1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas explained

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Election Name:	1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Country:	Arkansas
Flag Year:	1913
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Previous Year:	1888
Next Election:	1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Next Year:	1896
Election Date:	November 8, 1892
Image1:	StephenGroverCleveland.png
Nominee1:	Grover Cleveland
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral Vote1:	8
Popular Vote1:	87,834
Percentage1:	59.30%
Nominee2:	Benjamin Harrison
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Indiana
Running Mate2:	Whitelaw Reid
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	47,072
Percentage2:	31.78%
Image3:	James B. Weaver 1892 (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:	James B. Weaver
Party3:	Populist Party (United States)
Home State3:	Iowa
Running Mate3:	James G. Field
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	11,831
Percentage3:	7.99%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Benjamin Harrison
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Grover Cleveland
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

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

Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. This election illustrated the political movement towards the one-party Jim Crow South – which would cover every county in Arkansas except Unionist Ozark Newton and Searcy.^[1] Wealthy white landowners were extremely angry that via the Union Labor Party – which the state Republicans had endorsed in the 1888 and 1890 gubernatorial elections – poor blacks and poor whites might be uniting against them.^[2] The Democratic Party thus introduced a poll tax that would weigh extremely heavily upon poor Union Labor supporters and also introduced the secret ballot which would make it more difficult for illiterate blacks and poor whites to cast a vote even if they could pay the poll tax.^[3]

Populist Weaver thought he had “magnificent” chances in the impoverished South,^[4] and campaigned heavily there.^[4] but as it turned out the halving of the electorate meant he could gain very little support. Weaver was not helped by his controversial decision to take a woman – Mary Lease – on his campaigns, as the South thought any political involvement degraded womanhood.^[5] Weaver did nonetheless win counties in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland	87,834	59.30%	8
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison (incumbent)	47,072	31.78%	0
	People's	James Weaver	11,831	7.99%	0
	Write-ins	Scattered	1,267	0.86%	0
	Prohibition	John Bidwell	113	0.08%	0
Totals			148,117	100.00%	8
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas by county^{[7] [8] [9]}

