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The1892 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the1892 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose six electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
West Virginia was won by theDemocratic nominees,former PresidentGrover Cleveland ofNew York and his running mateAdlai Stevenson I ofIllinois. This would prove the last occasion West Virginia voted Democratic in a presidential election until 1912.
| 1892 United States presidential election in West Virginia[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 84,467 | 49.37% | 6 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 80,292 | 46.93% | 0 | |
| Populist | James B. Weaver | 4,167 | 2.44% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 2,153 | 1.26% | 0 | |
| Totals | 171,079 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| County | Grover Cleveland Democratic | Benjamin Harrison Republican | James B. Weaver People's | John Bidwell Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 1,522 | 49.66% | 1,497 | 48.84% | 23 | 0.75% | 23 | 0.75% | 25 | 0.82% | 3,065 |
| Berkeley | 2,133 | 48.28% | 2,259 | 51.13% | 8 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.41% | -126 | -2.85% | 4,418 |
| Boone | 782 | 58.84% | 541 | 40.71% | 4 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.15% | 241 | 18.13% | 1,329 |
| Braxton | 1,790 | 56.38% | 1,113 | 35.06% | 244 | 7.69% | 28 | 0.88% | 677 | 21.32% | 3,175 |
| Brooke | 770 | 49.55% | 740 | 47.62% | 4 | 0.26% | 40 | 2.57% | 30 | 1.93% | 1,554 |
| Cabell | 2,890 | 53.78% | 2,328 | 43.32% | 107 | 1.99% | 49 | 0.91% | 562 | 10.46% | 5,374 |
| Calhoun | 993 | 59.89% | 602 | 36.31% | 57 | 3.44% | 6 | 0.36% | 391 | 23.58% | 1,658 |
| Clay | 503 | 49.65% | 494 | 48.77% | 15 | 1.48% | 1 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.89% | 1,013 |
| Doddridge | 1,156 | 45.39% | 1,332 | 52.30% | 17 | 0.67% | 42 | 1.65% | -176 | -6.91% | 2,547 |
| Fayette | 2,232 | 43.06% | 2,665 | 51.41% | 185 | 3.57% | 102 | 1.97% | -433 | -8.35% | 5,184 |
| Gilmer | 1,187 | 58.04% | 816 | 39.90% | 34 | 1.66% | 8 | 0.39% | 371 | 18.14% | 2,045 |
| Grant | 400 | 25.54% | 1,155 | 73.75% | 3 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.51% | -755 | -48.21% | 1,566 |
| Greenbrier | 2,299 | 63.49% | 1,259 | 34.77% | 38 | 1.05% | 25 | 0.69% | 1,040 | 28.72% | 3,621 |
| Hampshire | 1,878 | 74.55% | 523 | 20.76% | 107 | 4.25% | 11 | 0.44% | 1,355 | 53.79% | 2,519 |
| Hancock | 593 | 41.47% | 693 | 48.46% | 72 | 5.03% | 72 | 5.03% | -100 | -6.99% | 1,430 |
| Hardy | 1,215 | 75.28% | 381 | 23.61% | 17 | 1.05% | 1 | 0.06% | 834 | 51.67% | 1,614 |
| Harrison | 2,237 | 44.70% | 2,567 | 51.30% | 154 | 3.08% | 46 | 0.92% | -330 | -6.59% | 5,004 |
| Jackson | 1,883 | 43.88% | 2,131 | 49.66% | 238 | 5.55% | 39 | 0.91% | -248 | -5.78% | 4,291 |
| Jefferson | 2,530 | 69.35% | 1,093 | 29.96% | 9 | 0.25% | 16 | 0.44% | 1,437 | 39.39% | 3,648 |
| Kanawha | 4,549 | 45.84% | 5,078 | 51.17% | 144 | 1.45% | 152 | 1.53% | -529 | -5.33% | 9,923 |
| Lewis | 1,676 | 50.04% | 1,550 | 46.28% | 29 | 0.87% | 94 | 2.81% | 126 | 3.76% | 3,349 |
| Lincoln | 1,081 | 47.90% | 840 | 37.22% | 323 | 14.31% | 13 | 0.58% | 241 | 10.68% | 2,257 |
| Logan | 1,522 | 75.87% | 484 | 24.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,038 | 51.74% | 2,006 |
