1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota

The 1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

South Dakota participated in its first ever presidential election, having been admitted as the 40th state on November 2, 1889. The state was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. Harrison and Reid defeated the Independent nominees, James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia and the Democratic candidates, former (and future) President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.

Harrison won the state by a margin of 11.84 percentage points, becoming both the first Republican presidential candidate and first ever presidential candidate to win the state.

Results[]

1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison (incumbent)	34,888	49.48%	4
	Independent	James Weaver	26,544	37.64%	0
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland	9,081	12.88%	0
Totals			70,513	100.00%	4
Voter turnout					—

Results by county[]

County^[2]	Benjamin Harrison Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic		James Baird Weaver Independent		Margin^[a]		Total votes cast
County^[2]	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Aurora	461	46.95%	207	21.08%	314	31.98%	147	14.97%	982
Beadle	984	52.85%	206	11.06%	672	36.09%	312	16.76%	1,862
Bon Homme	879	49.52%	260	14.65%	636	35.83%	243	13.69%	1,775
Brookings	1,082	51.57%	189	9.01%	827	39.42%	255	12.15%	2,098
Brown	1,446	45.33%	279	8.75%	1,465	45.92%	-19	-0.60%	3,190
Brule	538	44.03%	200	16.37%	484	39.61%	54	4.42%	1,222
Buffalo	78	50.65%	13	8.44%	63	40.91%	15	9.74%	154
Butte	154	40.10%	28	7.29%	202	52.60%	-48	-12.50%	384
Campbell	390	58.12%	77	11.48%	204	30.40%	186	27.72%	671
Charles Mix	516	57.40%	115	12.79%	268	29.81%	248	27.59%	899
Clark	731	47.19%	197	12.72%	621	40.09%	110	7.10%	1,549
Clay	918	53.65%	164	9.59%	629	36.76%	289	16.89%	1,711
Codington	882	52.16%	408	24.13%	401	23.71%	474^[b]	28.03%	1,691
Custer	503	49.27%	166	16.26%	352	34.48%	151	14.79%	1,021
Davison	569	42.81%	120	9.03%	640	48.16%	-71	-5.34%	1,329
Day	752	38.92%	362	18.74%	818	42.34%	-66	-3.42%	1,932
Deuel	441	43.79%	126	12.51%	440	43.69%	1	0.10%	1,007
Douglas	541	50.85%	109	10.24%	414	38.91%	127	11.94%	1,064
Edmunds	386	44.22%	156	17.87%	331	37.92%	55	6.30%	873
Fall River	569	53.73%	262	24.74%	228	21.53%	307^[b]	28.99%	1,059
Faulk	473	63.75%	107	14.42%	162	21.83%	311	41.91%	742
Grant	605	40.74%	188	12.66%	692	46.60%	-87	-5.86%	1,485
Hamlin	537	50.80%	161	15.23%	359	33.96%	178	16.84%	1,057
Hand	526	44.46%	70	5.92%	587	49.62%	-61	-5.16%	1,183
Hanson	378	36.21%	196	18.77%	470	45.02%	-92	-8.81%	1,044
Hughes	459	62.88%	102	13.97%	169	23.15%	290	39.73%	730
Hutchinson	1,034	64.42%	254	15.83%	317	19.75%	717	44.67%	1,605
Hyde	184	56.44%	51	15.64%	91	27.91%	93	28.53%	326
Jerauld	327	47.05%	45	6.47%	323	46.47%	4	0.58%	695
Kingsbury	951	46.28%	175	8.52%	929	45.21%	22	1.07%	2,055
Lake	742	43.47%	196	11.48%	769	45.05%	-27	-1.58%	1,707
Lawrence	2,140	51.18%	546	13.06%	1,495	35.76%	645	15.43%	4,181
Lincoln	1,130	55.53%	206	10.12%	699	34.35%	431	21.18%	2,035
Marshall	477	43.96%	114	10.51%	494	45.53%	-17	-1.57%	1,085
McCook	573	37.35%	262	17.08%	699	45.57%	-126	-8.21%	1,534
McPherson	487	50.52%	221	22.93%	256	26.56%	231	23.96%	964
Meade	427	36.56%	128	10.96%	613	52.48%	-186	-15.92%	1,168
Miner	486	38.57%	290	23.02%	484	38.41%	2	0.16%	1,260
Minnehaha	2,208	52.31%	484	11.47%	1,529	36.22%	679	16.09%	4,221
Moody	735	53.30%	96	6.96%	548	39.74%	187	13.56%	1,379
Pennington	959	50.66%	147	7.77%	787	41.57%	172	9.09%	1,893
Potter	320	51.12%	57	9.11%	249	39.78%	71	11.34%	626
Roberts	538	62.85%	68	7.94%	250	29.21%	288	33.64%	856
Sanborn	564	55.62%	95	9.37%	355	35.01%	209	20.61%	1,014
Spink	1,133	53.04%	171	8.01%	832	38.95%	301	14.09%	2,136
Stanley	76	49.03%	29	18.71%	50	32.26%	26	16.77%	155
Sully	278	57.44%	39	8.06%	167	34.50%	111	22.93%	484
Turner	1,108	56.68%	429	21.94%	418	21.38%	679^[b]	34.73%	1,955
Union	860	43.30%	241	12.13%	885	44.56%	-25	-1.26%	1,986
Walworth	187	44.21%	45	10.64%	191	45.15%	-4	-0.95%	423
Yankton	1,166	53.98%	228	10.56%	766	35.46%	400	18.52%	2,160
Totals	34,888	49.40%	9,085	12.87%	26,644	37.73%	8,244	11.67%	70,617

Notes[]

^ Because Weaver finished second behind Harrison and ahead of Cleveland in South Dakota as a whole, all margins given are Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margins Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage unless otherwise stated for the county in question.
^ ^a ^b ^c In this county where Cleveland did finish second ahead of Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Cleveland vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Cleveland percentage.

References[]

^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
^ Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)

[3] Because Weaver finished second behind Harrison and ahead of Cleveland in South Dakota as a whole, all margins given are Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margins Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage unless otherwise stated for the county in question.

[ClevelanddWeaver-4] In this county where Cleveland did finish second ahead of Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Cleveland vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Cleveland percentage.

[1] "1892 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.

[Geoelections-2] Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)

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