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The1892 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Nebraska was won by theRepublican nominees, incumbentPresidentBenjamin Harrison ofIndiana and his running mateWhitelaw Reid ofNew York. Harrison and Reid narrowly defeated thePopulist nominees,James B. Weaver ofIowa and his running mateJames G. Field ofVirginia, with national winner and Democratic nomineesGrover Cleveland andAdlai Stevenson I a distant third and carrying onlyThomas County by plurality.[1]
Alongside1908, this is one of only two elections where Nebraska did not vote the same as neighboringKansas,[a] and Weaver's is the best-ever third party performance in Nebraska presidential election history.
| 1892 United States presidential election in Nebraska[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 87,213 | 43.56% | 8 | |
| People's | James Weaver | 83,134 | 41.53% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 24,943 | 12.46% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 4,902 | 2.45% | 0 | |
| Totals | 200,192 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| County[3] | Benjamin Harrison Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | James Baird Weaver[4] Independent Populist | John Bidwell[5] Prohibition | Margin[b] | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,620 | 46.22% | 320 | 9.13% | 1,415 | 40.37% | 150 | 4.28% | 205 | 5.85% | 3,505 |
| Antelope | 825 | 39.87% | 175 | 8.46% | 973 | 47.03% | 96 | 4.64% | -148 | -7.15% | 2,069 |
| Banner | 197 | 47.58% | 29 | 7.00% | 183 | 44.20% | 5 | 1.21% | 14 | 3.38% | 414 |
| Blaine | 61 | 39.10% | 23 | 14.74% | 63 | 40.38% | 9 | 5.77% | -2 | -1.28% | 156 |
| Boone | 887 | 41.90% | 188 | 8.88% | 994 | 46.95% | 48 | 2.27% | -107 | -5.05% | 2,117 |
| Box Butte | 416 | 35.96% | 229 | 19.79% | 493 | 42.61% | 19 | 1.64% | -77 | -6.66% | 1,157 |
| Boyd | 528 | 44.44% | 184 | 15.49% | 464 | 39.06% | 12 | 1.01% | 64 | 5.39% | 1,188 |
| Brown | 363 | 46.84% | 74 | 9.55% | 329 | 42.45% | 9 | 1.16% | 34 | 4.39% | 775 |
| Buffalo | 1,864 | 42.80% | 377 | 8.66% | 2,043 | 46.91% | 71 | 1.63% | -179 | -4.11% | 4,355 |
| Burt | 1,332 | 54.12% | 178 | 7.23% | 876 | 35.60% | 75 | 3.05% | 456 | 18.53% | 2,461 |
| Butler | 1,099 | 36.31% | 441 | 14.57% | 1,428 | 47.18% | 59 | 1.95% | -329 | -10.87% | 3,027 |
| Cass | 2,173 | 47.44% | 723 | 15.78% | 1,600 | 34.93% | 85 | 1.86% | 573 | 12.51% | 4,581 |
