1892 United States presidential election in Virginia
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The 1892 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, former President Grover Cleveland over the Republican candidate, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 17.46 percentage points.
Results
[edit]| 1892 United States presidential election in Virginia[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 164,136 | 56.17% | 12 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (inc.) | 113,098 | 38.70% | 0 | |
| Populist | James B. Weaver | 12,275 | 4.20% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 2,729 | 0.93% | 0 | |
| Totals | 292,238 | 100.0% | 12 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| 1892 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent cities[2][3][4] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison Republican |
James Baird Weaver Populist |
John Bidwell Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack County | 3,529 | 64.78% | 1,733 | 31.81% | 4 | 0.07% | 182 | 3.34% | 1,796 | 32.97% | 5,448 |
| Albemarle County | 2,757 | 60.18% | 1,795 | 39.18% | 22 | 0.48% | 7 | 0.15% | 962 | 21.00% | 4,581 |
| Alexandria County | 1,169 | 50.87% | 1,069 | 46.52% | 10 | 0.44% | 50 | 2.18% | 100 | 4.35% | 2,298 |
| Alleghany County | 499 | 59.48% | 340 | 40.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 159 | 18.95% | 839 |
| Amelia County | 501 | 40.86% | 563 | 45.92% | 158 | 12.89% | 4 | 0.33% | -62 | -5.06% | 1,226 |
| Amherst County | 1,666 | 56.04% | 1,190 | 40.03% | 117 | 3.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 476 | 16.01% | 2,973 |
| Appomattox County | 776 | 45.27% | 691 | 40.32% | 247 | 14.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 85 | 4.96% | 1,714 |
| Augusta County | 3,563 | 59.52% | 2,136 | 35.68% | 102 | 1.70% | 185 | 3.09% | 1,427 | 23.84% | 5,986 |
| Bath County | 488 | 56.35% | 310 | 35.80% | 68 | 7.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 20.55% | 866 |
| Bedford County | 3,216 | 61.64% | 1,590 | 30.48% | 358 | 6.86% | 53 | 1.02% | 1,626 | 31.17% | 5,217 |
| Bland County | 501 | 53.35% | 159 | 16.93% | 279 | 29.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 222[a] | 23.64% | 939 |
| Botetourt County | 1,681 | 56.33% | 1,196 | 40.08% | 17 | 0.57% | 90 | 3.02% | 485 | 16.25% | 2,984 |
| Brunswick County | 1,049 | 45.77% | 947 | 41.32% | 290 | 12.65% | 6 | 0.26% | 102 | 4.45% | 2,292 |
| Buchanan County | 472 | 51.87% | 367 | 40.33% | 71 | 7.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 105 | 11.54% | 910 |
| Buckingham County | 1,269 | 50.86% | 1,052 | 42.16% | 174 | 6.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 217 | 8.70% | 2,495 |
| Campbell County | 1,765 | 50.24% | 1,210 | 34.44% | 532 | 15.14% | 6 | 0.17% | 555 | 15.80% | 3,513 |
| Caroline County | 1,235 | 43.75% | 1,343 | 47.57% | 245 | 8.68% | 0 | 0.00% | -108 | -3.83% | 2,823 |
| Carroll County | 1,450 | 57.81% | 1,008 | 40.19% | 50 | 1.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 442 | 17.62% | 2,508 |
| Charles City County | 337 | 37.99% | 541 | 60.99% | 9 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -204 | -23.00% | 887 |
| Charlotte County | 1,396 | 57.83% | 815 | 33.76% | 169 | 7.00% | 34 | 1.41% | 581 | 24.07% | 2,414 |
| Chesterfield County | 1,747 | 55.64% | 1,241 | 39.52% | 136 | 4.33% | 16 | 0.51% | 506 | 16.11% | 3,140 |
| Clarke County | 1,208 | 71.99% | 409 | 24.37% | 38 | 2.26% | 23 | 1.37% | 799 | 47.62% | 1,678 |
| Craig County | 535 | 67.98% | 164 | 20.84% | 80 | 10.17% | 8 | 1.02% | 371 | 47.14% | 787 |
| Culpeper County | 1,561 | 60.88% | 991 | 38.65% | 12 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 570 | 22.23% | 2,564 |
