1892 United States presidential election in Michigan explained

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Election Name:1892 United States presidential election in Michigan
Country:Michigan
Flag Year:1911
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1888 United States presidential election in Michigan
Previous Year:1888
Next Election:1896 United States presidential election in Michigan
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 Vote1:9
Popular Vote1:222,708
Percentage1:47.79%
Nominee2:Grover Cleveland
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:New York
Running Mate2:Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral Vote2:5
Popular Vote2:201,624
Percentage2:43.26%
President
Before Election:Benjamin Harrison
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Grover Cleveland
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Map Size:300px

The 1892 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Uniquely, this remains the only presidential election where Michigan used the congressional district method of distributing electoral votes rather than the traditional winner-take-all system. The switch was made by the newly elected 1890 Democratic legislature, which had gained control of the state for the first time since before the Civil War.[1] [2] The change was an attempt at boosting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland's chances of winning a second, nonconsecutive term, who had run in the previous election and won the popular vote, but lost in the electoral college. Controversial among Republicans, the party fought all the way to the Supreme Court in efforts to prevent it, though were unsuccessful. The split ultimately had no effect in Cleveland's victory, and the system was quickly repealed when Republicans regained control after the election. This is the only instance of Michigan splitting its electoral votes among multiple candidates. A law later passed in 1954 that prohibits faithless electors prevents a similar occurrence, barring a return to the district method.[3] [4]

Michigan was won by the Republican nominees: incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York. The pair received nine of the state's electoral votes, while the Democratic ticket earned five.

Cleveland became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to get electoral votes from Michigan, although the state wouldn't send a full slate of Democratic electors to the Electoral College until Franklin Delano Roosevelt won it in 1932.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Michigan[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%Electoral votes
RepublicanBenjamin Harrison (inc.)222,70847.79%9
DemocraticGrover Cleveland201,62443.26%5
ProhibitionJohn Bidwell20,8574.48%0
People'sJames Weaver19,931 4.28%0
Write-ins9250.20%0
Totals466,045100%14

Congressional district

Source:[6]

districtHarrisonClevelandWeaverRepresentative
47.05%51.33%0.75%John Logan Chipman
44.89%47.67%2.30%James S. Gorman
rowpsan="2" 49.98%37.01%6.92%Julius C. Burrows (53rd Congress)
rowpsan="2" 49.19%46.16%-Henry F. Thomas (53rd Congress)
42.96%47.72%4.68%Charles E. Belknap (52nd Congress)
George F. Richardson (53rd Congress)
47.19%43.16%4.58%Byron G. Stout (52nd Congress)
David D. Aitken (53rd Congress)
rowpsan="2" 45.80%46.57%5.37%Justin Rice Whiting
48.55%44.55%3.35%Henry M. Youmans (52nd Congress)
William S. Linton (53rd Congress)
47.35%43.36%3.58%Harrison H. Wheeler (52nd Congress)
John W. Moon (53rd Congress)
rowpsan="2" 45.98%47.91%3.73%Thomas A. E. Weadock
rowpsan="2" 50.75%35.16%8.68%John Avery (53rd Congress)
rowpsan="2" 50.06%42.68%2.59%Samuel M. Stephenson (53rd Congress)

