Who won Massachusetts in the 1892 presidential election?

Harrison (Republican) carried Massachusetts in 1892, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1892?

Massachusetts cast 15 electoral votes in the 1892 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1892?

No. Massachusetts backed Harrison, while Grover Cleveland won the presidency nationally.

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1892

Massachusetts: Harrison carries 15 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 15 electoral votes for Harrison (Republican). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Massachusetts voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Massachusetts, 1892

In 1892, Massachusetts awarded its 15 electoral votes to Harrison of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Grover Cleveland (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Massachusetts among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 10th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. The region divided — Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire joined Massachusetts for the Republican ticket, while Connecticut and New York did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 times). The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, Grover Cleveland took 277 of the 444 electoral votes, against Benjamin Harrison's 145. Grover Cleveland led the national popular vote with 46.02% of the ballots cast.

The 1892 national map

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