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The1892 United States presidential election in California was held on November 8, 1892, as part of the1892 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Incumbent PresidentBenjamin Harrison’s administration had been plagued by divisions within his party and by controversy over foreign relations, notably withItaly andChile.[1] In California, Harrison became less popular because it was believed that SenatorLeland Stanford was dictating policies in the interest of theSouthern Pacific Railroad.[1] Opposition to its power had already spawned several unsuccessful reform movements in California since 1873,[2] and the growingPopulist movement also gained substantial support from small farmers in the state'sCentral Valley region.[3] The relative weakness of partisan loyalties in California helped give the movement much more influence than in the East,[4] however the much greater urban character of the state's economy, the diversity of its agricultural sector and the access of its wheat growers – the basis for Populist victories in thePlains States – to major ocean ports severely weakened the Populist Party under 1880 Greenback nominee James B. Weaver in California.[5] Consequently, California would prove Weaver's weakest state west of theMissouri River, giving him less than ten percent of the vote.
California voted for theDemocratic challenger, formerpresidentGrover Cleveland, over theRepublicanincumbent, Benjamin Harrison by an extremely narrow margin of just 147 votes, or a 0.05452% margin, which constitutes the fifth-closest statewide presidential election result on record, behindFlorida in 2000,Maryland in1832 and1904, and California itself 20 years later in1912. Because the vote was so close and voters voted for individual electors, the ninth Cleveland elector received fewer votes than one Harrison elector, who was thus elected.[6] This was the second occasion in which California's electoral vote was split, rather than being awarded to a single candidate. The first occasion was in1880. Such a split would only subsequently occur in California two subsequent times (1896, and1912).[7] California is one of just three states that Cleveland won in1892 but lost in his first two presidential elections, the others beingIllinois andWisconsin.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | R. A. Long | 118,174 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | J. A. Filcher | 118,151 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | R. P. Hammond | 118,112 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | William Graves | 118,109 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Jackson Hatch | 118,096 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | J. D. Lynch | 118,029 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Thomas R. Bard | 118,027 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | M. Rosenthal | 118,008 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | W. L. Silman | 117,962 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | J. F. Thompson | 117,840 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | William Carson | 117,747 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | J. C. Campbell | 117,743 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | J. A. Waymire | 117,717 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | H. V. Morehouse | 117,711 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | M. L. Mery | 117,670 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Isaac Hecht | 117,613 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | J. R. Willoughby | 117,605 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | S. L. Hanscom | 117,504 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | S. Bowers | 25,311 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | A. L. Warner | 25,256 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | J. S. Dore | 25,254 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | J. N. Barton | 25,243 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | L. F. Moulton | 25,237 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | T. V. Cator | 25,229 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | William McCormick | 25,217 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | W. C. Bowman | 