See main article: 1892 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1892 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Flag Year: | 1905 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 1888 |
| Next Election: | 1896 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| 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: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 84,467 |
| Percentage1: | 49.37% |
| Nominee2: | Benjamin Harrison |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Indiana |
| Running Mate2: | Whitelaw Reid |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 80,292 |
| Percentage2: | 46.93% |
| 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 West Virginia took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
West Virginia was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. This would prove the last occasion West Virginia voted Democratic in a presidential election until 1912.
| 1892 United States presidential election in West Virginia[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 84,467 | 49.37% | 6 | ||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 80,292 | 46.93% | 0 | ||
| Populist | James B. Weaver | 4,167 | 2.44% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 2,153 | 1.26% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 171,079 | 100.00% | 6 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County | Democratic | Republican | People’s | Prohibition | Margin | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Barbour | 1,522 | 49.66% | 1,497 | 48.84% | 23 | 0.75% | 23 | 0.75% | 25 | 0.82% | 3,065 | ||||||||||||
| Berkeley | 2,133 | 48.28% | 2,259 | 51.13% | 8 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.41% | -126 | -2.85% | 4,418 | ||||||||||||
| Boone | 782 | 58.84% | 541 | 40.71% | 4 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.15% | 241 | 18.13% | 1,329 | ||||||||||||
| Braxton | 1,790 | 56.38% | 1,113 | 35.06% | 244 | 7.69% | 28 | 0.88% | 677 | 21.32% | 3,175 | ||||||||||||
| Brooke | 770 | 49.55% | 740 | 47.62% | 4 | 0.26% | 40 | 2.57% | 30 | 1.93% | 1,554 | ||||||||||||
| Cabell | 2,890 | 53.78% | 2,328 | 43.32% | 107 | 1.99% | 49 | 0.91% | 562 | 10.46% | 5,374 | ||||||||||||
| Calhoun | 993 | 59.89% | 602 | 36.31% | 57 | 3.44% | 6 | 0.36% | 391 | 23.58% | 1,658 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 503 | 49.65% | 494 | 48.77% | 15 | 1.48% | 1 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.89% | 1,013 | ||||||||||||
| Doddridge | 1,156 | 45.39% | 1,332 | 52.30% | 17 | 0.67% | 42 | 1.65% | -176 | -6.91% | 2,547 | ||||||||||||
| Fayette | 2,232 | 43.06% | 2,665 | 51.41% | 185 | 3.57% | 102 | 1.97% | -433 | -8.35% | 5,184 | ||||||||||||
| Gilmer | 1,187 | 58.04% | 816 | 39.90% | 34 | 1.66% | 8 | 0.39% | 371 | 18.14% | 2,045 | ||||||||||||
| Grant | 400 | 25.54% | 1,155 | 73.75% | 3 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.51% | -755 | -48.21% | 1,566 | ||||||||||||
| Greenbrier | 2,299 | 63.49% | 1,259 | 34.77% | 38 | 1.05% | 25 | 0.69% | 1,040 | 28.72% | 3,621 | ||||||||||||
| Hampshire | 1,878 | 74.55% | 523 | 20.76% | 107 | 4.25% | 11 | 0.44% | 1,355 | 53.79% | 2,519 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 593 | 41.47% | 693 | 48.46% | 72 | 5.03% | 72 | 5.03% | -100 | -6.99% | 1,430 | ||||||||||||
| Hardy | 1,215 | 75.28% | 381 | 23.61% | 17 | 1.05% | 1 | 0.06% | 834 | 51.67% | 1,614 | ||||||||||||
| Harrison | 2,237 | 44.70% | 2,567 | 51.30% | 154 | 3.08% | 46 | 0.92% | -330 | -6.59% | 5,004 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,883 | 43.88% | 2,131 | 49.66% | 238 | 5.55% | 39 | 0.91% | -248 | -5.78% | 4,291 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 2,530 | 69.35% | 1,093 | 29.96% | 9 | 0.25% | 16 | 0.44% | 1,437 | 39.39% | 3,648 | ||||||||||||
| Kanawha | 4,549 | 45.84% | 5,078 | 51.17% | 144 | 1.45% | 152 | 1.53% | -529 | -5.33% | 9,923 | ||||||||||||
| Lewis | 1,676 | 50.04% | 1,550 | 46.28% | 29 | 0.87% | 94 | 2.81% | 126 | 3.76% | 3,349 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,081 | 47.90% | 840 | 37.22% | 323 | 14.31% | 13 | 0.58% | 241 | 10.68% | 2,257 | ||||||||||||
