How many electoral votes were needed to win in 1892?

A majority of the 444 electoral votes was required (223); Grover Cleveland finished with 277.

What share of the popular vote did Grover Cleveland win in 1892?

Grover Cleveland drew 46.02% of the national popular vote in 1892.

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1892

Grover Cleveland and the 1892 map.

Grover Cleveland (Democratic) defeated Benjamin Harrison (Republican), 46.0% to 43.0% of the popular vote.

The 1892 U.S. presidential election was won by Grover Cleveland (Democratic) with 277 of 444 electoral votes, defeating Benjamin Harrison (Republican). Electoral-vote margin: 132 (277 to 145). Popular-vote margin: 3.0 percentage points. Turnout was 75.8%. The cycle falls in the Gilded Age era of American electoral history.

Cleveland

277 EV

Harrison

145 EV

Other

22 EV

0223 to win444

The map · 1892

23 states for Dem · 16 for Rep

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Narrative

Grover Cleveland and the 1892 map

Grover Cleveland made a historic comeback to defeat incumbent Benjamin Harrison, becoming the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms (22nd and 24th). The Populist Party, representing agrarian interests and calling for free silver, ran James B. Weaver and won 22 electoral votes — an impressive showing for a new third party. The Homestead Strike's violent suppression hurt Harrison's image with labor. Cleveland's second term would be overshadowed by the severe Panic of 1893.

Key issue

Gold standard vs. free silver; agrarian distress; labor unrest

Notable

Cleveland became the first president to serve non-consecutive terms; Populists won 22 electoral votes

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States · 44 reporting

Rep · 23 EV · Harrison 22, Cleveland 1

Rep · 14 EV · Harrison 9, Cleveland 5

Dem · 9 EV · Cleveland 8, Harrison 1

Rep · 4 EV · Harrison 3, Weaver 1

Pop · 3 EV · Cleveland 1, Harrison 1, Weaver 1

State results · 1892

Popular vote by state, with each state's electoral votes.

Closest states

California Cleveland by 144 · 0.05 pts
Ohio Harrison by 1,072 · 0.1 pts
North Dakota Weaver by 181 · 0.5 pts
Indiana Cleveland by 7,125 · 1.3 pts
Delaware Cleveland by 498 · 1.3 pts