25,201 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | D. T. Fowler | 25,176 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | R. H. McDonald | 8,096 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | William P. Miller | 8,029 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | F. M. Porter | 8,028 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | A. McArthur | 8,007 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | F. E. Kellogg | 7,995 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | T. L. Hierlihy | 7,991 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | F. E. Caton | 7,980 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | H. H. Luse | 7,972 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | S. Fowler | 7,921 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 1 | ||
| Votes cast[a] | 269,609 | |||
| County | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Benjamin Harrison Republican | James Baird Weaver People's | John Bidwell Prohibition | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[b] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 7,114 | 38.52% | 8,792 | 47.60% | 2,114 | 11.45% | 450 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,678 | -9.09% | 18,470 |
| Alpine | 17 | 19.77% | 65 | 75.58% | 4 | 4.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -48 | -55.81% | 86 |
| Amador | 1,255 | 48.01% | 1,125 | 43.04% | 164 | 6.27% | 70 | 2.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 130 | 4.97% | 2,614 |
| Butte | 2,141 | 45.89% | 2,180 | 46.73% | 183 | 3.92% | 161 | 3.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -39 | -0.84% | 4,665 |
| Calaveras | 1,276 | 46.79% | 1,355 | 49.69% | 75 | 2.75% | 21 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | -79 | -2.90% | 2,727 |
| Colusa | 1,187 | 57.20% | 645 | 31.08% | 191 | 9.20% | 52 | 2.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 542 | 26.12% | 2,075 |
| Contra Costa | 1,332 | 42.30% | 1,631 | 51.79% | 121 | 3.84% | 65 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -299 | -9.50% | 3,149 |
| Del Norte | 339 | 52.72% | 235 | 36.55% | 59 | 9.18% | 10 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 104 | 16.17% | 643 |
| El Dorado | 1,270 | 48.00% | 1,159 | 43.80% | 174 | 6.58% | 43 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 | 4.20% | 2,646 |
| Fresno | 3,453 | 42.35% | 3.031 | 37.18% | 1,295 | 15.88% | 374 | 4.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 422 | 5.18% | 8,153 |
| Glenn | 808 | 51.70% | 528 | 33.78% | 183 | 11.71% | 44 | 2.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 280 | 17.91% | 1,563 |
| Humboldt | 1,844 | 33.98% | 2,416 | 44.53% | 1,036 | 19.09% | 130 | 2.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -572 | -10.54% | 5,426 |
| Inyo | 266 | 33.25% | 409 | 51.13% | 85 | 10.63% | 40 | 5.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -143 | -17.88% | 800 |
| Kern | 1,266 | 50.38% | 992 | 39.47% | 201 | 8.00% | 54 | 2.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 274 | 10.90% | 2,513 |
| Lake | 644 | 44.97% | 532 | 37.15% | 208 | 14.53% | 48 | 3.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 112 | 7.82% | 1,432 |
| Lassen | 524 | 46.66% | 540 | 48.09% | 40 | 3.56% | 19 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | -16 | -1.42% | 1,123 |
| Los Angeles | 8,119 | 35.64% | 10,226 | 44.89% | 3,086 | 13.55% | 1,348 | 5.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,107 | -9.25% | 22,779 |
| Marin | 949 | 42.88% | 1,186 | 53.59% | 59 | 2.67% | 19 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | -237 | -10.71% | 2,213 |
| Mariposa | 526 | 51.98% | 404 | 39.92% | 70 | 6.92% | 12 | 1.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 12.06% | 1,012 |
| Mendocino | 2,023 | 49.56% | 1,709 | 41.87% | 158 | 3.87% | 192 | 4.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 314 | 7.69% | 4,082 |
| Merced | 995 | 50.46% | 782 | 39.66% | 126 | 6.39% | 69 | 3.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 10.80% | 1,972 |
| Modoc | 596 | 52.05% | 406 | 35.46% | 106 | 9.26% | 37 | 3.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 190 | 16.59% | 1,145 |
| Mono | 166 | 30.97% | 286 | 53.36% | 77 | 14.37% | 7 | 1.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -120 | -22.39% | 536 |