| Cumberland County | 560 | 36.51% | 838 | 54.63% | 135 | 8.80% | 1 | 0.07% | -278 | -18.12% | 1,534 |
| Dickenson County | 439 | 56.35% | 295 | 37.87% | 45 | 5.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 18.49% | 779 |
| Dinwiddie County | 597 | 39.85% | 674 | 44.99% | 220 | 14.69% | 7 | 0.47% | -77 | -5.14% | 1,498 |
| Elizabeth City County | 891 | 39.15% | 1,309 | 57.51% | 68 | 2.99% | 8 | 0.35% | -418 | -18.37% | 2,276 |
| Essex County | 890 | 48.16% | 903 | 48.86% | 54 | 2.92% | 1 | 0.05% | -13 | -0.70% | 1,848 |
| Fairfax County | 2,168 | 58.12% | 1,537 | 41.21% | 9 | 0.24% | 16 | 0.43% | 631 | 16.92% | 3,730 |
| Fauquier County | 2,802 | 66.12% | 1,348 | 31.81% | 88 | 2.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,454 | 34.31% | 4,238 |
| Floyd County | 854 | 42.49% | 954 | 47.46% | 164 | 8.16% | 38 | 1.89% | -100 | -4.98% | 2,010 |
| Fluvanna County | 918 | 58.92% | 488 | 31.32% | 151 | 9.69% | 1 | 0.06% | 430 | 27.60% | 1,558 |
| Franklin County | 2,262 | 57.09% | 1,178 | 29.73% | 522 | 13.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,084 | 27.36% | 3,962 |
| Frederick County | 2,035 | 72.60% | 700 | 24.97% | 34 | 1.21% | 34 | 1.21% | 1,335 | 47.63% | 2,803 |
| Giles County | 1,059 | 65.25% | 399 | 24.58% | 139 | 8.56% | 26 | 1.60% | 660 | 40.67% | 1,623 |
| Gloucester County | 907 | 38.11% | 1,276 | 53.61% | 182 | 7.65% | 15 | 0.63% | -369 | -15.50% | 2,380 |
| Goochland County | 626 | 42.07% | 790 | 53.09% | 72 | 4.84% | 0 | 0.00% | -164 | -11.02% | 1,488 |
| Grayson County | 1,299 | 57.55% | 832 | 36.86% | 122 | 5.41% | 4 | 0.18% | 467 | 20.69% | 2,257 |
| Greene County | 629 | 62.09% | 356 | 35.14% | 28 | 2.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 273 | 26.95% | 1,013 |
| Greensville County | 362 | 44.58% | 320 | 39.41% | 130 | 16.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 42 | 5.17% | 812 |
| Halifax County | 3,133 | 54.68% | 1,937 | 33.80% | 581 | 10.14% | 79 | 1.38% | 1,196 | 20.87% | 5,730 |
| Hanover County | 1,536 | 53.48% | 1,064 | 37.05% | 263 | 9.16% | 9 | 0.31% | 472 | 16.43% | 2,872 |
| Henrico County | 2,374 | 54.47% | 1,849 | 42.43% | 119 | 2.73% | 16 | 0.37% | 525 | 12.05% | 4,358 |
| Henry County | 1,317 | 44.27% | 1,459 | 49.04% | 190 | 6.39% | 9 | 0.30% | -142 | -4.77% | 2,975 |
| Highland County | 611 | 60.20% | 386 | 38.03% | 16 | 1.58% | 2 | 0.20% | 225 | 22.17% | 1,015 |
| Isle of Wight County | 1,494 | 67.60% | 636 | 28.78% | 73 | 3.30% | 7 | 0.32% | 858 | 38.82% | 2,210 |
| James City County | 233 | 33.29% | 466 | 66.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.14% | -233 | -33.29% | 700 |
| King and Queen County | 564 | 50.18% | 527 | 46.89% | 33 | 2.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 37 | 3.29% | 1,124 |
| King George County | 722 | 44.57% | 731 | 45.12% | 167 | 10.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -9 | -0.56% | 1,620 |
| King William County | 672 | 43.08% | 844 | 54.10% | 32 | 2.05% | 12 | 0.77% | -172 | -11.03% | 1,560 |
| Lancaster County | 983 | 51.87% | 896 | 47.28% | 12 | 0.63% | 4 | 0.21% | 87 | 4.59% | 1,895 |
| Lee County | 1,604 | 57.47% | 1,131 | 40.52% | 25 | 0.90% | 31 | 1.11% | 473 | 16.95% | 2,791 |
| Loudoun County | 2,719 | 58.39% | 1,738 | 37.32% | 63 | 1.35% | 137 | 2.94% | 981 | 21.07% | 4,657 |
| Louisa County | 1,296 | 46.24% | 1,373 | 48.98% | 120 | 4.28% | 14 | 0.50% | -77 | -2.75% | 2,803 |
| Lunenburg County | 819 | 63.74% | 363 | 28.25% | 103 | 8.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 456 | 35.49% | 1,285 |
| Madison County | 1,115 | 61.81% | 579 | 32.10% | 110 | 6.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 536 | 29.71% | 1,804 |