| Cedar | 710 | 38.34% | 226 | 12.20% | 891 | 48.11% | 25 | 1.35% | -181 | -9.77% | 1,852 |
| Chase | 355 | 39.23% | 84 | 9.28% | 454 | 50.17% | 12 | 1.33% | -99 | -10.94% | 905 |
| Cherry | 499 | 43.13% | 152 | 13.14% | 484 | 41.83% | 22 | 1.90% | 15 | 1.30% | 1,157 |
| Cheyenne | 503 | 45.94% | 201 | 18.36% | 365 | 33.33% | 26 | 2.37% | 138 | 12.60% | 1,095 |
| Clay | 1,624 | 48.13% | 232 | 6.88% | 1,425 | 42.23% | 93 | 2.76% | 199 | 5.90% | 3,374 |
| Colfax | 612 | 32.28% | 589 | 31.07% | 662 | 34.92% | 33 | 1.74% | -50 | -2.64% | 1,896 |
| Cuming | 844 | 33.98% | 578 | 23.27% | 1,018 | 40.98% | 44 | 1.77% | -174 | -7.00% | 2,484 |
| Custer | 1,810 | 41.29% | 263 | 6.00% | 2,189 | 49.93% | 122 | 2.78% | -379 | -8.65% | 4,384 |
| Dakota | 394 | 33.50% | 170 | 14.46% | 602 | 51.19% | 10 | 0.85% | -208 | -17.69% | 1,176 |
| Dawes | 803 | 46.26% | 190 | 10.94% | 716 | 41.24% | 27 | 1.56% | 87 | 5.01% | 1,736 |
| Dawson | 1,188 | 48.23% | 182 | 7.39% | 1,067 | 43.32% | 26 | 1.06% | 121 | 4.91% | 2,463 |
| Deuel | 250 | 43.55% | 101 | 17.60% | 211 | 36.76% | 12 | 2.09% | 39 | 6.79% | 574 |
| Dixon | 665 | 38.71% | 339 | 19.73% | 634 | 36.90% | 80 | 4.66% | 31 | 1.80% | 1,718 |
| Dodge | 1,445 | 38.24% | 911 | 24.11% | 1,338 | 35.41% | 85 | 2.25% | 107 | 2.83% | 3,779 |
| Douglas | 10,702 | 48.27% | 2,904 | 13.10% | 8,322 | 37.53% | 244 | 1.10% | 2,380 | 10.73% | 22,172 |
| Dundy | 362 | 44.04% | 55 | 6.69% | 378 | 45.99% | 27 | 3.28% | -16 | -1.95% | 822 |
| Fillmore | 1,541 | 45.79% | 276 | 8.20% | 1,475 | 43.83% | 73 | 2.17% | 66 | 1.96% | 3,365 |
| Franklin | 597 | 38.07% | 88 | 5.61% | 854 | 54.46% | 29 | 1.85% | -257 | -16.39% | 1,568 |
| Frontier | 706 | 40.41% | 85 | 4.87% | 943 | 53.98% | 13 | 0.74% | -237 | -13.57% | 1,747 |
| Furnas | 905 | 42.59% | 104 | 4.89% | 1,086 | 51.11% | 30 | 1.41% | -181 | -8.52% | 2,125 |
| Gage | 3,323 | 52.13% | 880 | 13.81% | 1,969 | 30.89% | 202 | 3.17% | 1,354 | 21.24% | 6,374 |
| Garfield | 134 | 40.48% | 17 | 5.14% | 175 | 52.87% | 5 | 1.51% | -41 | -12.39% | 331 |
| Gosper | 358 | 36.79% | 85 | 8.74% | 521 | 53.55% | 9 | 0.92% | -163 | -16.75% | 973 |
| Grant | 49 | 43.75% | 11 | 9.82% | 50 | 44.64% | 2 | 1.79% | -1 | -0.89% | 112 |
| Greeley | 298 | 29.30% | 159 | 15.63% | 556 | 54.67% | 4 | 0.39% | -258 | -25.37% | 1,017 |
| Hall | 1,546 | 45.83% | 392 | 11.62% | 1,383 | 41.00% | 52 | 1.54% | 163 | 4.83% | 3,373 |
| Hamilton | 1,207 | 42.95% | 265 | 9.43% | 1,252 | 44.56% | 86 | 3.06% | -45 | -1.60% | 2,810 |
