1892 United States presidential election in Texas

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

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1892 United States presidential election in Texas

November 8, 1892

Nominee Grover Cleveland James B. Weaver Benjamin Harrison Party Democratic Populist Republican Home state New York Iowa Indiana Running mate Adlai Stevenson I James G. Field Whitelaw Reid Electoral vote 15 0 0 Popular vote 239,148 99,688 81,144 Percentage 56.7% 23.6% 19.2%

County Results Cleveland   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Weaver   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   90-100% Harrison   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Other   No Votes Recorded   Unsettled Areas   Unorganized Territories

President before election Benjamin Harrison Republican Elected President Grover Cleveland Democratic

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

Although Harrison received less than 20% of the statewide vote, as of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last time Starr County has voted for a Republican Presidential candidate,[1][2] the longest unbroken Democratic voting streak in the country.[lower-alpha 1]

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Texas[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland	239,148	56.65%	15
	People's	James Weaver	99,688	23.61%	0
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison (incumbent)	81,144	19.22%	0
	Prohibition	John Bidwell	2,165	0.51%	0
Totals			422,145	100.00%	15
Voter turnout					—

References

1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 309-319 ISBN 0786422173
3. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Texas

Notes

1. Neighbouting Brooks County and Jim Hogg County have never voted Republican but were only created – partially from the 1892 boundaries of Starr County – in 1911 and 1913 respectively. The only county outside South Texas to have voted Democratic at every election back to and including 1920 is North Carolina’s Northampton County, which last voted Republican in 1896.