1892 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1892 United States presidential election in Iowa
Flag of Iowa.svg
  1888 November 8, 1892 1896  
  Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg StephenGroverCleveland.jpg
Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Whitelaw Reid Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote130
Popular vote219,795196,367
Percentage49.60%44.31%

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County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1892 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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Iowa was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York by a margin of 5.29%. This was the first election in which Iowa voted for a different candidate than Wisconsin, a phenomenon that has occurred only 5 times since - 1924, 1940, 1976, 2004, and 2020.

This election resulted in Cleveland becoming the third US president of only 6 and the second of only 4 Democrats to have ever held office without winning Iowa in an election since its admission to the union in 1846.

Cleveland is the only candidate to be elected twice without ever carrying Iowa in the state's history. Franklin Roosevelt won two terms in 1940 and 1944 without Iowa, but because those were his third and fourth terms, he had already carried the state twice in 1932 and 1936.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Iowa [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent)219,79549.60%13
Democratic Grover Cleveland 196,36744.31%0
People's James Weaver 20,5954.65%0
Prohibition John Bidwell 6,4021.44%0
Totals443,159100.00%13
Voter turnout

Results by county

County [2] Benjamin Harrison
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic
James Baird Weaver [3]
People's
John Bidwell [4]
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 1,83654.66%1,26437.63%2156.40%441.31%57217.03%3,359
Adams 1,53352.83%1,14939.59%1796.17%411.41%38413.23%2,902
Allamakee 1,83246.94%1,95650.12%751.92%401.02%-124-3.18%3,903
Appanoose 2,53450.81%1,92438.58%4799.60%501.00%61012.23%4,987
Audubon 1,28846.53%1,39350.33%662.38%210.76%-105-3.79%2,768
Benton 2,69448.64%2,74549.56%691.25%310.56%-51-0.92%5,539
Black Hawk 3,48357.08%2,54441.69%290.48%460.75%93915.39%6,102
Boone 2,95957.31%1,92537.28%1793.47%1001.94%1,03420.03%5,163
Bremer 1,55543.44%1,93353.99%511.42%411.15%-378-10.56%3,580
Buchanan 2,49851.86%2,16644.97%961.99%571.18%3326.89%4,817
Buena Vista 1,71257.41%98232.93%2478.28%411.37%73024.48%2,982
Butler 2,12958.76%1,43039.47%280.77%360.99%69919.29%3,623
Calhoun 1,96960.75%1,10434.06%1324.07%361.11%86526.69%3,241
Carroll 1,59239.00%2,37558.18%681.67%471.15%-783-19.18%4,082
Cass 2,31749.54%1,99042.55%3527.53%180.38%3276.99%4,677
Cedar 2,13045.87%2,34750.54%741.59%932.00%-217-4.67%4,644
Cerro Gordo 2,13360.51%1,20934.30%551.56%1283.63%92426.21%3,525
Cherokee 1,75556.54%1,15737.27%882.84%1043.35%59819.27%3,104
Chickasaw 1,51643.95%1,87854.45%431.25%120.35%-362-10.50%3,449
Clarke 1,45554.17%96135.78%2398.90%311.15%49418.39%2,686
Clay 1,51664.21%65427.70%1496.31%421.78%86236.51%2,361
Clayton 2,44341.63%3,33756.86%570.97%320.55%-894-15.23%5,869
Clinton 3,89340.03%5,64958.08%1321.36%520.53%-1,756-18.05%9,726
Crawford 1,51138.35%2,27257.66%1333.38%240.61%-761-19.31%3,940
Dallas 2,67956.02%1,64134.32%3587.49%1042.17%1,03821.71%4,782
Davis 1,34938.88%1,48142.68%60117.32%391.12%-132-3.80%3,470
Decatur 1,85649.10%1,48639.31%40310.66%350.93%3709.79%3,780
Delaware 2,29455.44%1,81043.74%150.36%190.46%48411.70%4,138
Des Moines 3,36142.03%4,52656.60%550.69%540.68%-1,165-14.57%7,996
Dickinson 80161.29%44333.89%473.60%161.22%35827.39%1,307
Dubuque 3,52633.54%6,83164.98%1121.07%440.42%-3,305-31.44%10,513
Emmet 83166.00%39131.06%191.51%181.43%44034.95%1,259
Fayette 2,77149.85%2,49944.95%2083.74%811.46%2724.89%5,559
Floyd 2,01756.37%1,38738.76%1243.47%501.40%63017.61%3,578
Franklin 1,77161.71%1,06437.07%230.80%120.42%70724.63%2,870
Fremont 1,63541.35%1,71643.40%56014.16%431.09%-81-2.05%3,954
Greene 2,08457.11%1,33336.53%1684.60%641.75%75120.58%3,649
Grundy 1,37548.38%1,35547.68%742.60%381.34%200.70%2,842
