1892 United States presidential election in Iowa
The 1892 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election . Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
Iowa was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York by a margin of 5.29%. This was the first election in which Iowa voted for a different candidate than Wisconsin , a phenomenon that has occurred only 5 times since - 1924 , 1940 , 1976 , 2004 , and 2020 .
This election resulted in Cleveland becoming the third US president of only 6 and the second of only 4 Democrats to have ever held office without winning Iowa in an election since its admission to the union in 1846.
Cleveland is the only candidate to be elected twice without ever carrying Iowa in the state's history. Franklin Roosevelt won two terms in 1940 and 1944 without Iowa, but because those were his third and fourth terms, he had already carried the state twice in 1932 and 1936.
Results
Results by county
County[ 2]
Benjamin Harrison Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic
James Baird Weaver[ 3] People’s
John Bidwell[ 4] Prohibition
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adair
1,836
54.66%
1,264
37.63%
215
6.40%
44
1.31%
572
17.03%
3,359
Adams
1,533
52.83%
1,149
39.59%
179
6.17%
41
1.41%
384
13.23%
2,902
Allamakee
1,832
46.94%
1,956
50.12%
75
1.92%
40
1.02%
-124
-3.18%
3,903
Appanoose
2,534
50.81%
1,924
38.58%
479
9.60%
50
1.00%
610
12.23%
4,987
Audubon
1,288
46.53%
1,393
50.33%
66
2.38%
21
0.76%
-105
-3.79%
2,768
Benton
2,694
48.64%
2,745
49.56%
69
1.25%
31
0.56%
-51
-0.92%
5,539
Black Hawk
3,483
57.08%
2,544
41.69%
29
0.48%
46
0.75%
939
15.39%
6,102
Boone
2,959
57.31%
1,925
37.28%
179
3.47%
100
1.94%
1,034
20.03%
5,163
Bremer
1,555
43.44%
1,933
53.99%
51
1.42%
41
1.15%
-378
-10.56%
3,580
Buchanan
2,498
51.86%
2,166
44.97%
96
1.99%
57
1.18%
332
6.89%
4,817
Buena Vista
1,712
57.41%
982
32.93%
247
8.28%
41
1.37%
730
24.48%
2,982
Butler
2,129
58.76%
1,430
39.47%
28
0.77%
36
0.99%
699
19.29%
3,623
Calhoun
1,969
60.75%
1,104
34.06%
132
4.07%
36
1.11%
865
26.69%
3,241
Carroll
1,592
39.00%
2,375
58.18%
68
1.67%
47
1.15%
-783
-19.18%
4,082
Cass
2,317
49.54%
1,990
42.55%
352
7.53%
18
0.38%
327
6.99%
4,677
Cedar
2,130
45.87%
2,347
50.54%
74
1.59%
93
2.00%
-217
-4.67%
4,644
Cerro Gordo
2,133
60.51%
1,209
34.30%
55
1.56%
128
3.63%
924
26.21%
3,525
Cherokee
1,755
56.54%
1,157
37.27%
88
2.84%
104
3.35%
598
19.27%
3,104
Chickasaw
1,516
43.95%
1,878
54.45%
43
1.25%
12
0.35%
-362
-10.50%
3,449
Clarke
1,455
54.17%
961
35.78%
239
8.90%
31
1.15%
494
18.39%
2,686
Clay
1,516
64.21%
654
27.70%
149
6.31%
42
1.78%
862
36.51%
2,361
Clayton
2,443
41.63%
3,337
56.86%
57
0.97%
32
0.55%
-894
-15.23%
5,869
Clinton
3,893
40.03%
5,649
58.08%
132
1.36%
52
0.53%
-1,756
-18.05%