Results by county

CountyBenjamin Harrison
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic
John Bidwell
Prohibition
James Baird Weaver
People's
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast
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Alcona55657.32%38039.18%292.99%50.52%17618.14%970
Alger16050.31%15649.06%20.63%00.00%41.26%318
Allegan4,28350.96%3,20738.16%5446.47%3714.41%1,07612.80%8,405
Alpena1,52649.11%1,53649.44%260.84%190.61%-10-0.32%3,107
Antrim1,14052.17%81437.25%1647.51%673.07%32614.92%2,185
Arenac32227.81%37332.21%262.25%43737.74%-64-5.53%1,158
Baraga37536.76%63061.76%121.18%30.29%-255-25.00%1,020
Barry2,85449.20%1,80031.03%2975.12%85014.65%1,05418.17%5,801
Bay4,58742.96%5,71453.51%1871.75%1901.78%-1,127-10.55%10,678
Benzie77452.47%49833.76%1016.85%1026.92%27618.71%1,475
Berrien4,97948.55%4,71645.98%4264.15%1351.32%2632.56%10,256
Branch3,27149.68%2,16132.82%4266.47%72611.03%1,11016.86%6,584
Calhoun5,07748.10%4,15039.31%7106.73%6195.86%9278.78%10,556
Cass2,73147.71%2,42442.35%1803.14%3896.80%3075.36%5,724
Charlevoix1,10153.14%68833.20%1416.81%1426.85%41319.93%2,072
Cheboygan1,09444.27%1,22449.53%742.99%793.20%-130-5.26%2,471
Chippewa1,24752.33%1,08345.45%351.47%180.76%1646.88%2,383
Clare71941.90%81147.26%1679.73%00.00%191.11%-92-5.36%1,716
Clinton3,13348.42%2,75642.60%2583.99%3234.99%3775.83%6,470
Crawford30048.62%30649.59%30.49%81.30%-6-0.97%617
Delta1,76954.30%1,41243.34%401.23%371.14%35710.96%3,258
Dickinson1,60651.05%1,25539.89%2558.11%300.95%35111.16%3,146
Eaton3,78848.24%2,83736.13%4986.34%7309.30%95112.11%7,853
Emmet1,01546.28%1,05948.29%1024.65%170.78%-44-2.01%2,193
Genesee4,78550.14%3,71238.90%5906.18%4564.78%1,07311.24%9,543
Gladwin53160.76%32537.19%141.60%40.46%20623.57%874
Gogebic2,34457.25%1,61539.45%1162.83%190.46%72917.81%4,094
Grand Traverse1,73454.70%92429.15%1855.84%32710.32%81025.55%3,170
Gratiot3,03748.83%1,66126.70%2564.12%1,26620.35%1,37622.12%6,220
Hillsdale4,11953.65%2,61334.03%4866.33%4605.99%1,50619.61%7,678
Houghton3,31645.84%2,60736.04%5687.85%00.00%74310.27%7099.80%7,234
Huron1,69235.35%2,22246.42%1753.66%69814.58%-530-11.07%4,787
Ingham4,34144.08%4,06141.23%4995.07%9489.63%2802.84%9,849
Ionia4,28849.45%3,77943.58%3794.37%2252.59%5095.87%8,671
Iosco1,39349.57%1,33647.54%582.06%230.82%572.03%2,810
Iron91859.26%58737.90%00.00%150.97%291.87%33121.37%1,549
Isabella1,85945.42%1,76243.05%1533.74%3197.79%972.37%4,093
Jackson5,13045.02%5,00543.92%5715.01%6906.05%1251.10%11,396
Kalamazoo4,96850.56%4,01840.90%4494.57%3903.97%9509.67%9,825
Kalkaska71759.45%38932.26%604.98%403.32%32827.20%1,206
Kent12,38846.31%11,53343.11%1,4115.27%1,4185.30%8553.20%26,750
Keweenaw40065.36%20233.01%50.82%50.82%19832.35%612
Lake64847.79%61044.99%634.65%352.58%382.80%1,356
Lapeer3,12649.11%2,69842.39%3134.92%2283.58%4286.72%6,365
Leelanau76953.63%49234.31%443.07%1299.00%27719.32%1,434
Lenawee5,83346.86%5,59244.92%9107.31%1140.92%2411.94%12,449
Livingston2,44743.76%2,38542.65%3656.53%3957.06%621.11%5,592
Luce23455.45%16037.91%255.92%30.71%7417.54%422
Mackinac47835.41%85563.33%90.67%80.59%-377-27.93%1,350
Macomb2,78841.50%3,58453.35%2904.32%560.83%-796-11.85%6,718
