1892 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1892 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Nominee James B. Weaver Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Party Populist Republican Democratic Home state Iowa Indiana New York Running mate James G. Field Whitelaw Reid Adlai Stevenson I Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 7,264 2,811 714 Percentage 66.78% 25.84% 6.56%

County Results Weaver   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Harrison   40-50%

President before election Benjamin Harrison Republican Elected President Grover Cleveland Democratic

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

Nevada was won by the Populist nominees, James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia. Weaver and Field defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. The state constituted the Populist Party's highest margin of victory in the election. The state would not vote against a winning Democrat again until 1976.

Campaign

The Nevada Democratic Party passed a resolution at its convention on May 26, 1892, stating that it would not support the party's presidential nominee if the convention did not select a free silver candidate. A majority of the party supported People's nominee James B. Weaver while a minority ran electors pledged to Grover Cleveland. ^[1]

On June 24, the Silver Party of Nevada was formed at a convention in Reno. The party passed a free silver platform and selected presidential electors that were to give their votes to a free silver candidate. On September 15, the party voted to have its Nevada presidential electors support the Populists. ^[2]

The Nevada Republican Party held a convention on August 30, to select its presidential electors. Party chair Enoch Strother and 49 delegates left the convention after a caucus showed free silver delegates held a majority. These delegates nominated electors pledged to Harrison while the 85 silver delegates endorsed the Silver Party's electors. ^[2]

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Nevada [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	People's	James Weaver	7,264	66.78%	3
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison (incumbent)	2,811	25.84%	0
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland	714	6.56%	0
	Prohibition	John Bidwell	89	0.82%	0
Totals			10,878	100.00%	3
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Benjamin Harrison [4] Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland [4] Democratic		James Baird Weaver [5] People's		John Bidwell [6] Prohibition		Margin [lower-alpha 1]		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Churchill	57	29.84%	4	2.09%	129	67.54%	1	0.52%	-72	-37.70%	191
Douglas	196	49.62%	36	9.11%	157	39.75%	6	1.52%	39	9.87%	395
Elko	218	18.71%	49	4.21%	892	76.57%	6	0.52%	-674	-57.85%	1,165
Esmeralda	84	16.83%	19	3.81%	394	78.96%	2	0.40%	-310	-62.12%	499
Eureka	48	6.21%	10	1.29%	706	91.33%	9	1.16%	-658	-85.12%	773
Humboldt	54	6.75%	27	3.38%	714	89.25%	5	0.63%	-660	-82.50%	800
Lander	52	9.92%	30	5.73%	437	83.40%	5	0.95%	-385	-73.47%	524
Lincoln	99	18.33%	26	4.81%	413	76.48%	2	0.37%	-314	-58.15%	540
Lyon	152	25.55%	36	6.05%	403	67.73%	4	0.67%	-251	-42.18%	595
Nye	14	5.36%	7	2.68%	238	91.19%	2	0.77%	-224	-85.82%	261
Ormsby	417	48.38%	31	3.60%	406	47.10%	8	0.93%	11	1.28%	862
Storey	819	37.04%	196	8.86%	1,189	53.78%	7	0.32%	-370	-16.73%	2,211
Washoe	530	32.56%	235	14.43%	834	51.23%	29	1.78%	-304	-18.67%	1,628
White Pine	71	16.36%	8	1.84%	352	81.11%	3	0.69%	-281	-64.75%	434
Totals	2,811	25.84%	714	6.56%	7,264	66.78%	89	0.82%	-4,453	-40.94%	10,878

See also

• United States presidential elections in Nevada

Notes

1. Because Harrison and Weaver ran in the top two places in Nevada and in every county within the state, all margins given are Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage.

References

1. Knoles 1971, p. 182-183.
2. Knoles 1971, p. 182.
3. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nevada
4. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
5. Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)
6. Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)

Works cited

• Knoles, George (1971). The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892. Stanford University Press. ISBN   040450969X.