The 1892 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 8, 1892. As North Dakota had been admitted to the Union as the 39th state on November 2, 1889, this was the first presidential election in which North Dakota cast electoral votes. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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County Results
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In 1892, the Populist nominees, James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia, won a plurality of the votes of North Dakota. However, the state Democratic Party also endorsed the Weaver/Field ticket in exchange for the Populists supporting Democratic candidates for local offices, creating a fusion ticket.[1] Weaver and Field defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. Two electors from the Democratic-Populist Fusion ticket won and one Republican Elector won on a technicality during counting.[2] This created a split delegation of electors: one for Weaver, one for Harrison, and one for national Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland, who was not separately on the ballot. This is the only time in a US presidential election that a state has equally distributed its electoral votes between three candidates. A state had only cast electoral votes for 3 different candidates twice before, in 1824 (New York cast votes for 4) and 1872, the latter due to the death of Horace Greeley. Since 1892, the only time a state has cast electoral votes for more than 2 candidates was in 2016, when both Washington and Texas did so. However, both of those situations involved faithless electors, meaning this remains as of 2024 the last time a state duly elected candidates to vote for 3 different electors.
Results
edit1892 United States presidential election in North Dakota[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
People's | James Weaver | 17,700 | 49.01% | 1 | |
Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 17,519 | 48.50% | 1 | |
Democratic | Grover Cleveland | Not on the ballot | N/A | 1 | |
Prohibition | John Bidwell | 899 | 2.49% | 0 | |
Totals | 36,118 | 100.00% | 3 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
Results by county
editCounty[4] | Benjamin Harrison Republican |
James Baird Weaver[5] Populist/Democratic Fusion |
John Bidwell[6] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Barnes | 665 | 41.02% | 918 | 56.63% | 38 | 2.34% | -253 | -15.61% | 1,621 |
Benson | 419 | 68.80% | 175 | 28.74% | 15 | 2.46% | 244 | 40.07% | 609 |
Billings | 47 | 73.44% | 17 | 26.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 30 | 46.88% | 64 |
Bottineau | 175 | 37.15% | 290 | 61.57% | 6 | 1.27% | -115 | -24.42% | 471 |
Burleigh | 640 | 68.60% | 283 | 30.33% | 10 | 1.07% | 357 | 38.26% | 933 |
Cass | 2,022 | 53.98% | 1,647 | 43.97% | 77 | 2.06% | 375 | 10.01% | 3,746 |
Cavalier | 297 | 25.34% | 855 | 72.95% | 20 | 1.71% | -558 | -47.61% | 1,172 |
Dickey | 509 | 43.39% | 647 | 55.16% | 17 | 1.45% | -138 | -11.76% | 1,173 |
Eddy | 202 | 51.40% | 184 | 46.82% | 7 | 1.78% | 18 | 4.58% | 393 |
Emmons | 278 | 67.48% | 132 | 32.04% | 2 | 0.49% | 146 | 35.44% | 412 |
Foster | 192 | 54.08% | 157 | 44.23% | 6 | 1.69% | 35 | 9.86% | 355 |
Grand Forks | 1,639 | 51.27% | 1,483 | 46.39% | 75 | 2.35% | 156 | 4.88% | 3,197 |
Griggs | 245 | 41.88% | 332 | 56.75% | 8 | 1.37% | -87 | -14.87% | 585 |
Kidder | 224 | 60.87% | 136 | 36.96% | 8 | 2.17% | 88 | 23.91% | 368 |
LaMoure | 338 | 42.62% | 436 | 54.98% | 19 | 2.40% | -98 | -12.36% | 793 |
Logan | 87 | 70.73% | 35 | 28.46% | 1 | 0.81% | 52 | 42.28% | 123 |
McHenry | 201 | 64.22% | 110 | 35.14% | 2 | 0.64% | 91 | 29.07% | 313 |
McIntosh | 280 | 70.00% | 120 | 30.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 160 | 40.00% | 400 |
McLean | 115 | 62.84% | 65 | 35.52% | 3 | 1.64% | 50 | 27.32% | 183 |
Mercer | 28 | 32.94% | 48 | 56.47% | 9 | 10.59% | -20 | -23.53% | 85 |
Morton | 596 | 60.75% | 380 | 38.74% | 5 | 0.51% | 216 | 22.02% | 981 |
Nelson | 460 | 46.09% | 527 | 52.81% | 11 | 1.10% | -67 | -6.71% | 998 |
Oliver | 35 | 42.17% | 48 | 57.83% | 0 | 0.00% | -13 | -15.66% | 83 |
Pembina | 954 | 36.72% | 1,511 | 58.16% | 133 | 5.12% | -557 | -21.44% | 2,598 |
Pierce | 121 | 69.14% | 53 | 30.29% | 1 | 0.57% | 68 | 38.86% | 175 |
Ramsey | 619 | 57.58% | 421 | 39.16% | 35 | 3.26% | 198 | 18.42% | 1,075 |
Ransom | 566 | 49.43% | 526 | 45.94% | 53 | 4.63% | 40 | 3.49% | 1,145 |
Richland | 866 | 42.77% | 1,134 | 56.00% | 25 | 1.23% | -268 | -13.23% | 2,025 |
Rolette | 273 | 57.84% | 194 | 41.10% | 5 | 1.06% | 79 | 16.74% | 472 |
Sargent | 491 | 47.39% | 525 | 50.68% | 20 | 1.93% | -34 | -3.28% | 1,036 |
Stark | 339 | 60.64% | 212 | 37.92% | 8 | 1.43% | 127 | 22.72% | 559 |
Steele | 398 | 52.65% | 338 | 44.71% | 20 | 2.65% | 60 | 7.94% | 756 |
Stutsman | 648 | 53.91% | 522 | 43.43% | 32 | 2.66% | 126 | 10.48% | 1,202 |
Towner | 166 | 43.68% | 214 | 56.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -48 | -12.63% | 380 |
Traill | 1,026 | 56.31% | 668 | 36.66% | 128 | 7.03% | 358 | 19.65% | 1,822 |
Walsh | 974 | 31.48% | 2,040 | 65.93% | 80 | 2.59% | -1,066 | -34.45% | 3,094 |
Ward | 182 | 58.52% | 114 | 36.66% | 15 | 4.82% | 68 | 21.86% | 311 |
Wells | 157 | 50.81% | 147 | 47.57% | 5 | 1.62% | 10 | 3.24% | 309 |
Williams | 45 | 44.55% | 56 | 55.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -10.89% | 101 |
Totals | 17,519 | 48.50% | 17,700 | 49.01% | 899 | 2.49% | -181 | -0.50% | 36,118 |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Knoles, George Harmon; The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892 (1942), p. 185
- ^ Knoles; The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1892 (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver at the Presidential Election for 1892 (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell at the Presidential Election for 1892 (.xlsx file for €15)