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1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota 
Summary
The 1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. South Dakota participated in its first ever presidential election, having been admitted as the 40th state on November 2, 1889.
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 County Results
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The state was won by the Republican ticket of incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York, by a margin of 11.84%. He defeated independent James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia (both of whom ran under the Populist banner nationally), and the Democratic ticket of former (and future) President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.
Results edit
| 1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 34,888 | 49.48% | 4 | |
| Independent | James Weaver | 26,544 | 37.64% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 9,081 | 12.88% | 0 | |
| Totals | 70,513 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county edit
| County[2] | Benjamin Harrison Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic |
James Baird Weaver Independent |
Margin[a] | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 461 | 46.95% | 207 | 21.08% | 314 | 31.98% | 147 | 14.97% | 982 |
| Beadle | 984 | 52.85% | 206 | 11.06% | 672 | 36.09% | 312 | 16.76% | 1,862 |
| Bon Homme | 879 | 49.52% | 260 | 14.65% | 636 | 35.83% | 243 | 13.69% | 1,775 |
| Brookings | 1,082 | 51.57% | 189 | 9.01% | 827 | 39.42% | 255 | 12.15% | 2,098 |
| Brown | 1,446 | 45.33% | 279 | 8.75% | 1,465 | 45.92% | -19 | -0.60% | 3,190 |
| Brule | 538 | 44.03% | 200 | 16.37% | 484 | 39.61% | 54 | 4.42% | 1,222 |
| Buffalo | 78 | 50.65% | 13 | 8.44% | 63 | 40.91% | 15 | 9.74% | 154 |
| Butte | 154 | 40.10% | 28 | 7.29% | 202 | 52.60% | -48 | -12.50% | 384 |
| Campbell | 390 | 58.12% | 77 | 11.48% | 204 | 30.40% | 186 | 27.72% | 671 |
| Charles Mix | 516 | 57.40% | 115 | 12.79% | 268 | 29.81% | 248 | 27.59% | 899 |
| Clark | 731 | 47.19% | 197 | 12.72% | 621 | 40.09% | 110 | 7.10% | 1,549 |
| Clay | 918 | 53.65% | 164 | 9.59% | 629 | 36.76% | 289 | 16.89% | 1,711 |
| Codington | 882 | 52.16% | 408 | 24.13% | 401 | 23.71% | 474[b] | 28.03% | 1,691 |
| Custer | 503 | 49.27% | 166 | 16.26% | 352 | 34.48% | 151 | 14.79% | 1,021 |
| Davison | 569 | 42.81% | 120 | 9.03% | 640 | 48.16% | -71 | -5.34% | 1,329 |
| Day | 752 | 38.92% | 362 | 18.74% | 818 | 42.34% | -66 | -3.42% | 1,932 |
| Deuel | 441 | 43.79% | 126 | 12.51% | 440 | 43.69% | 1 | 0.10% | 1,007 |
| Douglas | 541 | 50.85% | 109 | 10.24% | 414 | 38.91% | 127 | 11.94% | 1,064 |
| Edmunds | 386 | 44.22% | 156 | 17.87% | 331 | 37.92% | 55 | 6.30% | 873 |
| Fall River | 569 | 53.73% | 262 | 24.74% | 228 | 21.53% | 307[b] | 28.99% | 1,059 |
| Faulk | 473 | 63.75% | 107 | 14.42% | 162 | 21.83% | 311 | 41.91% | 742 |