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1892 presidential election results by state: popular vote, margin and electoral votes
State	Electoral votes	Grover Cleveland Dem	Benjamin Harrison Rep	James B. Weaver Pop	John Bidwell Proh	Also named	Margin	Leader
Alabama¹	11 EV	138,138¹ 59.3%	9,197¹ 4.0%	85,181¹ 36.6%	Not named	None	52,957 22.8 pts	Cleveland Dem
Arkansas²	8 EV	87,834² 59.9%	46,884² 32.0%	11,831² 8.1%	Not named	None	40,950 27.9 pts	Cleveland Dem
California³	9 EV Cleveland 8, Harrison 1	118,293³ 43.8%	118,149³ 43.8%	25,352³ 9.4%	8,129³ 3.0%	None	144 0.05 pts	Cleveland Dem
Colorado^4,5	4 EV	Not named	38,620⁴ 41.2%	53,584⁴ 57.1%	1,638⁴ 1.7%	None	14,964 15.9 pts	Weaver Pop
Connecticut⁶	6 EV	82,395⁶ 50.1%	77,025⁶ 46.8%	Not named	4,025⁶ 2.4%	None	5,370 3.3 pts	Cleveland Dem
Delaware⁷	3 EV	18,581⁷ 49.9%	18,083⁷ 48.6%	Not named	565⁷ 1.5%	None	498 1.3 pts	Cleveland Dem
Florida^8,9	4 EV	30,143⁸ 85.0%	Not named	4,843⁸ 13.7%	475⁸ 1.3%	None	25,300 71.3 pts	Cleveland Dem
Georgia¹⁰	13 EV	129,361¹⁰ 58.4%	48,305¹⁰ 21.8%	42,937¹⁰ 19.4%	Not named	None	81,056 36.6 pts	Cleveland Dem
Idaho^11,12	3 EV	Not named	8,599¹¹ 44.3%	10,520¹¹ 54.2%	288¹¹ 1.5%	None	1,921 9.9 pts	Weaver Pop
Illinois¹³	24 EV	426,281¹³ 48.8%	399,288¹³ 45.7%	22,207¹³ 2.5%	25,870¹³ 3.0%	None	26,993 3.1 pts	Cleveland Dem
Indiana¹⁴	15 EV	262,740¹⁴ 47.5%	255,615¹⁴ 46.2%	22,208¹⁴ 4.0%	13,050¹⁴ 2.4%	None	7,125 1.3 pts	Cleveland Dem
Iowa¹⁵	13 EV	196,367¹⁵ 44.3%	219,795¹⁵ 49.6%	20,595¹⁵ 4.6%	6,402¹⁵ 1.4%	None	23,428 5.3 pts	Harrison Rep
Kansas^16,17	10 EV	Not named	157,237¹⁶ 48.4%	163,111¹⁶ 50.2%	4,539¹⁶ 1.4%	None	5,874 1.8 pts	Weaver Pop
Kentucky¹⁸	13 EV	175,461¹⁸ 51.5%	135,441¹⁸ 39.7%	23,500¹⁸ 6.9%	6,442¹⁸ 1.9%	None	40,020 11.7 pts	Cleveland Dem
Louisiana¹⁹	8 EV	87,922¹⁹ 76.8%	13,282¹⁹ 11.6%	13,281¹⁹ 11.6%	Not named	None	74,640 65.2 pts	Cleveland Dem
Maine²⁰	6 EV	48,044²⁰ 41.3%	62,923²⁰ 54.1%	2,381²⁰ 2.0%	3,062²⁰ 2.6%	None	14,879 12.8 pts	Harrison Rep
Maryland²¹	8 EV	113,866²¹ 53.4%	92,736²¹ 43.5%	Not named	5,877²¹ 2.8%	None	21,130 9.9 pts	Cleveland Dem
Massachusetts²²	15 EV	176,813²² 45.2%	202,814²² 51.9%	Not named	7,539²² 1.9%	None	26,001 6.6 pts	Harrison Rep
Michigan²³	14 EV Harrison 9, Cleveland 5	202,296²³ 44.1%	222,708²³ 48.5%	19,892²³ 4.3%	14,069²³ 3.1%	None	20,412 4.4 pts	Harrison Rep
Minnesota²⁴	9 EV	100,920²⁴ 38.0%	122,823²⁴ 46.3%	29,313²⁴ 11.1%	12,182²⁴ 4.6%	None	21,903 8.3 pts	Harrison Rep
Mississippi²⁵	9 EV	40,237²⁵ 76.2%	1,406²⁵ 2.7%	10,256²⁵ 19.4%	910²⁵ 1.7%	None	29,981 56.8 pts	Cleveland Dem
Missouri²⁶	17 EV	268,398²⁶ 49.6%	226,918²⁶ 42.0%	41,213²⁶ 7.6%	Not named	None	41,480 7.7 pts	Cleveland Dem
Montana²⁷	3 EV	17,581²⁷ 39.7%	18,851²⁷ 42.5%	7,334²⁷ 16.5%	549²⁷ 1.2%	None	1,270 2.9 pts	Harrison Rep
Nebraska²⁸	8 EV	24,943²⁸ 12.5%	87,227²⁸ 43.6%	83,134²⁸ 41.5%	4,902²⁸ 2.4%	None	4,093 2.0 pts	Harrison Rep
Nevada^29,30	3 EV	714²⁹ 6.6%	2,811²⁹ 25.8%	7,264²⁹ 66.8%	Not named	None	4,453 40.9 pts	Weaver Pop
New Hampshire³¹	4 EV	42,081³¹ 47.1%	45,658³¹ 51.1%	Not named	1,297³¹ 1.5%	None	3,577 4.0 pts	Harrison Rep
New Jersey³²	10 EV	171,042³² 50.7%	156,068³² 46.2%	Not named	8,131³² 2.4%	None	14,974 4.4 pts	Cleveland Dem
New York³³	36 EV	654,868³³ 49.0%	609,350³³ 45.6%	16,429³³ 1.2%	38,190³³ 2.9%	Simon Wing 17,956 · 1.3%³³	45,518 3.4 pts	Cleveland Dem
North Carolina³⁴	11 EV	132,951³⁴ 47.4%	100,342³⁴ 35.8%	44,736³⁴ 15.9%	Not named	None	32,609 11.6 pts	Cleveland Dem
North Dakota^35,36	3 EV Cleveland 1, Harrison 1, Weaver 1	Not named	17,519³⁵ 48.5%	17,700³⁵ 49.0%	899³⁵ 2.5%	None	181 0.5 pts	Weaver Pop
Ohio³⁷	23 EV Harrison 22, Cleveland 1	404,115³⁷ 47.5%	405,187³⁷ 47.7%	14,850³⁷ 1.7%	26,012³⁷ 3.1%	None	1,072 0.1 pts	Harrison Rep
Oregon^38,39	4 EV Harrison 3, Weaver 1	14,243³⁸ 18.1%	35,002³⁸ 44.6%	26,965³⁸ 34.4%	2,281³⁸ 2.9%	None	8,037 10.2 pts	Harrison Rep
Pennsylvania⁴⁰	32 EV	452,264⁴⁰ 45.1%	516,011⁴⁰ 51.4%	Not named	25,123⁴⁰ 2.5%	None	63,747 6.4 pts	Harrison Rep
Rhode Island⁴¹	4 EV	24,335⁴¹ 45.8%	26,972⁴¹ 50.7%	Not named	1,654⁴¹ 3.1%	None	2,637 5.0 pts	Harrison Rep
South Carolina⁴²	9 EV	54,692⁴² 77.6%	13,345⁴² 18.9%	2,407⁴² 3.4%	Not named	None	41,347 58.7 pts	Cleveland Dem
South Dakota⁴³	4 EV	9,081⁴³ 12.9%	34,888⁴³ 49.5%	26,544⁴³ 37.6%	Not named	None	8,344 11.8 pts	Harrison Rep
Tennessee⁴⁴	12 EV	138,874⁴⁴ 51.9%	100,331⁴⁴ 37.5%	23,477⁴⁴ 8.8%	4,851⁴⁴ 1.8%	None	38,543 14.4 pts	Cleveland Dem
Texas⁴⁵	15 EV	239,148⁴⁵ 56.6%	81,444⁴⁵ 19.3%	99,688⁴⁵ 23.6%	Not named	None	139,460 33.0 pts	Cleveland Dem
Vermont⁴⁶	4 EV	16,325⁴⁶ 29.3%	37,992⁴⁶ 68.1%	Not named	1,415⁴⁶ 2.5%	None	21,667 38.8 pts	Harrison Rep
Virginia⁴⁷	12 EV	163,977⁴⁷ 56.1%	113,262⁴⁷ 38.8%	12,275⁴⁷ 4.2%	Not named	None	50,715 17.4 pts	Cleveland Dem
Washington⁴⁸	4 EV	29,802⁴⁸ 33.9%	36,460⁴⁸ 41.4%	19,165⁴⁸ 21.8%	2,542⁴⁸ 2.9%	None	6,658 7.6 pts	Harrison Rep
West Virginia⁴⁹	6 EV	84,467⁴⁹ 49.4%	80,293⁴⁹ 46.9%	4,166⁴⁹ 2.4%	2,145⁴⁹ 1.3%	None	4,174 2.4 pts	Cleveland Dem
Wisconsin⁵⁰	12 EV	177,335⁵⁰ 47.8%	170,791⁵⁰ 46.0%	9,909⁵⁰ 2.7%	13,132⁵⁰ 3.5%	None	6,544 1.8 pts	Cleveland Dem
Wyoming^51,52	3 EV	Not named	8,454⁵¹ 50.6%	7,722⁵¹ 46.2%	530⁵¹ 3.2%	None	732 4.4 pts	Harrison Rep

