1892 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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1892 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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Turnout	74.6 [1] 2.9 pp
Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Party Republican Democratic Home state Indiana New York Running mate Whitelaw Reid Adlai Stevenson I Electoral vote 15 0 Popular vote 202,814 176,813 Percentage 51.87% 45.22%
County Results Municipality Results Harrison   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Cleveland   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Benjamin Harrison Republican Elected President Grover Cleveland Democratic

The 1892 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, former President Grover Cleveland, who was running for a second, non-consecutive term. Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 6.65%.

With 51.87% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would prove to be Harrison's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont and Maine. ^[2]

As of 2020, this remains the last presidential election in which Massachusetts voted Republican while neighboring New York voted Democratic.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Massachusetts [3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Whitelaw Reid of New York	202,814	51.87%	15	100.00%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent)	Adlai Ewing Stevenson I of Illinois	176,813	45.22%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	John Bidwell of California	James Cranfill of Texas	7,539	1.93%	0	0.00%
	Populist	James Baird Weaver of Iowa	James Gaven Field of Virginia	3,210	0.82%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Simon Wing of Massachusetts	Charles Matchett of New York	649	0.16%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	3	0.01%	0	0.00%
Total				391,028	100.00%	15	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Massachusetts

References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. "1892 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. "1892 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.