1892 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:	1892 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Flag Year:	1861
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1888 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1888
Next Election:	1896 United States presidential election in Kansas
Next Year:	1896
Election Date:	November 8, 1892
Image1:	James B. Weaver 1892 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	James B. Weaver
Party1:	Populist Party (United States)
Home State1:	Iowa
Running Mate1:	James G. Field
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	163,111
Percentage1:	50.20%
Nominee2:	Benjamin Harrison
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Indiana
Running Mate2:	Whitelaw Reid
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	157,241
Percentage2:	48.40%
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 Kansas took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Kansas was won by the Populist nominees,^[1] James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia. Weaver and Field defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. This was the first time that a non-Republican had won Kansas’ electoral votes since statehood, and one of only seven times out of thirty-nine that Kansas has not voted Republican in a presidential election.

Kansas was one of a handful of states, five in total, that did not feature former and future President Grover Cleveland on their ballots: Kansas had been his second weakest state in 1888, garnering only 31.03 percent of the vote. Kansas was also Weaver's fourth strongest state percentage-wise and the state which gave him the most popular votes. Lorenzo D. Lewelling, a fellow Populist, was elected Governor of Kansas, almost perfectly matching Weaver's vote total.^[2]

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Kansas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	People's	James Weaver	163,111	50.20%	10
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison (incumbent)	157,241	48.40%	0
	Prohibition	John Bidwell	4,553	1.40%	0
Totals			324,905	100.00%	10
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

