1892 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 8, 1892
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A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the former president Grover Cleveland and the former first assistant U.S. postmaster general Adlai Stevenson I defeated the Republican ticket of the incumbent president Benjamin Harrison and the former U.S. ambassador to France Whitelaw Reid. Cleveland defeated Harrison in the national election with 277 electoral votes.[1]
This was the first presidential election held in Indiana following passage of the 1889 ballot reform law, which replaced the previous party ticket system with a secret ballot.[2]
General election
Summary
Indiana chose 15 electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to elect each member of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a group. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[3] This table reflects the statewide popular vote as calculated by Walter Dean Burnham in his influential study, Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892.[4] Svend Petersen finds 1,712 more votes for Harrison and 30 more votes for Bidwell in Indiana.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland Adlai Stevenson I |
262,740 | 47.61 | 0.99 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison Whitelaw Reid |
253,903 | 46.01 | 3.03 | |
| Populist | James B. Weaver James G. Field |
22,208 | 4.02 | 4.02 | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell James B. Cranfill |
13,020 | 2.36 | 0.52 | |
| Total votes | 551,871 | 100.00 | |||
Results by county
| County | Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison Republican |
James B. Weaver Populist |
John Bidwell Prohibition |
Margin | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Adams | 2,906 | 65.05% | 1,247 | 27.92% | 214 | 4.79% | 100 | 2.24% | 1,659 | 37.14% | 4,467 |
| Allen | 10,010 | 62.09% | 5,486 | 34.03% | 449 | 2.79% | 176 | 1.09% | 4,524 | 28.06% | 16,121 |
| Bartholomew | 3,217 | 51.99% | 2,797 | 45.20% | 45 | 0.73% | 129 | 2.08% | 420 | 6.79% | 6,188 |
| Benton | 1,391 | 43.71% | 1,617 | 50.82% | 66 | 2.07% | 108 | 3.39% | -226 | -7.10% | 3,182 |
| Blackford | 1,340 | 45.66% | 1,203 | 40.99% | 324 | 11.04% | 68 | 2.32% | 137 | 4.67% | 2,935 |
| Boone | 3,104 | 46.34% | 3,136 | 46.82% | 367 | 5.48% | 91 | 1.36% | -32 | -0.48% | 6,698 |
| Brown | 1,378 | 63.59% | 656 | 30.27% | 93 | 4.29% | 40 | 1.85% | 722 | 33.32% | 2,167 |
| Carroll | 2,361 | 47.04% | 2,230 | 44.43% | 237 | 4.72% | 191 | 3.81% | 131 | 2.61% | 5,019 |
| Cass | 4,006 | 48.53% | 3,501 | 42.42% | 453 | 5.49% | 294 | 3.56% | 505 | 6.12% | 8,254 |
| Clark | 4,013 | 54.12% | 3,280 | 44.23% | 48 | 0.65% | 74 | 1.00% | 733 | 9.89% | 7,415 |
| Clay | 3,558 | 49.04% | 3,105 | 42.79% | 460 | 6.34% | 133 | 1.83% | 453 | 6.24% | 7,256 |
| Clinton | 3,006 | 43.88% | 3,222 | 47.03% | 391 | 5.71% | 232 | 3.39% | -216 | -3.15% | 6,851 |
