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1892 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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1892 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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Nominee Grover Cleveland James B. Weaver
Party Democratic Populist
Home state New York Iowa
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I James G. Field
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 40,030 10,118
Percentage 76.22% 19.27%

County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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

This election arguably marked the end of Reconstruction in Mississippi, with voter turnout plunging by over half following the introduction of poll taxes in the state two years prior.

Mississippi was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. However, Weaver performed well in the South as he won counties in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. Weaver's win in Chickasaw County was the last time a Democrat lost any county in Mississippi in a statewide election until Herbert Hoover won the Pine Belt counties of Pearl River, Stone[a] and George[b] in 1928.[1]

Results

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1892 United States presidential election in Mississippi[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 40,030 76.22% 9
People's James Weaver 10,118 19.27% 0
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 1,398 2.66% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 973 1.85% 0
Totals 52,519 100.00% 9
Voter turnout

Results by county

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County Stephen Grover Cleveland[3]
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison[3]
Republican
James Baird Weaver[4]
People's
John Bidwell[5]
Prohibition
Margin[c] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 474 81.72% 82 14.14% 14 2.41% 10 1.72% 392[d] 67.59% 580
Alcorn 690 89.38% 52 6.74% 20 2.59% 10 1.30% 638[d] 82.64% 772
Amite 576 74.51% 9 1.16% 180 23.29% 8 1.03% 396 51.23% 773
Attala 756 58.29% 13 1.00% 515 39.71% 13 1.00% 241 18.58% 1,297
Benton 423 78.04% 62 11.44% 37 6.83% 20 3.69% 361[d] 66.61% 542
Bolivar 234 79.32% 25 8.47% 23 7.80% 13 4.41% 209[d] 70.85% 295
Calhoun 613 67.21% 5 0.55% 285 31.25% 9 0.99% 328 35.96% 912
Carroll 624 59.77% 22 2.11% 377 36.11% 21 2.01% 247 23.66% 1,044
Chickasaw 332 42.56% 73 9.36% 368 47.18% 7 0.90% -36 -4.62% 780
Choctaw 389 52.93% 19 2.59% 312 42.45% 15 2.04% 77 10.48% 735
Claiborne 425 87.63% 7 1.44% 43 8.87% 10 2.06% 382 78.76% 485
Clarke 628 83.29% 2 0.27% 108 14.32% 16 2.12% 520 68.97% 754
Clay 523 84.49% 6 0.97% 89 14.38% 1 0.16% 434 70.11% 619
Coahoma 272 79.77% 33 9.68% 36 10.56% 0 0.00% 236 69.21% 341
Copiah 1,041 65.31% 17 1.07% 494 30.99% 42 2.63% 547 34.32% 1,594
Covington 238 82.07% 9 3.10% 36 12.41% 7 2.41% 202 69.66% 290
De Soto 478 77.85% 18 2.93% 98 15.96% 20 3.26% 380 61.89% 614
Franklin 314 60.97% 10 1.94% 178 34.56% 13 2.52% 136 26.41% 515
Greene 181 89.60% 9 4.46% 12 5.94% 0 0.00% 169 83.66% 202
Grenada 400 88.50% 2 0.44% 47 10.40% 3 0.66% 353 78.10% 452
Hancock 256 89.82% 11 3.86% 11 3.86% 7 2.46% 245 85.96% 285
Harrison 360 85.11% 10 2.36% 39 9.22% 14 3.31% 321 75.89% 423
Hinds 1,216 86.00% 68 4.81% 92 6.51% 38 2.69% 1,124 79.49% 1,414
Holmes 641 74.36% 23 2.67% 176 20.42% 22 2.55% 465 53.94% 862
Issaquena 119 82.07% 25 17.24% 0 0.00% 1 0.69% 94[d] 64.83% 145
Itawamba 794 70.64% 16 1.42% 297 26.42% 17 1.51% 497 44.22% 1,124
Jackson 453 90.06% 16 3.18% 20 3.98% 14 2.78% 433 86.08% 503
Jasper 675 90.48% 3 0.40% 64 8.58% 4 0.54% 611 81.90% 746
Jefferson 413 93.02% 20 4.50% 7 1.58% 4 0.90% 393[d] 88.51% 444
Jones 390 78.16% 8 1.60% 91 18.24% 10 2.00% 299 59.92% 499
Kemper 651 73.73% 27 3.06% 198 22.42% 7 0.79% 453 51.30% 883