Shares are of each state’s total vote for president. “Not named”: the figures do not give that candidate a line of their own in that state — for example under 1% of the vote, not on the ballot there, or counted on an unnamed line (see the state’s note). Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate.

Notes on the figures

Alabama The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Arkansas The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
California The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Colorado The Democrats ran no electors here in 1892 and backed Weaver's Populist ticket, so Cleveland is not listed (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
Colorado The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Connecticut The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Delaware The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Florida Florida Republicans put up no electors for Harrison in 1892 and urged their supporters to back Weaver.
Florida The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Georgia The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Idaho The Democrats ran no electors here in 1892 and backed Weaver's Populist ticket, so Cleveland is not listed (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
Idaho The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Illinois The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Indiana The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Iowa The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Kansas The Democrats ran no electors here in 1892 and backed Weaver's Populist ticket, so Cleveland is not listed (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
Kansas The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Kentucky The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Louisiana The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Maine The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Maryland The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Massachusetts The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Michigan The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Minnesota The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Mississippi The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Missouri The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Montana The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Nebraska The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Nevada With a few exceptions, Nevada Democrats voted for Weaver's Populist electors (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
Nevada The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
New Hampshire The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
New Jersey The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
New York The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
North Carolina The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
North Dakota The Democrats ran no electors here in 1892 and backed Weaver's Populist ticket, so Cleveland is not listed (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
North Dakota The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Ohio The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Oregon One Oregon elector was on both the Democratic and Populist tickets and received 35,813 votes; he later voted for Weaver.
Oregon The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Pennsylvania The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Rhode Island The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
South Carolina The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
South Dakota The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Tennessee The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Texas The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Vermont The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Virginia The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Washington The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
West Virginia The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Wisconsin The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
Wyoming The Democrats ran no electors here in 1892 and backed Weaver's Populist ticket, so Cleveland is not listed (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
Wyoming The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.

SourceThe World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

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