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1892 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1892 United States presidential election in Alabama

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Nominee Grover Cleveland James B. Weaver
Party Democratic Populist
Home state New York Iowa
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I James G. Field
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 138,135 84,984
Percentage 59.40% 36.55%

County results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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

Alabama was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. However, Weaver performed well in the South as he won counties in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. Populists did best in Alabama, where electoral chicanery probably carried the day for the Democrats.[1]

Campaign

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Weaver won sixteen counties, five were in the Black Belt while the remainder were white counties.[2]

Results

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1892 United States presidential election in Alabama[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 138,135 59.40% 11
People's James B. Weaver 84,984 36.55% 0
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 9,184 3.95% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 240 0.10% 0
Totals 232,543 100.00% 11
Voter turnout

Results by county

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County Grover Cleveland[4]
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison[4]
Republican
James B. Weaver[5]
People's
John Bidwell[6]
Prohibition
Margin[a] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Autauga 926 47.24% 81 4.13% 951 48.52% 2 0.10% −25 −1.28% 1,960
Baldwin 912 65.99% 382 27.64% 86 6.22% 2 0.14% 826[b] 59.77% 1,382
Barbour 4,315 77.40% 19 0.34% 1,241 22.26% 0 0.00% 3,074 55.14% 5,575
Bibb 1,152 48.32% 22 0.92% 1,204 50.50% 6 0.25% −52 −2.18% 2,384
Blount 1,944 58.80% 58 1.75% 1,304 39.44% 0 0.00% 640 19.36% 3,306
Bullock 1,844 54.20% 75 2.20% 1,483 43.59% 0 0.00% 361 10.61% 3,402
Butler 1,313 39.99% 253 7.71% 1,717 52.30% 0 0.00% −404 −12.31% 3,283
Calhoun 3,249 63.91% 218 4.29% 1,613 31.73% 4 0.08% 1,636 32.18% 5,084
Chambers 2,321 55.98% 108 2.60% 1,717 41.41% 0 0.00% 604 14.57% 4,146
Cherokee 1,709 54.24% 139 4.41% 1,301 41.29% 2 0.06% 408 12.95% 3,151
Chilton 648 38.78% 121 7.24% 902 53.98% 0 0.00% −254 −15.20% 1,671
Choctaw 864 41.58% 216 10.39% 998 48.03% 0 0.00% −134 −6.45% 2,078
Clarke 1,561 52.49% 371 12.47% 1,042 35.04% 0 0.00% 519 17.45% 2,974
Clay 1,161 50.24% 47 2.03% 1,103 47.73% 0 0.00% 58 2.51% 2,311
Cleburne 1,045 59.58% 47 2.68% 659 37.57% 3 0.17% 386 22.01% 1,754
Coffee 992 51.06% 47 2.42% 899 46.27% 5 0.26% 93 4.79% 1,943
Colbert 1,960 56.48% 0 0.00% 1,510 43.52% 0 0.00% 450 12.97% 3,470
Conecuh 877 35.01% 0 0.00% 1,628 64.99% 0 0.00% −751 −29.98% 2,505
Coosa 954 40.49% 107 4.54% 1,295 54.97% 0 0.00% −341 −14.47% 2,356
Covington 840 59.57% 7 0.50% 562 39.86% 1 0.07% 278 19.72% 1,410
Crenshaw 1,320 49.87% 49 1.85% 1,278 48.28% 0 0.00% 42 1.59% 2,647
Cullman 1,066 50.69% 6 0.29% 1,023 48.64% 8 0.38% 43 2.04% 2,103
Dale 1,460 56.48% 15 0.58% 1,109 42.90% 1 0.04% 351 13.58% 2,585
Dallas 7,339 78.80% 1,028 11.04% 947 10.17% 0 0.00% 6,392[b] 68.63% 9,314
DeKalb 1,868 61.01% 5 0.16% 1,187 38.77% 2 0.07% 681 22.24% 3,062
Elmore 1,258 32.68% 84 2.18% 2,506 65.11% 1 0.03% −1,248 −32.42% 3,849
Escambia 1,110 62.05% 21 1.17% 657 36.72% 1 0.06% 453 25.32% 1,789
Etowah 2,225 58.85% 269 7.11% 1,266 33.48% 21 0.56% 959 25.36% 3,781
