1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin explained

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The 1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Wisconsin voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Democratic Party candidate Grover Cleveland won Wisconsin with 47.75% of the popular vote, winning the state's twelve electoral votes.^[1] This was the closest presidential election in Wisconsin to that point and would retain that distinction until 1976

As a result of his win, Cleveland became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Wisconsin. No Democrat would win Wisconsin again until Woodrow Wilson in 1912. This marked the first occasion in which Wisconsin voted for a different candidate than Iowa, a phenomenon that has only occurred five more times since — 1924, 1940, 1976, 2004, and 2020. Along with California, and Illinois, Wisconsin is one of the three states that Cleveland lost in both 1884 and 1888 but won in 1892.

Cleveland was the first Democrat to ever win Forest County, Green Lake County, Juneau County, Kenosha County, Marinette County, and Oconto County. He was also the first Democrat since Pierce in 1852 to carry La Crosse County, Portage County, and Winnebago County. Many of the counties that Cleveland won in this election would not vote Democratic again until 1912. However, Juneau County, Marinette County, Oconto County, and Oneida County would not vote for a Democrat again until 1932.

This was the first of only three elections in which Adams County has backed the statewide loser. After this election, Portage County remained the only original county from statehood to have backed the winner in every election, a streak that would last until 1916.

Results

+ General Election Results[2]	Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Gustav Wollaeger	177,335
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Robert J. MacBride	177,314
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Andrew Jensen	177,307
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Henry B. Schwin	177,293
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Ferdinand T. Yahr	177,291
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Michael Johnson	177,283
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	John Montgomery Smith	177,282
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	John Black	177,281
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	James J. Hogan	177,221
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	William F. Cirkel	177,180
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Lewis S. Bailey	177,171
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	John Wattawa	177,053
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Ole Larson	170,846
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	John Pritzlaff	170,791
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	John F. Bruss	170,786
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Frederick W. Coon	170,765
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Samuel W. Reese	170,745
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Eli Hawks	170,741
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Robert L. D. Potter	170,740
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Christian S. Otjen	170,726
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Tosten I. Gilbert	170,717
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Edward H. Winchester	170,684
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	William H. Hatton	170,677
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Jerome F. Coe	170,525
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	Sofas C. Miller	13,132
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	James N. Crawford	13,124
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	Warren C. Jones	13,120
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	James S. Thompson	13,118
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	William Drake	13,117
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	John C. Plumb	13,117
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	Thorvild K. Thorvildson	13,116
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	Jacob O. Lindham	13,113
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	W. W. Link	13,113
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	John H. Peoberthy	13,113
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	Norman H. Brokaw	13,109
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	Oliver H. Crowl	13,104
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	Peter Haan	9,909
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	Nathan E. Moody	9,829
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	Nelson E. Allen	9,825
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	William Schwartz	9,818
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	Samuel Smith	9,816
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	George C. Chaffee	9,813
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	James W. Godfrey	9,813
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	William Campbell	9,810
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	Anson B. Severence	9,803
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	George W. Jackson	9,801
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	Ernest Pagel	9,799
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	Llewellyn Sutliff	9,791
	Write-in		Scattering	2
			Blank	127
Votes cast				371,351