| Crawford | 1,529 | 50.58% | 1,276 | 42.21% | 200 | 6.62% | 18 | 0.60% | 253 | 8.37% | 3,023 |
| Daviess | 2,498 | 41.15% | 2,610 | 42.99% | 908 | 14.96% | 55 | 0.91% | -112 | -1.84% | 6,071 |
| De Kalb | 2,801 | 44.86% | 2,499 | 40.02% | 746 | 11.95% | 198 | 3.17% | 302 | 4.84% | 6,244 |
| Dearborn | 3,397 | 58.56% | 2,274 | 39.20% | 52 | 0.90% | 78 | 1.34% | 1,123 | 19.36% | 5,801 |
| Decatur | 2,353 | 46.61% | 2,519 | 49.90% | 34 | 0.67% | 142 | 2.81% | -166 | -3.29% | 5,048 |
| Delaware | 2,862 | 34.45% | 4,908 | 59.08% | 335 | 4.03% | 202 | 2.43% | -2,046 | -24.63% | 8,307 |
| Dubois | 2,847 | 68.80% | 1,081 | 26.12% | 160 | 3.87% | 50 | 1.21% | 1,766 | 42.68% | 4,138 |
| Elkhart | 3,530 | 44.54% | 3,873 | 48.87% | 192 | 2.42% | 330 | 4.16% | -343 | -4.33% | 7,925 |
| Fayette | 1,495 | 43.75% | 1,813 | 53.06% | 43 | 1.26% | 66 | 1.93% | -318 | -9.31% | 3,417 |
| Floyd | 4,219 | 57.43% | 2,958 | 40.27% | 95 | 1.29% | 74 | 1.01% | 1,261 | 17.17% | 7,346 |
| Fountain | 2,331 | 45.66% | 2,379 | 46.60% | 323 | 6.33% | 72 | 1.41% | -48 | -0.94% | 5,105 |
| Franklin | 2,859 | 62.99% | 1,610 | 35.47% | 17 | 0.37% | 53 | 1.17% | 1,249 | 27.52% | 4,539 |
| Fulton | 2,247 | 50.42% | 2,053 | 46.06% | 42 | 0.94% | 115 | 2.58% | 194 | 4.35% | 4,457 |
| Gibson | 2,460 | 40.74% | 2,738 | 45.34% | 598 | 9.90% | 243 | 4.02% | -278 | -4.60% | 6,039 |
| Grant | 3,590 | 38.13% | 4,916 | 52.21% | 394 | 4.18% | 515 | 5.47% | -1,326 | -14.08% | 9,415 |
| Greene | 2,488 | 42.57% | 2,809 | 48.06% | 481 | 8.23% | 67 | 1.15% | -321 | -5.49% | 5,845 |
| Hamilton | 2,492 | 37.46% | 3,627 | 54.52% | 122 | 1.83% | 411 | 6.18% | -1,135 | -17.06% | 6,652 |
| Hancock | 2,329 | 51.41% | 1,932 | 42.65% | 198 | 4.37% | 71 | 1.57% | 397 | 8.76% | 4,530 |
| Harrison | 2,464 | 50.99% | 2,114 | 43.75% | 183 | 3.79% | 71 | 1.47% | 350 | 7.24% | 4,832 |
| Hendricks | 2,028 | 37.84% | 3,020 | 56.35% | 92 | 1.72% | 219 | 4.09% | -992 | -18.51% | 5,359 |
| Henry | 1,871 | 31.02% | 3,336 | 55.31% | 614 | 10.18% | 210 | 3.48% | -1,465 | -24.29% | 6,031 |
| Howard | 2,331 | 33.30% | 3,576 | 51.09% | 785 | 11.22% | 307 | 4.39% | -1,245 | -17.79% | 6,999 |
| Huntington | 3,460 | 47.70% | 3,384 | 46.66% | 134 | 1.85% | 275 | 3.79% | 76 | 1.05% | 7,253 |
| Jackson | 3,363 | 59.09% | 2,233 | 39.24% | 76 | 1.34% | 19 | 0.33% | 1,130 | 19.86% | 5,691 |
| Jasper | 937 | 34.33% | 1,364 | 49.98% | 362 | 13.26% | 66 | 2.42% | -427 | -15.65% | 2,729 |
| Jay | 2,359 | 40.83% | 2,414 | 41.78% | 752 | 13.01% | 253 | 4.38% | -55 | -0.95% | 5,778 |
| Jefferson | 2,549 | 43.45% | 3,135 | 53.44% | 123 | 2.10% | 59 | 1.01% | -586 | -9.99% | 5,866 |
| Jennings | 1,381 | 38.38% | 1,785 | 49.61% | 396 | 11.01% | 36 | 1.00% | -404 | -11.23% | 3,598 |
| Johnson | 2,606 | 51.11% | 2,093 | 41.05% | 243 | 4.77% | 157 | 3.08% | 513 | 10.06% | 5,099 |
| Knox | 3,417 | 49.99% | 2,653 | 38.81% | 523 | 7.65% | 242 | 3.54% | 764 | 11.18% | 6,835 |
