1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Adlai Stevenson Whitelaw Reid
Electoral vote90
Popular vote54,68013,345
Percentage77.56%18.93%
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County Results
President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

South Carolina voted for the Democratic nominee, former President Grover Cleveland, who was running for a second, non-consecutive term, over Republican nominee, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a landslide margin of 58.63%.

The three counties that voted Republican were all majority black. [1]

Results

1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Adlai Ewing Stevenson I of Illinois 54,68077.56%9100.00%
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Whitelaw Reid of New York 13,34518.93%00.00%
Populist James Baird Weaver of Iowa James Gaven Field of Virginia 2,4073.41%00.00%
N/AOthersOthers720.10%00.00%
Total70,504100.00%9100.00%

Results by county

CountyStephen Grover Cleveland [3]
Democratic		Benjamin Harrison [3]
Republican		James Baird Weaver [4]
People's		MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Abbeville 2,35994.44%1385.52%10.04%2,22188.91%2,498
Aiken 1,80279.45%39617.46%703.09%1,40661.99%2,268
Anderson 2,24886.96%1937.47%1445.57%2,05579.50%2,585
Barnwell 2,13778.39%54920.14%401.47%1,58858.25%2,726
Beaufort 17539.50%26860.50%00.00%-93-20.99%443
Berkeley 1,03746.32%1,17152.30%311.38%-134-5.98%2,239
Charleston 1,56478.40%43021.55%10.05%1,13456.84%1,995
Chester 1,50879.45%38320.18%70.37%1,12559.27%1,898
Chesterfield 1,49478.63%38220.11%241.26%1,11258.53%1,900
Clarendon 2,19285.76%36414.24%00.00%1,82871.52%2,556
Colleton 1,31273.54%47226.46%00.00%84047.09%1,784
Darlington 1,81093.49%1025.27%241.24%1,70888.22%1,936
Edgefield 2,67995.51%260.93%1003.57%2,579 [lower-alpha 1] 91.94%2,805
Fairfield 1,04180.76%24318.85%50.39%79861.91%1,289
Florence 1,60984.60%29315.40%00.00%1,31669.19%1,902
Georgetown 55238.31%88861.62%10.07%-336-23.32%1,441
Greenville 3,02682.09%60016.28%601.63%2,42665.82%3,686
Hampton 1,09781.20%25418.80%00.00%84362.40%1,351
Kershaw 1,10775.15%35824.30%80.54%74950.85%1,473
Lancaster 1,74469.98%62425.04%1244.98%1,12044.94%2,492
Laurens 1,77290.64%1738.85%100.51%1,59981.79%1,955
Lexington 1,28780.39%714.43%24315.18%1,044 [lower-alpha 1] 65.21%1,601
Marion 1,73773.57%46619.74%1586.69%1,27153.83%2,361
Marlboro 1,00469.87%26218.23%17111.90%74251.64%1,437
Newberry 1,53481.21%29315.51%623.28%1,24165.70%1,889
Oconee 90958.38%22014.13%42827.49%481 [lower-alpha 1] 30.89%1,557
Orangeburg 2,79276.77%83823.04%70.19%1,95453.73%3,637
Pickens 60350.42%12910.79%46438.80%139 [lower-alpha 1] 11.62%1,196
Richland 78884.37%14615.63%00.00%64268.74%934
Spartanburg 3,51583.79%55113.13%1293.08%2,96470.66%4,195
Sumter 1,53570.35%63929.29%80.37%89641.06%2,182
Union 1,33976.47%35620.33%563.20%98356.14%1,751
Williamsburg 1,17859.02%78739.43%311.55%39119.59%1,996
York 2,21287.40%31912.60%00.00%1,89374.79%2,531
Horry [lower-alpha 2] N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Totals54,69877.60%13,38418.99%2,4073.41%41,31458.61%70,489

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Harrison, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage.
  2. ↑ Results are not available from Géoelections for Horry County.

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References

  1. ↑ Knoles 1971, p. 241.
  2. ↑ "1892 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ↑ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)

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