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The1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1892, as part of the1892 United States presidential election. Wisconsin voters chose 12 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Former presidentGrover Cleveland, theDemocratic Party candidate, wonWisconsin against sittingRepublican presidentBenjamin Harrison with 47.75% of the popular vote, winning the state's twelve electoral votes.[1] This was the closest presidential election in Wisconsin to that point, which distinction it held until it voted narrowly forJimmy Carter overGerald Ford in1976.
As a result of his win, Cleveland became the first Democratic presidential candidate sinceFranklin Pierce in1852 to win Wisconsin. No Democrat would win Wisconsin again untilWoodrow Wilson in1912. This marked the first occasion in which Wisconsin voted for a different candidate thanIowa, a phenomenon that has only occurred five more times since —1924,1940, 1976,2004, and2020. Wisconsin is one of the three states that voted Republican in both1884 and1888 but flipped to Cleveland in 1892, the others beingCalifornia andIllinois.
Cleveland was the first Democrat ever to winForest County,Green Lake County,Juneau County,Kenosha County,Marinette County, andOconto County. He was also the first Democrat since Pierce in 1852 to carryLa Crosse County,Portage County, andWinnebago County. Many of the counties that Cleveland won in this election would not vote Democratic again until Wilson carried them in 1912. However, Juneau County, Marinette County, Oconto County, andOneida County would not vote for a Democrat again untilFranklin D. Roosevelt in1932.
This was the first of only three elections in whichAdams County has backed the statewide loser.[a] After this election, Portage County remained the only original county from statehood to have backed the winner in every election, a streak that would last until1916.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Gustav Wollaeger | 177,335 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Robert J. MacBride | 177,314 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Andrew Jensen | 177,307 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Henry B. Schwin | 177,293 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Ferdinand T. Yahr | 177,291 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Michael Johnson | 177,283 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John Montgomery Smith | 177,282 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John Black | 177,281 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | James J. Hogan | 177,221 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | William F. Cirkel | 177,180 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Lewis S. Bailey | 177,171 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John Wattawa | 177,053 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Ole Larson | 170,846 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | John Pritzlaff | 170,791 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | John F. Bruss | 170,786 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Frederick W. Coon | 170,765 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Samuel W. Reese | 170,745 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Eli Hawks | 170,741 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Robert L. D. Potter | 170,740 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Christian S. Otjen | 170,726 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Tosten I. Gilbert | 170,717 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Edward H. Winchester | 170,684 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | William H. Hatton | 170,677 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Jerome F. Coe | 170,525 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Sofas C. Miller | 13,132 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | James N. Crawford | 13,124 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Warren C. Jones | 13,120 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | James S. Thompson | 13,118 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | William Drake | 13,117 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | John C. Plumb | 13,117 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Thorvild K. Thorvildson | 13,116 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Jacob O. Lindham | 13,113 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | W. W. Link | 13,113 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | John H. Peoberthy | 13,113 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Norman H. Brokaw | 13,109 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Oliver H. Crowl | 13,104 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | Peter Haan | 9,909 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | Nathan E. Moody | 9,829 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | Nelson E. Allen | 9,825 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | William Schwartz | 9,818 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | Samuel Smith | 9,816 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | George C. Chaffee | 9,813 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | James W. Godfrey | 9,813 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | William Campbell | 9,810 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | Anson B. Severence | 9,803 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | George W. Jackson | 9,801 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | Ernest Pagel | 9,799 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | Llewellyn Sutliff | 9,791 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 2 | ||
| Blank | 127 | |||
| Votes cast[c] | 371,351 | |||
| County[2] | Grover Cleveland Democratic | Benjamin Harrison Republican | John Bidwell Prohibition | James B. Weaver Populist | Margin | Total votes cast[d] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 402 | 28.49% | 972 | 68.89% | 22 | 1.56% | 15 | 1.06% | -570 | -40.40% | 1,411 |
| Ashland | 2,436 | 49.75% | 2,265 | 46.26% | 139 | 2.84% | 56 | 1.14% | 171 | 3.49% | 4,896 |
| Barron | 767 | 24.20% | 1,818 | 57.35% | 194 | 6.12% | 390 | 12.30% | -1,051 | -33.15% | 3,170[e] |
| Bayfield | 1,349 | 46.44% | 1,467 | 50.50% | 61 | 2.10% | 28 | 0.96% | -118 | -4.06% | 2,905 |
| Brown | 3,653 | 54.26% | 2,855 | 42.41% | 180 | 2.67% | 44 | 0.65% | 798 | 11.85% | 6,732 |
| Buffalo | 1,393 | 45.24% | 1,523 | 49.46% | 60 | 1.95% | 103 | 3.35% | -130 | -4.22% | 3,079 |
| Burnett | 55 | 7.68% | 406 | 56.70% | 163 | 22.77% | 92 | 12.85% | -243[f] | -33.93% | 716 |
| Calumet | 1,863 | 64.67% | 909 | 31.55% | 26 | 0.90% | 83 | 2.88% | 954 | 33.11% | 2,881 |
| Chippewa | 2,530 | 50.57% | 1,975 | 39.48% | 182 | 3.64% | 316 | 6.32% | 555 | 11.09% | 5,003 |
| Clark | 1,711 | 43.23% | 2,039 | 51.52% | 161 | 4.07% | 47 | 1.19% | -328 | -8.29% | 3,958 |
| Columbia | 2,957 | 43.96% | 3,313 | 49.25% | 409 | 6.08% | 48 | 0.71% | -356 | -5.29% | 6,727 |
| Crawford | 1,615 | 46.68% | 1,727 | 49.91% | 39 | 1.13% | 79 | 2.28% | -112 | -3.24% | 3,460 |
| Dane | 6,833 | 47.62% | 6,445 | 44.92% | 980 | 6.83% | 88 | 0.61% | 388 | 2.70% | 14,348[g] |
| Dodge | 6,820 | 70.23% | 2,645 | 27.24% | 199 | 2.05% | 47 | 0.48% | 4,175 | 42.99% | 9,711 |
| Door | 1,007 | 36.71% | 1,596 | 58.18% | 68 | 2.48% | 72 | 2.62% | -589 | -21.47% | 2,743 |
| Douglas | 2,340 | 40.02% | 2,967 | 50.74% | 206 | 3.52% | 334 | 5.71% | -627 | -10.72% | 5,847 |
| Dunn | 1,257 | 29.51% | 2,169 | 50.93% | 221 | 5.19% | 612 | 14.37% | -912 | -21.41% | 4,259 |
| Eau Claire | 2,383 | 41.90% | 2,719 | 47.80% | 400 | 7.03% | 186 | 3.27% | -336 | -5.91% | 5,688 |
| Florence | 195 | 29.50% | 449 | 67.93% | 12 | 1.82% | 5 | 0.76% | -254 | -38.43% | 661 |
| Fond du Lac | 5,254 | 54.03% | 4,131 | 42.48% | 239 | 2.46% | 101 | 1.04% | 1,123 | 11.55% | 9,725 |
| Forest | 228 | 48.41% | 223 | 47.35% | 14 | 2.97% | 6 | 1.27% | 5 | 1.06% | 471 |
| Grant | 3,685 | 43.89% | 4,217 | 50.23% | 418 | 4.98% | 76 | 0.91% | -532 | -6.34% | 8,396 |
| Green | 2,052 | 40.57% | 2,329 | 46.05% | 350 | 6.92% | 327 | 6.47% | -277 | -5.48% | 5,058 |
| Green Lake | 1,810 | 53.92% | 1,430 | 42.60% | 97 | 2.89% | 20 | 0.60% | 380 | 11.32% | 3,357 |
| Iowa | 2,336 | 46.76% | 2,275 | 45.54% | 356 | 7.13% | 29 | 0.58% | 61 | 1.22% | 4,996 |