Results by county

County	Grover Cleveland Democratic		Benjamin Harrison Republican		John Bidwell Prohibition		James B. Weaver Populist		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		402		28.49%		972		68.89%		22		1.56%		15		1.06%		-570		-40.40%		1,411
	Ashland		2,436		49.75%		2,265		46.26%		139		2.84%		56		1.14%		171		3.49%		4,896
	Barron		767		24.20%		1,818		57.35%		194		6.12%		390		12.30%		-1,051		-33.15%		3,170
	Bayfield		1,349		46.44%		1,467		50.50%		61		2.10%		28		0.96%		-118		-4.06%		2,905
	Brown		3,653		54.26%		2,855		42.41%		180		2.67%		44		0.65%		798		11.85%		6,732
	Buffalo		1,393		45.24%		1,523		49.46%		60		1.95%		103		3.35%		-130		-4.22%		3,079
	Burnett		55		7.68%		406		56.70%		163		22.77%		92		12.85%		-243		-33.93%		716
	Calumet		1,863		64.67%		909		31.55%		26		0.90%		83		2.88%		954		33.11%		2,881
	Chippewa		2,530		50.57%		1,975		39.48%		182		3.64%		316		6.32%		555		11.09%		5,003
	Clark		1,711		43.23%		2,039		51.52%		161		4.07%		47		1.19%		-328		-8.29%		3,958
	Columbia		2,957		43.96%		3,313		49.25%		409		6.08%		48		0.71%		-356		-5.29%		6,727
	Crawford		1,615		46.68%		1,727		49.91%		39		1.13%		79		2.28%		-112		-3.24%		3,460
	Dane		6,833		47.62%		6,445		44.92%		980		6.83%		88		0.61%		388		2.70%		14,348
	Dodge		6,820		70.23%		2,645		27.24%		199		2.05%		47		0.48%		4,175		42.99%		9,711
	Door		1,007		36.71%		1,596		58.18%		68		2.48%		72		2.62%		-589		-21.47%		2,743
	Douglas		2,340		40.02%		2,967		50.74%		206		3.52%		334		5.71%		-627		-10.72%		5,847
	Dunn		1,257		29.51%		2,169		50.93%		221		5.19%		612		14.37%		-912		-21.41%		4,259
	Eau Claire		2,383		41.90%		2,719		47.80%		400		7.03%		186		3.27%		-336		-5.91%		5,688
	Florence		195		29.50%		449		67.93%		12		1.82%		5		0.76%		-254		-38.43%		661
	Fond du Lac		5,254		54.03%		4,131		42.48%		239		2.46%		101		1.04%		1,123		11.55%		9,725
	Forest		228		48.41%		223		47.35%		14		2.97%		6		1.27%		5		1.06%		471
	Grant		3,685		43.89%		4,217		50.23%		418		4.98%		76		0.91%		-532		-6.34%		8,396
	Green		2,052		40.57%		2,329		46.05%		350		6.92%		327		6.47%		-277		-5.48%		5,058
	Green Lake		1,810		53.92%		1,430		42.60%		97		2.89%		20		0.60%		380		11.32%		3,357
	Iowa		2,336		46.76%		2,275		45.54%		356		7.13%		29		0.58%		61		1.22%		4,996
	Jackson		1,160		33.36%		2,078		59.76%		209		6.01%		30		0.86%		-918		-26.40%		3,477
	Jefferson		4,661		61.53%		2,679		35.37%		211		2.79%		24		0.32%		1,982		26.17%		7,575
	Juneau		1,978		47.91%		1,945		47.11%		144		3.49%		62		1.50%		33		0.80%		4,129
	Kenosha		1,928		51.28%		1,628		43.30%		69		1.84%		16		0.43%		300		7.98%		3,760
	Kewaunee		2,046		78.81%		518		19.95%		7		0.27%		24		0.92%		1,528		58.86%		2,596
	La Crosse		3,810		44.24%		3,693		42.88%		358		4.16%		752		8.73%		117		1.36%		8,613
	Lafayette		2,286		46.25%		2,366		47.87%		209		4.23%		82		1.66%		-80		-1.62%		4,943
	Langlade		1,289		58.62%		845		38.43%		48		2.18%		17		0.77%		444		20.19%		2,199
	Lincoln		1,443		49.45%		997		34.17%		80		2.74%		398		13.64%		446		15.28%		2,918
	Manitowoc		4,349		64.79%		2,276		33.91%		29		0.43%		58		0.86%		2,073		30.88%		6,712
	Marathon		3,791		63.94%		1,959		33.04%		71		1.20%		108		1.82%		1,832		30.90%		5,929
	Marinette		1,994		46.52%		1,837		42.86%		192		4.48%		263		6.14%		157		3.66%		4,286
	Marquette		1,198		56.14%		877		41.10%		52		2.44%		7		0.33%		321		15.04%		2,134
