1892 United States presidential election in Virginia

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1892 United States presidential election in Virginia

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  StephenGroverCleveland.jpg Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg
Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Whitelaw Reid
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 164,136 113,098
Percentage 56.17% 38.70%

Virginia Presidential Election Results 1892.svg
County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1892 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, former President Grover Cleveland over the Republican candidate, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 17.46%.

Results[]

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1892[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 164,136 56.17% 12
Republican Benjamin Harrison (inc.) 113,098 38.70% 0
Populist James B. Weaver 12,275 4.20% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 2,729 0.93% 0
Totals 292,238 100.0% 12

Results by county[]

County or Independent City Stephen Grover Cleveland[2]
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison[2]
Republican
James Baird Weaver[3]
Populist
John Bidwell[4]
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Accomack County 3,529 64.78% 1,733 31.81% 4 0.07% 182 3.34% 1,796 32.97% 5,448
Albemarle County 2,757 60.18% 1,795 39.18% 22 0.48% 7 0.15% 962 21.00% 4,581
Alexandria County 1,169 50.87% 1,069 46.52% 10 0.44% 50 2.18% 100 4.35% 2,298
Alleghany County 499 59.48% 340 40.52% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 159 18.95% 839
Amelia County 501 40.86% 563 45.92% 158 12.89% 4 0.33% -62 -5.06% 1,226
Amherst County 1,666 56.04% 1,190 40.03% 117 3.94% 0 0.00% 476 16.01% 2,973
Appomattox County 776 45.27% 691 40.32% 247 14.41% 0 0.00% 85 4.96% 1,714
Augusta County 3,563 59.52% 2,136 35.68% 102 1.70% 185 3.09% 1,427 23.84% 5,986
Bath County 488 56.35% 310 35.80% 68 7.85% 0 0.00% 178 20.55% 866
Bedford County 3,216 61.64% 1,590 30.48% 358 6.86% 53 1.02% 1,626 31.17% 5,217
Bland County 501 53.35% 159 16.93% 279 29.71% 0 0.00% 222[a] 23.64% 939
Botetourt County 1,681 56.33% 1,196 40.08% 17 0.57% 90 3.02% 485 16.25% 2,984
Brunswick County 1,049 45.77% 947 41.32% 290 12.65% 6 0.26% 102 4.45% 2,292
Buchanan County 472 51.87% 367 40.33% 71 7.80% 0 0.00% 105 11.54% 910
Buckingham County 1,269 50.86% 1,052 42.16% 174 6.97% 0 0.00% 217 8.70% 2,495
Campbell County 1,765 50.24% 1,210 34.44% 532 15.14% 6 0.17% 555 15.80% 3,513
Caroline County 1,235 43.75% 1,343 47.57% 245 8.68% 0 0.00% -108 -3.83% 2,823
Carroll County 1,450 57.81% 1,008 40.19% 50 1.99% 0 0.00% 442 17.62% 2,508
Charles City County 337 37.99% 541 60.99% 9 1.01% 0 0.00% -204 -23.00% 887
Charlotte County 1,396 57.83% 815 33.76% 169 7.00% 34 1.41% 581 24.07% 2,414
Chesterfield County 1,747 55.64% 1,241 39.52% 136 4.33% 16 0.51% 506 16.11% 3,140
Clarke County 1,208 71.99% 409 24.37% 38 2.26% 23 1.37% 799 47.62% 1,678
Craig County 535 67.98% 164 20.84% 80 10.17% 8 1.02% 371 47.14% 787
Culpeper County 1,561 60.88% 991 38.65% 12 0.47% 0 0.00% 570 22.23% 2,564
Cumberland County 560 36.51% 838 54.63% 135 8.80% 1 0.07% -278 -18.12% 1,534
Dickenson County 439 56.35% 295 37.87% 45 5.78% 0 0.00% 144 18.49% 779
Dinwiddie County 597 39.85% 674 44.99% 220 14.69% 7 0.47% -77 -5.14% 1,498
Elizabeth City County 891 39.15% 1,309 57.51% 68 2.99% 8 0.35% -418 -18.37% 2,276
Essex County 890 48.16% 903 48.86% 54 2.92% 1 0.05% -13 -0.70% 1,848
Fairfax County 2,168 58.12% 1,537 41.21% 9 0.24% 16 0.43% 631 16.92% 3,730
