| ←1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 → Presidential election year | |
| Election day | November 8 |
|---|---|
| Incumbent president | Benjamin Harrison (Republican) |
| Next Congress | 53rd |
| Presidential election | |
| Partisan control | Democratic gain |
| Popular vote margin | Democratic +3.0% |
| Electoral vote | |
| Grover Cleveland (D) | 277 |
| Benjamin Harrison (R) | 145 |
| James B. Weaver (P) | 22 |
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| 1892 presidential election results.Red denotes states won by Harrison,blue denotes states won by Cleveland, andgreen denotes states won by Weaver. Numbers indicate theelectoral votes won by each candidate. | |
| Senate elections | |
| Overall control | Democratic gain |
| Seats contested | 29 of 88 seats[1] |
| Net seat change | Democratic +4[2] |
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| Results of the elections: Democratic gain Democratic hold Republican hold Silver Republican gain Populist gain Legislature failed to elect | |
| House elections | |
| Overall control | Democratic hold |
| Seats contested | All 356 voting members |
| Net seat change | Republican +38[2] |
| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 32 |
| Net seat change | Populist +3 |
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| 1892 gubernatorial election results Democratic gain Democratic hold | |
Elections were held on November 8, 1892, electing member to the53rd United States Congress, taking place during theThird Party System. Democrats retained the House and won control of the presidency and the Senate. Following the election, Democrats controlled the presidency and a majority in both chambers of Congress for the first time since the1858 elections.
In the presidential election,Republican PresidentBenjamin Harrison was defeated by formerDemocratic PresidentGrover Cleveland.[3] Cleveland won the popular vote by a margin of three percent, but won by a large margin in the electoral college.PopulistJames B. Weaver also carried five Western states and won a little over eight percent of the vote.[3] At the1892 Republican National Convention, Harrison fended off a challenge from supporters of former Secretary of StateJames G. Blaine and GovernorWilliam McKinley of Ohio. At the1892 Democratic National Convention, Cleveland defeated SenatorDavid B. Hill from New York and GovernorHorace Boies of Iowa on the first ballot. Harrison had previously defeated Cleveland in1888, and Cleveland's win made him the first President to serve non-consecutive terms. Cleveland's win in the popular vote also made him the second person, afterAndrew Jackson, to win the popular vote in three presidential elections.
Reapportionment following the1890 census added twenty four seats to theHouse. Republicans picked up several seats in theHouse, but Democrats continued to command a large majority in the chamber.[4]
In theSenate, Democrats made moderate gains to win a majority in the chamber for the first time since 1881.[5]
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