1892 United States presidential election in Nevada

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

1892 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Nominee James B. Weaver Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Populist Republican Democratic
Home state Iowa Indiana New York
Running mate James G. Field Whitelaw Reid Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 7,264 2,811 714
Percentage 66.78% 25.84% 6.56%

County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Nevada was won by the Populist nominees, James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia. Weaver and Field defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. The state constituted the Populist Party's highest margin of victory in the election. The state would not vote against a winning Democrat again until 1976.

Campaign

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The Nevada Democratic Party passed a resolution at its convention on May 26, 1892, stating that it would not support the party's presidential nominee if the convention did not select a free silver candidate. A majority of the party supported People's nominee James B. Weaver while a minority ran electors pledged to Grover Cleveland.[1]

On June 24, the Silver Party of Nevada was formed at a convention in Reno. The party passed a free silver platform and selected presidential electors that were to give their votes to a free silver candidate. On September 15, the party voted to have its Nevada presidential electors support the Populists.[2]

The Nevada Republican Party held a convention on August 30, to select its presidential electors. Party chair Enoch Strother and 49 delegates left the convention after a caucus showed free silver delegates held a majority. These delegates nominated electors pledged to Harrison while the 85 silver delegates endorsed the Silver Party's electors.[2]

Results

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General Election Results[3]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
People's Party James B. Weaver C. C. Powning 7,264
People's Party James B. Weaver M. S. Bonnifield 7,255
People's Party James B. Weaver Thomas Wren 7,226
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison A. C. Cleveland 2,811
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison D. L. Bliss 2,811
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison J. R. Farrell 2,788
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Joseph R. Ryan 714
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Theodore Winters 703
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland B. F. Reilly 689
Prohibition Party John Bidwell Charles F. Moore 89
Prohibition Party John Bidwell Abram Banta 86
Prohibition Party John Bidwell William Wilson 86
Votes cast[a] 10,878

Results by county

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James B. Weaver
People's
Benjamin Harrison
Republican
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
John Bidwell
Prohibition
Margin[b] Total votes cast[c]
County # % # % # % # % # %
Churchill 129 67.54% 57 29.84% 4 2.09% 1 0.52% 72 37.70% 191
Douglas 157 39.75% 196 49.62% 36 9.11% 6 1.52% -39 -9.87% 395
Elko 892 76.57% 218 18.71% 49 4.21% 6 0.52% 674 57.85% 1,165
Esmeralda 394 78.96% 84 16.83% 19 3.81% 2 0.40% 310 62.12% 499
Eureka 706 91.33% 48 6.21% 10 1.29% 9 1.16% 658 85.12% 773
Humboldt 714 89.25% 54 6.75% 27 3.38% 5 0.63% 660 82.50% 800
Lander 437 83.40% 52 9.92% 30 5.73% 5 0.95% 385 73.47% 524
Lincoln 413 76.48% 99 18.33% 26 4.81% 2 0.37% 314 58.15% 540
Lyon 403 67.73% 152 25.55% 36 6.05% 4 0.67% 251 42.18% 595
Nye 238 91.19% 14 5.36% 7 2.68% 2 0.77% 224 85.82% 261
Ormsby 406 47.10% 417 48.38% 31 3.60% 8 0.93% -11 -1.28% 862
Storey 1,189 53.78% 819 37.04% 196 8.86% 7 0.32% 370 16.73% 2,211
Washoe 834 51.23% 530 32.56% 235 14.43% 29 1.78% 304 18.67% 1,628
White Pine 352 81.11% 71 16.36% 8 1.84% 3 0.69% 281 64.75% 434
Totals 7,264 66.78% 2,811 25.84% 714 6.56% 89 0.82% 4,453 40.94% 10,878

Counties that flipped from Republican to Populist

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. ^ Because Weaver and Harrison and ran in the top two places in Nevada and in every county within the state, all margins given are Weaver vote minus Harrison vote and Weaver percentage minus Harrison percentage.
  3. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket

References

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  1. ^ Knoles 1971, p. 182-183.
  2. ^ a b Knoles 1971, p. 182.
  3. ^ Nevada State Archives, Abstract of the votes cast at the General Election held in the State of Nevada on the eighth day of November AD 1892 for Presidential Electors

Works cited

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  • Knoles, George (1971). The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892. Stanford University Press. ISBN 040450969X.