Fauquier County 2,802 66.12% 1,348 31.81% 88 2.08% 0 0.00% 1,454 34.31% 4,238
Floyd County 854 42.49% 954 47.46% 164 8.16% 38 1.89% -100 -4.98% 2,010
Fluvanna County 918 58.92% 488 31.32% 151 9.69% 1 0.06% 430 27.60% 1,558
Franklin County 2,262 57.09% 1,178 29.73% 522 13.18% 0 0.00% 1,084 27.36% 3,962
Frederick County 2,035 72.60% 700 24.97% 34 1.21% 34 1.21% 1,335 47.63% 2,803
Giles County 1,059 65.25% 399 24.58% 139 8.56% 26 1.60% 660 40.67% 1,623
Gloucester County 907 38.11% 1,276 53.61% 182 7.65% 15 0.63% -369 -15.50% 2,380
Goochland County 626 42.07% 790 53.09% 72 4.84% 0 0.00% -164 -11.02% 1,488
Grayson County 1,299 57.55% 832 36.86% 122 5.41% 4 0.18% 467 20.69% 2,257
Greene County 629 62.09% 356 35.14% 28 2.76% 0 0.00% 273 26.95% 1,013
Greensville County 362 44.58% 320 39.41% 130 16.01% 0 0.00% 42 5.17% 812
Halifax County 3,133 54.68% 1,937 33.80% 581 10.14% 79 1.38% 1,196 20.87% 5,730
Hanover County 1,536 53.48% 1,064 37.05% 263 9.16% 9 0.31% 472 16.43% 2,872
Henrico County 2,374 54.47% 1,849 42.43% 119 2.73% 16 0.37% 525 12.05% 4,358
Henry County 1,317 44.27% 1,459 49.04% 190 6.39% 9 0.30% -142 -4.77% 2,975
Highland County 611 60.20% 386 38.03% 16 1.58% 2 0.20% 225 22.17% 1,015
Isle of Wight County 1,494 67.60% 636 28.78% 73 3.30% 7 0.32% 858 38.82% 2,210
James City County 233 33.29% 466 66.57% 0 0.00% 1 0.14% -233 -33.29% 700
King and Queen County 564 50.18% 527 46.89% 33 2.94% 0 0.00% 37 3.29% 1,124
King George County 722 44.57% 731 45.12% 167 10.31% 0 0.00% -9 -0.56% 1,620
King William County 672 43.08% 844 54.10% 32 2.05% 12 0.77% -172 -11.03% 1,560
Lancaster County 983 51.87% 896 47.28% 12 0.63% 4 0.21% 87 4.59% 1,895
Lee County 1,604 57.47% 1,131 40.52% 25 0.90% 31 1.11% 473 16.95% 2,791
Loudoun County 2,719 58.39% 1,738 37.32% 63 1.35% 137 2.94% 981 21.07% 4,657
Louisa County 1,296 46.24% 1,373 48.98% 120 4.28% 14 0.50% -77 -2.75% 2,803
Lunenburg County 819 63.74% 363 28.25% 103 8.02% 0 0.00% 456 35.49% 1,285
Madison County 1,115 61.81% 579 32.10% 110 6.10% 0 0.00% 536 29.71% 1,804
Mathews County 931 58.19% 591 36.94% 59 3.69% 19 1.19% 340 21.25% 1,600
Mecklenburg County 1,345 40.23% 1,484 44.39% 512 15.32% 2 0.06% -139 -4.16% 3,343
Middlesex County 271 44.87% 291 48.18% 42 6.95% 0 0.00% -20 -3.31% 604
Montgomery County 1,286 46.21% 1,128 40.53% 280 10.06% 89 3.20% 158 5.68% 2,783
Nansemond County 1,763 50.94% 1,477 42.68% 214 6.18% 7 0.20% 286 8.26% 3,461
Nelson County 1,409 55.23% 1,020 39.98% 98 3.84% 24 0.94% 389 15.25% 2,551
New Kent County 366 40.40% 513 56.62% 25 2.76% 2 0.22% -147 -16.23% 906
Norfolk County 2,587 50.37% 2,452 47.74% 59 1.15% 38 0.74% 135 2.63% 5,136
Northampton County 1,225 49.49% 1,238 50.02% 6 0.24% 6 0.24% -13 -0.53% 2,475
Northumberland County 953 52.28% 792 43.44% 75 4.11% 3 0.16% 161 8.83% 1,823
Nottoway County 931 60.03% 587 37.85% 33 2.13% 0 0.00% 344 22.18% 1,551
Orange County 1,343 59.74% 831 36.97% 64 2.85% 10 0.44% 512 22.78% 2,248
Page County 1,351 55.51% 927 38.09% 112 4.60% 44 1.81% 424 17.42% 2,434
Patrick County 1,288 57.65% 873 39.08% 70 3.13% 3 0.13% 415 18.58% 2,234
Pittsylvania County 3,661 46.92% 3,320 42.55% 746 9.56% 76 0.97% 341 4.37% 7,803
Powhatan County 396 32.43% 642 52.58% 183 14.99% 0 0.00% -246 -20.15% 1,221
Prince Edward County 766 48.85% 788 50.26% 14 0.89% 0 0.00% -22 -1.40% 1,568
Prince George County 270 31.21% 545 63.01% 50 5.78% 0 0.00% -275 -31.79% 865
Prince William County 1,356 65.92% 663 32.23% 38 1.85% 0 0.00% 693 33.69% 2,057
Princess Anne County 623 57.47% 409 37.73% 45 4.15% 7 0.65% 214 19.74% 1,084
