,187 404,115
Percentage 47.66% 47.53%
County Results
President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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The 1892 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 8, 1892. State voters chose 23 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ohio was narrowly won by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison, with 47.66% of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, former President Grover Cleveland, garnered 47.53% of the popular vote.[1]

This was the last time until 2020 that an incumbent president won the state while losing re-election nationally, and the last election until 1944 that the state would vote for a losing candidate.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Ohio
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 405,187 47.66% 22
Democratic Grover Cleveland 404,115 47.53% 1
Prohibition John Bidwell 26,012 3.06% 0
Populist James B. Weaver 14,850 1.75% 0
Totals 850,164 100.0% 23

Results by county

County Benjamin Harrison[2]
Republican 		Stephen Grover Cleveland[2]
Democratic 		John Bidwell[3]
Prohibition 		James Baird Weaver[4]
People's 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 2,908 48.48% 2,832 47.22% 166 2.77% 92 1.53% 76 1.27% 5,998
Allen 3,579 38.55% 4,945 53.26% 392 4.22% 368 3.96% -1,366 -14.71% 9,284
Ashland 2,256 40.63% 3,042 54.79% 211 3.80% 43 0.77% -786 -14.16% 5,552
Ashtabula 6,419 63.57% 2,769 27.42% 671 6.64% 239 2.37% 3,650 36.15% 10,098
Athens 4,458 58.68% 2,599 34.21% 348 4.58% 192 2.53% 1,859 24.47% 7,597
Auglaize 2,113 33.68% 3,774 60.16% 127 2.02% 259 4.13% -1,661 -26.48% 6,273
Belmont 6,329 48.28% 6,123 46.71% 542 4.13% 115 0.88% 206 1.57% 13,109
Brown 2,865 40.26% 3,975 55.85% 151 2.12% 126 1.77% -1,110 -15.60% 7,117
Butler 4,636 36.16% 7,834 61.10% 244 1.90% 108 0.84% -3,198 -24.94% 12,822
Carroll 2,261 53.97% 1,677 40.03% 147 3.51% 104 2.48% 584 13.94% 4,189
Champaign 3,708 53.97% 2,791 40.62% 295 4.29% 77 1.12% 917 13.35% 6,871
Clark 6,214 50.10% 5,255 42.37% 673 5.43% 260 2.10% 959 7.73% 12,402
Clermont 3,715 45.92% 4,069 50.29% 174 2.15% 133 1.64% -354 -4.38% 8,091
Clinton 3,491 58.88% 2,076 35.01% 265 4.47% 97 1.64% 1,415 23.87% 5,929
Columbiana 7,232 51.97% 5,573 40.05% 751 5.40% 360 2.59% 1,659 11.92% 13,916
Coshocton 2,705 41.60% 3,529 54.27% 235 3.61% 34 0.52% -824 -12.67% 6,503
Crawford 2,479 32.25% 4,858 63.21% 183 2.38% 166 2.16% -2,379 -30.95% 7,686
Cuyahoga 26,657 45.63% 29,543 50.58% 1,197 2.05% 1,017 1.74% -2,886 -4.94% 58,414