9,726
Crawford
1,511
38.35%
2,272
57.66%
133
3.38%
24
0.61%
-761
-19.31%
3,940
Dallas
2,679
56.02%
1,641
34.32%
358
7.49%
104
2.17%
1,038
21.71%
4,782
Davis
1,349
38.88%
1,481
42.68%
601
17.32%
39
1.12%
-132
-3.80%
3,470
Decatur
1,856
49.10%
1,486
39.31%
403
10.66%
35
0.93%
370
9.79%
3,780
Delaware
2,294
55.44%
1,810
43.74%
15
0.36%
19
0.46%
484
11.70%
4,138
Des Moines
3,361
42.03%
4,526
56.60%
55
0.69%
54
0.68%
-1,165
-14.57%
7,996
Dickinson
801
61.29%
443
33.89%
47
3.60%
16
1.22%
358
27.39%
1,307
Dubuque
3,526
33.54%
6,831
64.98%
112
1.07%
44
0.42%
-3,305
-31.44%
10,513
Emmet
831
66.00%
391
31.06%
19
1.51%
18
1.43%
440
34.95%
1,259
Fayette
2,771
49.85%
2,499
44.95%
208
3.74%
81
1.46%
272
4.89%
5,559
Floyd
2,017
56.37%
1,387
38.76%
124
3.47%
50
1.40%
630
17.61%
3,578
Franklin
1,771
61.71%
1,064
37.07%
23
0.80%
12
0.42%
707
24.63%
2,870
Fremont
1,635
41.35%
1,716
43.40%
560
14.16%
43
1.09%
-81
-2.05%
3,954
Greene
2,084
57.11%
1,333
36.53%
168
4.60%
64
1.75%
751
20.58%
3,649
Grundy
1,375
48.38%
1,355
47.68%
74
2.60%
38
1.34%
20
0.70%
2,842
Guthrie
2,295
54.86%
1,540
36.82%
240
5.74%
108
2.58%
755
18.05%
4,183
Hamilton
2,073
61.46%
1,227
36.38%
43
1.27%
30
0.89%
846
25.08%
3,373
Hancock
1,214
58.51%
789
38.02%
41
1.98%
31
1.49%
425
20.48%
2,075
Hardin
2,665
61.00%
1,549
35.45%
72
1.65%
83
1.90%
1,116
25.54%
4,369
Harrison
2,302
45.05%
2,200
43.05%
536
10.49%
72
1.41%
102
2.00%
5,110
Henry
2,390
54.54%
1,710
39.02%
210
4.79%
72
1.64%
680
15.52%
4,382
Howard
1,403
51.51%
1,239
45.48%
20
0.73%
62
2.28%
164
6.02%
2,724
Humboldt
1,382
62.39%
742
33.50%
44
1.99%
47
2.12%
640
28.89%
2,215
Ida
1,192
46.71%
1,190
46.63%
130
5.09%
40
1.57%
2
0.08%
2,552
Iowa
1,672
42.15%
2,157
54.37%
89
2.24%
49
1.24%
-485
-12.23%
3,967
Jackson
1,946
38.85%
2,966
59.21%
47
0.94%
50
1.00%
-1,020
-20.36%
5,009
Jasper
3,167
50.94%
2,556
41.11%
383
6.16%
111
1.79%
611
9.83%
6,217
Jefferson
2,140
55.03%
1,545
39.73%
127
3.27%
77
1.98%
595
15.30%
3,889
Johnson
2,179
39.35%
3,227
58.28%
101
1.82%
30
0.54%
-1,048
-18.93%
5,537
Jones
2,419
49.07%
2,439
49.47%
17
0.34%
55
1.12%
-20
-0.41%
4,930
Keokuk
2,509
46.37%
2,655
49.07%
180
3.33%
67
1.24%
-146
-2.70%
5,411
Kossuth
1,801
52.96%
1,513
44.49%
59
1.73%
28
0.82%
288
8.47%
3,401
Lee
3,971
43.46%
4,956
54.24%
145
1.59%
65
0.71%
-985
-10.78%
9,137
Linn
5,602
50.85%
5,032
45.67%
141
1.28%
242
2.20%
570
5.17%
11,017
Louisa
1,796
59.45%
1,069
35.39%
110
3.64%
46
1.52%
727
24.06%
3,021
Lucas
1,550
52.58%
1,087
36.87%
243
8.24%
68
2.31%
463
15.71%
2,948
Lyon
1,110
47.56%
1,130
48.41%
77
3.30%
17
0.73%
-20
-0.86%
2,334
Madison
1,966
50.11%
1,406
35.84%
500
12.75%
51
1.30%
560
14.27%
3,923
Mahaska
3,340
47.88%
2,428
34.81%
1,046
14.99%
162
2.32%
912
13.07%
6,976
Marion
2,319
43.70%
2,540
47.86%
372
7.01%
76
