1892 United States presidential election in Ohio explained

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Election Name:	1892 United States presidential election in Ohio
Country:	Ohio
Flag Year:	1902
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1888 United States presidential election in Ohio
Previous Year:	1888
Next Election:	1896 United States presidential election in Ohio
Next Year:	1896
Election Date:	November 8, 1892
Image1:	Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg
Nominee1:	Benjamin Harrison
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Indiana
Running Mate1:	Whitelaw Reid
Electoral Vote1:	22
Popular Vote1:	405,187
Percentage1:	47.66%
Nominee2:	Grover Cleveland
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral Vote2:	1
Popular Vote2:	404,115
Percentage2:	47.53%
Map Size:	250px
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 Ohio was held on November 8, 1892. State voters chose 23 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ohio was narrowly won by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison, with 47.66% of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, former President Grover Cleveland, garnered 47.53% of the popular vote.^[1]

This was the last time until 2020 that an incumbent president won the state while losing re-election nationally, and the last election until 1944 that the state would vote for a losing candidate.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Ohio
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison (incumbent)	405,187	47.66%	22
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland	404,115	47.53%	1
	Prohibition	John Bidwell	26,012	3.06%	0
	Populist	James B. Weaver	14,850	1.75%	0
Totals			850,164	100.0%	23