Darke 3,737 39.99% 4,916 52.61% 481 5.15% 210 2.25% -1,179 -12.62% 9,344
Defiance 2,062 35.09% 3,311 56.35% 154 2.62% 349 5.94% -1,249 -21.26% 5,876
Delaware 3,267 49.16% 2,710 40.78% 460 6.92% 208 3.13% 557 8.38% 6,645
Erie 3,979 47.28% 4,195 49.85% 117 1.39% 125 1.49% -216 -2.57% 8,416
Fairfield 3,004 37.82% 4,650 58.55% 213 2.68% 75 0.94% -1,646 -20.73% 7,942
Fayette 2,838 55.26% 1,989 38.73% 191 3.72% 118 2.30% 849 16.53% 5,136
Franklin 14,341 46.51% 15,495 50.25% 639 2.07% 360 1.17% -1,154 -3.74% 30,835
Fulton 2,808 55.34% 1,919 37.82% 265 5.22% 82 1.62% 889 17.52% 5,074
Gallia 3,547 61.99% 1,984 34.67% 149 2.60% 42 0.73% 1,563 27.32% 5,722
Geauga 2,267 68.80% 758 23.00% 179 5.43% 91 2.76% 1,509 45.80% 3,295
Greene 4,210 59.07% 2,442 34.26% 380 5.33% 95 1.33% 1,768 24.81% 7,127
Guernsey 3,439 53.53% 2,510 39.07% 426 6.63% 50 0.78% 929 14.46% 6,425
Hamilton 41,963 51.15% 38,392 46.80% 584 0.71% 1,101 1.34% 3,571 4.35% 82,040
Hancock 4,780 46.44% 4,931 47.91% 427 4.15% 155 1.51% -151 -1.47% 10,293
Hardin 3,515 47.71% 3,483 47.28% 244 3.31% 125 1.70% 32 0.43% 7,367
Harrison 2,541 51.60% 2,032 41.27% 323 6.56% 28 0.57% 509 10.34% 4,924
Henry 1,981 35.48% 3,312 59.32% 182 3.26% 108 1.93% -1,331 -23.84% 5,583
Highland 3,496 49.14% 3,153 44.32% 285 4.01% 180 2.53% 343 4.82% 7,114
Hocking 2,034 41.65% 2,522 51.65% 188 3.85% 139 2.85% -488 -9.99% 4,883
Holmes 1,152 25.56% 3,151 69.91% 185 4.10% 19 0.42% -1,999 -44.35% 4,507
Huron 4,257 51.93% 3,592 43.82% 249 3.04% 100 1.22% 665 8.11% 8,198
Jackson 3,323 51.36% 2,622 40.53% 285 4.40% 240 3.71% 701 10.83% 6,470
Jefferson 4,793 53.28% 3,493 38.83% 557 6.19% 153 1.70% 1,300 14.45% 8,996
Knox 3,347 45.98% 3,489 47.93% 273 3.75% 171 2.35% -142 -1.95% 7,280
Lake 2,846 67.46% 1,158 27.45% 137 3.25% 78 1.85% 1,688 40.01% 4,219
Lawrence 4,193 56.84% 2,988 40.50% 161 2.18% 35 0.47% 1,205 16.33% 7,377
Licking 4,619 41.97% 6,038 54.87% 193 1.75% 155 1.41% -1,419 -12.89% 11,005
Logan 3,796 57.85% 2,332 35.54% 290 4.42% 144 2.19% 1,464 22.31% 6,562
Lorain 5,434 56.60% 3,674 38.27% 444 4.63% 48 0.50% 1,760 18.33% 9,600
Lucas 11,211 52.02% 9,860 45.75% 282 1.31% 199 0.92% 1,351 6.27% 21,552
Madison 2,594 50.93% 2,292 45.00% 175 3.44% 32 0.63% 302 5.93% 5,093
Mahoning 5,806 45.54% 6,358 49.87% 350 2.75% 236 1.85% -552 -4.33% 12,750
Marion 2,477 40.89% 3,282 54.18% 257 4.24% 42 0.69% -805 -13.29% 6,058
Medina 3,062 56.10% 2,122 38.88% 204 3.74% 70 1.28% 940 17.22% 5,458
Meigs 3,959 59.37% 2,415 36.22% 212 3.18% 82 1.23% 1,544 23.16% 6,668
Mercer 1,526 25.86% 3,688 62.51% 62 1.05% 624 10.58% -2,162 -36.64% 5,900
