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Election Name: | 1892 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
Country: | Wyoming |
Flag Year: | 1923 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Next Election: | 1896 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
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: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 8,454 |
Percentage1: | 50.52% |
Nominee2: | James B. Weaver |
Party2: | Democratic |
Alliance2: | Populist |
Home State2: | Iowa |
Running Mate2: | James G. Field |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 7,722 |
Percentage2: | 46.14% |
Map Size: | 290px |
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 Wyoming took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming participated in its first ever presidential election, having become the 44th state on July 10, 1890. The state was won by President Benjamin Harrison (R–Indiana), the 28th United States Ambassador to France Whitelaw Reid, with 50.52 percent of the popular vote, against representative James B. Weaver (P–Iowa), running with the Attorney General of Virginia, James G. Field, with 46.14 percent of the popular vote.[1] Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 4.38%.
The Wyoming Democratic Party endorsed the Populist electors in exchange for the Populists supporting the Democratic state candidates.
County | Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican | James Baird Weaver[3] Democratic | John Bidwell[4] Prohibition | Various candidates Write-ins | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
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Albany | 1,100 | 49.48% | 1,041 | 46.83% | 82 | 3.69% | 59 | 2.65% | 2,223 | ||||||||||||||
Carbon | 978 | 52.27% | 853 | 45.59% | 40 | 2.14% | 125 | 6.68% | 1,871 | ||||||||||||||
Converse | 494 | 54.23% | 360 | 39.52% | 57 | 6.26% | 134 | 14.71% | 911 | ||||||||||||||
Crook | 399 | 42.72% | 516 | 55.25% | 19 | 2.03% | -117 | -12.53% | 934 | ||||||||||||||
Fremont | 648 | 55.53% | 495 | 42.42% | 1 | 0.09% | 23 | 1.97% | 153 | 13.11% | 1,167 | ||||||||||||
Johnson | 309 | 34.30% | 561 | 62.26% | 31 | 3.44% | -252 | -27.96% | 901 | ||||||||||||||
Laramie | 1,890 | 57.59% | 1,329 | 40.49% | 57 | 1.74% | 6 | 0.18% | 561 | 17.10% | 3,282 | ||||||||||||
Natrona | 194 | 55.91% | 148 | 42.65% | 5 | 1.44% | 46 | 13.26% | 347 | ||||||||||||||
Sheridan | 509 | 46.36% | 517 | 47.09% | 72 | 6.56% | -8 | -0.73% | 1,098 | ||||||||||||||
Sweetwater | 674 | 47.03% | 702 | 48.99% | 57 | 3.98% | -28 | -1.96% | 1,433 | ||||||||||||||
Uinta | 965 | 47.65% | 993 | 49.04% | 67 | 3.31% | -28 | -1.39% | 2,025 | ||||||||||||||
Weston | 294 | 57.20% | 207 | 40.27% | 13 | 2.53% | 87 | 16.93% | 514 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 8,454 | 50.60% | 7,722 | 46.22% | 501 | 3.00% | 29 | 0.17% | 732 | 4.38% | 16,706 |