| Logan | 1,522 | 75.87% | 484 | 24.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,038 | 51.74% | 2,006 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 2,662 | 48.79% | 2,584 | 47.36% | 72 | 1.32% | 138 | 2.53% | 78 | 1.43% | 5,456 | ||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1,808 | 37.00% | 2,567 | 52.53% | 339 | 6.94% | 173 | 3.54% | -759 | -15.53% | 4,887 | ||||||||||||
| Mason | 2,260 | 45.52% | 2,600 | 52.37% | 64 | 1.29% | 41 | 0.83% | -340 | -6.85% | 4,965 | ||||||||||||
| McDowell | 607 | 32.43% | 1,265 | 67.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -658 | -35.15% | 1,872 | ||||||||||||
| Mercer | 1,827 | 51.48% | 1,651 | 46.52% | 61 | 1.72% | 10 | 0.28% | 176 | 4.96% | 3,549 | ||||||||||||
| Mineral | 1,279 | 46.87% | 1,356 | 49.69% | 75 | 2.75% | 19 | 0.70% | -77 | -2.82% | 2,729 | ||||||||||||
| Monongalia | 1,505 | 39.38% | 2,255 | 59.00% | 24 | 0.63% | 38 | 0.99% | -750 | -19.62% | 3,822 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,373 | 53.24% | 1,141 | 44.24% | 58 | 2.25% | 7 | 0.27% | 232 | 9.00% | 2,579 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 582 | 38.62% | 910 | 60.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.86% | -328 | -21.77% | 1,507 | ||||||||||||
| Nicholas | 1,063 | 55.36% | 728 | 37.92% | 32 | 1.67% | 97 | 5.05% | 335 | 17.45% | 1,920 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio | 5,220 | 49.93% | 5,061 | 48.41% | 19 | 0.18% | 154 | 1.47% | 159 | 1.52% | 10,454 | ||||||||||||
| Pendleton | 1,075 | 59.59% | 717 | 39.75% | 8 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.22% | 358 | 19.84% | 1,804 | ||||||||||||
| Pleasants | 855 | 53.64% | 713 | 44.73% | 13 | 0.82% | 13 | 0.82% | 142 | 8.91% | 1,594 | ||||||||||||
| Pocahontas | 950 | 63.08% | 539 | 35.79% | 3 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.93% | 411 | 27.29% | 1,506 | ||||||||||||
| Preston | 1,323 | 30.31% | 2,866 | 65.66% | 88 | 2.02% | 88 | 2.02% | -1,543 | -35.35% | 4,365 | ||||||||||||
| Putnam | 1,597 | 48.39% | 1,612 | 48.85% | 76 | 2.30% | 15 | 0.45% | -15 | -0.45% | 3,300 | ||||||||||||
| Raleigh | 965 | 51.94% | 871 | 46.88% | 7 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.81% | 94 | 5.06% | 1,858 | ||||||||||||
| Randolph | 1,622 | 65.17% | 839 | 33.71% | 11 | 0.44% | 17 | 0.68% | 783 | 31.46% | 2,489 | ||||||||||||
| Ritchie | 1,349 | 38.32% | 1,773 | 50.37% | 219 | 6.22% | 179 | 5.09% | -424 | -12.05% | 3,520 | ||||||||||||
| Roane | 1,709 | 51.69% | 1,452 | 43.92% | 123 | 3.72% | 22 | 0.67% | 257 | 7.77% | 3,306 | ||||||||||||
| Summers | 1,632 | 55.57% | 1,233 | 41.98% | 46 | 1.57% | 26 | 0.89% | 399 | 13.59% | 2,937 | ||||||||||||
| Taylor | 1,158 | 40.69% | 1,522 | 53.48% | 139 | 4.88% | 27 | 0.95% | -364 | -12.79% | 2,846 | ||||||||||||
| Tucker | 867 | 49.97% | 830 | 47.84% | 30 | 1.73% | 8 | 0.46% | 37 | 2.13% | 1,735 | ||||||||||||
| Tyler | 1,106 | 42.15% | 1,449 | 55.22% | 45 | 1.71% | 24 | 0.91% | -343 | -13.07% | 2,624 | ||||||||||||
| Upshur | 938 | 32.48% | 1,849 | 64.02% | 18 | 0.62% | 83 | 2.87% | -911 | -31.54% | 2,888 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 2,095 | 56.85% | 1,514 | 41.09% | 71 | 1.93% | 5 | 0.14% | 581 | 15.77% | 3,685 | ||||||||||||
| Webster | 737 | 67.31% | 353 | 32.24% | 5 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | 35.07% | 1,095 | ||||||||||||
| Wetzel | 1,810 | 50.89% | 1,183 | 33.26% | 544 | 15.29% | 20 | 0.56% | 627 | 17.63% | 3,557 | ||||||||||||
| Wirt | 1,110 | 53.65% | 926 | 44.76% | 15 | 0.72% | 18 | 0.87% | 184 | 8.89% | 2,069 | ||||||||||||
| Wood | 2,985 | 46.78% | 3,201 | 50.16% | 117 | 1.83% | 78 | 1.22% | -216 | -3.39% | 6,381 | ||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 577 | 48.49% | 591 | 49.66% | 11 | 0.92% | 11 | 0.92% | -14 | -1.18% | 1,190 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 84,467 | 49.37% | 80,292 | 46.93% | 4,167 | 2.44% | 2,153 | 1.26% | 4,175 | 2.44% | 171,079 | ||||||||||||