1892 Presidential Election

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Results of the presidential election of 1892, won by Grover Cleveland with 277 electoral votes.

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Election History

Historical context for the 1892 election. Before the election: Democrats controlled the House and Republicans controlled the Senate.

July 6, 1892

Homestead Strike Confrontation

The deadly clash between steelworkers and private guards crystallized disputes over industrial power, collective bargaining, and working conditions.

December 29, 1890

Wounded Knee Massacre

U.S. soldiers killed Lakota people, including women and children, in a defining tragedy of the conquest of the Plains.

July 2, 1890

Sherman Antitrust Act

Congress prohibited certain restraints of trade and monopolization, establishing a lasting federal tool for regulating concentrated economic power.

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Cleveland’s Cabinet

Officials who served during the 1893–1897 elected term, including brief holdovers from the preceding administration. Years show full tenure in office, including service outside the term; acting service is identified where included. Edwin F. Uhl acted on either side of Alvey A. Adee’s brief acting service in 1895. Commerce and Labor had not yet been established.

President: Grover Cleveland (1893–1897)

Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson (1893–1897)

Secretary of State: William F. Wharton (acting) (1893–1893), Walter Q. Gresham (1893–1895), Edwin F. Uhl (acting) (1895–1895), Alvey A. Adee (acting) (1895–1895), Richard Olney (1895–1897)

Secretary of the Treasury: Charles Foster (1891–1893), John G. Carlisle (1893–1897)

Secretary of War: Stephen B. Elkins (1891–1893), Daniel S. Lamont (1893–1897)

Attorney General: William H. H. Miller (1889–1893), Richard Olney (1893–1895), Judson Harmon (1895–1897)

Postmaster General: John Wanamaker (1889–1893), Wilson S. Bissell (1893–1895), William L. Wilson (1895–1897)

Secretary of the Navy: Benjamin F. Tracy (1889–1893), Hilary A. Herbert (1893–1897)

Secretary of the Interior: John W. Noble (1889–1893), Hoke Smith (1893–1896), John M. Reynolds (acting) (1896–1896), David R. Francis (1896–1897)

Secretary of Agriculture: Jeremiah M. Rusk (1889–1893), Julius Sterling Morton (1893–1897)

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Electoral Votes

Other color: People’s Party (Populists) (James B. Weaver). Left-leaning alignment. Combined Other totals include all remaining candidates.

223 to win
5,554,617 popular votes (46.0%)
Running Mate: Adlai Stevenson I
5,186,793 popular votes (43.0%)
Running Mate: Whitelaw Reid

Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming become states during this election cycle.

Presedential Election

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State Electoral Votes

Alabama

11

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

8

California

8

Colorado

4

Connecticut

6

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

4

Georgia

13

Hawaii

Idaho

3

Illinois

24

Indiana

15

Iowa

13

Kansas

10

Kentucky

13

Louisiana

8

Maine

6

Maryland

8

Massachusetts

15

Michigan

9

Minnesota

9

Mississippi

9

Missouri

17

Montana

3

Nebraska

8

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

10

New Mexico

New York

36

North Carolina

11

North Dakota

Ohio

22

Oklahoma

Oregon

3

Pennsylvania

32

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

9

South Dakota

4

Tennessee

12

Texas

15

Utah

Vermont

4

Virginia

12

Washington

4

West Virginia

6

Wisconsin

12

Wyoming

3

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