1892 United States presidential election in Maryland

Summary

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

1892 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Whitelaw Reid
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 113,866 92,736
Percentage 53.39% 43.48%

County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Maryland was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. Democrats would not win the popular vote in Maryland again until 1912.

In this election, Maryland voted 6.9% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[1]

Results edit

1892 United States presidential election in Maryland[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 113,866 53.39% 8
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 92,736 43.48% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 5,877 2.76% 0
People's James Weaver 796 0.37% 0
Totals 213,275 100.00% 8
Voter turnout

Results by county edit

County Stephen Grover Cleveland[3]
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison[3]
Republican
John Bidwell[4]
Prohibition
James Baird Weaver[5]
People’s
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 3,638 43.77% 4,415 53.12% 170 2.05% 89 1.07% -777 -9.35% 8,312
Anne Arundel 3,398 53.77% 2,800 44.31% 113 1.79% 8 0.13% 598 9.46% 6,319
Baltimore 7,225 56.09% 5,165 40.10% 473 3.67% 17 0.13% 2,060 15.99% 12,880
Baltimore City 51,098 57.12% 36,492 40.79% 1,678 1.88% 189 0.21% 14,606 16.33% 89,457
Calvert 942 43.55% 1,153 53.31% 66 3.05% 2 0.09% -211 -9.75% 2,163
Caroline 1,453 49.32% 1,344 45.62% 114 3.87% 35 1.19% 109 3.70% 2,946
Carroll 3,721 51.15% 3,328 45.75% 218 3.00% 7 0.10% 393 5.40% 7,274
Cecil 2,898 53.09% 2,310 42.32% 216 3.96% 35 0.64% 588 10.77% 5,459
Charles 1,051 43.96% 1,279 53.49% 14 0.59% 47 1.97% -228 -9.54% 2,391
Dorchester 2,015 43.83% 2,365 51.45% 166 3.61% 51 1.11% -350 -7.61% 4,597
Frederick 5,643 49.35% 5,502 48.12% 280 2.45% 9 0.08% 141 1.23% 11,434
Garrett 1,323 44.70% 1,556 52.57% 78 2.64% 3 0.10% -233 -7.87% 2,960
Harford 3,309 54.95% 2,449 40.67% 254 4.22% 10 0.17% 860 14.28% 6,022
Howard 1,920 56.30% 1,410 41.35% 75 2.20% 5 0.15% 510 14.96% 3,410
Kent 2,009 50.35% 1,886 47.27% 92 2.31% 3 0.08% 123 3.08% 3,990
Montgomery 3,383 54.96% 2,584 41.98% 181 2.94% 7 0.11% 799 12.98% 6,155
Prince George's 2,655 51.85% 2,423 47.31% 23 0.45% 20 0.39% 232 4.53% 5,121
Queen Anne's 2,281 56.70% 1,579 39.25% 162 4.03% 1 0.02% 702 17.45% 4,023
Somerset 1,638 41.04% 1,819 45.58% 487 12.20% 47 1.18% -181 -4.54% 3,991
St. Mary's 1,482 46.02% 1,693 52.58% 43 1.34% 2 0.06% -211 -6.55% 3,220
Talbot 1,974 45.96% 2,137 49.76% 177 4.12% 7 0.16% -163 -3.80% 4,295
Washington 4,667 50.33% 4,373 47.16% 210 2.26% 23 0.25% 294 3.17% 9,273
Wicomico 2,317 57.55% 1,427 35.44% 228 5.66% 54 1.34% 890 22.11% 4,026
Worcester 1,826 50.95% 1,247 34.79% 386 10.77% 125 3.49% 579 16.16% 3,584
Totals 113,866 53.38% 92,736 43.48% 5,904 2.77% 796 0.37% 21,130 9.91% 213,302

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  2. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1892 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell[permanent dead link] (.xlsx file for €15)
  5. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 for James B. Weaver[permanent dead link] (.xlsx file for €15)