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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.
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 | 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[a] | 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[a] | 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[a] | 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[a] | 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[b] | 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
References
- ^ Knoles 1971, p. 241.
- ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ 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.