| Mathews County | 931 | 58.19% | 591 | 36.94% | 59 | 3.69% | 19 | 1.19% | 340 | 21.25% | 1,600 |
| Mecklenburg County | 1,345 | 40.23% | 1,484 | 44.39% | 512 | 15.32% | 2 | 0.06% | -139 | -4.16% | 3,343 |
| Middlesex County | 271 | 44.87% | 291 | 48.18% | 42 | 6.95% | 0 | 0.00% | -20 | -3.31% | 604 |
| Montgomery County | 1,286 | 46.21% | 1,128 | 40.53% | 280 | 10.06% | 89 | 3.20% | 158 | 5.68% | 2,783 |
| Nansemond County | 1,763 | 50.94% | 1,477 | 42.68% | 214 | 6.18% | 7 | 0.20% | 286 | 8.26% | 3,461 |
| Nelson County | 1,409 | 55.23% | 1,020 | 39.98% | 98 | 3.84% | 24 | 0.94% | 389 | 15.25% | 2,551 |
| New Kent County | 366 | 40.40% | 513 | 56.62% | 25 | 2.76% | 2 | 0.22% | -147 | -16.23% | 906 |
| Norfolk County | 2,587 | 50.37% | 2,452 | 47.74% | 59 | 1.15% | 38 | 0.74% | 135 | 2.63% | 5,136 |
| Northampton County | 1,225 | 49.49% | 1,238 | 50.02% | 6 | 0.24% | 6 | 0.24% | -13 | -0.53% | 2,475 |
| Northumberland County | 953 | 52.28% | 792 | 43.44% | 75 | 4.11% | 3 | 0.16% | 161 | 8.83% | 1,823 |
| Nottoway County | 931 | 60.03% | 587 | 37.85% | 33 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 344 | 22.18% | 1,551 |
| Orange County | 1,343 | 59.74% | 831 | 36.97% | 64 | 2.85% | 10 | 0.44% | 512 | 22.78% | 2,248 |
| Page County | 1,351 | 55.51% | 927 | 38.09% | 112 | 4.60% | 44 | 1.81% | 424 | 17.42% | 2,434 |
| Patrick County | 1,288 | 57.65% | 873 | 39.08% | 70 | 3.13% | 3 | 0.13% | 415 | 18.58% | 2,234 |
| Pittsylvania County | 3,661 | 46.92% | 3,320 | 42.55% | 746 | 9.56% | 76 | 0.97% | 341 | 4.37% | 7,803 |
| Powhatan County | 396 | 32.43% | 642 | 52.58% | 183 | 14.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -246 | -20.15% | 1,221 |
| Prince Edward County | 766 | 48.85% | 788 | 50.26% | 14 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | -22 | -1.40% | 1,568 |
| Prince George County | 270 | 31.21% | 545 | 63.01% | 50 | 5.78% | 0 | 0.00% | -275 | -31.79% | 865 |
| Prince William County | 1,356 | 65.92% | 663 | 32.23% | 38 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 693 | 33.69% | 2,057 |
| Princess Anne County | 623 | 57.47% | 409 | 37.73% | 45 | 4.15% | 7 | 0.65% | 214 | 19.74% | 1,084 |
| Pulaski County | 1,397 | 54.15% | 1,154 | 44.73% | 10 | 0.39% | 19 | 0.74% | 243 | 9.42% | 2,580 |
| Rappahannock County | 1,056 | 71.93% | 384 | 26.16% | 23 | 1.57% | 5 | 0.34% | 672 | 45.78% | 1,468 |
| Richmond County | 644 | 48.24% | 652 | 48.84% | 39 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -8 | -0.60% | 1,335 |
| Roanoke County | 1,527 | 52.12% | 1,290 | 44.03% | 14 | 0.48% | 99 | 3.38% | 237 | 8.09% | 2,930 |
| Rockbridge County | 2,210 | 57.19% | 1,576 | 40.79% | 63 | 1.63% | 15 | 0.39% | 634 | 16.41% | 3,864 |
| Rockingham County | 3,293 | 52.81% | 2,724 | 43.68% | 52 | 0.83% | 167 | 2.68% | 569 | 9.12% | 6,236 |
| Russell County | 1,659 | 60.20% | 752 | 27.29% | 330 | 11.97% | 15 | 0.54% | 907 | 32.91% | 2,756 |
| Scott County | 1,746 | 49.45% | 1,433 | 40.58% | 340 | 9.63% | 12 | 0.34% | 313 | 8.86% | 3,531 |
| Shenandoah County | 2,315 | 54.66% | 1,705 | 40.26% | 117 | 2.76% | 98 | 2.31% | 610 | 14.40% | 4,235 |
| Smyth County | 1,352 | 58.23% | 841 | 36.22% | 129 | 5.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 511 | 22.01% | 2,322 |
| Southampton County | 1,127 | 42.84% | 1,200 | 45.61% | 279 | 10.60% | 25 | 0.95% | -73 | -2.77% | 2,631 |
| Spotsylvania County | 849 | 53.30% | 679 | 42.62% | 64 | 4.02% | 1 | 0.06% | 170 | 10.67% | 1,593 |
| Stafford County | 742 | 56.38% | 558 | 42.40% | 16 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 184 | 13.98% | 1,316 |