Fayette 728 42.37% 158 9.20% 822 47.85% 10 0.58% −94 −5.47% 1,718
Franklin 1,290 67.12% 23 1.20% 609 31.69% 0 0.00% 681 35.43% 1,922
Geneva 797 52.61% 0 0.00% 715 47.19% 3 0.20% 82 5.41% 1,515
Greene 2,129 71.09% 355 11.85% 511 17.06% 0 0.00% 1,618 54.02% 2,995
Hale 3,350 78.03% 121 2.82% 822 19.15% 0 0.00% 2,528 58.89% 4,293
Henry 2,712 66.80% 133 3.28% 1,215 29.93% 0 0.00% 1,497 36.87% 4,060
Jackson 3,044 65.01% 0 0.00% 1,633 34.88% 5 0.11% 1,411 30.14% 4,682
Jefferson 10,055 65.70% 296 1.93% 4,884 31.91% 69 0.45% 5,171 33.79% 15,304
Lamar 1,458 70.20% 31 1.49% 587 28.26% 1 0.05% 871 41.94% 2,077
Lauderdale 2,352 64.53% 0 0.00% 1,289 35.36% 4 0.11% 1,063 29.16% 3,645
Lawrence 1,516 43.48% 3 0.09% 1,961 56.24% 7 0.20% −445 −12.76% 3,487
Lee 2,760 61.99% 318 7.14% 1,374 30.86% 0 0.00% 1,386 31.13% 4,452
Limestone 1,447 43.40% 18 0.54% 1,858 55.73% 11 0.33% −411 −12.33% 3,334
Lowndes 3,238 75.25% 349 8.11% 716 16.64% 0 0.00% 2,522 58.61% 4,303
Macon 200 21.81% 13 1.42% 704 76.77% 0 0.00% −504 −54.96% 917
Madison 3,046 45.72% 3 0.05% 3,607 54.13% 7 0.11% −561 −8.42% 6,663
Marengo 2,847 53.94% 233 4.41% 2,198 41.64% 0 0.00% 649 12.30% 5,278
Marion 1,207 71.46% 7 0.41% 472 27.95% 3 0.18% 735 43.52% 1,689
Marshall 1,521 57.90% 1 0.04% 1,103 41.99% 2 0.08% 418 15.91% 2,627
Mobile 4,680 66.33% 397 5.63% 1,979 28.05% 0 0.00% 2,701 38.28% 7,056
Monroe 1,850 72.35% 8 0.31% 699 27.34% 0 0.00% 1,151 45.01% 2,557
Montgomery 3,702 57.02% 7 0.11% 2,784 42.88% 0 0.00% 918 14.14% 6,493
Morgan 2,160 50.07% 3 0.07% 2,125 49.26% 26 0.60% 35 0.81% 4,314
Perry 3,452 81.26% 48 1.13% 748 17.61% 0 0.00% 2,704 63.65% 4,248
Pickens 1,919 63.59% 83 2.75% 1,009 33.43% 7 0.23% 910 30.15% 3,018
Pike 2,298 60.55% 42 1.11% 1,455 38.34% 0 0.00% 843 22.21% 3,795
Randolph 1,196 46.59% 126 4.91% 1,245 48.50% 0 0.00% −49 −1.91% 2,567
Russell 2,150 58.65% 10 0.27% 1,506 41.08% 0 0.00% 644 17.57% 3,666
Shelby 1,755 48.00% 307 8.40% 1,593 43.57% 1 0.03% 162 4.43% 3,656
St. Clair 1,079 41.03% 78 2.97% 1,469 55.86% 4 0.15% −390 −14.83% 2,630
Sumter 3,185 79.11% 781 19.40% 60 1.49% 0 0.00% 3,125[b] 77.62% 4,026
Talladega 2,638 49.46% 108 2.02% 2,577 48.31% 11 0.21% 61 1.14% 5,334
Tallapoosa 2,470 57.94% 306 7.18% 1,487 34.88% 0 0.00% 983 23.06% 4,263
Tuscaloosa 2,212 51.85% 708 16.60% 1,342 31.46% 4 0.09% 870 20.39% 4,266
Walker 1,583 51.68% 4 0.13% 1,472 48.06% 4 0.13% 111 3.62% 3,063
Washington 663 80.95% 94 11.48% 60 7.33% 2 0.24% 603[b] 73.63% 819
Wilcox 4,687 86.25% 215 3.96% 532 9.79% 0 0.00% 4,155 76.46% 5,434
Winston 526 47.99% 2 0.18% 568 51.82% 0 0.00% −42 −3.83% 1,096
Totals 138,135 59.40% 9,184 3.95% 84,978 36.54% 240 0.10% 53,157 22.86% 232,537

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Because Cleveland and Weaver ran in the top two places in Alabama as a whole, margins given are Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage unless states otherwise.
  2. ^ a b c d In this county where Harrison did run second ahead of Weaver, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Harrison vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Harrison percentage.

References

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  1. ^ Charles W. Calhoun (ed.), The Gilded Age: Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006; p. 295.
  2. ^ Knoles 1971, p. 241.
  3. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Alabama
  4. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
  5. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)
  6. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)

Works cited

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