County	Grover Cleveland Democratic		Benjamin Harrison Republican		James B. Weaver People's		John Bidwell Prohibition		Various candidates Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Arkansas		987		57.48%		638		37.16%		84		4.89%		8		0.47%						349		20.33%		1,717
	Ashley		1,099		67.92%		478		29.54%		41		2.53%		0		0.00%						621		38.38%		1,618
	Baxter		802		71.86%		269		24.10%		44		3.94%		0		0.00%		1		0.09%		533		47.76%		1,116
	Benton		2,587		62.52%		1,212		29.29%		328		7.93%		11		0.27%						1,375		33.23%		4,138
	Boone		1,472		76.23%		457		23.67%		0		0.00%		2		0.10%						1,015		52.56%		1,931
	Bradley		824		81.83%		183		18.17%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%						641		63.65%		1,007
	Calhoun		654		75.26%		201		23.13%		14		1.61%		0		0.00%						453		52.13%		869
	Carroll		1,252		51.71%		984		40.64%		178		7.35%		7		0.29%						268		11.07%		2,421
	Chicot		361		33.40%		685		63.37%		16		1.48%		0		0.00%		19		1.76%		-324		-29.97%		1,081
	Clark		1,404		38.21%		775		21.09%		745		20.28%		15		0.41%		735		20.01%		629		17.12%		3,674
	Clay		1,225		67.72%		480		26.53%		104		5.75%		0		0.00%						745		41.18%		1,809
	Cleburne		606		55.04%		132		11.99%		345		31.34%		0		0.00%		18		1.63%		261		23.71%		1,101
	Cleveland		1,035		70.31%		353		23.98%		84		5.71%		0		0.00%						682		46.33%		1,472
	Columbia		1,714		66.36%		475		18.39%		197		7.63%		0		0.00%		197		7.63%		1,239		47.97%		2,583
	Conway		1,284		55.56%		731		31.63%		296		12.81%		0		0.00%						553		23.93%		2,311
	Craighead		1,248		69.96%		372		20.85%		164		9.19%		0		0.00%						876		49.10%		1,784
	Crawford		1,545		51.64%		1,099		36.73%		344		11.50%		4		0.13%						446		14.91%		2,992
	Crittenden		353		32.53%		706		65.07%		26		2.40%		0		0.00%						-353		-32.53%		1,085
	Cross		677		57.23%		432		36.52%		74		6.26%		0		0.00%						245		20.71%		1,183
	Dallas		867		60.04%		498		34.49%		71		4.92%		8		0.55%						369		25.55%		1,444
	Desha		407		54.93%		298		40.22%		17		2.29%		0		0.00%		19		2.56%		109		14.71%		741
	Drew		1,188		57.67%		707		34.32%		165		8.01%		0		0.00%						481		23.35%		2,060
	Faulkner		1,499		49.64%		1,200		39.74%		321		10.63%		0		0.00%						299		9.90%		3,020
	Franklin		1,799		71.73%		550		21.93%		154		6.14%		5		0.20%						1,249		49.80%		2,508
	Fulton		873		64.76%		415		30.79%		60		4.45%		0		0.00%						458		33.98%		1,348
	Garland		1,456		57.46%		940		37.10%		132		5.21%		6		0.24%						516		20.36%		2,534
	Grant		695		76.12%		156		17.09%		62		6.79%		0		0.00%						539		59.04%		913
	Greene		1,241		68.60%		321		17.74%		247		13.65%		0		0.00%						920		50.86%		1,809
	Hempstead		1,757		58.10%		1,051		34.76%		176		5.82%		0		0.00%		40		1.32%		706		23.35%		3,024
	Hot Spring		1,025		71.13%		277		19.22%		137		9.51%		2		0.14%						748		51.91%		1,441
	Howard		1,072		62.91%		354		20.77%		278		16.31%		0		0.00%						718		42.14%		1,704
	Independence		1,792		59.63%		868		28.89%		334		11.11%		11		0.37%						924		30.75%		3,005
	Izard		1,204		73.82%		425		26.06%		0		0.00%		2		0.12%						779		47.76%		1,631
	Jackson		1,600		66.89%		712		29.77%		80		3.34%		0		0.00%						888		37.12%		2,392
	Jefferson		1,784		57.55%		1,092		35.23%		177		5.71%		0		0.00%		47		1.52%		692		22.32%		3,100
	Johnson		1,479		65.85%		514		22.89%		250		11.13%		0		0.00%		3		0.13%		965		42.97%		2,246
	Lafayette		438		54.41%		367		45.59%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%						71		8.82%		805
	Lawrence		1,220		68.23%		418		23.38%		150		8.39%		0		0.00%						802		44.85%		1,788
	Lee		1,082		52.30%		926		44.76%		61		2.95%		0		0.00%						156		7.54%		2,069
	Lincoln		730		38.67%		1,033		54.71%		125		6.62%		0		0.00%						-303		-16.05%		1,888
	Little River		627		50.28%		411		32.96%		209		16.76%		0		0.00%						216		17.32%		1,247
	Logan		1,575		57.73%		1,039		38.09%		113		4.14%		0		0.00%		1		0.04%		536		19.65%		2,728
	Lonoke		1,617		61.62%		699		26.64%		308		11.74%		0		0.00%						918		34.98%		2,624
