1892 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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The 1892 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming participated in its first ever presidential election, having become the 44th state on July 10, 1890. The state was won by President Benjamin Harrison (R–Indiana), the 28th United States Ambassador to France Whitelaw Reid, with 50.52 percent of the popular vote, against representative James B. Weaver (P–Iowa), running with the Attorney General of Virginia, James G. Field, with 46.14 percent of the popular vote.[1] Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 4.38%.
Campaign
[edit]The Wyoming Democratic Party endorsed the Populist electors in exchange for the Populists supporting the Democratic state candidates.[2]
Results
[edit]| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | John H. Barron | 8,454 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | John C. Dyer | 8,339 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | William Kilpatrick | 8,300 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | William Hinton | 7,722 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | William R. Richardson | 7,600 | |
| People's Party | James B. Weaver | Shakespeare F. Sealey | 7,512 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Oscar S. Jackson | 530 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | Ella G. Becker | 498 | |
| Prohibition Party | John Bidwell | A. N. Page | 456 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 29 | ||
| Votes cast[b] | 16,735 | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[3] | Benjamin Harrison Republican |
James B. Weaver Populist |
John Bidwell Prohibition |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[c] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 1,100 | 49.48% | 1,041 | 46.83% | 82 | 3.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 59 | 2.65% | 2,223 |
| Carbon | 978 | 52.27% | 853 | 45.59% | 40 | 2.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 125 | 6.68% | 1,871 |
| Converse | 494 | 54.23% | 360 | 39.52% | 57 | 6.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 134 | 14.71% | 911 |
| Crook | 399 | 42.72% | 516 | 55.25% | 19 | 2.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -117 | -12.53% | 934 |
| Fremont | 648 | 54.45% | 495 | 41.60% | 24 | 2.02% | 23 | 1.93% | 153 | 12.86% | 1,190 |
| Johnson | 309 | 34.30% | 561 | 62.26% | 31 | 3.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -252 | -27.96% | 901 |
| Laramie | 1,890 | 57.48% | 1,329 | 40.42% | 63 | 1.92% | 6 | 0.18% | 561 | 17.06% | 3,288 |
| Natrona | 194 | 55.91% | 148 | 42.65% | 5 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 46 | 13.26% | 347 |
| Sheridan | 509 | 46.36% | 517 | 47.09% | 72 | 6.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -8 | -0.73% | 1,098 |
| Sweetwater | 674 | 47.03% | 702 | 48.99% | 57 | 3.98% | 0 | 0.00% | -28 | -1.96% | 1,433 |
| Uinta | 965 | 47.65% | 993 | 49.04% | 67 | 3.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -28 | -1.39% | 2,025 |
| Weston | 294 | 57.20% | 207 | 40.27% | 13 | 2.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 16.93% | 514 |
| Totals | 8,454 | 50.52% | 7,722 | 46.14% | 530 | 3.17% | 29 | 0.17% | 732 | 4.37% | 16,735 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Weaver took over the “Democratic” line in Wyoming, although nationally he ran as the nominee of the Populist Party.
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
References
[edit]- ^ "1892 Presidential Election Results — Wyoming".
- ^ Knoles 1971, p. 184.
- ^ a b Wyoming Secretary of State (1897). "Appendix B". Report of the Secretary of State of State of Wyoming for the Period Ending Sept. 30 1896. Cheyenne, Wyoming: The S. A. Bristol Company, Printers and Bookbinders. pp. xxiv.
Works cited
[edit]- Knoles, George (1971). The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892. Stanford University Press. ISBN 040450969X.
