| Year: | 1892 |
| Type: | Presidential election year |
| Election Day: | November 8 |
| Incumbent President: | Benjamin Harrison (Republican) |
| Next Congress: | 53rd |
| President Control: | Democratic gain |
| President Candidate1: | Grover Cleveland (D) |
| Electoral Vote1: | 277 |
| President Candidate2: | Benjamin Harrison (R) |
| Electoral Vote2: | 145 |
| President Candidate3: | James B. Weaver (P) |
| Electoral Vote3: | 22 |
| President Pv Margin: | Democratic +3.0% |
| President Map Caption: | 1892 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Harrison, blue denotes states won by Cleveland, and green denotes states won by Weaver. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. |
| Senate Seats Contested: | 29 of 88 seats[1] |
| Senate Control: | Democratic gain |
| Senate Net Change: | Democratic +4[2] |
| Senate Map Caption: | Results of the elections: |
| House Seats Contested: | All 356 voting members |
| House Control: | Democratic hold |
| House Net Change: | Republican +38 |
| Governor Seats Contested: | 32 |
| Governor Net Change: | Populist +3 |
| Governor Map Caption: | 1892 gubernatorial election results |
The 1892 United States elections was held on November 8, electing member to the 53rd United States Congress, taking place during the Third Party System. Democrats retained the House and won control of the presidency and the Senate. Following the election, Democrats controlled the presidency and a majority in both chambers of Congress for the first time since the 1858 elections.
In the presidential election, Republican President Benjamin Harrison was defeated by former Democratic President Grover Cleveland.[3] Cleveland won the popular vote by a margin of three percent, but won by a large margin in the electoral college. Populist James B. Weaver also carried five Western states and won a little over eight percent of the vote.[3] At the 1892 Republican National Convention, Harrison fended off a challenge from supporters of former Secretary of State James G. Blaine and Governor William McKinley of Ohio. At the 1892 Democratic National Convention, Cleveland defeated Senator David B. Hill from New York and Governor Horace Boies of Iowa on the first ballot. Harrison had previously defeated Cleveland in 1888, and Cleveland's win made him the first President to serve non-consecutive terms. Cleveland's win in the popular vote also made him the second person, after Andrew Jackson, to win the popular vote in three presidential elections.
Reapportionment following the 1890 census added twenty four seats to the House. Republicans picked up several seats in the House, but Democrats continued to command a large majority in the chamber.[4]
In the Senate, Democrats made moderate gains to win a majority in the chamber for the first time since 1881.[5]