Results by county

County	Benjamin Harrison^[2] Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic		John Bidwell^[3] Prohibition		James Baird Weaver^[4] People's		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		2,908		48.48%		2,832		47.22%		166		2.77%		92		1.53%		76		1.27%		5,998
	Allen		3,579		38.55%		4,945		53.26%		392		4.22%		368		3.96%		-1,366		-14.71%		9,284
	Ashland		2,256		40.63%		3,042		54.79%		211		3.80%		43		0.77%		-786		-14.16%		5,552
	Ashtabula		6,419		63.57%		2,769		27.42%		671		6.64%		239		2.37%		3,650		36.15%		10,098
	Athens		4,458		58.68%		2,599		34.21%		348		4.58%		192		2.53%		1,859		24.47%		7,597
	Auglaize		2,113		33.68%		3,774		60.16%		127		2.02%		259		4.13%		-1,661		-26.48%		6,273
	Belmont		6,329		48.28%		6,123		46.71%		542		4.13%		115		0.88%		206		1.57%		13,109
	Brown		2,865		40.26%		3,975		55.85%		151		2.12%		126		1.77%		-1,110		-15.60%		7,117
	Butler		4,636		36.16%		7,834		61.10%		244		1.90%		108		0.84%		-3,198		-24.94%		12,822
	Carroll		2,261		53.97%		1,677		40.03%		147		3.51%		104		2.48%		584		13.94%		4,189
	Champaign		3,708		53.97%		2,791		40.62%		295		4.29%		77		1.12%		917		13.35%		6,871
	Clark		6,214		50.10%		5,255		42.37%		673		5.43%		260		2.10%		959		7.73%		12,402
	Clermont		3,715		45.92%		4,069		50.29%		174		2.15%		133		1.64%		-354		-4.38%		8,091
	Clinton		3,491		58.88%		2,076		35.01%		265		4.47%		97		1.64%		1,415		23.87%		5,929
	Columbiana		7,232		51.97%		5,573		40.05%		751		5.40%		360		2.59%		1,659		11.92%		13,916
	Coshocton		2,705		41.60%		3,529		54.27%		235		3.61%		34		0.52%		-824		-12.67%		6,503
	Crawford		2,479		32.25%		4,858		63.21%		183		2.38%		166		2.16%		-2,379		-30.95%		7,686
	Cuyahoga		26,657		45.63%		29,543		50.58%		1,197		2.05%		1,017		1.74%		-2,886		-4.94%		58,414
	Darke		3,737		39.99%		4,916		52.61%		481		5.15%		210		2.25%		-1,179		-12.62%		9,344
	Defiance		2,062		35.09%		3,311		56.35%		154		2.62%		349		5.94%		-1,249		-21.26%		5,876
	Delaware		3,267		49.16%		2,710		40.78%		460		6.92%		208		3.13%		557		8.38%		6,645
	Erie		3,979		47.28%		4,195		49.85%		117		1.39%		125		1.49%		-216		-2.57%		8,416
	Fairfield		3,004		37.82%		4,650		58.55%		213		2.68%		75		0.94%		-1,646		-20.73%		7,942
	Fayette		2,838		55.26%		1,989		38.73%		191		3.72%		118		2.30%		849		16.53%		5,136
	Franklin		14,341		46.51%		15,495		50.25%		639		2.07%		360		1.17%		-1,154		-3.74%		30,835
	Fulton		2,808		55.34%		1,919		37.82%		265		5.22%		82		1.62%		889		17.52%		5,074
	Gallia		3,547		61.99%		1,984		34.67%		149		2.60%		42		0.73%		1,563		27.32%		5,722
	Geauga		2,267		68.80%		758		23.00%		179		5.43%		91		2.76%		1,509		45.80%		3,295
	Greene		4,210		59.07%		2,442		34.26%		380		5.33%		95		1.33%		1,768		24.81%		7,127
	Guernsey		3,439		53.53%		2,510		39.07%		426		6.63%		50		0.78%		929		14.46%		6,425
	Hamilton		41,963		51.15%		38,392		46.80%		584		0.71%		1,101		1.34%		3,571		4.35%		82,040
	Hancock		4,780		46.44%		4,931		47.91%		427		4.15%		155		1.51%		-151		-1.47%		10,293
	Hardin		3,515		47.71%		3,483		47.28%		244		3.31%		125		1.70%		32		0.43%		7,367
	Harrison		2,541		51.60%		2,032		41.27%		323		6.56%		28		0.57%		509		10.34%		4,924
	Henry		1,981		35.48%		3,312		59.32%		182		3.26%		108		1.93%		-1,331		-23.84%		5,583
	Highland		3,496		49.14%		3,153		44.32%		285		4.01%		180		2.53%		343		4.82%		7,114
	Hocking		2,034		41.65%		2,522		51.65%		188		3.85%		139		2.85%		-488		-9.99%		4,883
	Holmes		1,152		25.56%		3,151		69.91%		185		4.10%		19		0.42%		-1,999		-44.35%		4,507
	Huron		4,257		51.93%		3,592		43.82%		249		3.04%		100		1.22%		665		8.11%		8,198
	Jackson		3,323		51.36%		2,622		40.53%		285		4.40%		240		3.71%		701		10.83%		6,470
	Jefferson		4,793		53.28%		3,493		38.83%		557		6.19%		153		1.70%		1,300		14.45%		8,996
	Knox		3,347		45.98%		3,489		47.93%		273		3.75%		171		2.35%		-142		-1.95%		7,280
	Lake		2,846		67.46%		1,158		27.45%		137		3.25%		78		1.85%		1,688		40.01%		4,219
	Lawrence		4,193		56.84%		2,988		40.50%		161		2.18%		35		0.47%		1,205		16.33%		7,377
	Licking		4,619		41.97%		6,038		54.87%		193		1.75%		155		1.41%		-1,419		-12.89%		11,005