| Kosciusko | 3,064 | 42.67% | 3,823 | 53.24% | 66 | 0.92% | 228 | 3.18% | -759 | -10.57% | 7,181 |
| La Porte | 4,703 | 55.88% | 3,508 | 41.68% | 102 | 1.21% | 104 | 1.24% | 1,195 | 14.20% | 8,417 |
| Lagrange | 1,438 | 38.61% | 2,033 | 54.59% | 132 | 3.54% | 121 | 3.25% | -595 | -15.98% | 3,724 |
| Lake | 3,010 | 48.86% | 2,958 | 48.02% | 45 | 0.73% | 147 | 2.39% | 52 | 0.84% | 6,160 |
| Lawrence | 2,134 | 43.97% | 2,529 | 52.11% | 156 | 3.21% | 34 | 0.70% | -395 | -8.14% | 4,853 |
| Madison | 5,733 | 48.85% | 5,387 | 45.91% | 329 | 2.80% | 286 | 2.44% | 346 | 2.95% | 11,735 |
| Marion | 20,426 | 49.91% | 19,551 | 47.77% | 368 | 0.90% | 581 | 1.42% | 875 | 2.14% | 40,926 |
| Marshall | 3,113 | 52.83% | 2,558 | 43.41% | 99 | 1.68% | 123 | 2.09% | 555 | 9.42% | 5,893 |
| Martin | 1,391 | 47.75% | 1,283 | 44.04% | 194 | 6.66% | 45 | 1.54% | 108 | 3.71% | 2,913 |
| Miami | 3,433 | 51.13% | 2,974 | 44.30% | 118 | 1.76% | 189 | 2.82% | 459 | 6.84% | 6,714 |
| Monroe | 1,917 | 43.81% | 2,017 | 46.09% | 347 | 7.93% | 95 | 2.17% | -100 | -2.29% | 4,376 |
| Montgomery | 3,841 | 48.82% | 3,837 | 48.77% | 84 | 1.07% | 106 | 1.35% | 4 | 0.05% | 7,868 |
| Morgan | 2,014 | 43.45% | 2,377 | 51.28% | 173 | 3.73% | 71 | 1.53% | -363 | -7.83% | 4,635 |
| Newton | 879 | 38.74% | 1,191 | 52.49% | 125 | 5.51% | 74 | 3.26% | -312 | -13.75% | 2,269 |
| Noble | 2,879 | 48.02% | 2,823 | 47.09% | 103 | 1.72% | 190 | 3.17% | 56 | 0.93% | 5,995 |
| Ohio | 606 | 47.34% | 662 | 51.72% | 8 | 0.63% | 4 | 0.31% | -56 | -4.38% | 1,280 |
| Orange | 1,628 | 46.21% | 1,653 | 46.92% | 212 | 6.02% | 30 | 0.85% | -25 | -0.71% | 3,523 |
| Owen | 1,738 | 48.20% | 1,569 | 43.51% | 247 | 6.85% | 52 | 1.44% | 169 | 4.69% | 3,606 |
| Parke | 2,013 | 39.78% | 2,503 | 49.47% | 266 | 5.26% | 278 | 5.49% | -490 | -9.68% | 5,060 |
| Perry | 2,074 | 50.78% | 1,890 | 46.28% | 86 | 2.11% | 34 | 0.83% | 184 | 4.51% | 4,084 |
| Pike | 1,957 | 45.59% | 2,038 | 47.47% | 234 | 5.45% | 64 | 1.49% | -81 | -1.89% | 4,293 |
| Porter | 1,937 | 44.04% | 2,187 | 49.73% | 129 | 2.93% | 145 | 3.30% | -250 | -5.68% | 4,398 |
| Posey | 2,660 | 51.21% | 2,077 | 39.99% | 379 | 7.30% | 78 | 1.50% | 583 | 11.22% | 5,194 |
| Pulaski | 1,352 | 50.47% | 986 | 36.80% | 245 | 9.15% | 96 | 3.58% | 366 | 13.66% | 2,679 |
| Putnam | 2,754 | 50.95% | 2,289 | 42.35% | 193 | 3.57% | 169 | 3.13% | 465 | 8.60% | 5,405 |
| Randolph | 1,994 | 29.66% | 4,058 | 60.37% | 406 | 6.04% | 264 | 3.93% | -2,064 | -30.71% | 6,722 |
| Ripley | 2,442 | 49.03% | 2,250 | 45.17% | 235 | 4.72% | 54 | 1.08% | 192 | 3.85% | 4,981 |
| Rush | 2,210 | 44.15% | 2,566 | 51.26% | 79 | 1.58% | 151 | 3.02% | -356 | -7.11% | 5,006 |
| Scott | 1,043 | 56.41% | 727 | 39.32% | 42 | 2.27% | 37 | 2.00% | 316 | 17.09% | 1,849 |
| Shelby | 3,490 | 53.26% | 2,664 | 40.65% | 107 | 1.63% | 292 | 4.46% | 826 | 12.60% | 6,553 |
