1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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The 1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Indiana Running mate Adlai Stevenson Whitelaw Reid Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 54,680 13,345 Percentage 77.56% 18.93%

County Results Cleveland   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Harrison   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Benjamin Harrison Republican Elected President Grover Cleveland Democratic

South Carolina voted for the Democratic nominee, former President Grover Cleveland, who was running for a second, non-consecutive term, over Republican nominee, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a landslide margin of 58.63%.

The three counties that voted Republican were all majority black.^[1]

Results

1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York	Adlai Ewing Stevenson I of Illinois	54,680	77.56%	9	100.00%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana (incumbent)	Whitelaw Reid of New York	13,345	18.93%	0	0.00%
	Populist	James Baird Weaver of Iowa	James Gaven Field of Virginia	2,407	3.41%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	72	0.10%	0	0.00%
Total				70,504	100.00%	9	100.00%

Results by county

County	Stephen Grover Cleveland[3] Democratic		Benjamin Harrison[3] Republican		James Baird Weaver[4] People's		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Abbeville	2,359	94.44%	138	5.52%	1	0.04%	2,221	88.91%	2,498
Aiken	1,802	79.45%	396	17.46%	70	3.09%	1,406	61.99%	2,268
Anderson	2,248	86.96%	193	7.47%	144	5.57%	2,055	79.50%	2,585
Barnwell	2,137	78.39%	549	20.14%	40	1.47%	1,588	58.25%	2,726
Beaufort	175	39.50%	268	60.50%	0	0.00%	-93	-20.99%	443
Berkeley	1,037	46.32%	1,171	52.30%	31	1.38%	-134	-5.98%	2,239
Charleston	1,564	78.40%	430	21.55%	1	0.05%	1,134	56.84%	1,995
Chester	1,508	79.45%	383	20.18%	7	0.37%	1,125	59.27%	1,898
Chesterfield	1,494	78.63%	382	20.11%	24	1.26%	1,112	58.53%	1,900
Clarendon	2,192	85.76%	364	14.24%	0	0.00%	1,828	71.52%	2,556
Colleton	1,312	73.54%	472	26.46%	0	0.00%	840	47.09%	1,784
Darlington	1,810	93.49%	102	5.27%	24	1.24%	1,708	88.22%	1,936
Edgefield	2,679	95.51%	26	0.93%	100	3.57%	2,579[lower-alpha 1]	91.94%	2,805
Fairfield	1,041	80.76%	243	18.85%	5	0.39%	798	61.91%	1,289
Florence	1,609	84.60%	293	15.40%	0	0.00%	1,316	69.19%	1,902
Georgetown	552	38.31%	888	61.62%	1	0.07%	-336	-23.32%	1,441
Greenville	3,026	82.09%	600	16.28%	60	1.63%	2,426	65.82%	3,686
Hampton	1,097	81.20%	254	18.80%	0	0.00%	843	62.40%	1,351
Kershaw	1,107	75.15%	358	24.30%	8	0.54%	749	50.85%	1,473
Lancaster	1,744	69.98%	624	25.04%	124	4.98%	1,120	44.94%	2,492
Laurens	1,772	90.64%	173	8.85%	10	0.51%	1,599	81.79%	1,955
Lexington	1,287	80.39%	71	4.43%	243	15.18%	1,044[lower-alpha 1]	65.21%	1,601
Marion	1,737	73.57%	466	19.74%	158	6.69%	1,271	53.83%	2,361
Marlboro	1,004	69.87%	262	18.23%	171	11.90%	742	51.64%	1,437
Newberry	1,534	81.21%	293	15.51%	62	3.28%	1,241	65.70%	1,889
Oconee	909	58.38%	220	14.13%	428	27.49%	481[lower-alpha 1]	30.89%	1,557
Orangeburg	2,792	76.77%	838	23.04%	7	0.19%	1,954	53.73%	3,637
Pickens	603	50.42%	129	10.79%	464	38.80%	139[lower-alpha 1]	11.62%	1,196
Richland	788	84.37%	146	15.63%	0	0.00%	642	68.74%	934
Spartanburg	3,515	83.79%	551	13.13%	129	3.08%	2,964	70.66%	4,195
Sumter	1,535	70.35%	639	29.29%	8	0.37%	896	41.06%	2,182
Union	1,339	76.47%	356	20.33%	56	3.20%	983	56.14%	1,751
Williamsburg	1,178	59.02%	787	39.43%	31	1.55%	391	19.59%	1,996
York	2,212	87.40%	319	12.60%	0	0.00%	1,893	74.79%	2,531
Horry[lower-alpha 2]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Totals	54,698	77.60%	13,384	18.99%	2,407	3.41%	41,314	58.61%	70,489

Notes

1. In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Harrison, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage.
2. Results are not available from Géoelections for Horry County.

References

1. Knoles 1971, p. 241.
2. "1892 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
3. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)

Works cited

• Knoles, George (1971). The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892. Stanford University Press. ISBN 040450969X.