A presidential election was held in Pennsylvania on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, former President Grover Cleveland, who was running for a second, non-consecutive term. Harrison won Pennsylvania by a margin of 6.36%. This remains the last election where a Democratic candidate won northeastern Wayne County, which had regularly voted Democratic during the Third Party System.The Political Graveyard; Wayne County, Pennsylavania
With 51.45% of the popular vote, Pennsylvania would prove to be Harrison's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts.
Results 1892 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 516,011 51.45% 32 Democratic Grover Cleveland 452,264 45.09% 0 Prohibition John Bidwell 25,123 2.50% 0 People's James B. Weaver 8,714 0.87% 0 Socialist Labor Simon Wing 898 0.09% 0 Totals 1,003,010 100.0% 32
Results by county County Benjamin HarrisonRepublican Grover ClevelandDemocratic John BidwellProhibition James B. WeaverPeople's Simon WingSocialist Labor Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 3,384 47.20% 3,716 51.83% 13 0.18% 56 0.78% 1 0.01% -332 -4.63% 7,170 Allegheny 45,788 58.33% 30,867 39.32% 1,158 1.48% 578 0.74% 113 0.14% 14,921 19.01% 78,504 Armstrong 4,709 55.60% 3,512 41.46% 199 2.35% 46 0.54% 4 0.05% 1,197 14.13% 8,470 Beaver 4,890 52.04% 3,822 40.68% 322 3.43% 354 3.77% 8 0.09% 1,068 11.37% 9,396 Bedford 4,301 53.08% 3,684 45.46% 104 1.28% 14 0.17% 0 0.00% 617 7.61% 8,103 Berks 10,077 34.76% 18,602 64.16% 248 0.86% 61 0.21% 3 0.01% -8,525 -29.41% 28,991 Blair 7,407 56.75% 5,265 40.34% 309 2.37% 49 0.38% 22 0.17% 2,142 16.41% 13,052 Bradford 8,132 63.10% 4,080 31.66% 527 4.09% 140 1.09% 9 0.07% 4,052 31.44% 12,888 Bucks 8,230 48.72% 8,390 49.67% 257 1.52% 11 0.07% 4 0.02% -160 -0.95% 16,892 Butler 5,019 50.17% 4,161 41.59% 636 6.36% 180 1.80% 8 0.08% 858 8.58% 10,004 Cambria 6,020 47.42% 6,259 49.30% 265 2.09% 147 1.16% 5 0.04% -239 -1.88% 12,696 Cameron 829 52.37% 701 44.28% 43 2.72% 10 0.63% 0 0.00% 128 8.09% 1,583 Carbon 3,179 45.68% 3,541 50.88% 113 1.62% 116 1.67% 10 0.14% -362 -5.20% 6,959 Centre 3,698 42.72% 4,624 53.42% 316 3.65% 18 0.21% 0 0.00% -926 -10.70% 8,656 Chester 10,982 55.57% 7,850 39.72% 901 4.56% 28 0.14% 3 0.02% 3,132 15.85% 19,764 Clarion 2,543 39.23% 3,746 57.79% 153 2.36% 39 0.60% 1 0.02% -1,203 -18.56% 6,482 Clearfield 4,765 40.72% 6,108 52.20% 646 5.52% 174 1.49% 9 0.08% -1,343 -11.48% 11,702 Clinton 2,572 43.91% 3,075 52.49% 183 3.12% 25 0.43% 3 0.05% -503 -8.59% 5,858 Columbia 2,336 30.56% 4,929 64.47% 351 4.59% 24 0.31% 5 0.07% -2,593 -33.92% 7,645 Crawford 7,152 47.30% 6,166 40.78% 729 4.82% 1,065 7.04% 10 0.07% 986 6.52% 15,122 Cumberland 4,520 44.06% 5,446 53.09% 282 2.75% 11 0.11% 0 0.00% -926 -9.03% 10,259 Dauphin 11,010 57.47% 7,520 39.25% 596 3.11% 22 0.11% 9 0.05% 3,490 18.22% 19,157 Delaware 9,272 60.72% 5,520 36.15% 462 3.03% 14 0.09% 1 0.01% 3,752 24.57% 15,269 Elk 1,438 38.94% 2,126 57.57% 80 2.17% 48 1.30% 1 0.03% -688 -18.63% 3,693 Erie 8,918 49.76% 7,589 42.34% 702 3.92% 686 3.83% 28 0.16% 1,329 7.42% 17,923 Fayette 6,859 46.17% 7,508 50.54% 393 2.65% 75 0.50% 21 0.14% -649 -4.37% 14,856 Forest 938 54.31% 660 38.22% 108 6.25% 20 1.16% 1 0.06% 278 16.10% 1,727 Franklin 5,725 52.57% 4,965 45.59% 183 1.68% 14 0.13% 4 0.04% 760 6.98% 10,891 Fulton 918 42.74% 1,210 56.33% 20 0.93% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -292 -13.59% 