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The 1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Wisconsin voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Democratic Party candidate Grover Cleveland won Wisconsin with 47.75% of the popular vote, winning the state's twelve electoral votes.[1] This was the closest presidential election in Wisconsin to that point and would retain that distinction until 1976
As a result of his win, Cleveland became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Wisconsin. No Democrat would win Wisconsin again until Woodrow Wilson in 1912. This marked the first occasion in which Wisconsin voted for a different candidate than Iowa, a phenomenon that has only occurred five more times since — 1924, 1940, 1976, 2004, and 2020. Along with California, and Illinois, Wisconsin is one of the three states that Cleveland lost in both 1884 and 1888 but won in 1892.
Cleveland was the first Democrat to ever win Forest County, Green Lake County, Juneau County, Kenosha County, Marinette County, and Oconto County. He was also the first Democrat since Pierce in 1852 to carry La Crosse County, Portage County, and Winnebago County. Many of the counties that Cleveland won in this election would not vote Democratic again until 1912. However, Juneau County, Marinette County, Oconto County, and Oneida County would not vote for a Democrat again until 1932.
This was the first of only three elections in which Adams County has backed the statewide loser.[lower-alpha 1] After this election, Portage County remained the only original county from statehood to have backed the winner in every election, a streak that would last until 1916.
Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Gustav Wollaeger | 177,335 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Robert J. MacBride | 177,314 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Andrew Jensen | 177,307 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Henry B. Schwin | 177,293 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Ferdinand T. Yahr | 177,291 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Michael Johnson | 177,283 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John Montgomery Smith | 177,282 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John Black | 177,281 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | James J. Hogan | 177,221 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | William F. Cirkel | 177,180 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Lewis S. Bailey | 177,171 | |
Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John Wattawa | 177,053 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Ole Larson | 170,846 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | John Pritzlaff | 170,791 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | John F. Bruss | 170,786 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Frederick W. Coon | 170,765 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Samuel W. Reese | 170,745 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Eli Hawks | 170,741 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Robert L. D. Potter | 170,740 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Christian S. Otjen | 170,726 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Tosten I. Gilbert | 170,717 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Edward H. Winchester | 170,684 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | William H. Hatton | 170,677 | |
Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Jerome F. Coe | 170,525 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Sofas C. Miller | 13,132 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | James N. Crawford | 13,124 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Warren C. Jones | 13,120 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | James S. Thompson | 13,118 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | William Drake | 13,117 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | John C. Plumb | 13,117 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Thorvild K. Thorvildson | 13,116 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Jacob O. Lindham | 13,113 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | W. W. Link | 13,113 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | John H. Peoberthy | 13,113 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Norman H. Brokaw | 13,109 | |
Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Oliver H. Crowl | 13,104 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | Peter Haan | 9,909 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | Nathan E. Moody | 9,829 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | Nelson E. Allen | 9,825 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | William Schwartz | 9,818 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | Samuel Smith | 9,816 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | George C. Chaffee | 9,813 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | James W. Godfrey | 9,813 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | William Campbell | 9,810 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | Anson B. Severence | 9,803 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | George W. Jackson | 9,801 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | Ernest Pagel | 9,799 | |
People's Party | James B. Weaver | Llewellyn Sutliff | 9,791 | |
Write-in | Scattering | 2 | ||
Blank | 127 | |||
Votes cast[lower-alpha 3] | 371,351 |
County[2] | Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison Republican |
John Bidwell Prohibition |
James B. Weaver Populist |
Margin | Total votes cast[lower-alpha 4] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 402 | 28.49% | 972 | 68.89% | 22 | 1.56% | 15 | 1.06% | -570 | -40.40% | 1,411 |
Ashland | 2,436 | 49.75% | 2,265 | 46.26% | 139 | 2.84% | 56 | 1.14% | 171 | 3.49% | 4,896 |
Barron | 767 | 24.20% | 1,818 | 57.35% | 194 | 6.12% | 390 | 12.30% | -1,051 | -33.15% | 3,170[lower-alpha 5] |
Bayfield | 1,349 | 46.44% | 1,467 | 50.50% | 61 | 2.10% | 28 | 0.96% | -118 | -4.06% | 2,905 |
Brown | 3,653 | 54.26% | 2,855 | 42.41% | 180 | 2.67% | 44 | 0.65% | 798 | 11.85% | 6,732 |
Buffalo | 1,393 | 45.24% | 1,523 | 49.46% | 60 | 1.95% | 103 | 3.35% | -130 | -4.22% | 3,079 |
Burnett | 55 | 7.68% | 406 | 56.70% | 163 | 22.77% | 92 | 12.85% | -243[lower-alpha 6] | -33.93% | 716 |
Calumet | 1,863 | 64.67% | 909 | 31.55% | 26 | 0.90% | 83 | 2.88% | 954 | 33.11% | 2,881 |
Chippewa | 2,530 | 50.57% | 1,975 | 39.48% | 182 | 3.64% | 316 | 6.32% | 555 | 11.09% | 5,003 |
Clark | 1,711 | 43.23% | 2,039 | 51.52% | 161 | 4.07% | 47 | 1.19% | -328 | -8.29% | 3,958 |
Columbia | 2,957 | 43.96% | 3,313 | 49.25% | 409 | 6.08% | 48 | 0.71% | -356 | -5.29% | 6,727 |
Crawford | 1,615 | 46.68% | 1,727 | 49.91% | 39 | 1.13% | 79 | 2.28% | -112 | -3.24% | 3,460 |
Dane | 6,833 | 47.62% | 6,445 | 44.92% | 980 | 6.83% | 88 | 0.61% | 388 | 2.70% | 14,348[lower-alpha 7] |
Dodge | 6,820 | 70.23% | 2,645 | 27.24% | 199 | 2.05% | 47 | 0.48% | 4,175 | 42.99% | 9,711 |
Door | 1,007 | 36.71% | 1,596 | 58.18% | 68 | 2.48% | 72 | 2.62% | -589 | -21.47% | 2,743 |
Douglas | 2,340 | 40.02% | 2,967 | 50.74% | 206 | 3.52% | 334 | 5.71% | -627 | -10.72% | 5,847 |
Dunn | 1,257 | 29.51% | 2,169 | 50.93% | 221 | 5.19% | 612 | 14.37% | -912 | -21.41% | 4,259 |
Eau Claire | 2,383 | 41.90% | 2,719 | 47.80% | 400 | 7.03% | 186 | 3.27% | -336 | -5.91% | 5,688 |
Florence | 195 | 29.50% | 449 | 67.93% | 12 | 1.82% | 5 | 0.76% | -254 | -38.43% | 661 |
Fond du Lac | 5,254 | 54.03% | 4,131 | 42.48% | 239 | 2.46% | 101 | 1.04% | 1,123 | 11.55% | 9,725 |
Forest | 228 | 48.41% | 223 | 47.35% | 14 | 2.97% | 6 | 1.27% | 5 | 1.06% | 471 |
Grant | 3,685 | 43.89% | 4,217 | 50.23% | 418 | 4.98% | 76 | 0.91% | -532 | -6.34% | 8,396 |
Green | 2,052 | 40.57% | 2,329 | 46.05% | 350 | 6.92% | 327 | 6.47% | -277 | -5.48% | 5,058 |
Green Lake | 1,810 | 53.92% | 1,430 | 42.60% | 97 | 2.89% | 20 | 0.60% | 380 | 11.32% | 3,357 |
Iowa | 2,336 | 46.76% | 2,275 | 45.54% | 356 | 7.13% | 29 | 0.58% | 61 | 1.22% | 4,996 |
Jackson | 1,160 | 33.36% | 2,078 | 59.76% | 209 | 6.01% | 30 | 0.86% | -918 | -26.40% | 3,477 |