| Harlan | 568 | 36.88% | 101 | 6.56% | 800 | 51.95% | 71 | 4.61% | -232 | -15.06% | 1,540 |
| Hayes | 345 | 45.22% | 79 | 10.35% | 330 | 43.25% | 9 | 1.18% | 15 | 1.97% | 763 |
| Hitchcock | 495 | 39.98% | 76 | 6.14% | 654 | 52.83% | 13 | 1.05% | -159 | -12.84% | 1,238 |
| Holt | 1,002 | 39.70% | 233 | 9.23% | 1,220 | 48.34% | 69 | 2.73% | -218 | -8.64% | 2,524 |
| Hooker | 11 | 22.00% | 5 | 10.00% | 33 | 66.00% | 1 | 2.00% | -22 | -44.00% | 50 |
| Howard | 537 | 29.41% | 329 | 18.02% | 941 | 51.53% | 19 | 1.04% | -404 | -22.12% | 1,826 |
| Jefferson | 1,038 | 42.23% | 318 | 12.94% | 1,024 | 41.66% | 78 | 3.17% | 14 | 0.57% | 2,458 |
| Johnson | 1,150 | 48.73% | 234 | 9.92% | 907 | 38.43% | 69 | 2.92% | 243 | 10.30% | 2,360 |
| Kearney | 819 | 41.55% | 125 | 6.34% | 964 | 48.91% | 63 | 3.20% | -145 | -7.36% | 1,971 |
| Keith | 210 | 37.84% | 98 | 17.66% | 241 | 43.42% | 6 | 1.08% | -31 | -5.59% | 555 |
| Keya Paha | 203 | 30.53% | 80 | 12.03% | 374 | 56.24% | 8 | 1.20% | -171 | -25.71% | 665 |
| Kimball | 109 | 48.02% | 24 | 10.57% | 83 | 36.56% | 11 | 4.85% | 26 | 11.45% | 227 |
| Knox | 957 | 45.38% | 326 | 15.46% | 763 | 36.18% | 63 | 2.99% | 194 | 9.20% | 2,109 |
| Lancaster | 5,858 | 52.69% | 1,283 | 11.54% | 3,488 | 31.37% | 489 | 4.40% | 2,370 | 21.32% | 11,118 |
| Lincoln | 969 | 41.30% | 168 | 7.16% | 1,154 | 49.19% | 55 | 2.34% | -185 | -7.89% | 2,346 |
| Logan | 127 | 44.88% | 26 | 9.19% | 126 | 44.52% | 4 | 1.41% | 1 | 0.35% | 283 |
| Loup | 115 | 47.13% | 18 | 7.38% | 109 | 44.67% | 2 | 0.82% | 6 | 2.46% | 244 |
| Madison | 1,186 | 41.60% | 435 | 15.26% | 1,158 | 40.62% | 72 | 2.53% | 28 | 0.98% | 2,851 |
| McPherson | 30 | 41.10% | 13 | 17.81% | 28 | 38.36% | 2 | 2.74% | 2 | 2.74% | 73 |
| Merrick | 850 | 43.88% | 143 | 7.38% | 842 | 43.47% | 102 | 5.27% | 8 | 0.41% | 1,937 |
| Nance | 614 | 42.05% | 87 | 5.96% | 728 | 49.86% | 31 | 2.12% | -114 | -7.81% | 1,460 |
| Nemaha | 1,105 | 40.96% | 367 | 13.60% | 1,150 | 42.62% | 76 | 2.82% | -45 | -1.67% | 2,698 |
| Nuckolls | 990 | 39.89% | 159 | 6.41% | 1,288 | 51.89% | 45 | 1.81% | -298 | -12.01% | 2,482 |
| Otoe | 1,591 | 37.50% | 937 | 22.08% | 1,584 | 37.33% | 131 | 3.09% | 7 | 0.16% | 4,243 |
| Pawnee | 1,266 | 54.13% | 231 | 9.88% | 705 | 30.14% | 137 | 5.86% | 561 | 23.98% | 2,339 |
| Perkins | 328 | 35.50% | 89 | 9.63% | 492 | 53.25% | 15 | 1.62% | -164 | -17.75% | 924 |