| Grant | 605 | 40.74% | 188 | 12.66% | 692 | 46.60% | -87 | -5.86% | 1,485 |
| Hamlin | 537 | 50.80% | 161 | 15.23% | 359 | 33.96% | 178 | 16.84% | 1,057 |
| Hand | 526 | 44.46% | 70 | 5.92% | 587 | 49.62% | -61 | -5.16% | 1,183 |
| Hanson | 378 | 36.21% | 196 | 18.77% | 470 | 45.02% | -92 | -8.81% | 1,044 |
| Hughes | 459 | 62.88% | 102 | 13.97% | 169 | 23.15% | 290 | 39.73% | 730 |
| Hutchinson | 1,034 | 64.42% | 254 | 15.83% | 317 | 19.75% | 717 | 44.67% | 1,605 |
| Hyde | 184 | 56.44% | 51 | 15.64% | 91 | 27.91% | 93 | 28.53% | 326 |
| Jerauld | 327 | 47.05% | 45 | 6.47% | 323 | 46.47% | 4 | 0.58% | 695 |
| Kingsbury | 951 | 46.28% | 175 | 8.52% | 929 | 45.21% | 22 | 1.07% | 2,055 |
| Lake | 742 | 43.47% | 196 | 11.48% | 769 | 45.05% | -27 | -1.58% | 1,707 |
| Lawrence | 2,140 | 51.18% | 546 | 13.06% | 1,495 | 35.76% | 645 | 15.43% | 4,181 |
| Lincoln | 1,130 | 55.53% | 206 | 10.12% | 699 | 34.35% | 431 | 21.18% | 2,035 |
| Marshall | 477 | 43.96% | 114 | 10.51% | 494 | 45.53% | -17 | -1.57% | 1,085 |
| McCook | 573 | 37.35% | 262 | 17.08% | 699 | 45.57% | -126 | -8.21% | 1,534 |
| McPherson | 487 | 50.52% | 221 | 22.93% | 256 | 26.56% | 231 | 23.96% | 964 |
| Meade | 427 | 36.56% | 128 | 10.96% | 613 | 52.48% | -186 | -15.92% | 1,168 |
| Miner | 486 | 38.57% | 290 | 23.02% | 484 | 38.41% | 2 | 0.16% | 1,260 |
| Minnehaha | 2,208 | 52.31% | 484 | 11.47% | 1,529 | 36.22% | 679 | 16.09% | 4,221 |
| Moody | 735 | 53.30% | 96 | 6.96% | 548 | 39.74% | 187 | 13.56% | 1,379 |
| Pennington | 959 | 50.66% | 147 | 7.77% | 787 | 41.57% | 172 | 9.09% | 1,893 |
| Potter | 320 | 51.12% | 57 | 9.11% | 249 | 39.78% | 71 | 11.34% | 626 |
| Roberts | 538 | 62.85% | 68 | 7.94% | 250 | 29.21% | 288 | 33.64% | 856 |
| Sanborn | 564 | 55.62% | 95 | 9.37% | 355 | 35.01% | 209 | 20.61% | 1,014 |
| Spink | 1,133 | 53.04% | 171 | 8.01% | 832 | 38.95% | 301 | 14.09% | 2,136 |
| Stanley | 76 | 49.03% | 29 | 18.71% | 50 | 32.26% | 26 | 16.77% | 155 |
| Sully | 278 | 57.44% | 39 | 8.06% | 167 | 34.50% | 111 | 22.93% | 484 |
| Turner | 1,108 | 56.68% | 429 | 21.94% | 418 | 21.38% | 679[b] | 34.73% | 1,955 |
| Union | 860 | 43.30% | 241 | 12.13% | 885 | 44.56% | -25 | -1.26% | 1,986 |
| Walworth | 187 | 44.21% | 45 | 10.64% | 191 | 45.15% | -4 | -0.95% | 423 |
| Yankton | 1,166 | 53.98% | 228 | 10.56% | 766 | 35.46% | 400 | 18.52% | 2,160 |
| Totals | 34,888 | 49.40% | 9,085 | 12.87% | 26,644 | 37.73% | 8,244 | 11.67% | 70,617 |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Because Weaver finished second behind Harrison and ahead of Cleveland in South Dakota as a whole, all margins given are Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margins Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage unless otherwise stated for the county in question.
- ^ a b c In this county where Cleveland did finish second ahead of Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Cleveland vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Cleveland percentage.