| Spencer | 2,496 | 48.31% | 2,478 | 47.96% | 169 | 3.27% | 24 | 0.46% | 18 | 0.35% | 5,167 |
| St. Joseph | 6,077 | 61.09% | 3,548 | 34.76% | 107 | 1.08% | 215 | 2.16% | 2,529 | 26.33% | 9,947 |
| Starke | 1,003 | 52.32% | 850 | 44.34% | 35 | 1.83% | 29 | 1.51% | 153 | 7.98% | 1,917 |
| Steuben | 1,264 | 33.55% | 2,100 | 55.73% | 196 | 5.20% | 208 | 5.52% | -836 | -22.19% | 3,768 |
| Sullivan | 3,159 | 57.84% | 1,784 | 32.66% | 391 | 7.16% | 128 | 2.34% | 1,375 | 25.17% | 5,462 |
| Switzerland | 1,589 | 50.33% | 1,497 | 47.42% | 52 | 1.65% | 19 | 0.60% | 92 | 2.91% | 3,157 |
| Tippecanoe | 4,386 | 46.15% | 4,856 | 51.10% | 53 | 0.56% | 208 | 2.19% | -470 | -4.95% | 9,503 |
| Tipton | 2,008 | 44.70% | 1,788 | 39.80% | 570 | 12.69% | 126 | 2.80% | 220 | 4.90% | 4,492 |
| Union | 839 | 44.30% | 981 | 51.80% | 11 | 0.58% | 63 | 3.33% | -142 | -7.50% | 1,894 |
| Vanderburgh | 6,166 | 48.45% | 6,175 | 48.52% | 285 | 2.24% | 101 | 0.79% | -9 | -0.07% | 12,727 |
| Vermillion | 1,437 | 41.83% | 1,723 | 50.16% | 194 | 5.65% | 81 | 2.36% | -286 | -8.33% | 3,435 |
| Vigo | 6,599 | 49.14% | 6,159 | 45.87% | 574 | 4.27% | 96 | 0.71% | 440 | 3.28% | 13,428 |
| Wabash | 2,413 | 36.13% | 3,687 | 55.20% | 329 | 4.93% | 250 | 3.74% | -1,274 | -19.07% | 6,679 |
| Warren | 979 | 33.50% | 1,849 | 63.28% | 51 | 1.75% | 43 | 1.47% | -870 | -29.77% | 2,922 |
| Warrick | 2,166 | 45.88% | 2,018 | 42.75% | 477 | 10.10% | 60 | 1.27% | 148 | 3.13% | 4,721 |
| Washington | 2,322 | 52.32% | 1,833 | 41.30% | 257 | 5.79% | 26 | 0.59% | 489 | 11.02% | 4,438 |
| Wayne | 3,726 | 37.34% | 5,714 | 57.27% | 203 | 2.03% | 335 | 3.36% | -1,988 | -19.92% | 9,978 |
| Wells | 2,725 | 55.37% | 1,668 | 33.90% | 318 | 6.46% | 210 | 4.27% | 1,057 | 21.48% | 4,921 |
| White | 1,896 | 46.21% | 1,807 | 44.04% | 227 | 5.53% | 173 | 4.22% | 89 | 2.17% | 4,103 |
| Whitley | 2,234 | 50.83% | 1,958 | 44.55% | 30 | 0.68% | 173 | 3.94% | 276 | 6.28% | 4,395 |
| Totals | 262,740 | 47.61% | 253,903 | 46.01% | 22,208 | 4.02% | 13,030 | 2.36% | 7,125 | 1.29% | 551,871 |
Maps
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Result for the leading Democratic elector by county
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Result for the leading Republican elector by county
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Result for the leading Populist elector by county
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Result for the leading Prohibition elector by county
See also
Notes
- ^ Petersen 1963, p. 60.
- ^ La Follette 1928, pp. 117–18.
- ^ Petersen 1963, p. vii.
- ^ a b Burnham 1955, p. 249.
- ^ Petersen 1963, p. 52.
- ^ Burnham 1955, pp. 390–413.
Bibliography
- Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
- La Follette, Robert (June 1928). "The Adoption of the Australian Ballot in Indiana". Indiana Magazine of History. 24 (2): 105–20.
- Petersen, Svend (1963). A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company. LCCN 62-21786.