| Jackson | 1,160 | 33.36% | 2,078 | 59.76% | 209 | 6.01% | 30 | 0.86% | -918 | -26.40% | 3,477 |
| Jefferson | 4,661 | 61.53% | 2,679 | 35.37% | 211 | 2.79% | 24 | 0.32% | 1,982 | 26.17% | 7,575 |
| Juneau | 1,978 | 47.91% | 1,945 | 47.11% | 144 | 3.49% | 62 | 1.50% | 33 | 0.80% | 4,129 |
| Kenosha | 1,928 | 51.28% | 1,628 | 43.30% | 69 | 1.84% | 16 | 0.43% | 300 | 7.98% | 3,760[h] |
| Kewaunee | 2,046 | 78.81% | 518 | 19.95% | 7 | 0.27% | 24 | 0.92% | 1,528 | 58.86% | 2,596[i] |
| La Crosse | 3,810 | 44.24% | 3,693 | 42.88% | 358 | 4.16% | 752 | 8.73% | 117 | 1.36% | 8,613 |
| Lafayette | 2,286 | 46.25% | 2,366 | 47.87% | 209 | 4.23% | 82 | 1.66% | -80 | -1.62% | 4,943 |
| Langlade | 1,289 | 58.62% | 845 | 38.43% | 48 | 2.18% | 17 | 0.77% | 444 | 20.19% | 2,199 |
| Lincoln | 1,443 | 49.45% | 997 | 34.17% | 80 | 2.74% | 398 | 13.64% | 446 | 15.28% | 2,918 |
| Manitowoc | 4,349 | 64.79% | 2,276 | 33.91% | 29 | 0.43% | 58 | 0.86% | 2,073 | 30.88% | 6,712 |
| Marathon | 3,791 | 63.94% | 1,959 | 33.04% | 71 | 1.20% | 108 | 1.82% | 1,832 | 30.90% | 5,929 |
| Marinette | 1,994 | 46.52% | 1,837 | 42.86% | 192 | 4.48% | 263 | 6.14% | 157 | 3.66% | 4,286 |
| Marquette | 1,198 | 56.14% | 877 | 41.10% | 52 | 2.44% | 7 | 0.33% | 321 | 15.04% | 2,134 |
| Milwaukee | 24,606 | 48.49% | 24,343 | 47.97% | 507 | 1.00% | 1,286 | 2.53% | 263 | 0.52% | 50,742 |
| Monroe | 2,458 | 45.80% | 2,530 | 47.14% | 273 | 5.09% | 106 | 1.98% | -72 | -1.34% | 5,367 |
| Oconto | 1,499 | 50.92% | 1,275 | 43.31% | 42 | 1.43% | 128 | 4.35% | 224 | 7.61% | 2,944 |
| Oneida | 1,317 | 51.81% | 1,149 | 45.20% | 30 | 1.18% | 46 | 1.81% | 168 | 6.61% | 2,542 |
| Outagamie | 4,545 | 59.72% | 2,733 | 35.91% | 224 | 2.94% | 109 | 1.43% | 1,812 | 23.81% | 7,611 |
| Ozaukee | 2,094 | 74.71% | 652 | 23.26% | 8 | 0.29% | 49 | 1.75% | 1,442 | 51.44% | 2,803 |
| Pepin | 539 | 36.01% | 865 | 57.78% | 83 | 5.54% | 10 | 0.67% | -326 | -21.78% | 1,497 |
| Pierce | 1,210 | 30.14% | 2,315 | 57.66% | 300 | 7.47% | 190 | 4.73% | -1,105 | -27.52% | 4,015 |
| Polk | 585 | 23.90% | 1,477 | 60.33% | 175 | 7.15% | 211 | 8.62% | -892 | -36.44% | 2,448 |
| Portage | 2,570 | 50.21% | 2,291 | 44.75% | 214 | 4.18% | 44 | 0.86% | 279 | 5.45% | 5,119 |
| Price | 876 | 41.87% | 1,099 | 52.53% | 84 | 4.02% | 33 | 1.58% | -223 | -10.66% | 2,092 |
| Racine | 3,750 | 43.79% | 3,956 | 46.19% | 352 | 4.11% | 506 | 5.91% | -206 | -2.41% | 8,564 |
| Richland | 1,670 | 38.05% | 2,194 | 49.99% | 231 | 5.26% | 294 | 6.70% | -524 | -11.94% | 4,389 |
| Rock | 4,231 | 38.62% | 6,052 | 55.24% | 552 | 5.04% | 121 | 1.10% | -1,821 | -16.62% | 10,956 |
| Sauk | 3,139 | 45.74% | 3,277 | 47.76% | 396 | 5.77% | 50 | 0.73% | -138 | -2.01% | 6,862 |
| Sawyer | 328 | 41.84% | 413 | 52.68% | 37 | 4.72% | 6 | 0.77% | -85 | -10.84% | 784 |
| Shawano | 2,040 | 55.37% | 1,322 | 35.88% | 49 | 1.33% | 273 | 7.41% | 718 | 19.49% | 3,684 |
| Sheboygan | 5,126 | 56.74% | 3,638 | 40.27% | 98 | 1.08% | 172 | 1.90% | 1,488 | 16.47% | 9,034 |
| St. Croix | 2,220 | 42.33% | 2,467 | 47.04% | 373 | 7.11% | 184 | 3.51% | -247 | -4.71% | 5,244 |
| Taylor | 904 | 53.21% | 734 | 43.20% | 29 | 1.71% | 32 | 1.88% | 170 | 10.01% | 1,699 |
| Trempealeau | 1,521 | 38.49% | 2,116 | 53.54% | 277 | 7.01% | 38 | 0.96% | -595 | -15.06% | 3,952 |
| Vernon | 1,440 | 27.79% | 3,106 | 59.95% | 253 | 4.88% | 382 | 7.37% | -1,666 | -32.16% | 5,181 |
| Walworth | 2,153 | 32.55% | 3,871 | 58.52% | 512 | 7.74% | 79 | 1.19% | -1,718 | -25.97% | 6,615 |
| Washburn | 305 | 36.14% | 488 | 57.82% | 35 | 4.15% | 16 | 1.90% | -183 | -21.68% | 844 |
| Washington | 2,624 | 60.25% | 1,700 | 39.04% | 23 | 0.53% | 8 | 0.18% | 924 | 21.22% | 4,355 |
| Waukesha | 3,635 | 47.97% | 3,600 | 47.51% | 248 | 3.27% | 89 | 1.17% | 35 | 0.46% | 7,578[j] |
| Waupaca | 2,186 | 36.83% | 3,397 | 57.23% | 306 | 5.15% | 47 | 0.79% | -1,211 | -20.40% | 5,936 |
| Waushara | 787 | 25.76% | 2,091 | 68.45% | 141 | 4.62% | 36 | 1.18% | -1,304 | -42.68% | 3,055 |
| Winnebago | 5,893 | 49.60% | 5,354 | 45.06% | 351 | 2.95% | 283 | 2.38% | 539 | 4.54% | 11,881 |
| Wood | 2,220 | 54.29% | 1,779 | 43.51% | 54 | 1.32% | 36 | 0.88% | 441 | 10.79% | 4,089 |
| Total | 177,335 | 47.75% | 170,846 | 46.01% | 13,132 | 3.54% | 9,909 | 2.67% | 6,489 | 1.75% | 371,351 |