	Madison		1,374		52.22%		1,154		43.86%		99		3.76%		4		0.15%						220		8.36%		2,631
	Marion		965		75.04%		263		20.45%		58		4.51%		0		0.00%						702		54.59%		1,286
	Miller		1,064		57.95%		647		35.24%		121		6.59%		3		0.16%		1		0.05%		417		22.71%		1,836
	Mississippi		777		59.68%		525		40.32%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%						252		19.35%		1,302
	Monroe		796		56.37%		616		43.63%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%						180		12.75%		1,412
	Montgomery		612		67.70%		155		17.15%		137		15.15%		0		0.00%						457		50.55%		904
	Nevada		1,132		43.77%		645		24.94%		809		31.28%		0		0.00%						323		12.49%		2,586
	Newton		458		46.59%		525		53.41%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%						-67		-6.82%		983
	Ouachita		1,305		60.81%		630		29.36%		119		5.55%		0		0.00%		92		4.29%		675		31.45%		2,146
	Perry		480		55.30%		302		34.79%		86		9.91%		0		0.00%						178		20.51%		868
	Phillips		1,481		50.77%		1,331		45.63%		103		3.53%		2		0.07%						150		5.14%		2,917
	Pike		656		53.51%		231		18.84%		338		27.57%		0		0.00%		1		0.08%		318		25.94%		1,226
	Poinsett		493		81.09%		100		16.45%		13		2.14%		0		0.00%		2		0.33%		393		64.64%		608
	Polk		455		43.71%		394		37.85%		192		18.44%		0		0.00%						61		5.86%		1,041
	Pope		1,840		67.03%		679		24.74%		226		8.23%		0		0.00%						1,161		42.30%		2,745
	Prairie		960		58.68%		604		36.92%		72		4.40%		0		0.00%						356		21.76%		1,636
	Pulaski		3,392		53.18%		2,492		39.07%		489		7.67%		5		0.08%						900		14.11%		6,378
	Randolph		1,542		84.73%		229		12.58%		49		2.69%		0		0.00%						1,313		72.14%		1,820
	Saline		1,161		74.23%		326		20.84%		75		4.80%		2		0.13%						835		53.39%		1,564
	Scott		967		61.87%		398		25.46%		198		12.67%		0		0.00%						569		36.40%		1,563
	Searcy		513		43.40%		625		52.88%		44		3.72%		0		0.00%						-112		-9.48%		1,182
	Sebastian		2,692		59.97%		1,558		34.71%		239		5.32%		0		0.00%						1,134		25.26%		4,489
	Sevier		757		62.20%		186		15.28%		274		22.51%		0		0.00%						483		39.69%		1,217
	Sharp		1,068		72.16%		308		20.81%		104		7.03%		0		0.00%						760		51.35%		1,480
	St. Francis		697		35.18%		1,175		59.31%		109		5.50%		0		0.00%						-478		-24.13%		1,981
	Stone		449		74.96%		150		25.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%						299		49.92%		599
	Union		1,431		84.47%		106		6.26%		157		9.27%		0		0.00%						1,274		75.21%		1,694
	Van Buren		673		61.63%		419		38.37%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%						254		23.26%		1,092
	Washington		2,457		53.27%		1,871		40.57%		268		5.81%		16		0.35%						586		12.71%		4,612
	White		1,863		54.16%		979		28.46%		516		15.00%		0		0.00%		82		2.38%		884		25.70%		3,440
	Woodruff		1,407		60.67%		827		35.66%		85		3.67%		0		0.00%						580		25.01%		2,319
	Yell		1,761		70.16%		600		23.90%		140		5.58%		0		0.00%		9		0.36%		1,161		46.25%		2,510
Totals	87,834	59.34%	46,983	31.74%	11,831	7.99%	113	0.08%	1,267	0.86%	40,851	27.60%	148,028

See also

• United States presidential elections in Arkansas

Notes and References

1. See Book: Urwin, Cathy Kunzinger. Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71. 32. 1557282005.
2. Book: Whayne. Jeannie M.. DeBlack. Thomas A.. Sabo. George. Arkansas: A Narrative History. 280. 1610750438.
3. Book: Perman, Michael. Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908. 65. 0807860255.
4. Book: Richardson, Darcy G.. Others: Third Parties During the Populist Period. 138. 0595443044.
5. Book: Kauffman, Gina. More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Kansas Women. 36. 0762776331.
6. Web site: Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. 1892 Presidential General Election Results — Arkansas.
7. Web site: Géoelections. Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote. (.xlsx file for €15)
8. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (1892). (.xlsx file for €15)
9. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote for John Bidwell. (.xlsx file for €15)