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The1892 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the1892 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Delaware was won by theDemocratic nominees,former PresidentGrover Cleveland ofNew York and his running mateAdlai Stevenson I ofIllinois.
Despite reclaiming the presidency, Cleveland performed much worse in Delaware than he did in his1888 re-election bid. The State shifted 10 points forHarrison, voting for Cleveland by only 1.4 percentage points. This would be one of four states where Harrison outperformed his initial run for the presidency in 1888. The other states wereNew Hampshire,Georgia and,South Carolina.
This is the last election in which Delaware voted Democratic until1912; and the last in which it voted Democratic two or more consecutive times until1940.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Charles B. Lore | 18,581 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | William H. Coulbourn | 18,575 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Ezekiel W. Cooper | 18,572 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Henry A. du Pont | 18,077 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Thomas Curry | 18,072 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Joseph R. Whitaker | 18,068 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | William G. Winner | 564 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Richard M. Cooper | 561 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Charles M. Marshall | 561 | |
| Independent Colored Republican | Unpledged | A. Worthington Brinckley | 13 | |
| Independent Colored Republican | Unpledged | William P. Prattis | 13 | |
| Independent Colored Republican | Unpledged | Lewis Blockson | 13 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 37,235 | |||
| County[1][2] | Grover Cleveland Democratic | Benjamin Harrison Republican | John Bidwell Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast[a] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Kent | 3,720 | 50.45% | 3,550 | 48.14% | 104 | 1.41% | 170 | 2.31% | 7,374 |
| New Castle | 10,583 | 49.63% | 10,383 | 48.68% | 345 | 1.62% | 200 | 0.94% | 21,324[b] |
| Sussex | 4,278 | 50.11% | 4,144 | 48.54% | 115 | 1.35% | 134 | 1.57% | 8,537 |
| Totals | 18,581 | 49.90% | 18,077 | 48.55% | 564 | 1.51% | 504 | 1.35% | 37,235 |