Lafayette 866 79.45% 48 4.40% 156 14.31% 20 1.83% 710 65.14% 1,090
Lauderdale 1,366 77.09% 24 1.35% 356 20.09% 26 1.47% 1,010 57.00% 1,772
Lawrence 386 66.55% 36 6.21% 145 25.00% 13 2.24% 241 41.55% 580
Leake 708 65.01% 15 1.38% 346 31.77% 20 1.84% 362 33.24% 1,089
Lee 749 67.48% 7 0.63% 348 31.35% 6 0.54% 401 36.13% 1,110
Leflore 339 97.41% 3 0.86% 0 0.00% 6 1.72% 336[d] 96.55% 348
Lincoln 454 66.08% 36 5.24% 137 19.94% 60 8.73% 317 46.14% 687
Lowndes 666 95.83% 4 0.58% 18 2.59% 7 1.01% 648 93.24% 695
Madison 695 93.79% 8 1.08% 32 4.32% 6 0.81% 663 89.47% 741
Marion 263 74.29% 2 0.56% 88 24.86% 1 0.28% 175 49.44% 354
Marshall 1,097 85.97% 22 1.72% 120 9.40% 37 2.90% 977 76.57% 1,276
Monroe 1,073 85.36% 24 1.91% 132 10.50% 28 2.23% 941 74.86% 1,257
Montgomery 674 80.14% 7 0.83% 146 17.36% 14 1.66% 528 62.78% 841
Neshoba 589 71.05% 0 0.00% 239 28.83% 1 0.12% 350 42.22% 829
Newton 758 84.13% 3 0.33% 126 13.98% 14 1.55% 632 70.14% 901
Noxubee 492 91.28% 2 0.37% 44 8.16% 1 0.19% 448 83.12% 539
Oktibbeha 595 94.59% 0 0.00% 25 3.97% 9 1.43% 570 90.62% 629
Panola 624 67.97% 24 2.61% 248 27.02% 22 2.40% 376 40.96% 918
Pearl River 137 95.80% 2 1.40% 3 2.10% 1 0.70% 134 93.71% 143
Perry 202 84.87% 1 0.42% 28 11.76% 7 2.94% 174 73.11% 238
Pike 744 83.50% 35 3.93% 101 11.34% 11 1.23% 643 72.17% 891
Pontotoc 461 50.00% 9 0.98% 437 47.40% 15 1.63% 24 2.60% 922
Prentiss 633 67.48% 51 5.44% 246 26.23% 8 0.85% 387 41.26% 938
Quitman 71 75.53% 14 14.89% 3 3.19% 6 6.38% 57[d] 60.64% 94
Rankin 748 83.11% 55 6.11% 75 8.33% 22 2.44% 673 74.78% 900
Scott 487 77.42% 0 0.00% 138 21.94% 4 0.64% 349 55.48% 629
Sharkey 135 84.38% 13 8.13% 7 4.38% 5 3.13% 122[d] 76.25% 160
Simpson 332 67.89% 4 0.82% 149 30.47% 4 0.82% 183 37.42% 489
Smith 547 79.39% 12 1.74% 113 16.40% 17 2.47% 434 62.99% 689
Sunflower 213 97.26% 3 1.37% 0 0.00% 3 1.37% 210[d] 95.89% 219
Tallahatchie 425 84.49% 8 1.59% 61 12.13% 9 1.79% 364 72.37% 503
Tate 801 73.49% 28 2.57% 248 22.75% 13 1.19% 553 50.73% 1,090
Tippah 755 72.46% 85 8.16% 194 18.62% 8 0.77% 561 53.84% 1,042
Tishomingo 612 82.15% 58 7.79% 63 8.46% 12 1.61% 549 73.69% 745
Tunica 124 82.67% 13 8.67% 9 6.00% 4 2.67% 111[d] 74.00% 150
Union 721 61.36% 14 1.19% 420 35.74% 20 1.70% 301 25.62% 1,175
Warren 631 88.87% 28 3.94% 37 5.21% 14 1.97% 594 83.66% 710
Washington 600 94.94% 20 3.16% 0 0.00% 12 1.90% 580[d] 91.77% 632
Wayne 390 87.05% 6 1.34% 48 10.71% 4 0.89% 342 76.34% 448
Webster 414 50.43% 16 1.95% 383 46.65% 8 0.97% 31 3.78% 821
Wilkinson 258 93.48% 6 2.17% 8 2.90% 4 1.45% 250 90.58% 276
Winston 357 59.80% 4 0.67% 225 37.69% 11 1.84% 132 22.11% 597
Yalobusha 715 75.03% 12 1.26% 210 22.04% 16 1.68% 505 52.99% 953
Yazoo 738 86.42% 3 0.35% 111 13.00% 2 0.23% 627 73.42% 854
Totals 40,224 76.06% 1,467 2.77% 10,290 19.46% 907 1.71% 29,934 56.60% 52,888

Notes

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  1. ^ At the time of the 1892 election, Stone County was the northern part of Harrison County.
  2. ^ At the time of the 1892 election, what has been since 1910 George County was the northern part of Jackson County and the southern part of Greene County.
  3. ^ Because Cleveland and Weaver ran in the top two places in Mississippi as a whole, margins given are Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage unless states otherwise.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l In this county where Harrison did run second ahead of Weaver, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Harrison vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Harrison percentage.

References

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  1. ^ Menendez; Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 233-236 ISBN 0786422173
  2. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)
  5. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)