| Marion | 2,662 | 48.79% | 2,584 | 47.36% | 72 | 1.32% | 138 | 2.53% | 78 | 1.43% | 5,456 |
| Marshall | 1,808 | 37.00% | 2,567 | 52.53% | 339 | 6.94% | 173 | 3.54% | -759 | -15.53% | 4,887 |
| Mason | 2,260 | 45.52% | 2,600 | 52.37% | 64 | 1.29% | 41 | 0.83% | -340 | -6.85% | 4,965 |
| McDowell | 607 | 32.43% | 1,265 | 67.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -658 | -35.15% | 1,872 |
| Mercer | 1,827 | 51.48% | 1,651 | 46.52% | 61 | 1.72% | 10 | 0.28% | 176 | 4.96% | 3,549 |
| Mineral | 1,279 | 46.87% | 1,356 | 49.69% | 75 | 2.75% | 19 | 0.70% | -77 | -2.82% | 2,729 |
| Monongalia | 1,505 | 39.38% | 2,255 | 59.00% | 24 | 0.63% | 38 | 0.99% | -750 | -19.62% | 3,822 |
| Monroe | 1,373 | 53.24% | 1,141 | 44.24% | 58 | 2.25% | 7 | 0.27% | 232 | 9.00% | 2,579 |
| Morgan | 582 | 38.62% | 910 | 60.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.86% | -328 | -21.77% | 1,507 |
| Nicholas | 1,063 | 55.36% | 728 | 37.92% | 32 | 1.67% | 97 | 5.05% | 335 | 17.45% | 1,920 |
| Ohio | 5,220 | 49.93% | 5,061 | 48.41% | 19 | 0.18% | 154 | 1.47% | 159 | 1.52% | 10,454 |
| Pendleton | 1,075 | 59.59% | 717 | 39.75% | 8 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.22% | 358 | 19.84% | 1,804 |
| Pleasants | 855 | 53.64% | 713 | 44.73% | 13 | 0.82% | 13 | 0.82% | 142 | 8.91% | 1,594 |
| Pocahontas | 950 | 63.08% | 539 | 35.79% | 3 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.93% | 411 | 27.29% | 1,506 |
| Preston | 1,323 | 30.31% | 2,866 | 65.66% | 88 | 2.02% | 88 | 2.02% | -1,543 | -35.35% | 4,365 |
| Putnam | 1,597 | 48.39% | 1,612 | 48.85% | 76 | 2.30% | 15 | 0.45% | -15 | -0.45% | 3,300 |
| Raleigh | 965 | 51.94% | 871 | 46.88% | 7 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.81% | 94 | 5.06% | 1,858 |
| Randolph | 1,622 | 65.17% | 839 | 33.71% | 11 | 0.44% | 17 | 0.68% | 783 | 31.46% | 2,489 |
| Ritchie | 1,349 | 38.32% | 1,773 | 50.37% | 219 | 6.22% | 179 | 5.09% | -424 | -12.05% | 3,520 |
| Roane | 1,709 | 51.69% | 1,452 | 43.92% | 123 | 3.72% | 22 | 0.67% | 257 | 7.77% | 3,306 |
| Summers | 1,632 | 55.57% | 1,233 | 41.98% | 46 | 1.57% | 26 | 0.89% | 399 | 13.59% | 2,937 |
| Taylor | 1,158 | 40.69% | 1,522 | 53.48% | 139 | 4.88% | 27 | 0.95% | -364 | -12.79% | 2,846 |
| Tucker | 867 | 49.97% | 830 | 47.84% | 30 | 1.73% | 8 | 0.46% | 37 | 2.13% | 1,735 |
| Tyler | 1,106 | 42.15% | 1,449 | 55.22% | 45 | 1.71% | 24 | 0.91% | -343 | -13.07% | 2,624 |
| Upshur | 938 | 32.48% | 1,849 | 64.02% | 18 | 0.62% | 83 | 2.87% | -911 | -31.54% | 2,888 |
| Wayne | 2,095 | 56.85% | 1,514 | 41.09% | 71 | 1.93% | 5 | 0.14% | 581 | 15.77% | 3,685 |
| Webster | 737 | 67.31% | 353 | 32.24% | 5 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | 35.07% | 1,095 |
| Wetzel | 1,810 | 50.89% | 1,183 | 33.26% | 544 | 15.29% | 20 | 0.56% | 627 | 17.63% | 3,557 |
| Wirt | 1,110 | 53.65% | 926 | 44.76% | 15 | 0.72% | 18 | 0.87% | 184 | 8.89% | 2,069 |
| Wood | 2,985 | 46.78% | 3,201 | 50.16% | 117 | 1.83% | 78 | 1.22% | -216 | -3.39% | 6,381 |
| Wyoming | 577 | 48.49% | 591 | 49.66% | 11 | 0.92% | 11 | 0.92% | -14 | -1.18% | 1,190 |
| Totals | 84,467 | 49.37% | 80,292 | 46.93% | 4,167 | 2.44% | 2,153 | 1.26% | 4,175 | 2.44% | 171,079 |
State and district results of the1892 United States presidential election | ||
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