1.43%
-221
-4.16%
5,307
Marshall
3,441
56.60%
2,312
38.03%
243
4.00%
84
1.38%
1,129
18.57%
6,080
Mills
1,761
49.87%
1,480
41.91%
251
7.11%
39
1.10%
281
7.96%
3,531
Mitchell
1,797
58.92%
1,162
38.10%
46
1.51%
45
1.48%
635
20.82%
3,050
Monona
1,188
37.85%
751
23.92%
1,107
35.27%
93
2.96%
81[ a]
2.58%
3,139
Monroe
1,501
45.48%
1,169
35.42%
550
16.67%
80
2.42%
332
10.06%
3,300
Montgomery
2,187
59.59%
1,174
31.99%
234
6.38%
75
2.04%
1,013
27.60%
3,670
Muscatine
2,726
46.41%
2,964
50.46%
141
2.40%
43
0.73%
-238
-4.05%
5,874
O'Brien
1,666
52.94%
1,373
43.63%
75
2.38%
33
1.05%
293
9.31%
3,147
Osceola
729
50.87%
674
47.03%
15
1.05%
15
1.05%
55
3.84%
1,433
Page
2,623
55.48%
1,503
31.79%
275
5.82%
327
6.92%
1,120
23.69%
4,728
Palo Alto
1,110
46.60%
1,101
46.22%
147
6.17%
24
1.01%
9
0.38%
2,382
Plymouth
1,672
40.11%
2,244
53.83%
178
4.27%
75
1.80%
-572
-13.72%
4,169
Pocahontas
1,304
51.89%
939
37.37%
210
8.36%
60
2.39%
365
14.52%
2,513
Polk
7,757
53.76%
5,538
38.38%
784
5.43%
349
2.42%
2,219
15.38%
14,428
Pottawattamie
4,675
46.08%
4,905
48.35%
505
4.98%
60
0.59%
-230
-2.27%
10,145
Poweshiek
2,359
53.05%
1,776
39.94%
256
5.76%
56
1.26%
583
13.11%
4,447
Ringgold
1,766
55.03%
1,111
34.62%
222
6.92%
110
3.43%
655
20.41%
3,209
Sac
1,888
56.78%
1,258
37.83%
83
2.50%
96
2.89%
630
18.95%
3,325
Scott
2,999
32.15%
6,205
66.52%
65
0.70%
59
0.63%
-3,206
-34.37%
9,328
Shelby
1,674
44.41%
1,890
50.15%
176
4.67%
29
0.77%
-216
-5.73%
3,769
Sioux
2,021
51.56%
1,792
45.71%
73
1.86%
34
0.87%
229
5.84%
3,920
Story
2,797
64.51%
1,321
30.47%
112
2.58%
106
2.44%
1,476
34.04%
4,336
Tama
2,421
47.12%
2,589
50.39%
71
1.38%
57
1.11%
-168
-3.27%
5,138
Taylor
2,088
54.29%
1,423
37.00%
265
6.89%
70
1.82%
665
17.29%
3,846
Union
1,914
46.81%
1,508
36.88%
593
14.50%
74
1.81%
406
9.93%
4,089
Van Buren
2,125
52.73%
1,789
44.39%
64
1.59%
52
1.29%
336
8.34%
4,030
Wapello
3,643
46.68%
3,380
43.31%
730
9.35%
51
0.65%
263
3.37%
7,804
Warren
2,414
55.94%
1,475
34.18%
350
8.11%
76
1.76%
939
21.76%
4,315
Washington
2,518
52.05%
2,134
44.11%
104
2.15%
82
1.69%
384
7.94%
4,838
Wayne
1,825
48.84%
1,561
41.77%
299
8.00%
52
1.39%
264
7.06%
3,737
Webster
2,551
50.14%
2,159
42.43%
298
5.86%
80
1.57%
392
7.70%
5,088
Winnebago
1,083
67.10%
342
21.19%
158
9.79%
31
1.92%
741
45.91%
1,614
Winneshiek
2,578
52.43%
2,262
46.00%
31
0.63%
46
0.94%
316
6.43%
4,917
Woodbury
4,620
47.07%
4,156
42.34%
781
7.96%
259
2.64%
464
4.73%
9,816
Worth
1,273
64.49%
614
31.10%
75
3.80%
12
0.61%
659
33.38%
1,974
Wright
2,065
63.29%
1,137
34.85%
18
0.55%
43
1.32%
928
28.44%
3,263
Totals
219,795
49.60%
196,370
44.31%
20,560
4.64%
6,400
1.44%
23,425
5.29%
443,125
See also
Notes
^ In this county where Cleveland ran third behind Harrison and Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage.
References