1892 United States presidential election in Wyoming explained

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The 1892 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Wyoming participated in its first ever presidential election, having become the 44th state on July 10, 1890. The state was won by President Benjamin Harrison (R–Indiana), the 28th United States Ambassador to France Whitelaw Reid, with 50.52 percent of the popular vote, against representative James B. Weaver (P–Iowa), running with the Attorney General of Virginia, James G. Field, with 46.14 percent of the popular vote.^[1] Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 4.38%.

Campaign

The Wyoming Democratic Party endorsed the Populist electors in exchange for the Populists supporting the Democratic state candidates.

Results

Party! Pledged to! Elector! Votes

	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	John H. Barron	8,454
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	John C. Dyer	8,339
	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	William Kilpatrick	8,300
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	William Hinton	7,722
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	William R. Richardson	7,600
	People's Party	James B. Weaver	Shakespeare F. Sealey	7,512
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	Oscar S. Jackson	530
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	Ella G. Becker	498
	Prohibition Party	John Bidwell	A. N. Page	456
	Write-in		Scattering	29
Votes cast				16,735

Results by county

County	Benjamin Harrison Republican		James B. Weaver Populist		John Bidwell Prohibition		Scattering Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Albany		1,100		49.48%		1,041		46.83%		82		3.69%		0		0.00%		59		2.65%		2,223
	Carbon		978		52.27%		853		45.59%		40		2.14%		0		0.00%		125		6.68%		1,871
	Converse		494		54.23%		360		39.52%		57		6.26%		0		0.00%		134		14.71%		911
	Crook		399		42.72%		516		55.25%		19		2.03%		0		0.00%		-117		-12.53%		934
	Fremont		648		54.45%		495		41.60%		24		2.02%		23		1.93%		153		12.86%		1,190
	Johnson		309		34.30%		561		62.26%		31		3.44%		0		0.00%		-252		-27.96%		901
	Laramie		1,890		57.48%		1,329		40.42%		63		1.92%		6		0.18%		561		17.06%		3,288
	Natrona		194		55.91%		148		42.65%		5		1.44%		0		0.00%		46		13.26%		347
	Sheridan		509		46.36%		517		47.09%		72		6.56%		0		0.00%		-8		-0.73%		1,098
	Sweetwater		674		47.03%		702		48.99%		57		3.98%		0		0.00%		-28		-1.96%		1,433
	Uinta		965		47.65%		993		49.04%		67		3.31%		0		0.00%		-28		-1.39%		2,025
	Weston		294		57.20%		207		40.27%		13		2.53%		0		0.00%		87		16.93%		514
Totals	8,454	50.52%	7,722	46.14%	530	3.17%	29	0.17%	732	4.37%	16,735

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wyoming

Works cited

• Book: Knoles, George . The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1892 . . 1971 . 040450969X.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1892 Presidential Election Results — Wyoming.