Jefferson | 4,661 | 61.53% | 2,679 | 35.37% | 211 | 2.79% | 24 | 0.32% | 1,982 | 26.17% | 7,575 |
Juneau | 1,978 | 47.91% | 1,945 | 47.11% | 144 | 3.49% | 62 | 1.50% | 33 | 0.80% | 4,129 |
Kenosha | 1,928 | 51.28% | 1,628 | 43.30% | 69 | 1.84% | 16 | 0.43% | 300 | 7.98% | 3,760[lower-alpha 8] |
Kewaunee | 2,046 | 78.81% | 518 | 19.95% | 7 | 0.27% | 24 | 0.92% | 1,528 | 58.86% | 2,596[lower-alpha 9] |
La Crosse | 3,810 | 44.24% | 3,693 | 42.88% | 358 | 4.16% | 752 | 8.73% | 117 | 1.36% | 8,613 |
Lafayette | 2,286 | 46.25% | 2,366 | 47.87% | 209 | 4.23% | 82 | 1.66% | -80 | -1.62% | 4,943 |
Langlade | 1,289 | 58.62% | 845 | 38.43% | 48 | 2.18% | 17 | 0.77% | 444 | 20.19% | 2,199 |
Lincoln | 1,443 | 49.45% | 997 | 34.17% | 80 | 2.74% | 398 | 13.64% | 446 | 15.28% | 2,918 |
Manitowoc | 4,349 | 64.79% | 2,276 | 33.91% | 29 | 0.43% | 58 | 0.86% | 2,073 | 30.88% | 6,712 |
Marathon | 3,791 | 63.94% | 1,959 | 33.04% | 71 | 1.20% | 108 | 1.82% | 1,832 | 30.90% | 5,929 |
Marinette | 1,994 | 46.52% | 1,837 | 42.86% | 192 | 4.48% | 263 | 6.14% | 157 | 3.66% | 4,286 |
Marquette | 1,198 | 56.14% | 877 | 41.10% | 52 | 2.44% | 7 | 0.33% | 321 | 15.04% | 2,134 |
Milwaukee | 24,606 | 48.49% | 24,343 | 47.97% | 507 | 1.00% | 1,286 | 2.53% | 263 | 0.52% | 50,742 |
Monroe | 2,458 | 45.80% | 2,530 | 47.14% | 273 | 5.09% | 106 | 1.98% | -72 | -1.34% | 5,367 |
Oconto | 1,499 | 50.92% | 1,275 | 43.31% | 42 | 1.43% | 128 | 4.35% | 224 | 7.61% | 2,944 |
Oneida | 1,317 | 51.81% | 1,149 | 45.20% | 30 | 1.18% | 46 | 1.81% | 168 | 6.61% | 2,542 |
Outagamie | 4,545 | 59.72% | 2,733 | 35.91% | 224 | 2.94% | 109 | 1.43% | 1,812 | 23.81% | 7,611 |
Ozaukee | 2,094 | 74.71% | 652 | 23.26% | 8 | 0.29% | 49 | 1.75% | 1,442 | 51.44% | 2,803 |
Pepin | 539 | 36.01% | 865 | 57.78% | 83 | 5.54% | 10 | 0.67% | -326 | -21.78% | 1,497 |
Pierce | 1,210 | 30.14% | 2,315 | 57.66% | 300 | 7.47% | 190 | 4.73% | -1,105 | -27.52% | 4,015 |
Polk | 585 | 23.90% | 1,477 | 60.33% | 175 | 7.15% | 211 | 8.62% | -892 | -36.44% | 2,448 |
Portage | 2,570 | 50.21% | 2,291 | 44.75% | 214 | 4.18% | 44 | 0.86% | 279 | 5.45% | 5,119 |
Price | 876 | 41.87% | 1,099 | 52.53% | 84 | 4.02% | 33 | 1.58% | -223 | -10.66% | 2,092 |
Racine | 3,750 | 43.79% | 3,956 | 46.19% | 352 | 4.11% | 506 | 5.91% | -206 | -2.41% | 8,564 |
Richland | 1,670 | 38.05% | 2,194 | 49.99% | 231 | 5.26% | 294 | 6.70% | -524 | -11.94% | 4,389 |
Rock | 4,231 | 38.62% | 6,052 | 55.24% | 552 | 5.04% | 121 | 1.10% | -1,821 | -16.62% | 10,956 |
Sauk | 3,139 | 45.74% | 3,277 | 47.76% | 396 | 5.77% | 50 | 0.73% | -138 | -2.01% | 6,862 |
Sawyer | 328 | 41.84% | 413 | 52.68% | 37 | 4.72% | 6 | 0.77% | -85 | -10.84% | 784 |
Shawano | 2,040 | 55.37% | 1,322 | 35.88% | 49 | 1.33% | 273 | 7.41% | 718 | 19.49% | 3,684 |
Sheboygan | 5,126 | 56.74% | 3,638 | 40.27% | 98 | 1.08% | 172 | 1.90% | 1,488 | 16.47% | 9,034 |
St. Croix | 2,220 | 42.33% | 2,467 | 47.04% | 373 | 7.11% | 184 | 3.51% | -247 | -4.71% | 5,244 |
Taylor | 904 | 53.21% | 734 | 43.20% | 29 | 1.71% | 32 | 1.88% | 170 | 10.01% | 1,699 |
Trempealeau | 1,521 | 38.49% | 2,116 | 53.54% | 277 | 7.01% | 38 | 0.96% | -595 | -15.06% | 3,952 |
Vernon | 1,440 | 27.79% | 3,106 | 59.95% | 253 | 4.88% | 382 | 7.37% | -1,666 | -32.16% | 5,181 |
Walworth | 2,153 | 32.55% | 3,871 | 58.52% | 512 | 7.74% | 79 | 1.19% | -1,718 | -25.97% | 6,615 |
Washburn | 305 | 36.14% | 488 | 57.82% | 35 | 4.15% | 16 | 1.90% | -183 | -21.68% | 844 |
Washington | 2,624 | 60.25% | 1,700 | 39.04% | 23 | 0.53% | 8 | 0.18% | 924 | 21.22% | 4,355 |
Waukesha | 3,635 | 47.97% | 3,600 | 47.51% | 248 | 3.27% | 89 | 1.17% | 35 | 0.46% | 7,578[lower-alpha 10] |
Waupaca | 2,186 | 36.83% | 3,397 | 57.23% | 306 | 5.15% | 47 | 0.79% | -1,211 | -20.40% | 5,936 |
Waushara | 787 | 25.76% | 2,091 | 68.45% | 141 | 4.62% | 36 | 1.18% | -1,304 | -42.68% | 3,055 |
Winnebago | 5,893 | 49.60% | 5,354 | 45.06% | 351 | 2.95% | 283 | 2.38% | 539 | 4.54% | 11,881 |
Wood | 2,220 | 54.29% | 1,779 | 43.51% | 54 | 1.32% | 36 | 0.88% | 441 | 10.79% | 4,089 |
Total | 177,335 | 47.75% | 170,846 | 46.01% | 13,132 | 3.54% | 9,909 | 2.67% | 6,489 | 1.75% | 371,351 |
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