Who won the 1892 presidential election?

Grover Cleveland (Democratic) won the 1892 presidential election with 277 electoral votes and 45.6% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1892?

The 1892 Electoral College result was 277 Democratic to 145 Republican with 22 electoral votes won by other candidates (444 total electoral votes, 222 needed to win).

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1892

Presidential Election · 1892

Elected President

Grover Cleveland

Democraticdefeating Benjamin Harrison

277

Cleveland

Electoral

Votes

222 to win

145

Harrison

Weaver

277 EV22 EV222 needed to win145 EV

Popular Vote

Cleveland(DEM)45.6%

Harrison(REP)42.6%

candidates(OTH)11.8%

National margin:D+3.0%

12,211,230 total votes cast

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Cleveland: 23 states · 276 EV|Harrison: 16 states · 146 EV|POP: 5 states · 22 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Cleveland %	Votes	Harrison %	Votes	Weaver %	Votes	Residual Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Florida	4	4	85.0%	30,153	0.0%	—	—	—	15.0%	D+85.0	↑ D+65.4
▶	South Carolina	9	13	77.6%	54,680	18.9%	13,345	—	—	—	D+58.6	↓ R+6.5
▶	Mississippi	9	22	76.2%	40,030	2.7%	1,399	—	—	21.1%	D+73.5	↑ D+25.7
▶	Louisiana	8	30	76.5%	87,926	23.5%	26,963	—	—	—	D+53.1	↑ D+6.1
▶	Georgia	13	43	58.6%	129,446	21.9%	48,408	—	—	19.4%	D+36.7	↓ R+5.3
▶	Texas	15	58	57.3%	239,219	17.9%	74,489	—	—	24.8%	D+39.5	↓ R+0.2
▶	Arkansas	8	66	59.3%	87,834	31.8%	47,072	—	—	8.9%	D+27.5	↑ D+10.8
▶	Alabama	11	77	59.4%	138,135	4.0%	9,184	—	—	36.6%	D+55.5	↑ D+21.1
▶	Tennessee	12	89	51.4%	136,205	37.8%	100,019	—	—	10.8%	D+13.7	↑ D+6.9
▶	Virginia	12	101	53.8%	129,410	40.3%	96,981	—	—	5.9%	D+13.5	↑ D+14.1
▶	Maryland	8	109	54.5%	164,964	42.7%	129,228	—	—	—	D+11.8	↑ D+8.0
▶	Kentucky	13	122	51.5%	175,461	39.7%	135,462	—	—	8.8%	D+11.7	↑ D+3.4
▶	North Carolina	11	133	47.4%	132,951	35.8%	100,346	—	—	16.8%	D+11.6	↑ D+7.0
▶	Missouri	17	150	48.9%	268,400	41.5%	227,646	—	—	9.6%	D+7.4	↑ D+2.6
▶	New Jersey	10	160	50.7%	170,987	46.2%	156,059	—	—	—	D+4.4	↑ D+2.1
▶	New York	36	196	49.0%	654,868	45.6%	609,350	—	—	5.4%	D+3.4	↑ D+4.5
▶	Connecticut	6	202	50.2%	82,395	46.9%	77,030	—	—	—	D+3.3	↑ D+3.0
▶	Illinois	24	226	48.8%	426,281	45.7%	399,308	—	—	5.5%	D+3.1	↑ D+6.0
▶	West Virginia	6	232	49.4%	84,467	46.9%	80,292	—	—	—	D+2.4	↑ D+2.1
▶	Wisconsin	12	244	47.7%	177,325	46.1%	171,101	—	—	6.2%	D+1.7	↑ D+7.7
▶	Delaware	3	247	49.9%	18,581	48.5%	18,077	—	—	—	D+1.4	↓ R+10.3
▶	Indiana	15	262	47.5%	262,740	46.2%	255,615	—	—	6.4%	D+1.3	↑ D+1.7
▶	California	9*	270*	43.8%	118,151	43.8%	118,027	—	—	12.4%	D+0.1	↑ D+2.9
▶	Vermont	4	4	29.3%	16,325	68.1%	37,992	—	—	—	R+38.8	↑ D+5.9
▶	Maine	6	10	41.3%	48,049	54.0%	62,936	—	—	—	R+12.8	↑ D+5.3
▶	South Dakota	4	14	12.7%	8,894	49.5%	34,714	—	—	37.8%	R+36.8	—
▶	Washington	4	18	33.9%	29,802	41.5%	36,490	—	—	24.7%	R+7.6	—
▶	Oregon	4*	21*	18.2%	14,243	44.7%	35,002	—	—	37.2%	R+26.5	↓ R+15.6
▶	Massachusetts	15	36	45.2%	176,813	51.9%	202,814	—	—	—	R+6.7	↑ D+2.7
▶	Pennsylvania	32	68	45.1%	452,264	51.5%	516,011	—	—	—	R+6.4	↑ D+1.6
▶	Iowa	13	81	44.3%	196,366	49.6%	219,795	—	—	6.1%	R+5.3	↑ D+2.5
▶	Rhode Island	4	85	45.8%	24,336	50.7%	26,975	—	—	—	R+5.0	↓ R+2.1
▶	Michigan	14*	94*	43.3%	202,252	47.7%	222,703	—	—	9.0%	R+4.4	↑ D+0.5
▶	New Hampshire	4	98	47.1%	42,081	51.1%	45,658	—	—	—	R+4.0	↓ R+1.4
▶	Montana	3	101	39.8%	17,690	42.4%	18,871	—	—	17.8%	R+2.7	—
▶	Wyoming	3	104	0.0%	—	50.6%	8,454	—	—	49.4%	R+50.6	—
▶	Ohio	23*	126*	47.5%	404,115	47.7%	405,187	—	—	—	R+0.1	↑ D+2.3
▶	Minnesota	9	135	26.8%	100,589	32.7%	122,736	—	—	40.6%	R+5.9	↑ D+8.6
▶	Nebraska	8	143	12.5%	24,956	43.6%	87,213	—	—	44.0%	R+31.1	↓ R+17.4
▶	Nevada	3	3	6.5%	703	26.0%	2,811	67.5%	7,312	—	R+19.5	↓ R+4.2
▶	Colorado	4	7	0.0%	—	41.1%	38,620	58.9%	55,261	—	R+41.1	↓ R+26.8
▶	Idaho	3	10	0.0%	—	45.3%	8,003	54.8%	9,683	—	R+45.3	—
▶	Kansas	10	20	0.0%	—	48.4%	157,139	51.6%	167,581	—	R+48.4	↓ R+24.2
▶	North Dakota	3*	21*	0.0%	—	48.8%	17,472	51.2%	18,314	—	R+48.8	—

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1888 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Residual Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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