The1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the1892 United States presidential election . Minnesota voters chose nine electors to theElectoral College , which selected thepresident andvice president .
Minnesota was won by theRepublican nominees, incumbentPresident Benjamin Harrison ofIndiana and his running mateWhitelaw Reid ofNew York .
TheMinnesota Democratic Party initially announced that it would not conduct a fusion campaign, but later withdrew four of its electors in favor of Populist electors on October 10.[ 1]
With 5.31 percent of the popular vote, Minnesota proved to beProhibition Party candidateJohn Bidwell ’s best performance as well as the only state where he broke 5 percent of the vote. This is the closest the Democrats came to winning Minnesota in the 19th century.[ 2]
County Benjamin Harrison Stephen Grover Cleveland James Baird Weaver John Bidwell Margin Total votes cast[ 3] # % # % # % # % # % # Aitkin 445 62.59% 217 30.52% 33 4.64% 16 2.25% 228 32.07% 711 AI Anoka 1,002 52.76% 720 37.91% 44 2.32% 133 7.00% 282 14.85% 1,899 AN Becker 853 55.43% 266 17.28% 239 15.53% 181 11.76% 587 38.14% 1,539 BK Beltrami 57 44.88% 44 34.65% 25 19.69% 1 0.79% 13 10.24% 127 BL Benton 426 25.63% 577 34.72% 632 38.03% 27 1.62% -55[ a] -3.31% 1,662 BN Big Stone 576 41.68% 498 36.03% 170 12.30% 138 9.99% 78 5.64% 1,382 BS Blue Earth 2,680 46.00% 2,399 41.18% 385 6.61% 362 6.21% 281 4.82% 5,826 BE Brown 1,080 38.48% 1,174 41.82 494 17.60% 59 2.10% -94 -3.35% 2,807 BR Carlton 737 58.49% 370 29.37% 108 8.57% 45 3.57% 367 29.13% 1,260 CT Carver 1,191 40.35% 1,462 49.53% 246 8.33% 53 1.80% -271 -9.18% 2,952 CA Cass 311 39.72% 233 29.76% 221 28.22% 18 2.30% 78 9.96% 783 CS Chippewa 730 44.51% 507 30.91% 244 14.88% 159 9.70% 223 13.60% 1,640 CP Chisago 1,480 75.01% 338 17.13% 45 2.28% 110 5.58% 1,142 57.88% 1,973 CH Clay 959 40.19% 594 24.90% 710 29.76% 123 5.16% 249[ b] 10.44% 2,386 CY Cook 68 51.52% 19 14.39% 31 23.48% 14 10.61% 37[ b] 28.03% 132 CK Cottonwood 727 52.38% 202 14.55% 333 23.99% 126 9.08% 394[ b] 28.39% 1,388 CD Crow Wing 916 53.10% 519 30.09% 193 11.19% 97 5.62% 397 23.01% 1,725 CW Dakota 1,481 37.95% 1,989 50.97% 264 6.77% 168 4.31% -508 -13.02% 3,902 DK Dodge 1,219 55.33% 536 24.33% 309 14.03% 139 6.31% 683 31.00% 2,203 DO Douglas 1,315 50.89% 533 20.63% 484 18.73% 252 9.75% 782 30.26% 2,584 DG Faribault 1,992 58.01% 1,070 31.16% 86 2.50% 286 8.33% 922 26.85% 3,434 FA Fillmore 2,925 56.53% 1,346 26.01% 542 10.48% 361 6.98% 1,579 30.52% 5,174 FI Freeborn 2,004 61.27% 743 22.71% 281 8.59% 243 7.43% 1,261 38.55% 3,271 FB Goodhue 3,574 61.60% 1,659 28.59% 212 3.65% 357 6.15% 1,915 33.01% 5,802 GH Grant 776 55.35% 319 22.75% 182 12.98% 125 8.92% 457 32.60% 1,402 GR Hennepin 20,803 50.18% 16,448 39.67% 2,326 5.61% 1,883 4.54% 4,355 10.50% 41,460 HN Houston 1,509 50.13% 1,243 41.30% 170 5.65% 88 2.92% 266 8.84% 3,010 HS Hubbard 164 35.65% 129 28.04% 161 35.00% 6 1.30% 3[ b] 0.65% 460 HU Isanti 728 52.11% 105 7.52% 308 22.05% 256 18.32% 420[ b] 30.06% 1,397 IS Itasca 520 40.66% 686 53.64% 50 3.91% 23 1.80% -166 -12.98% 1,279 IT Jackson 901 46.16% 721 36.94% 267 13.68% 63 3.23% 180 9.22% 1,952 JK Kanabec 182 53.53% 38 11.18% 35 10.29% 85 25.00% 97[ c] 28.53% 340 KA Kandiyohi 1,341 50.93% 391 14.85% 601 22.83% 300 11.39% 740[ b] 28.10% 2,633 KD Kittson 408 32.46% 307 24.42% 446 35.48% 96 7.64% -38[ b] -3.02% 1,257 KI Lac qui Parle 1,164 52.31% 457 20.54% 510 22.92% 94 4.22% 654[ b] 29.39% 2,225 LQ Lake 290 60.04% 126 26.09% 38 7.87% 29 6.00% 164 33.95% 483 LK Le Sueur 1,465 39.73% 1,821 49.39% 255 6.92% 146 3.96% -356 -9.66% 3,687 LS Lincoln 318 28.65% 396 35.68% 310 27.93% 86 7.75% -78 -7.03% 1,110 LN Lyon 