	Milwaukee		24,606		48.49%		24,343		47.97%		507		1.00%		1,286		2.53%		263		0.52%		50,742
	Monroe		2,458		45.80%		2,530		47.14%		273		5.09%		106		1.98%		-72		-1.34%		5,367
	Oconto		1,499		50.92%		1,275		43.31%		42		1.43%		128		4.35%		224		7.61%		2,944
	Oneida		1,317		51.81%		1,149		45.20%		30		1.18%		46		1.81%		168		6.61%		2,542
	Outagamie		4,545		59.72%		2,733		35.91%		224		2.94%		109		1.43%		1,812		23.81%		7,611
	Ozaukee		2,094		74.71%		652		23.26%		8		0.29%		49		1.75%		1,442		51.44%		2,803
	Pepin		539		36.01%		865		57.78%		83		5.54%		10		0.67%		-326		-21.78%		1,497
	Pierce		1,210		30.14%		2,315		57.66%		300		7.47%		190		4.73%		-1,105		-27.52%		4,015
	Polk		585		23.90%		1,477		60.33%		175		7.15%		211		8.62%		-892		-36.44%		2,448
	Portage		2,570		50.21%		2,291		44.75%		214		4.18%		44		0.86%		279		5.45%		5,119
	Price		876		41.87%		1,099		52.53%		84		4.02%		33		1.58%		-223		-10.66%		2,092
	Racine		3,750		43.79%		3,956		46.19%		352		4.11%		506		5.91%		-206		-2.41%		8,564
	Richland		1,670		38.05%		2,194		49.99%		231		5.26%		294		6.70%		-524		-11.94%		4,389
	Rock		4,231		38.62%		6,052		55.24%		552		5.04%		121		1.10%		-1,821		-16.62%		10,956
	Sauk		3,139		45.74%		3,277		47.76%		396		5.77%		50		0.73%		-138		-2.01%		6,862
	Sawyer		328		41.84%		413		52.68%		37		4.72%		6		0.77%		-85		-10.84%		784
	Shawano		2,040		55.37%		1,322		35.88%		49		1.33%		273		7.41%		718		19.49%		3,684
	Sheboygan		5,126		56.74%		3,638		40.27%		98		1.08%		172		1.90%		1,488		16.47%		9,034
	St. Croix		2,220		42.33%		2,467		47.04%		373		7.11%		184		3.51%		-247		-4.71%		5,244
	Taylor		904		53.21%		734		43.20%		29		1.71%		32		1.88%		170		10.01%		1,699
	Trempealeau		1,521		38.49%		2,116		53.54%		277		7.01%		38		0.96%		-595		-15.06%		3,952
	Vernon		1,440		27.79%		3,106		59.95%		253		4.88%		382		7.37%		-1,666		-32.16%		5,181
	Walworth		2,153		32.55%		3,871		58.52%		512		7.74%		79		1.19%		-1,718		-25.97%		6,615
	Washburn		305		36.14%		488		57.82%		35		4.15%		16		1.90%		-183		-21.68%		844
	Washington		2,624		60.25%		1,700		39.04%		23		0.53%		8		0.18%		924		21.22%		4,355
	Waukesha		3,635		47.97%		3,600		47.51%		248		3.27%		89		1.17%		35		0.46%		7,578
	Waupaca		2,186		36.83%		3,397		57.23%		306		5.15%		47		0.79%		-1,211		-20.40%		5,936
	Waushara		787		25.76%		2,091		68.45%		141		4.62%		36		1.18%		-1,304		-42.68%		3,055
	Winnebago		5,893		49.60%		5,354		45.06%		351		2.95%		283		2.38%		539		4.54%		11,881
	Wood		2,220		54.29%		1,779		43.51%		54		1.32%		36		0.88%		441		10.79%		4,089
Total	177,335	47.75%	170,846	46.01%	13,132	3.54%	9,909	2.67%	6,489	1.75%	371,351

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Ashland
• Chippewa
• Dane
• Forest
• Green Lake
• Iowa
• Juneau
• Kenosha
• La Crosse
• Lincoln
• Marinette
• Marquette
• Milwaukee
• Oconto
• Portage
• Shawano
• Taylor
• Waukesha
• Winnebago

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1892 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin. August 18, 2016.
2. Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the votes given for electors of President and Vice President of the United States at the general election held in the several towns, wards, villages, and election districts in the several counties of the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday being the 8th day of November A.D. 1892