	Logan		3,796		57.85%		2,332		35.54%		290		4.42%		144		2.19%		1,464		22.31%		6,562
	Lorain		5,434		56.60%		3,674		38.27%		444		4.63%		48		0.50%		1,760		18.33%		9,600
	Lucas		11,211		52.02%		9,860		45.75%		282		1.31%		199		0.92%		1,351		6.27%		21,552
	Madison		2,594		50.93%		2,292		45.00%		175		3.44%		32		0.63%		302		5.93%		5,093
	Mahoning		5,806		45.54%		6,358		49.87%		350		2.75%		236		1.85%		-552		-4.33%		12,750
	Marion		2,477		40.89%		3,282		54.18%		257		4.24%		42		0.69%		-805		-13.29%		6,058
	Medina		3,062		56.10%		2,122		38.88%		204		3.74%		70		1.28%		940		17.22%		5,458
	Meigs		3,959		59.37%		2,415		36.22%		212		3.18%		82		1.23%		1,544		23.16%		6,668
	Mercer		1,526		25.86%		3,688		62.51%		62		1.05%		624		10.58%		-2,162		-36.64%		5,900
	Miami		5,110		51.26%		4,271		42.84%		391		3.92%		197		1.98%		839		8.42%		9,969
	Monroe		1,630		29.08%		3,838		68.47%		110		1.96%		27		0.48%		-2,208		-39.39%		5,605
	Montgomery		13,197		46.88%		14,067		49.97%		598		2.12%		290		1.03%		-870		-3.09%		28,152
	Morgan		2,399		51.98%		1,956		42.38%		199		4.31%		61		1.32%		443		9.60%		4,615
	Morrow		2,297		49.07%		1,958		41.83%		305		6.52%		121		2.58%		339		7.24%		4,681
	Muskingum		6,123		47.78%		6,230		48.62%		360		2.81%		101		0.79%		-107		-0.84%		12,814
	Noble		2,307		50.69%		2,026		44.52%		184		4.04%		34		0.75%		281		6.17%		4,551
	Ottawa		1,588		34.37%		2,943		63.70%		49		1.06%		40		0.87%		-1,355		-29.33%		4,620
	Paulding		2,900		47.53%		2,997		49.12%		123		2.02%		81		1.33%		-97		-1.59%		6,101
	Perry		3,359		47.11%		3,430		48.11%		181		2.54%		160		2.24%		-71		-1.00%		7,130
	Pickaway		2,953		42.89%		3,759		54.60%		152		2.21%		21		0.31%		-806		-11.71%		6,885
	Pike		1,686		44.47%		1,926		50.80%		71		1.87%		108		2.85%		-240		-6.33%		3,791
	Portage		3,310		48.83%		2,953		43.57%		324		4.78%		191		2.82%		357		5.27%		6,778
	Preble		2,957		49.39%		2,699		45.08%		288		4.81%		43		0.72%		258		4.31%		5,987
	Putnam		2,314		33.73%		4,177		60.89%		200		2.92%		169		2.46%		-1,863		-27.16%		6,860
	Richland		3,994		40.77%		5,398		55.10%		293		2.99%		111		1.13%		-1,404		-14.33%		9,796
	Ross		4,632		49.19%		4,489		47.67%		259		2.75%		37		0.39%		143		1.52%		9,417
	Sandusky		2,960		41.25%		3,774		52.60%		157		2.19%		284		3.96%		-814		-11.34%		7,175
	Scioto		4,268		55.87%		3,181		41.64%		123		1.61%		67		0.88%		1,087		14.23%		7,639
	Seneca		4,195		41.49%		5,378		53.19%		285		2.82%		252		2.49%		-1,183		-11.70%		10,110
	Shelby		2,062		37.07%		3,244		58.32%		124		2.23%		132		2.37%		-1,182		-21.25%		5,562
	Stark		9,231		44.79%		10,227		49.63%		654		3.17%		496		2.41%		-996		-4.83%		20,608
	Summit		6,322		46.45%		6,499		47.75%		447		3.28%		343		2.52%		-177		-1.30%		13,611
	Trumbull		5,819		59.45%		3,217		32.87%		582		5.95%		170		1.74%		2,602		26.58%		9,788
	Tuscarawas		4,746		42.97%		5,715		51.74%		302		2.73%		282		2.55%		-969		-8.77%		11,045
	Union		3,001		54.26%		2,055		37.15%		245		4.43%		230		4.16%		946		17.10%		5,531
	Van Wert		3,373		46.52%		3,629		50.06%		191		2.63%		57		0.79%		-256		-3.53%		7,250
	Vinton		1,710		48.18%		1,743		49.11%		63		1.78%		33		0.93%		-33		-0.93%		3,549
	Warren		3,807		59.00%		2,400		37.19%		179		2.77%		67		1.04%		1,407		21.80%		6,453
	Washington		4,845		50.08%		4,524		46.76%		193		1.99%		113		1.17%		321		3.32%		9,675
	Wayne		3,752		41.51%		4,702		52.02%		547		6.05%		38		0.42%		-950		-10.51%		9,039
	Williams		2,745		46.76%		2,583		44.00%		228		3.88%		314		5.35%		162		2.76%		5,870
	Wood		5,314		49.10%		4,748		43.87%		512		4.73%		248		2.29%		566		5.23%		10,822
	Wyandot		2,057		40.25%		2,857		55.90%		142		2.78%		55		1.08%		-800		-15.65%		5,111
Totals	405,192	47.66%	404,115	47.53%	26,036	3.06%	14,832	1.74%	1,077	0.13%	850,175

See also

• United States presidential elections in Ohio

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1892 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081202052049/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=39&year=1892 . 2 December 2008 . 29 November 2022 . Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
2. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (xlsx file for €15)