1,068 50.88% 486 23.15% 280 13.34% 265 12.63% 582 27.73% 2,099 LY Marshall 526 27.90% 354 18.78% 892 47.32% 113 5.99% -366[ b] -19.42% 1,885 MH Martin 1,189 57.22% 661 31.81% 103 4.96% 125 6.02% 528 25.41% 2,078 MT McLeod 902 32.28% 1,523 54.51% 252 9.02% 117 4.19% -621 -22.23% 2,794 MD Meeker 1,274 42.09% 1,146 37.86% 348 11.50% 259 8.56% 128 4.23% 3,027 MK Mille Lacs 463 56.05% 223 27.00% 103 12.47% 37 4.48% 240 29.06% 826 ML Morrison 1,135 37.76% 1,585 52.73% 160 5.32% 126 4.19% -450 -14.97% 3,006 MR Mower 2,234 56.36% 1,310 33.05% 169 4.26% 251 6.33% 924 23.31% 3,964 MO Murray 586 36.90% 517 32.56% 412 25.94% 73 4.60% 69 4.35% 1,588 MU Nicollet 1,098 47.70% 937 40.70% 184 7.99% 83 3.61% 161 6.99% 2,302 NI Nobles 894 44.24% 664 32.86% 318 15.73% 145 7.17% 230 11.38% 2,021 NO Norman 724 38.97% 294 15.82% 596 32.08% 244 13.13% 128[ b] 6.89% 1,858 NR Olmsted 2,344 50.79% 1,931 41.84% 159 3.45% 181 3.92% 413 8.95% 4,615 OL Otter Tail 2,140 37.40% 1,642 28.70% 1,466 25.62% 474 8.28% 498 8.70% 5,722 OT Pine 538 48.42% 458 41.22% 70 6.30% 45 4.05% 80 7.20% 1,111 PN Pipestone 648 47.96% 295 21.84% 346 25.61% 62 4.59% 302[ b] 22.35% 1,351 PS Polk 1,376 23.35% 1,510 25.63% 2,775 47.10% 231 3.92% -1,265[ a] -21.47% 5,892 PL Pope 1,037 57.32% 282 15.59% 361 19.96% 129 7.13% 676[ b] 37.37% 1,809 PO Ramsey 11,307 41.99% 12,817 47.60% 1,725 6.41% 1,077 4.00% -1,510 -5.61% 26,926 RM Redwood 1,155 43.54% 645 24.31% 734 27.67% 119 4.49% 421[ b] 15.87% 2,653 RW Renville 1,370 39.95% 984 28.70% 925 26.98% 150 4.37% 386 11.26% 3,429 RV Rice 2,245 48.29% 1,794 38.59% 352 7.57% 258 5.55% 451 9.70% 4,649 RC Rock 940 59.64% 383 24.30% 176 11.17% 77 4.89% 557 35.34% 1,576 RK Scott 760 26.86% 1,937 68.47% 99 3.50% 33 1.17% -1,177 -41.60% 2,829 SL Sherburne 632 53.88% 290 24.72% 202 17.22% 49 4.18% 342 29.16% 1,173 SC Sibley 958 37.99% 1,191 47.22% 325 12.89% 48 1.90% -233 -9.24% 2,522 SB St. Louis 5,157 49.67% 3,586 34.54% 985 9.49% 655 6.31% 1,571 15.13% 10,383 SY Stearns 1,624 23.68% 4,461 65.04% 551 8.03% 223 3.25% -2,837 -41.36% 6,859 ST Steele 1,396 48.71% 1,299 45.32% 55 1.92% 116 4.05% 97 3.38% 2,866 SE Stevens 622 46.21% 509 37.82% 144 10.70% 71 5.27% 113 8.40% 1,346 SV Swift 762 37.39% 712 34.94% 434 21.30% 130 6.38% 50 2.45% 2,038 SW Todd 1,251 42.09% 1,118 37.62% 460 15.48% 143 4.81% 133 4.48% 2,972 TD Traverse 413 39.33% 317 30.19% 258 24.57% 62 5.90% 96 9.14% 1,050 TR Wabasha 1,580 43.16% 1,774 48.46% 151 4.12% 156 4.26% -194 -5.30% 3,661 WB Wadena 454 45.35% 332 33.17% 161 16.08% 54 5.39% 122 12.19% 1,001 WD Waseca 1,090 44.86% 1,042 42.88% 164 6.75% 134 5.51% 48 1.98% 2,430 WC Washington 2,451 53.31% 1,733 37.69% 298 6.48% 116 2.52% 718 15.62% 4,598 WA Watonwan 934 62.68% 388 26.04% 75 5.03% 93 6.24% 546 36.64% 1,490 WW Wilkin 434 42.67% 363 35.69% 169 16.62% 51 5.01% 71 6.98% 1,017 WK Winona 2,734 39.95% 3,701 54.08% 256 3.74% 153 2.24% -967 -14.13% 6,844 WN Wright 2,271 48.56% 1,829 39.11% 337 7.21% 240 5.13% 442 9.45% 4,677 WR Yellow Medicine 911 49.11% 364 19.62% 379 20.43% 201 10.84% 532[ b] 28.68% 1,855 YM Totals 122,944 45.87% 100,589 37.53% 30,399 11.34% 14,117 5.27% 22,355 8.34% 268,049 MN
^a b In this county where Harrison ran third behind Cleveland and Weaver, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage. ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n In this county where Cleveland ran behind both Harrison and Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage. ^ In this county where Bidwell ran second ahead of Cleveland, margin given is Harrison vote minus Bidwell vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Bidwell percentage.
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