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1892 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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1892 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Whitelaw Reid Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 45,658 42,081
Percentage 51.11% 47.11%

County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1892 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, former President Grover Cleveland, who was running for a second, non-consecutive term. Harrison won New Hampshire by a narrow margin of exactly 4%. This would be typical of the 1876 to 1892 period, but the state would turn much more Republican in subsequent elections: Cleveland's victories in Carroll and Coös Counties would be the last time a Democrat won those two or any county in the state until 1912.

With 51.11% of the popular vote, New Hampshire would prove to be Harrison's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.[1] New Hampshire would also be one of four states which Harrison improved in from 1888, the others were Delaware, Georgia and, South Carolina.

This would prove one of only two times in its history that a President was elected to a second full term without carrying New Hampshire either time (the other being James Madison in 1812 after also losing the state in 1808).

Results

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1892 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana (incumbent) Whitelaw Reid of New York 45,658 51.11% 4 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Adlai Ewing Stevenson I of Illinois 42,081 47.11% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Bidwell of California James Cranfill of Texas 1,297 1.45% 0 0.00%
Populist James Baird Weaver of Iowa James Gaven Field of Virginia 293 0.33% 0 0.00%
Total 89,325 100.00% 4 100.00%

Results by county

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County Benjamin Harrison[3]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland[3]
Democratic
John Bidwell[4]
Prohibition
James Baird Weaver[5]
People's
Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Belknap 2,663 50.56% 2,472 46.93% 123 2.34% 9 0.17% 5,267
Carroll 2,253 48.82% 2,267 49.12% 89 1.93% 6 0.13% 4,615
Cheshire 4,024 56.34% 2,994 41.92% 100 1.40% 24 0.34% 7,142
Coös 2,419 47.36% 2,639 51.66% 30 0.59% 20 0.39% 5,108
Grafton 4,828 49.25% 4,794 48.90% 155 1.58% 27 0.28% 9,804
Hillsborough 9,875 52.08% 8,785 46.33% 215 1.13% 88 0.46% 18,963
Merrimack 6,116 49.69% 5,919 48.09% 251 2.04% 23 0.19% 12,309
Rockingham 6,380 50.75% 5,961 47.42% 168 1.34% 62 0.49% 12,571
Strafford 4,666 51.68% 4,229 46.84% 108 1.20% 26 0.29% 9,029
Sullivan 2,434 53.84% 2,021 44.70% 58 1.28% 8 0.18% 4,521
Totals 45,658 51.11% 42,081 47.11% 1,297 1.45% 293 0.33% 89,329

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1892 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)
  5. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)