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County Results Harrison 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
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The1892 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Maine voted for theRepublican nominee, incumbentpresidentBenjamin Harrison, over theDemocratic nominee, former presidentGrover Cleveland, who was running for a second, non-consecutive term. Harrison won the state by a margin of 12.79%.
With 54.05% of the popular vote, Maine would prove to be Harrison's second strongest victory in terms of percentage of the popular vote afterVermont.[1]
| 1892 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison ofIndiana | Whitelaw Reid ofNew York | 62,936 | 54.05% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland ofNew York (incumbent) | Adlai Ewing Stevenson I ofIllinois | 48,049 | 41.26% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | John Bidwell ofCalifornia | James Cranfill ofTexas | 3,066 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Populist | James Baird Weaver ofIowa | James Gaven Field ofVirginia | 2,396 | 2.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 4 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 116,451 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Benjamin Harrison[3] Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland[3] Democratic | John Bidwell[4] Prohibition | James Baird Weaver[5] People's | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 4,326 | 52.47% | 3,452 | 41.87% | 200 | 2.43% | 266 | 3.23% | 874 | 10.60% | 8,244 |
| Aroostook | 2,893 | 54.18% | 1,917 | 35.90% | 505 | 9.46% | 25 | 0.47% | 976 | 18.28% | 5,340 |
| Cumberland | 9,165 | 51.85% | 8,050 | 45.54% | 370 | 2.09% | 92 | 0.52% | 1,115 | 6.31% | 17,677 |
| Franklin | 1,964 | 55.50% | 1,456 | 41.14% | 83 | 2.35% | 36 | 1.02% | 508 | 14.35% | 3,539 |
| Hancock | 3,330 | 53.65% | 2,654 | 42.76% | 81 | 1.30% | 142 | 2.29% | 676 | 10.89% | 6,207 |
| Kennebec | 6,165 | 57.27% | 4,094 | 38.03% | 289 | 2.68% | 217 | 2.02% | 2,071 | 19.24% | 10,765 |
| Knox | 2,321 | 46.23% | 2,136 | 42.54% | 92 | 1.83% | 472 | 9.40% | 185 | 3.68% | 5,021 |
| Lincoln | 2,018 | 53.44% | 1,585 | 41.98% | 101 | 2.67% | 72 | 1.91% | 433 | 11.47% | 3,776 |
| Oxford | 3,520 | 56.12% | 2,491 | 39.72% | 149 | 2.38% | 112 | 1.79% | 1,029 | 16.41% | 6,272 |
| Penobscot | 6,571 | 55.78% | 4,516 | 38.33% | 358 | 3.04% | 336 | 2.85% | 2,055 | 17.44% | 11,781 |
| Piscataquis | 1,909 | 58.02% | 1,249 | 37.96% | 96 | 2.92% | 36 | 1.09% | 660 | 20.06% | 3,290 |
| Sagadahoc | 2,265 | 61.27% | 1,278 | 34.57% | 96 | 2.60% | 58 | 1.57% | 987 | 26.70% | 3,697 |
| Somerset | 3,777 | 54.60% | 2,872 | 41.51% | 152 | 2.20% | 117 | 1.69% | 905 | 13.08% | 6,918 |
| Waldo | 2,503 | 50.89% | 2,151 | 43.74% | 55 | 1.12% | 209 | 4.25% | 352 | 7.16% | 4,918 |
| Washington | 3,817 | 54.79% | 2,906 | 41.71% | 174 | 2.50% | 70 | 1.00% | 911 | 13.08% | 6,967 |
| York | 6,387 | 53.20% | 5,237 | 43.62% | 261 | 2.17% | 121 | 1.01% | 1,150 | 9.58% | 12,006 |
| Totals | 62,931 | 54.06% | 48,044 | 41.27% | 3,062 | 2.63% | 2,381 | 2.05% | 14,887 | 12.79% | 116,418 |