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The1892 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Massachusetts 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 narrow margin of 6.65%.
With 51.87% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would prove to be Harrison's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboringVermont andMaine.[2]
As of 2020, this remains the last presidential election in which Massachusetts voted Republican while neighboring New York voted Democratic.
| 1892 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison ofIndiana | Whitelaw Reid ofNew York | 202,814 | 51.87% | 15 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland ofNew York (incumbent) | Adlai Ewing Stevenson I ofIllinois | 176,813 | 45.22% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | John Bidwell ofCalifornia | James Cranfill ofTexas | 7,539 | 1.93% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Populist | James Baird Weaver ofIowa | James Gaven Field ofVirginia | 3,210 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Simon Wing ofMassachusetts | Charles Matchett ofNew York | 649 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 3 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 391,028 | 100.00% | 15 | 100.00% | ||||
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