| Monterey | 1,606 | 39.14% | 1,709 | 41.65% | 686 | 16.72% | 102 | 2.49% | 0 | 0.00% | -103 | -2.51% | 4,103 |
| Napa | 1,478 | 42.43% | 1,769 | 50.79% | 173 | 4.97% | 63 | 1.81% | 0 | 0.00% | -291 | -8.35% | 3,483 |
| Nevada | 1,634 | 39.84% | 1,757 | 42.84% | 616 | 15.02% | 94 | 2.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -123 | -3.00% | 4,101 |
| Orange | 1,000 | 34.49% | 1,152 | 39.74% | 480 | 16.56% | 267 | 9.21% | 0 | 0.00% | -152 | -5.24% | 2,899 |
| Placer | 1,524 | 43.08% | 1,743 | 49.27% | 185 | 5.23% | 86 | 2.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -219 | -6.19% | 3,538 |
| Plumas | 537 | 43.62% | 642 | 52.15% | 27 | 2.19% | 25 | 2.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -105 | -8.53% | 1,231 |
| Sacramento | 3,498 | 39.23% | 4,362 | 48.92% | 889 | 9.97% | 168 | 1.88% | 0 | 0.00% | -864 | -9.69% | 8,917 |
| San Benito | 759 | 45.56% | 616 | 36.97% | 256 | 15.37% | 35 | 2.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 143 | 8.58% | 1,666 |
| San Bernardino | 2,546 | 33.65% | 3,686 | 48.71% | 721 | 9.53% | 614 | 8.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,140 | -15.07% | 7,567 |
| San Diego | 2,334 | 30.26% | 3,525 | 45.71% | 1,519 | 19.70% | 334 | 4.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,191 | -15.44% | 7,712 |
| San Francisco | 31,022 | 53.09% | 24,416 | 41.78% | 2,508 | 4.29% | 489 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,606 | 11.30% | 58,435 |
| San Joaquin | 3,106 | 44.19% | 2,958 | 42.08% | 592 | 8.42% | 373 | 5.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 148 | 2.11% | 7,029 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,199 | 31.88% | 1,433 | 38.10% | 997 | 26.51% | 132 | 3.51% | 0 | 0.00% | -234 | -6.22% | 3,761 |
| San Mateo | 1,020 | 47.40% | 1,088 | 50.56% | 32 | 1.49% | 12 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -68 | -3.16% | 2,152 |
| Santa Barbara | 1,228 | 34.88% | 1,483 | 42.12% | 639 | 18.15% | 170 | 4.83% | 1 | 0.03% | -255 | -7.24% | 3,521 |
| Santa Clara | 4,167 | 40.12% | 4,620 | 44.48% | 1,091 | 10.50% | 509 | 4.90% | 0 | 0.00% | -453 | -4.36% | 10,387 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,512 | 36.77% | 1,843 | 44.82% | 562 | 13.67% | 195 | 4.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -331 | -8.05% | 4,112 |
| Shasta | 1,137 | 39.41% | 1,234 | 42.77% | 436 | 15.11% | 78 | 2.70% | 0 | 0.00% | -97 | -3.36% | 2,885 |
| Sierra | 529 | 38.61% | 787 | 57.45% | 46 | 3.36% | 8 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -258 | -18.83% | 1,370 |
| Siskiyou | 1,605 | 49.74% | 1,493 | 46.27% | 109 | 3.38% | 20 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 112 | 3.47% | 3,227 |
| Solano | 2,174 | 44.52% | 2,403 | 49.21% | 213 | 4.36% | 93 | 1.90% | 0 | 0.00% | -229 | -4.69% | 4,883 |
| Sonoma | 3,451 | 49.65% | 3,016 | 43.40% | 297 | 4.27% | 186 | 2.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 435 | 6.26% | 6,950 |
| Stanislaus | 1,369 | 53.69% | 992 | 38.90% | 58 | 2.27% | 131 | 5.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 377 | 14.78% | 2,550 |
| Sutter | 735 | 46.64% | 745 | 47.27% | 45 | 2.86% | 51 | 3.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -10 | -0.63% | 1,576 |
| Tehama | 1,045 | 46.80% | 969 | 43.39% | 170 | 7.61% | 49 | 2.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 76 | 3.40% | 2,233 |
| Trinity | 457 | 46.92% | 495 | 50.82% | 19 | 1.95% | 3 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -38 | -3.90% | 974 |
| Tulare | 2,613 | 42.09% | 1,984 | 31.96% | 1,410 | 22.71% | 201 | 3.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 629 | 10.13% | 6,208 |
| Tuolumne | 916 | 50.27% | 739 | 40.56% | 113 | 6.20% | 54 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 177 | 9.71% | 1,822 |
| Ventura | 958 | 34.80% | 1,283 | 46.60% | 415 | 15.07% | 97 | 3.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -325 | -11.81% | 2,753 |
| Yolo | 1,707 | 50.74% | 1,372 | 40.78% | 135 | 4.01% | 150 | 4.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 335 | 9.96% | 3,364 |
| Yuba | 1,198 | 50.42% | 1,079 | 45.41% | 57 | 2.40% | 42 | 1.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 119 | 5.01% | 2,376 |
| Total | 118,174 | 43.83% | 118,027 | 43.78% | 25,311 | 9.39% | 8,096 | 3.00% | 1 | 0.00% | 147 | 0.05% | 269,609 |
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