The 1892 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Delaware was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois.

Despite reclaiming the presidency, Cleveland performed much worse in Delaware than he did in his 1888 re-election bid. The State shifted 10 points for Benjamin Harrison, voting for Cleveland by only 1.4 percentage points. This would be one of four states where Harrison outperformed his initial run for the presidency in 1888. The other states were New Hampshire, Georgia and, South Carolina.

This is the last election in which Delaware voted Democratic until 1912; and the last in which it voted Democratic two or more consecutive times until 1940.

Results + General Election ResultsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Charles B. Lore18,581 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland William H. Coulbourn18,575 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Ezekiel W. Cooper18,572 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Henry A. du Pont18,077 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Thomas Curry18,072 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Joseph R. Whitaker18,068 Prohibition Party John Bidwell William G. Winner564 Prohibition Party John Bidwell Richard M. Cooper561 Prohibition Party John Bidwell Charles M. Marshall561 Independent Colored Republican Unpledged A. Worthington Brinckley13 Independent Colored Republican Unpledged William P. Prattis13 Independent Colored Republican Unpledged Lewis Blockson13Votes cast 37,235

Results by county County Grover ClevelandDemocratic Benjamin HarrisonRepublican John BidwellProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Kent3,72050.45%3,55048.14%1041.41%1702.31%7,374New Castle10,58349.63%10,38348.68%3451.62%2000.94%21,324Sussex4,27850.11%4,14448.54%1151.35%1341.57%8,537Totals18,58149.90%18,07748.55%5641.51%5041.35%37,235

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Sussex

See also United States presidential elections in Delaware

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