1892 United States presidential election in Kansas by county^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
County	Benjamin Harrison Republican		James Baird Weaver Populist		John Bidwell Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Allen		1,509		51.20%		1,398		47.44%		40		1.36%		111		3.76%		2,947
	Anderson		1,638		51.06%		1,476		46.01%		94		2.93%		162		5.05%		3,208
	Atchison		2,666		49.17%		2,718		50.13%		38		0.70%		-52		-0.96%		5,422
	Barber		883		37.75%		1,439		61.52%		17		0.73%		-556		-23.77%		2,339
	Barton		1,381		43.10%		1,816		56.68%		7		0.22%		-435		-13.58%		3,204
	Bourbon		2,803		49.24%		2,863		50.30%		26		0.46%		-60		-1.06%		5,692
	Brown		2,562		52.03%		2,252		45.74%		110		2.23%		310		6.29%		4,924
	Butler		2,650		48.62%		2,705		49.63%		95		1.74%		-55		-1.01%		5,450
	Chase		891		47.37%		972		51.67%		18		0.96%		-81		-4.30%		1,881
	Chautauqua		1,408		52.03%		1,292		47.75%		6		0.22%		116		4.28%		2,706
	Cherokee		2,696		41.43%		3,751		57.64%		61		0.94%		-1,055		-16.21%		6,508
	Cheyenne		505		50.45%		486		48.55%		10		1.00%		19		1.90%		1,001
	Clark		226		42.40%		305		57.22%		2		0.38%		-79		-14.82%		533
	Clay		1,666		43.78%		2,038		53.56%		101		2.65%		-372		-9.78%		3,805
	Cloud		1,915		44.98%		2,268		53.28%		74		1.74%		-353		-8.30%		4,257
	Coffey		1,769		47.54%		1,886		50.69%		66		1.77%		-117		-3.15%		3,721
	Comanche		259		45.52%		310		54.48%		0		0.00%		-51		-8.96%		569
	Cowley		3,886		49.13%		3,896		49.26%		127		1.61%		-10		-0.13%		7,909
	Crawford		3,064		41.89%		4,164		56.93%		86		1.18%		-1,100		-15.04%		7,314
	Decatur		619		38.59%		983		61.28%		2		0.12%		-364		-22.69%		1,604
	Dickinson		2,419		47.14%		2,647		51.59%		65		1.27%		-228		-4.45%		5,131
	Doniphan		2,161		64.41%		1,185		35.32%		9		0.27%		976		29.09%		3,355
	Douglas		3,114		57.31%		2,174		40.01%		146		2.69%		940		17.30%		5,434
	Edwards		399		45.55%		472		53.88%		5		0.57%		-73		-8.33%		876
	Elk		1,235		47.19%		1,369		52.31%		13		0.50%		-134		-5.12%		2,617
	Ellis		546		33.52%		1,069		65.62%		14		0.86%		-523		-32.10%		1,629
	Ellsworth		1,102		49.80%		1,097		49.57%		14		0.63%		5		0.23%		2,213
	Finney		478		58.29%		338		41.22%		4		0.49%		140		17.07%		820
	Ford		648		53.42%		565		46.58%		0		0.00%		83		6.84%		1,213
	Franklin		2,209		46.06%		2,431		50.69%		156		3.25%		-222		-4.63%		4,796
	Garfield		102		59.65%		69		40.35%		0		0.00%		33		19.30%		171
	Geary		863		42.72%		1,113		55.10%		44		2.18%		-250		-12.38%		2,020
	Gove		327		56.87%		248		43.13%		0		0.00%		79		13.74%		575
	Graham		436		44.40%		546		55.60%		0		0.00%		-110		-11.20%		982
	Grant		151		53.55%		131		46.45%		0		0.00%		20		7.10%		282
	Gray		274		54.37%		229		45.44%		1		0.20%		45		8.93%		504
	Greeley		241		67.89%		114		32.11%		0		0.00%		127		35.78%		355
	Greenwood		1,734		49.01%		1,781		50.34%		23		0.65%		-47		-1.33%		3,538
	Hamilton		252		56.25%		186		41.52%		10		2.23%		66		14.73%		448
	Harper		1,288		38.57%		1,986		59.48%		65		1.95%		-698		-20.91%		3,339
	Harvey		2,025		52.80%		1,756		45.79%		54		1.41%		269		7.01%		3,835
	Haskell		177		61.46%		111		38.54%		0		0.00%		66		22.92%		288
	Hodgeman		363		61.21%		223		37.61%		7		1.18%		140		23.60%		593
	Jackson		1,825		52.93%		1,594		46.23%		29		0.84%		231		6.70%		3,448
	Jefferson		2,026		49.95%		1,973		48.64%		57		1.41%		53		1.31%		4,056
	Jewell		1,963		45.59%		2,225		51.67%		118		2.74%		-262		-6.08%		4,306
	Johnson		2,070		50.48%		1,932		47.11%		99		2.41%		138		3.37%		4,101
	Kearny		219		60.83%		141		39.17%		0		0.00%		78		21.66%		360
	Kingman		1,225		43.12%		1,564		55.05%		52		1.83%		-339		-11.93%		2,841
	Kiowa		398		50.44%		376		47.66%		15		1.90%		22		2.78%		789
	Labette		2,950		47.89%		3,116		50.58%		94		1.53%		-166		-2.69%		6,160
	Lane		284		55.58%		222		43.44%		5		0.98%		62		12.14%		511
	Leavenworth		3,471		46.96%		3,869		52.34%		52		0.70%		-398		-5.38%		7,392
	Lincoln		878		39.18%		1,348		60.15%		15		0.67%		-470		-20.97%		2,241
	Linn		2,046		49.37%		2,063		49.78%		35		0.84%		-17		-0.41%		4,144
	Logan		457		58.14%		329		41.86%		0		0.00%		128		16.28%		786
	Lyon		2,591		48.48%		2,623		49.08%		130		2.43%		-32		-0.60%		5,344
