1892 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1892 United States presidential election in Wyoming
Flag of Wyoming.svg
November 8, 1892 1896  
  Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg James B. Weaver 1892 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Benjamin Harrison James B. Weaver
Party Republican Populist
Alliance Democratic [lower-alpha 1]
Home state Indiana Iowa
Running mate Whitelaw Reid James G. Field
Electoral vote30
Popular vote8,4547,722
Percentage50.52%46.14%

Wyoming Presidential Election Results 1892.svg
County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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

Contents

Wyoming participated in its first ever presidential election, having become the 44th state on July 10, 1890. The state was won by President Benjamin Harrison (RIndiana), the 28th United States Ambassador to France Whitelaw Reid, with 50.52 percent of the popular vote, against representative James B. Weaver (PIowa), running with the Attorney General of Virginia, James G. Field, with 46.14 percent of the popular vote. [1] Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 4.38%.

Campaign

The Wyoming Democratic Party endorsed the Populist electors in exchange for the Populists supporting the Democratic state candidates. [2]

Results

General Election Results [3]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Republican Party Benjamin HarrisonJohn H. Barron8,454
Republican Party Benjamin HarrisonJohn C. Dyer8,339
Republican Party Benjamin HarrisonWilliam Kilpatrick8,300
People's Party James B. WeaverWilliam Hinton7,722
People's Party James B. WeaverWilliam R. Richardson7,600
People's Party James B. WeaverShakespeare F. Sealey7,512
Prohibition Party John BidwellOscar S. Jackson530
Prohibition Party John BidwellElla G. Becker498
Prohibition Party John BidwellA. N. Page456
Write-in Scattering29
Votes cast [lower-alpha 2] 16,735

Results by county

County [3] Benjamin Harrison
Republican
James B. Weaver
Populist
John Bidwell
Prohibition
Scattering
Write-in
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 3]
#%#%#%#%#%
Albany 1,10049.48%1,04146.83%823.69%00.00%592.65%2,223
Carbon 97852.27%85345.59%402.14%00.00%1256.68%1,871
Converse 49454.23%36039.52%576.26%00.00%13414.71%911
Crook 39942.72%51655.25%192.03%00.00%-117-12.53%934
Fremont 64854.45%49541.60%242.02%231.93%15312.86%1,190
Johnson 30934.30%56162.26%313.44%00.00%-252-27.96%901
Laramie 1,89057.48%1,32940.42%631.92%60.18%56117.06%3,288
Natrona 19455.91%14842.65%51.44%00.00%4613.26%347
Sheridan 50946.36%51747.09%726.56%00.00%-8-0.73%1,098
Sweetwater 67447.03%70248.99%573.98%00.00%-28-1.96%1,433
Uinta 96547.65%99349.04%673.31%00.00%-28-1.39%2,025
Weston 29457.20%20740.27%132.53%00.00%8716.93%514
Totals8,45450.52%7,72246.14%5303.17%290.17%7324.37%16,735

See also

Notes

  1. Weaver took over the “Democratic” line in Wyoming, although nationally he ran as the nominee of the Populist Party.
  2. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  3. Based on highest elector on each ticket

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References

  1. "1892 Presidential Election Results — Wyoming".
  2. Knoles 1971, p. 184.
  3. 1 2 Wyoming Secretary of State (1897). "Appendix B". Report of the Secretary of State of State of Wyoming for the Period Ending Sept. 30 1896. Cheyenne, Wyoming: The S. A. Bristol Company, Printers and Bookbinders. pp. xxiv.

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