2,148 Greene 2,126 33.39% 3,977 62.46% 127 1.99% 136 2.14% 1 0.02% -1,851 -29.07% 6,367 Huntingdon 3,994 57.66% 2,675 38.62% 150 2.17% 108 1.56% 0 0.00% 1,319 19.04% 6,927 Indiana 4,559 61.18% 2,134 28.64% 308 4.13% 445 5.97% 6 0.08% 2,425 32.54% 7,452 Jefferson 4,100 50.41% 3,251 39.97% 416 5.11% 360 4.43% 6 0.07% 849 10.44% 8,133 Juniata 1,621 47.58% 1,695 49.75% 85 2.49% 5 0.15% 1 0.03% -74 -2.17% 3,407 Lackawanna 10,729 48.38% 10,351 46.67% 999 4.50% 67 0.30% 32 0.14% 378 1.70% 22,178 Lancaster 20,126 64.46% 10,326 33.07% 683 2.19% 81 0.26% 6 0.02% 9,800 31.39% 31,222 Lawrence 4,385 60.10% 2,336 32.02% 449 6.15% 126 1.73% 0 0.00% 2,049 28.08% 7,296 Lebanon 5,403 59.11% 3,409 37.29% 301 3.29% 25 0.27% 3 0.03% 1,994 21.81% 9,141 Lehigh 7,089 41.65% 9,699 56.99% 213 1.25% 11 0.06% 7 0.04% -2,610 -15.34% 17,019 Luzerne 14,118 45.21% 15,734 50.38% 1,299 4.16% 48 0.15% 30 0.10% -1,616 -5.17% 31,229 Lycoming 5,736 40.30% 7,532 52.92% 899 6.32% 42 0.30% 25 0.18% -1,796 -12.62% 14,234 McKean 3,594 50.01% 2,843 39.56% 464 6.46% 274 3.81% 12 0.17% 751 10.45% 7,187 Mercer 5,874 50.80% 4,931 42.65% 637 5.51% 117 1.01% 3 0.03% 943 8.16% 11,562 Mifflin 2,175 49.82% 2,029 46.47% 153 3.50% 7 0.16% 2 0.05% 146 3.34% 4,366 Monroe 1,020 24.53% 3,078 74.01% 48 1.15% 13 0.31% 0 0.00% -2,058 -49.48% 4,159 Montgomery 13,591 49.10% 13,611 49.17% 447 1.61% 22 0.08% 11 0.04% -20 -0.07% 27,682 Montour 1,108 35.97% 1,877 60.94% 51 1.66% 44 1.43% 0 0.00% -769 -24.97% 3,080 Northampton 6,892 39.21% 10,320 58.71% 312 1.77% 49 0.28% 6 0.03% -3,428 -19.50% 17,579 Northumberland 6,170 44.98% 6,942 50.61% 536 3.91% 67 0.49% 2 0.01% -772 -5.63% 13,717 Perry 3,120 52.20% 2,705 45.26% 151 2.53% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 415 6.94% 5,977 Philadelphia 116,685 57.45% 84,470 41.59% 1,309 0.64% 251 0.12% 387 0.19% 32,215 15.86% 203,102 Pike 477 28.87% 1,150 69.61% 23 1.39% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% -673 -40.74% 1,652 Potter 2,315 46.91% 1,699 34.43% 135 2.74% 785 15.91% 1 0.02% 616 12.48% 4,935 Schuylkill 11,426 44.94% 13,677 53.80% 290 1.14% 23 0.09% 8 0.03% -2,251 -8.85% 25,424 Snyder 2,307 59.92% 1,511 39.25% 30 0.78% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 796 20.68% 3,850 Somerset 4,670 65.00% 2,262 31.48% 206 2.87% 45 0.63% 2 0.03% 2,408 33.51% 7,185 Sullivan 873 39.08% 1,266 56.67% 82 3.67% 13 0.58% 0 0.00% -393 -17.59% 2,234 Susquehanna 4,531 53.14% 3,383 39.67% 551 6.46% 61 0.72% 1 0.01% 1,148 13.46% 8,527 Tioga 6,706 64.77% 2,921 28.21% 345 3.33% 363 3.51% 18 0.17% 3,785 36.56% 10,353 Union 2,308 58.02% 1,569 39.44% 95 2.39% 6 0.15% 0 0.00% 739 18.58% 3,978 Venango 4,099 49.31% 3,288 39.55% 588 7.07% 326 3.92% 12 0.14% 811 9.76% 8,313 Warren 3,838 51.91% 2,735 36.99% 461 6.23% 358 4.84% 2 0.03% 1,103 14.92% 7,394 Washington 8,060 51.24% 6,847 43.53% 549 3.49% 261 1.66% 12 0.08% 1,213 7.71% 15,729 Wayne 2,690 44.37% 2,915 48.09% 437 7.21% 17 0.28% 3 0.05% -225 -3.71% 6,062 Westmoreland 10,804 48.84% 10,747 48.58% 409 1.85% 146 0.66% 14 0.06% 57 0.26% 22,120 Wyoming 2,029 49.82% 1,905 46.77% 126 3.09% 13 0.32% 0 0.00% 124 3.04% 4,073 York 9,052 40.59% 12,822 57.50% 411 1.84% 13 0.06% 2 0.01% -3,770 -16.91% 22,300Totals516,01151.45%452,26445.09%25,0742.50%8,7570.87%8990.09%63,7476.36%1,003,005
See also United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
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