Pulaski County 1,397 54.15% 1,154 44.73% 10 0.39% 19 0.74% 243 9.42% 2,580
Rappahannock County 1,056 71.93% 384 26.16% 23 1.57% 5 0.34% 672 45.78% 1,468
Richmond County 644 48.24% 652 48.84% 39 2.92% 0 0.00% -8 -0.60% 1,335
Roanoke County 1,527 52.12% 1,290 44.03% 14 0.48% 99 3.38% 237 8.09% 2,930
Rockbridge County 2,210 57.19% 1,576 40.79% 63 1.63% 15 0.39% 634 16.41% 3,864
Rockingham County 3,293 52.81% 2,724 43.68% 52 0.83% 167 2.68% 569 9.12% 6,236
Russell County 1,659 60.20% 752 27.29% 330 11.97% 15 0.54% 907 32.91% 2,756
Scott County 1,746 49.45% 1,433 40.58% 340 9.63% 12 0.34% 313 8.86% 3,531
Shenandoah County 2,315 54.66% 1,705 40.26% 117 2.76% 98 2.31% 610 14.40% 4,235
Smyth County 1,352 58.23% 841 36.22% 129 5.56% 0 0.00% 511 22.01% 2,322
Southampton County 1,127 42.84% 1,200 45.61% 279 10.60% 25 0.95% -73 -2.77% 2,631
Spotsylvania County 849 53.30% 679 42.62% 64 4.02% 1 0.06% 170 10.67% 1,593
Stafford County 742 56.38% 558 42.40% 16 1.22% 0 0.00% 184 13.98% 1,316
Surry County 562 40.81% 671 48.73% 129 9.37% 15 1.09% -109 -7.92% 1,377
Sussex County 291 28.47% 638 62.43% 93 9.10% 0 0.00% -347 -33.95% 1,022
Tazewell County 1,573 45.55% 1,784 51.67% 68 1.97% 28 0.81% -211 -6.11% 3,453
Warren County 1,286 74.90% 389 22.66% 7 0.41% 35 2.04% 897 52.24% 1,717
Warwick County 988 59.66% 650 39.25% 13 0.79% 5 0.30% 338 20.41% 1,656
Washington County 2,783 58.42% 1,774 37.24% 158 3.32% 49 1.03% 1,009 21.18% 4,764
Westmoreland County 726 46.21% 817 52.01% 27 1.72% 1 0.06% -91 -5.79% 1,571
Wise County 1,101 58.81% 731 39.05% 37 1.98% 3 0.16% 370 19.76% 1,872
Wythe County 1,838 55.82% 1,243 37.75% 182 5.53% 30 0.91% 595 18.07% 3,293
York County 533 38.82% 798 58.12% 11 0.80% 31 2.26% -265 -19.30% 1,373
Alexandria City 1,982 62.66% 1,162 36.74% 2 0.06% 17 0.54% 820 25.92% 3,163
Bristol City 465 64.94% 235 32.82% 0 0.00% 16 2.23% 230 32.12% 716
Buena Vista City 341 79.86% 86 20.14% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 255 59.72% 427
Charlottesville City 889 74.39% 296 24.77% 0 0.00% 10 0.84% 593 49.62% 1,195
Danville City 1,234 63.09% 710 36.30% 2 0.10% 10 0.51% 524 26.79% 1,956
Fredericksburg City 655 67.18% 311 31.90% 4 0.41% 5 0.51% 344 35.28% 975
Lynchburg City 2,422 63.55% 1,358 35.63% 3 0.08% 28 0.73% 1,064 27.92% 3,811
Manchester City 1,252 67.20% 550 29.52% 6 0.32% 55 2.95% 702 37.68% 1,863
Newport News City 4,479 73.20% 1,542 25.20% 0 0.00% 98 1.60% 2,937 48.00% 6,119
Norfolk City 495 64.62% 219 28.59% 14 1.83% 38 4.96% 276 36.03% 766
Petersburg City 2,558 70.94% 1,046 29.01% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,512 41.93% 3,606
Portsmouth City 1,728 61.45% 1,052 37.41% 0 0.00% 32 1.14% 676 24.04% 2,812
Radford City 591 74.53% 185 23.33% 2 0.25% 15 1.89% 406 51.20% 793
Richmond City 10,139 74.85% 3,289 24.28% 54 0.40% 63 0.47% 6,850 50.57% 13,545
Roanoke City 2,707 57.80% 1,870 39.93% 0 0.00% 106 2.26% 837 17.87% 4,683
Staunton City 919 58.87% 549 35.17% 2 0.13% 91 5.83% 370 23.70% 1,561
Williamsburg City 122 50.21% 120 49.38% 0 0.00% 1 0.41% 2 0.82% 243
Winchester City 579 54.01% 468 43.66% 0 0.00% 25 2.33% 111 10.35% 1,072
Totals 164,136 56.17% 113,098 38.70% 12,275 4.20% 2,729 0.93% 51,038 17.46% 292,238

Notes[]

  1. ^ In this county where Weaver ran ahead of Harrison, margin given in Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin is Cleveland percentrage minus Weaver percentage.

References[]

  1. ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results - Virginia". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (xlsx file for €15)
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