1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison James B. Weaver
Party Democratic Republican Populist
Home state New York Indiana Iowa
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Whitelaw Reid James G. Field
Electoral vote 11 0 0
Popular vote 132,951 100,346 44,336
Percentage 47.44% 35.80% 15.82%
County Results
President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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The 1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

North Carolina was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 132,951 47.44% 11
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 100,346 35.80% 0
People's James Weaver 44,336 15.82% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 2,637 0.94% 0
Totals 280,270 100.00% 11
Voter turnout —

Results by county

1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county
County Stephen Grover Cleveland[2]
Democratic 		Benjamin Harrison[2]
Republican 		James Baird Weaver[3]
Populist 		John Bidwell[4]
Prohibition 		Margin
% # % # % # % # % #
Stanly 64.76% 1,053 19.86% 323 13.59% 221 1.78% 29 44.90% 730
Anson 65.37% 1,261 20.53% 396 14.10% 272 0.00% 0 44.84% 865
Johnston 65.44% 3,135 21.62% 1,036 12.94% 620 0.00% 0 43.81% 2,099
Wilson 54.60% 2,100 12.92% 497 32.48% 1,249 0.00% 0 22.13%[a] 851
Onslow 58.25% 1,137 19.42% 379 22.34% 436 0.00% 0 35.91%[a] 701
Union 56.19% 1,798 17.88% 572 25.81% 826 0.13% 4 30.38%[a] 972
Alleghany 69.00% 797 31.00% 358 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 38.01% 439
Rowan 57.42% 2,303 21.84% 876 19.80% 794 0.95% 38 35.58% 1,427
Halifax 62.76% 3,079 28.05% 1,376 9.19% 451 0.00% 0 34.71% 1,703
Currituck 61.69% 834 29.73% 402 8.43% 114 0.15% 2 31.95% 432
Cleveland 51.34% 1,788 20.73% 722 27.56% 960 0.37% 13 23.77%[a] 828
Mecklenburg 59.97% 3,881 29.87% 1,933 8.25% 534 1.92% 124 30.10% 1,948
Catawba 50.59% 1,711 20.85% 705 26.40% 893 2.16% 73 24.19%[a] 818
Carteret 59.48% 1,211 30.11% 613 10.41% 212 0.00% 0 29.37% 598
Robeson 54.13% 2,312 26.15% 1,117 19.71% 842 0.00% 0 27.98% 1,195
Jones 51.22% 670 23.47% 307 25.31% 331 0.00% 0 25.92%[a] 339
Caldwell 55.34% 1,172 28.99% 614 13.83% 293 1.84% 39 26.35% 558
Hyde 52.41% 858 26.27% 430 21.32% 349 0.00% 0 26.15% 428
Columbus 52.37% 1,592 26.74% 813 20.89% 635 0.00% 0 25.63% 779
Cabarrus 47.97% 1,419 22.95% 679 27.69% 819 1.39% 41 20.28%[a] 600
Greene 55.18% 1,006 30.83% 562 13.99% 255 0.00% 0 24.36% 444
New Hanover 61.02% 2,408 38.01% 1,500 0.96% 38 0.00% 0 23.01% 908
Jackson 56.31% 977 33.31% 578 9.86% 171 0.52% 9 23.00% 399
Harnett 48.63% 1,222 25.87% 650 25.27% 635 0.24% 6 22.76% 572
Edgecombe 51.56% 1,702 29.87% 986 18.57% 613 0.00% 0 21.69% 716
Haywood 58.30% 1,525 36.66% 959 1.91% 50 3.13% 82 21.64% 566
Wake 43.07% 3,724 22.98% 1,987 32.60% 2,819 1.34% 116 10.47%[a] 905
Gates 50.43% 942 30.78% 575 18.79% 351 0.00% 0 19.65% 367
Chatham 35.61% 1,567 16.52% 727 46.24% 2,035 1.64% 72 -10.63%[a] -468
Nash 35.53% 997 16.96% 476 47.47% 1,332 0.04% 1 -11.94%[a] -335
Franklin 42.31% 1,741 24.13% 993 33.56% 1,381 0.00% 0 8.75%[a] 360
Macon 51.40% 862 33.51% 562 14.07% 236 1.01% 17 17.89% 300
Pitt 43.68% 2,052 25.99% 1,221 29.67% 1,394 0.66% 31 14.01%[a] 658
McDowell 56.66% 1,055 39.04% 727 3.92% 73 0.38% 7 17.62% 328
Clay 53.12% 383 35.51% 256 11.10% 80 0.28% 2 17.61% 127
Richmond 51.75% 1,700 34.16% 1,122 14.00% 460 0.09% 3 17.60% 578
Lincoln 47.59% 976 30.08% 617 21.65% 444 0.68% 14 17.50% 359
Cumberland 44.39% 2,178 27.17% 1,333 27.78% 1,363 0.65% 32 16.61%[a] 815
Iredell 50.78% 2,282 33.91% 1,524 13.66% 614 1.65% 74 16.87% 758
Brunswick 40.03% 755 23.65% 446 36.32% 685 0.00% 0 3.71%[a] 70
Yancey 53.86% 927 37.83% 651 8.31% 143 0.00% 0 16.04% 276
Lenoir 49.57% 1,388 34.18% 957 16.00% 448 0.25% 7 15.39% 431
Duplin 44.29% 1,455 30.02% 986 25.54% 839 0.15% 5 14.28% 469
Gaston 50.39% 1,616 36.58% 1,173 11.85% 380 1.18% 38 13.81% 443
Wayne 47.15% 2,261 34.31% 1,645 17.85% 856 0.69% 33 12.85% 616
