1892 United States presidential election in Florida

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1892 United States presidential election in Florida

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Nominee Grover Cleveland James B. Weaver Party Democratic Populist Home state New York Iowa Running mate Adlai Stevenson I James G. Field Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 30,153 4,843 Percentage 85.01% 13.65%

County Results Cleveland   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% The 1892 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. This election marks the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow-era politics in Florida. This change had been proposed as early as 1884, but the anti-Southern animus of the Harrison regime meant that Florida's large landowners felt the disfranchisement of blacks had become urgent. [1] A poll tax was introduced in 1889 [2] as were the so-called “Myers” and “Dortch” laws which required voters in more populous settlements to register their voting precincts. [3] This dramatically cut voter registration amongst blacks and poorer whites, almost halving the number of votes cast. Since Florida completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession, its Republican Party between 1872 and 1888 was entirely dependent upon black votes. Thus this disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites by a poll tax introduced in 1889 [4] left Florida as devoid of Republican adherents as Louisiana, Mississippi or South Carolina. [5] Thus, Florida's few remaining Republicans decided not to put up presidential electors and urged their supported to back Populist James B. Weaver, [6] creating the first case where an incumbent president standing for re-election has not been on all state's ballots. [lower-alpha 1] Weaver thought he had “magnificent” chances in the impoverished South, [7] and campaigned heavily there. [7] but as it turned out the halving of the electorate meant he could gain very little support. Weaver was not helped by his controversial decision to take a woman – Mary Lease – on his campaigns, as the South thought any political involvement degraded womanhood. [8] Weaver did nonetheless win counties in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. Florida was won in a landslide by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois in what remains as the best performance in Florida as of 2020. Weaver took what remained of the Black Republican vote, but gained less than 14%; nonetheless this is one of only five times in Florida that a candidate other than a Republican, Democrat, or Whig (the Democrat's main opposition before the formation of the Republican Party) got over 10% of the vote. [lower-alpha 2] Results United States presidential election in Florida, 1892 [9] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic Grover Cleveland 30,153 85.01% 4 People's James Weaver 4,843 13.65% 0 Prohibition John Bidwell 475 1.34% 0 Totals 35,471 100.00% 4 Voter turnout — Results by county Stephen Grover Cleveland [10] Democratic James Baird Weaver [11] People's John Bidwell [12] Prohibition Margin Total votes cast County #  % #  % #  % #  % # Alachua 1,447 84.27% 234 13.63% 36 2.10% 1,213 70.65% 1,717 Baker 187 54.84% 154 45.16% 0 0.00% 33 9.68% 341 Bradford 551 79.39% 139 20.03% 4 0.58% 412 59.37% 694 Brevard 449 88.74% 36 7.11% 21 4.15% 413 81.62% 506 Calhoun 155 73.46% 56 26.54% 0 0.00% 99 46.92% 211 Citrus 316 80.82% 71 18.16% 4 1.02% 245 62.66% 391 Clay 404 85.41% 68 14.38% 1 0.21% 336 71.04% 473 Columbia 822 94.16% 49 5.61% 2 0.23% 773 88.55% 873 Dade 109 95.61% 1 0.88% 4 3.51% 105 [lower-alpha 3] 92.11% 114 De Soto 566 68.61% 256 31.03% 3 0.36% 310 37.58% 825 Duval 1,442 95.18% 68 4.49% 5 0.33% 1,374 90.69% 1,515 Escambia 2,616 95.37% 127 4.63% 0 0.00% 2,489 90.74% 2,743 Franklin 304 100.00% 0 0.00% 304 100.00% 304 Gadsden 522 91.90% 46 8.10% 476 83.80% 568 Hamilton 605 79.19% 159 20.81% 446 58.38% 764 Hernando 227 73.23% 81 26.13% 2 0.65% 146 47.10% 310 Hillsborough 2,718 95.60% 58 2.04% 67 2.36% 2,660 93.56% 2,843 Holmes 285 66.28% 145 33.72% 0 0.00% 140 32.56% 430 Jackson 1,091 79.12% 288 20.88% 803 58.23% 1,379 Jefferson 1,533 100.00% 0 0.00% 1,533 100.00% 1,533 Lafayette 258 90.53% 27 9.47% 231 81.05% 285 Lake 1,137 85.68% 105 7.91% 85 6.41% 1,032 77.77% 1,327 Lee 153 96.23% 5 3.14% 1 0.63% 148 93.08% 159 Leon 634 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 634 100.00% 634 Levy 436 71.59% 172 28.24% 1 0.16% 264 43.35% 609 Liberty 84 54.19% 71 45.81% 0 0.00% 13 8.39% 155 Madison 855 95.64% 39 4.36% 0.00% 816 91.28% 894 Manatee 348 83.25% 62 14.83% 8 1.91% 286 68.42% 418 Marion 1,133 67.32% 533 31.67% 17 1.01% 600 35.65% 1,683 Monroe 767 90.98% 67 7.95% 9 1.07% 700 83.04% 843 Nassau 597 98.84% 7 1.16% 0 0.00% 590 97.68% 604 Orange 1,142 92.10% 39 3.15% 59 4.76% 1,083 [lower-alpha 3] 87.34% 1,240 Osceola 259 94.18% 13 4.73% 3 1.09% 246 89.45% 275 Pasco 471 83.22% 92 16.25% 3 0.53% 379 66.96% 566 Polk 801 80.66% 168 16.92% 24 2.42% 633 63.75% 993 Putnam 885 78.74% 174 15.48% 65 5.78% 711 63.26% 1,124 Santa Rosa 452 83.86% 87 16.14% 0 0.00% 365 67.72% 539 St. Johns 589 95.46% 28 4.54% 561 90.92% 617 Sumter 444 59.28% 305 40.72% 139 18.56% 749 Suwannee 648 71.52% 258 28.48% 390 43.05% 906 Taylor 125 52.30% 114 47.70% 11 4.60% 239 Volusia 785 85.14% 91 9.87% 46 4.99% 694 75.27% 922 Wakulla 173 94.54% 10 5.46% 0 0.00% 163 89.07% 183 Walton 313 53.05% 274 46.44% 3 0.51% 39 6.61% 590 Washington 315 82.25% 66 17.23% 2 0.52% 249 65.01% 383 Totals 30,153 85.01% 4,843 13.65% 475 1.34% 25,310 71.35% 35,471 Notes This has occurred three times since. William Howard Taft in 1912 was not on the ballot in either California or South Dakota, while Harry S. Truman in 1948 and Lyndon Johnson in 1964 were both kept off the Alabama ballot. The others are Constitutional Unionist John Bell in 1860, States’ Rights Democrat Strom Thurmond in 1948, American Independent George Wallace in 1968 and Ross Perot in 1992. In this county where Bidwell ran second ahead of Weaver, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Bidwell vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Bidwell percentage. References Perman, Michael; Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908, pp. 67-68 Brooker, Russell; The American Civil Rights Movement 1865-1950: Black Agency and People of Good Will, p. 61 ISBN   0739179926 Ogden, Frederick D. (1958); The Poll Tax in the South, p. 118 Silbey, Joel H. and Bogue, Allan G.; The History of American Electoral Behavior, p. 210 ISBN   140087114X Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 ISBN   9780691163246 Knowles, George Harmon (1942); The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892, p. 242 Richardson, Darcy G.; Others: Third Parties During the Populist Period, p. 138 ISBN   0595443044 Kauffman, Gina; More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Kansas Women, p. 36 ISBN   0762776331 Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Florida Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15) Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15) Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15) This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.