| Phelps | 768 | 37.39% | 96 | 4.67% | 1,071 | 52.14% | 119 | 5.79% | -303 | -14.75% | 2,054 |
| Pierce | 396 | 33.70% | 257 | 21.87% | 508 | 43.23% | 14 | 1.19% | -112 | -9.53% | 1,175 |
| Platte | 897 | 31.16% | 665 | 23.10% | 1,267 | 44.01% | 50 | 1.74% | -370 | -12.85% | 2,879 |
| Polk | 733 | 34.16% | 126 | 5.87% | 1,187 | 55.31% | 100 | 4.66% | -454 | -21.16% | 2,146 |
| Red Willow | 807 | 43.13% | 159 | 8.50% | 871 | 46.55% | 34 | 1.82% | -64 | -3.42% | 1,871 |
| Richardson | 1,928 | 47.45% | 402 | 9.89% | 1,650 | 40.61% | 83 | 2.04% | 278 | 6.84% | 4,063 |
| Rock | 343 | 54.88% | 52 | 8.32% | 223 | 35.68% | 7 | 1.12% | 120 | 19.20% | 625 |
| Saline | 1,704 | 46.68% | 500 | 13.70% | 1,297 | 35.53% | 149 | 4.08% | 407 | 11.15% | 3,650 |
| Sarpy | 582 | 39.17% | 351 | 23.62% | 522 | 35.13% | 31 | 2.09% | 60 | 4.04% | 1,486 |
| Saunders | 1,416 | 34.40% | 559 | 13.58% | 1,965 | 47.74% | 176 | 4.28% | -549 | -13.34% | 4,116 |
| Scotts Bluff | 217 | 49.21% | 45 | 10.20% | 172 | 39.00% | 7 | 1.59% | 45 | 10.20% | 441 |
| Seward | 1,336 | 40.05% | 763 | 22.87% | 1,183 | 35.46% | 54 | 1.62% | 153 | 4.59% | 3,336 |
| Sheridan | 644 | 35.64% | 163 | 9.02% | 964 | 53.35% | 36 | 1.99% | -320 | -17.71% | 1,807 |
| Sherman | 453 | 36.86% | 122 | 9.93% | 636 | 51.75% | 18 | 1.46% | -183 | -14.89% | 1,229 |
| Sioux | 139 | 32.78% | 90 | 21.23% | 195 | 45.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -56 | -13.21% | 424 |
| Stanton | 381 | 36.78% | 242 | 23.36% | 402 | 38.80% | 11 | 1.06% | -21 | -2.03% | 1,036 |
| Thayer | 1,261 | 46.63% | 356 | 13.17% | 1,019 | 37.68% | 68 | 2.51% | 242 | 8.95% | 2,704 |
| Thomas | 35 | 37.23% | 36 | 38.30% | 22 | 23.40% | 1 | 1.06% | -1[c] | -1.06% | 94 |
| Thurston | 470 | 63.17% | 78 | 10.48% | 186 | 25.00% | 10 | 1.34% | 284 | 38.17% | 744 |
| Valley | 579 | 37.28% | 145 | 9.34% | 793 | 51.06% | 36 | 2.32% | -214 | -13.78% | 1,553 |
| Washington | 1,068 | 44.04% | 567 | 23.38% | 744 | 30.68% | 46 | 1.90% | 324 | 13.36% | 2,425 |
| Wayne | 676 | 43.67% | 271 | 17.51% | 576 | 37.21% | 25 | 1.61% | 100 | 6.46% | 1,548 |
| Webster | 1,023 | 44.97% | 169 | 7.43% | 1,040 | 45.71% | 43 | 1.89% | -17 | -0.75% | 2,275 |
| Wheeler | 122 | 39.87% | 29 | 9.48% | 150 | 49.02% | 5 | 1.63% | -28 | -9.15% | 306 |
| York | 1,917 | 51.44% | 219 | 5.88% | 1,484 | 39.82% | 107 | 2.87% | 433 | 11.62% | 3,727 |
| Totals | 87,163 | 43.54% | 24,926 | 12.45% | 83,194 | 41.56% | 4,902 | 2.45% | 3,969 | 1.98% | 200,185 |