Miami 5,110 51.26% 4,271 42.84% 391 3.92% 197 1.98% 839 8.42% 9,969
Monroe 1,630 29.08% 3,838 68.47% 110 1.96% 27 0.48% -2,208 -39.39% 5,605
Montgomery 13,197 46.88% 14,067 49.97% 598 2.12% 290 1.03% -870 -3.09% 28,152
Morgan 2,399 51.98% 1,956 42.38% 199 4.31% 61 1.32% 443 9.60% 4,615
Morrow 2,297 49.07% 1,958 41.83% 305 6.52% 121 2.58% 339 7.24% 4,681
Muskingum 6,123 47.78% 6,230 48.62% 360 2.81% 101 0.79% -107 -0.84% 12,814
Noble 2,307 50.69% 2,026 44.52% 184 4.04% 34 0.75% 281 6.17% 4,551
Ottawa 1,588 34.37% 2,943 63.70% 49 1.06% 40 0.87% -1,355 -29.33% 4,620
Paulding 2,900 47.53% 2,997 49.12% 123 2.02% 81 1.33% -97 -1.59% 6,101
Perry 3,359 47.11% 3,430 48.11% 181 2.54% 160 2.24% -71 -1.00% 7,130
Pickaway 2,953 42.89% 3,759 54.60% 152 2.21% 21 0.31% -806 -11.71% 6,885
Pike 1,686 44.47% 1,926 50.80% 71 1.87% 108 2.85% -240 -6.33% 3,791
Portage 3,310 48.83% 2,953 43.57% 324 4.78% 191 2.82% 357 5.27% 6,778
Preble 2,957 49.39% 2,699 45.08% 288 4.81% 43 0.72% 258 4.31% 5,987
Putnam 2,314 33.73% 4,177 60.89% 200 2.92% 169 2.46% -1,863 -27.16% 6,860
Richland 3,994 40.77% 5,398 55.10% 293 2.99% 111 1.13% -1,404 -14.33% 9,796
Ross 4,632 49.19% 4,489 47.67% 259 2.75% 37 0.39% 143 1.52% 9,417
Sandusky 2,960 41.25% 3,774 52.60% 157 2.19% 284 3.96% -814 -11.34% 7,175
Scioto 4,268 55.87% 3,181 41.64% 123 1.61% 67 0.88% 1,087 14.23% 7,639
Seneca 4,195 41.49% 5,378 53.19% 285 2.82% 252 2.49% -1,183 -11.70% 10,110
Shelby 2,062 37.07% 3,244 58.32% 124 2.23% 132 2.37% -1,182 -21.25% 5,562
Stark 9,231 44.79% 10,227 49.63% 654 3.17% 496 2.41% -996 -4.83% 20,608
Summit 6,322 46.45% 6,499 47.75% 447 3.28% 343 2.52% -177 -1.30% 13,611
Trumbull 5,819 59.45% 3,217 32.87% 582 5.95% 170 1.74% 2,602 26.58% 9,788
Tuscarawas 4,746 42.97% 5,715 51.74% 302 2.73% 282 2.55% -969 -8.77% 11,045
Union 3,001 54.26% 2,055 37.15% 245 4.43% 230 4.16% 946 17.10% 5,531
Van Wert 3,373 46.52% 3,629 50.06% 191 2.63% 57 0.79% -256 -3.53% 7,250
Vinton 1,710 48.18% 1,743 49.11% 63 1.78% 33 0.93% -33 -0.93% 3,549
Warren 3,807 59.00% 2,400 37.19% 179 2.77% 67 1.04% 1,407 21.80% 6,453
Washington 4,845 50.08% 4,524 46.76% 193 1.99% 113 1.17% 321 3.32% 9,675
Wayne 3,752 41.51% 4,702 52.02% 547 6.05% 38 0.42% -950 -10.51% 9,039
Williams 2,745 46.76% 2,583 44.00% 228 3.88% 314 5.35% 162 2.76% 5,870
Wood 5,314 49.10% 4,748 43.87% 512 4.73% 248 2.29% 566 5.23% 10,822
Wyandot 2,057 40.25% 2,857 55.90% 142 2.78% 55 1.08% -800 -15.65% 5,111
Totals 405,192 47.66% 404,115 47.53% 26,036 3.06% 14,832 1.74% 1,077 0.13% 850,175

See also

References

  1. ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (xlsx file for €15)