| Surry County | 562 | 40.81% | 671 | 48.73% | 129 | 9.37% | 15 | 1.09% | -109 | -7.92% | 1,377 |
| Sussex County | 291 | 28.47% | 638 | 62.43% | 93 | 9.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -347 | -33.95% | 1,022 |
| Tazewell County | 1,573 | 45.55% | 1,784 | 51.67% | 68 | 1.97% | 28 | 0.81% | -211 | -6.11% | 3,453 |
| Warren County | 1,286 | 74.90% | 389 | 22.66% | 7 | 0.41% | 35 | 2.04% | 897 | 52.24% | 1,717 |
| Warwick County | 988 | 59.66% | 650 | 39.25% | 13 | 0.79% | 5 | 0.30% | 338 | 20.41% | 1,656 |
| Washington County | 2,783 | 58.42% | 1,774 | 37.24% | 158 | 3.32% | 49 | 1.03% | 1,009 | 21.18% | 4,764 |
| Westmoreland County | 726 | 46.21% | 817 | 52.01% | 27 | 1.72% | 1 | 0.06% | -91 | -5.79% | 1,571 |
| Wise County | 1,101 | 58.81% | 731 | 39.05% | 37 | 1.98% | 3 | 0.16% | 370 | 19.76% | 1,872 |
| Wythe County | 1,838 | 55.82% | 1,243 | 37.75% | 182 | 5.53% | 30 | 0.91% | 595 | 18.07% | 3,293 |
| York County | 533 | 38.82% | 798 | 58.12% | 11 | 0.80% | 31 | 2.26% | -265 | -19.30% | 1,373 |
| Alexandria City | 1,982 | 62.66% | 1,162 | 36.74% | 2 | 0.06% | 17 | 0.54% | 820 | 25.92% | 3,163 |
| Bristol City | 465 | 64.94% | 235 | 32.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 2.23% | 230 | 32.12% | 716 |
| Buena Vista City | 341 | 79.86% | 86 | 20.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 59.72% | 427 |
| Charlottesville City | 889 | 74.39% | 296 | 24.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.84% | 593 | 49.62% | 1,195 |
| Danville City | 1,234 | 63.09% | 710 | 36.30% | 2 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.51% | 524 | 26.79% | 1,956 |
| Fredericksburg City | 655 | 67.18% | 311 | 31.90% | 4 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.51% | 344 | 35.28% | 975 |
| Lynchburg City | 2,422 | 63.55% | 1,358 | 35.63% | 3 | 0.08% | 28 | 0.73% | 1,064 | 27.92% | 3,811 |
| Manchester City | 1,252 | 67.20% | 550 | 29.52% | 6 | 0.32% | 55 | 2.95% | 702 | 37.68% | 1,863 |
| Newport News City | 4,479 | 73.20% | 1,542 | 25.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 98 | 1.60% | 2,937 | 48.00% | 6,119 |
| Norfolk City | 495 | 64.62% | 219 | 28.59% | 14 | 1.83% | 38 | 4.96% | 276 | 36.03% | 766 |
| Petersburg City | 2,558 | 70.94% | 1,046 | 29.01% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,512 | 41.93% | 3,606 |
| Portsmouth City | 1,728 | 61.45% | 1,052 | 37.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 1.14% | 676 | 24.04% | 2,812 |
| Radford City | 591 | 74.53% | 185 | 23.33% | 2 | 0.25% | 15 | 1.89% | 406 | 51.20% | 793 |
| Richmond City | 10,139 | 74.85% | 3,289 | 24.28% | 54 | 0.40% | 63 | 0.47% | 6,850 | 50.57% | 13,545 |
| Roanoke City | 2,707 | 57.80% | 1,870 | 39.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 106 | 2.26% | 837 | 17.87% | 4,683 |
| Staunton City | 919 | 58.87% | 549 | 35.17% | 2 | 0.13% | 91 | 5.83% | 370 | 23.70% | 1,561 |
| Williamsburg City | 122 | 50.21% | 120 | 49.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.41% | 2 | 0.82% | 243 |
| Winchester City | 579 | 54.01% | 468 | 43.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 25 | 2.33% | 111 | 10.35% | 1,072 |
| Totals | 164,136 | 56.17% | 113,098 | 38.70% | 12,275 | 4.20% | 2,729 | 0.93% | 51,038 | 17.46% | 292,238 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this county where Weaver ran ahead of Harrison, margin given in Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin is Cleveland percentrage minus Weaver percentage.
References
[edit]- ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results - Virginia". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Popular Vote for John Bidwell". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