Manistee1,48135.42%2,31055.25%2315.52%1593.80%-829-19.83%4,181
Manitou53.36%14496.64%00.00%00.00%-139-93.29%149
Marquette3,87453.03%2,85039.01%5367.34%450.62%1,02414.02%7,305
Mason1,42645.85%1,38344.47%2588.30%431.38%431.38%3,110
Mecosta1,97051.76%1,48438.99%2205.78%1323.47%48612.77%3,806
Menominee1,85348.43%1,80147.07%1343.50%380.99%521.36%3,826
Midland1,06946.16%81535.19%1185.09%31413.56%25410.97%2,316
Missaukee66548.61%62245.47%614.46%201.46%433.14%1,368
Monroe2,91441.50%3,76953.68%2243.19%1141.62%-855-12.18%7,021
Montcalm3,62353.31%2,20532.45%2653.90%70310.34%1,41820.87%6,796
Montmorency24647.67%25549.42%101.94%50.97%-9-1.74%516
Muskegon3,83049.76%3,30142.89%3224.18%2443.17%5296.87%7,697
Newaygo2,10651.02%1,53137.09%2866.93%2054.97%57513.93%4,128
Oakland4,76344.98%4,92546.51%7286.87%1741.64%-162-1.53%10,590
Oceana1,63547.38%1,41641.03%3129.04%882.55%2196.35%3,451
Ogemaw59450.64%51443.82%262.22%393.32%806.82%1,173
Ontonagon67838.68%1,04159.38%191.08%150.86%-363-20.71%1,753
Osceola1,60151.13%1,09234.88%3109.90%1284.09%50916.26%3,131
Oscoda27359.09%18038.96%51.08%40.87%9320.13%462
Otsego52547.60%53148.14%322.90%151.36%-6-0.54%1,103
Ottawa3,64350.82%2,99641.79%1802.51%3504.88%6479.02%7,169
Presque Isle29034.77%47156.47%70.84%50.60%617.31%-181-21.70%834
Roscommon23944.26%28652.96%91.67%61.11%-47-8.70%540
Saginaw6,73744.37%7,60150.07%2541.67%5903.89%-864-5.69%15,182
Sanilac2,49454.34%1,73037.69%2886.27%781.70%76416.64%4,590
Schoolcraft57041.79%65047.65%1017.40%433.15%-80-5.87%1,364
Shiawassee3,61947.17%2,99439.02%6778.82%3834.99%6258.15%7,673
St. Clair5,37148.82%5,24847.70%2282.07%810.74%730.66%1231.12%11,001
St. Joseph2,82443.93%2,44137.97%1852.88%97815.21%3835.96%6,428
Tuscola3,20149.42%2,66741.18%3976.13%2123.27%5348.24%6,477
Van Buren3,78854.05%2,18231.14%4035.75%6359.06%1,60622.92%7,008
Washtenaw4,36241.99%5,50853.02%4484.31%700.67%-1,146-11.03%10,388
Wayne26,36147.81%27,58050.02%7021.27%4950.90%-1,219-2.21%55,138
Wexford1,38849.91%1,15641.57%1856.65%521.87%2328.34%2,781
Totals222,70847.70%202,39643.35%20,8584.47%20,0314.29%9250.20%19,8914.35%466,918

See also

Notes and References

  1. Egan, Paul. “Democrats Once Pulled the Same Electoral College Stunt.” Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2014, http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/20/michigan-white-house-presidential-election-electoral-college/70028908/.
  2. Braun, Ken. “Ken Braun: It Didn't Matter Much When Democrats Decided to Divide Michigan's Electoral College Votes.” MLive.com, 19 Nov. 2014, http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/11/ken_braun_it_didnt_matter_much.html.
  3. “Section 168.47.” Michigan Legislature - Section 168.47, Legislative Council, State of Michigan, http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-168-47.
  4. “The Electoral College.” National Conference of State Legislators, 22 Aug. 2016, http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-electoral-college.aspx#faithless.
  5. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Michigan
  6. Web site: 1892 Presidential General Election Data – National. Uselectionatlas.org. August 20, 2024.