	Marion		2,210		55.54%		1,682		42.27%		87		2.19%		528		13.27%		3,979
	Marshall		2,531		45.32%		2,937		52.59%		117		2.09%		-406		-7.27%		5,585
	McPherson		2,294		48.42%		2,335		49.28%		109		2.30%		-41		-0.86%		4,738
	Meade		261		54.83%		214		44.96%		1		0.21%		47		9.87%		476
	Miami		2,243		49.10%		2,280		49.91%		45		0.99%		-37		-0.81%		4,568
	Mitchell		1,467		43.51%		1,855		55.01%		50		1.48%		-388		-11.50%		3,372
	Montgomery		2,736		51.83%		2,514		47.62%		29		0.55%		222		4.21%		5,279
	Morris		1,416		50.90%		1,323		47.56%		43		1.55%		93		3.34%		2,782
	Morton		106		57.61%		76		41.30%		2		1.09%		30		16.31%		184
	Nemaha		2,222		49.73%		2,194		49.10%		52		1.16%		28		0.63%		4,468
	Neosho		2,000		47.81%		2,170		51.88%		13		0.31%		-170		-4.07%		4,183
	Ness		495		44.43%		590		52.96%		29		2.60%		-95		-8.53%		1,114
	Norton		1,054		48.26%		1,090		49.91%		40		1.83%		-36		-1.65%		2,184
	Osage		2,604		43.77%		3,170		53.29%		175		2.94%		-566		-9.52%		5,949
	Osborne		1,162		45.37%		1,380		53.89%		19		0.74%		-218		-8.52%		2,561
	Ottawa		1,444		47.48%		1,541		50.67%		56		1.84%		-97		-3.19%		3,041
	Pawnee		670		47.86%		722		51.57%		8		0.57%		-52		-3.71%		1,400
	Phillips		1,352		47.79%		1,469		51.93%		8		0.28%		-117		-4.14%		2,829
	Pottawatomie		2,107		49.80%		2,101		49.66%		23		0.54%		6		0.14%		4,231
	Pratt		947		44.19%		1,170		54.60%		26		1.21%		-223		-10.41%		2,143
	Rawlins		592		43.79%		756		55.92%		4		0.30%		-164		-12.13%		1,352
	Reno		3,166		50.00%		3,097		48.91%		69		1.09%		69		1.09%		6,332
	Republic		2,167		50.03%		2,049		47.31%		115		2.66%		118		2.72%		4,331
	Rice		1,724		46.78%		1,821		49.42%		140		3.80%		-97		-2.64%		3,685
	Riley		1,574		51.67%		1,427		46.85%		45		1.48%		147		4.82%		3,046
	Rooks		811		47.93%		847		50.06%		34		2.01%		-36		-2.13%		1,692
	Rush		570		47.50%		616		51.33%		14		1.17%		-46		-3.83%		1,200
	Russell		1,007		57.44%		730		41.64%		16		0.91%		277		15.80%		1,753
	Saline		1,817		45.17%		2,175		54.06%		31		0.77%		-358		-8.89%		4,023
	Scott		142		45.95%		162		52.43%		5		1.62%		-20		-6.48%		309
	Sedgwick		4,770		46.68%		5,254		51.42%		194		1.90%		-484		-4.74%		10,218
	Seward		156		57.14%		115		42.12%		2		0.73%		41		15.02%		273
	Shawnee		6,759		60.82%		4,206		37.85%		148		1.33%		2,553		22.97%		11,113
	Sheridan		325		41.09%		463		58.53%		3		0.38%		-138		-17.44%		791
	Sherman		571		43.16%		748		56.54%		4		0.30%		-177		-13.38%		1,323
	Smith		1,389		41.33%		1,923		57.22%		49		1.46%		-534		-15.89%		3,361
	Stafford		840		39.25%		1,232		57.57%		68		3.18%		-392		-18.32%		2,140
	Stanton		146		52.71%		131		47.29%		0		0.00%		15		5.42%		277
	Stevens		85		31.48%		185		68.52%		0		0.00%		-100		-37.04%		270
	Sumner		3,503		45.52%		4,058		52.74%		134		1.74%		-555		-7.22%		7,695
	Thomas		490		41.28%		693		58.38%		4		0.34%		-203		-17.10%		1,187
	Trego		309		50.49%		294		48.04%		9		1.47%		15		2.45%		612
	Wabaunsee		1,356		46.82%		1,520		52.49%		20		0.69%		-164		-5.67%		2,896
	Wallace		377		55.93%		295		43.77%		2		0.30%		82		12.16%		674
	Washington		2,323		44.80%		2,842		54.81%		20		0.39%		-519		-10.01%		5,185
	Wichita		245		53.26%		214		46.52%		1		0.22%		31		6.74%		460
	Wilson		1,803		51.80%		1,636		47.00%		42		1.21%		167		4.80%		3,481
	Woodson		1,071		50.16%		1,032		48.34%		32		1.50%		39		1.82%		2,135
	Wyandotte		5,889		51.10%		5,529		47.98%		106		0.92%		360		3.12%		11,524
Totals	157,241	48.40%	163,096	50.20%	4,554	1.40%	-5,855	-1.80%	324,891

See also

• Grover Cleveland's first term as President of the United States
• United States presidential elections in Kansas

References

• The American Presidency Project

Notes and References

1. Our Campaigns; KS US President 1892
2. Web site: Our Campaigns - KS Governor Race - Nov 08, 1892.
3. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1892 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas
4. Web site: Géoelections. Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote. (.xlsx file for €15)
5. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote for James B. Weaver. (.xlsx file for €15)
6. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote for John Bidwell. (.xlsx file for €15)