Guthrie 2,29554.86%1,54036.82%2405.74%1082.58%75518.05%4,183
Hamilton 2,07361.46%1,22736.38%431.27%300.89%84625.08%3,373
Hancock 1,21458.51%78938.02%411.98%311.49%42520.48%2,075
Hardin 2,66561.00%1,54935.45%721.65%831.90%1,11625.54%4,369
Harrison 2,30245.05%2,20043.05%53610.49%721.41%1022.00%5,110
Henry 2,39054.54%1,71039.02%2104.79%721.64%68015.52%4,382
Howard 1,40351.51%1,23945.48%200.73%622.28%1646.02%2,724
Humboldt 1,38262.39%74233.50%441.99%472.12%64028.89%2,215
Ida 1,19246.71%1,19046.63%1305.09%401.57%20.08%2,552
Iowa 1,67242.15%2,15754.37%892.24%491.24%-485-12.23%3,967
Jackson 1,94638.85%2,96659.21%470.94%501.00%-1,020-20.36%5,009
Jasper 3,16750.94%2,55641.11%3836.16%1111.79%6119.83%6,217
Jefferson 2,14055.03%1,54539.73%1273.27%771.98%59515.30%3,889
Johnson 2,17939.35%3,22758.28%1011.82%300.54%-1,048-18.93%5,537
Jones 2,41949.07%2,43949.47%170.34%551.12%-20-0.41%4,930
Keokuk 2,50946.37%2,65549.07%1803.33%671.24%-146-2.70%5,411
Kossuth 1,80152.96%1,51344.49%591.73%280.82%2888.47%3,401
Lee 3,97143.46%4,95654.24%1451.59%650.71%-985-10.78%9,137
Linn 5,60250.85%5,03245.67%1411.28%2422.20%5705.17%11,017
Louisa 1,79659.45%1,06935.39%1103.64%461.52%72724.06%3,021
Lucas 1,55052.58%1,08736.87%2438.24%682.31%46315.71%2,948
Lyon 1,11047.56%1,13048.41%773.30%170.73%-20-0.86%2,334
Madison 1,96650.11%1,40635.84%50012.75%511.30%56014.27%3,923
Mahaska 3,34047.88%2,42834.81%1,04614.99%1622.32%91213.07%6,976
Marion 2,31943.70%2,54047.86%3727.01%761.43%-221-4.16%5,307
Marshall 3,44156.60%2,31238.03%2434.00%841.38%1,12918.57%6,080
Mills 1,76149.87%1,48041.91%2517.11%391.10%2817.96%3,531
Mitchell 1,79758.92%1,16238.10%461.51%451.48%63520.82%3,050
Monona 1,18837.85%75123.92%1,10735.27%932.96%81 [a] 2.58%3,139
Monroe 1,50145.48%1,16935.42%55016.67%802.42%33210.06%3,300
Montgomery 2,18759.59%1,17431.99%2346.38%752.04%1,01327.60%3,670
Muscatine 2,72646.41%2,96450.46%1412.40%430.73%-238-4.05%5,874
O'Brien 1,66652.94%1,37343.63%752.38%331.05%2939.31%3,147
Osceola 72950.87%67447.03%151.05%151.05%553.84%1,433
Page 2,62355.48%1,50331.79%2755.82%3276.92%1,12023.69%4,728
Palo Alto 1,11046.60%1,10146.22%1476.17%241.01%90.38%2,382
Plymouth 1,67240.11%2,24453.83%1784.27%751.80%-572-13.72%4,169
Pocahontas 1,30451.89%93937.37%2108.36%602.39%36514.52%2,513
Polk 7,75753.76%5,53838.38%7845.43%3492.42%2,21915.38%14,428
Pottawattamie 4,67546.08%4,90548.35%5054.98%600.59%-230-2.27%10,145
Poweshiek 2,35953.05%1,77639.94%2565.76%561.26%58313.11%4,447
Ringgold 1,76655.03%1,11134.62%2226.92%1103.43%65520.41%3,209
Sac 1,88856.78%1,25837.83%832.50%962.89%63018.95%3,325
Scott 2,99932.15%6,20566.52%650.70%590.63%-3,206-34.37%9,328
Shelby 1,67444.41%1,89050.15%1764.67%290.77%-216-5.73%3,769
Sioux 2,02151.56%1,79245.71%731.86%340.87%2295.84%3,920
Story 2,79764.51%1,32130.47%1122.58%1062.44%1,47634.04%4,336
Tama 2,42147.12%2,58950.39%711.38%571.11%-168-3.27%5,138
Taylor 2,08854.29%1,42337.00%2656.89%701.82%66517.29%3,846
Union 1,91446.81%1,50836.88%59314.50%741.81%4069.93%4,089
Van Buren 2,12552.73%1,78944.39%641.59%521.29%3368.34%4,030
Wapello 3,64346.68%3,38043.31%7309.35%510.65%2633.37%7,804
Warren 2,41455.94%1,47534.18%3508.11%761.76%93921.76%4,315
Washington 2,51852.05%2,13444.11%1042.15%821.69%3847.94%4,838
Wayne 1,82548.84%1,56141.77%2998.00%521.39%2647.06%3,737
Webster 2,55150.14%2,15942.43%2985.86%801.57%3927.70%5,088
Winnebago 1,08367.10%34221.19%1589.79%311.92%74145.91%1,614
Winneshiek 2,57852.43%2,26246.00%310.63%460.94%3166.43%4,917
Woodbury 4,62047.07%4,15642.34%7817.96%2592.64%4644.73%9,816
Worth 1,27364.49%61431.10%753.80%120.61%65933.38%1,974
Wright 2,06563.29%1,13734.85%180.55%431.32%92828.44%3,263
Totals219,79549.60%196,37044.31%20,5604.64%6,4001.44%23,4255.29%443,125

See also

Notes

  1. In this county where Cleveland ran third behind Harrison and Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage.

References

  1. "1892 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892". Géoelections. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  3. "Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  4. "Popular Vote for John Bidwell". Géoelections. Retrieved February 25, 2025.