Martin 51.40% 1,454 38.56% 1,091 9.93% 281 0.11% 3 12.83% 363
Graham 56.41% 339 43.59% 262 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 12.81% 77
Swain 46.04% 558 33.25% 403 17.90% 217 2.81% 34 12.79% 155
Alexander 41.44% 591 29.45% 420 27.07% 386 2.03% 29 11.99% 171
Burke 51.12% 1,410 39.81% 1,098 8.41% 232 0.65% 18 11.31% 312
Alamance 49.01% 1,691 37.71% 1,301 9.77% 337 3.51% 121 11.30% 390
Rutherford 51.14% 1,794 41.39% 1,452 7.18% 252 0.29% 10 9.75% 342
Bertie 48.74% 1,610 39.63% 1,309 11.63% 384 0.00% 0 9.11% 301
Montgomery 48.70% 1,011 40.41% 839 10.21% 212 0.67% 14 8.29% 172
Forsyth 49.59% 2,880 42.13% 2,447 8.08% 469 0.21% 12 7.46% 433
Beaufort 52.37% 1,865 45.27% 1,612 0.00% 0 2.36% 84 7.10% 253
Buncombe 50.73% 3,588 44.18% 3,125 0.41% 29 4.68% 331 6.55% 463
Durham 42.35% 1,490 35.93% 1,264 18.96% 667 2.76% 97 6.42% 226
Orange 39.47% 1,117 33.07% 936 27.21% 770 0.25% 7 6.40% 181
Surry 52.04% 1,974 45.87% 1,740 1.66% 63 0.42% 16 6.17% 234
Moore 43.17% 1,674 37.65% 1,460 18.72% 726 0.46% 18 5.52% 214
Watauga 49.89% 940 44.53% 839 5.25% 99 0.32% 6 5.36% 101
Guilford 46.38% 2,773 42.35% 2,532 6.94% 415 4.33% 259 4.03% 241
Randolph 43.12% 2,077 39.09% 1,883 11.46% 552 6.33% 305 4.03% 194
Pamlico 38.30% 509 35.44% 471 26.11% 347 0.15% 2 2.86% 38
Davidson 45.10% 1,928 42.97% 1,837 9.99% 427 1.94% 83 2.13% 91
Northampton 43.02% 1,365 41.16% 1,306 14.40% 457 1.42% 45 1.86% 59
Transylvania 49.57% 513 48.50% 502 1.93% 20 0.00% 0 1.06% 11
Bladen 44.59% 1,228 43.75% 1,205 11.66% 321 0.00% 0 0.84% 23
Cherokee 47.72% 692 47.72% 692 3.59% 52 0.97% 14 0.00% 0
Sampson 30.43% 1,299 31.04% 1,325 37.92% 1,619 0.61% 26 -6.89%[b] -294
Camden 44.03% 483 45.94% 504 9.94% 109 0.09% 1 -1.91% -21
Dare 48.48% 335 51.52% 356 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -3.04% -21
Ashe 46.15% 1,366 49.32% 1,460 4.53% 134 0.00% 0 -3.18% -94
Wilkes 46.46% 1,770 49.74% 1,895 3.33% 127 0.47% 18 -3.28% -125
Rockingham 38.72% 1,784 42.57% 1,961 18.52% 853 0.20% 9 -3.84% -177
Pender 44.29% 872 48.76% 960 6.96% 137 0.00% 0 -4.47% -88
Person 42.02% 1,261 46.65% 1,400 11.16% 335 0.17% 5 -4.63% -139
Polk 47.45% 511 52.55% 566 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -5.11% -55
Granville 39.76% 1,403 46.19% 1,630 13.88% 490 0.17% 6 -6.43% -227
Tyrrell 30.83% 242 37.58% 295 31.59% 248 0.00% 0 5.99%[b] 47
Yadkin 42.16% 1,046 49.13% 1,219 6.65% 165 2.06% 51 -6.97% -173
Hertford 41.86% 710 49.71% 843 8.20% 139 0.24% 4 -7.84% -133
Craven 39.98% 1,305 50.49% 1,648 9.47% 309 0.06% 2 -10.51% -343
Washington 35.25% 533 45.77% 692 18.72% 283 0.26% 4 -10.52% -159
Chowan 41.38% 679 53.75% 882 4.88% 80 0.00% 0 -12.37% -203
Stokes 39.93% 1,217 52.82% 1,610 7.05% 215 0.20% 6 -12.89% -393
Vance 29.65% 908 43.76% 1,340 26.16% 801 0.42% 13 -14.11% -432
Davie 35.31% 725 51.49% 1,057 12.32% 253 0.88% 18 -16.17% -332
Henderson 39.07% 835 56.01% 1,197 3.84% 82 1.08% 23 -16.94% -362
Pasquotank 35.44% 801 54.16% 1,224 9.91% 224 0.49% 11 -18.72% -423
Madison 37.78% 1,118 58.06% 1,718 3.99% 118 0.17% 5 -20.28% -600
Caswell 31.57% 913 52.63% 1,522 15.66% 453 0.14% 4 -21.06% -609
Perquimans 30.53% 490 51.96% 834 17.45% 280 0.06% 1 -21.43% -344
Warren 23.99% 737 47.98% 1,474 28.03% 861 0.00% 0 19.95%[b] 613
Mitchell 34.49% 724 63.22% 1,327 1.81% 38 0.48% 10 -28.73% -603

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n In this county where Harrison ran third behind Cleveland and Weaver, percentage margin given is Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage and vote margin Cleveland vote total minus Weaver vote total.
  2. ^ a b c In this county where Cleveland ran third behind both Harrison and Weaver, percentage margin given is Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage and vote margin Harrison vote total minus Weaver vote total.

References

  1. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina
  2. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)