1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

| country = Wisconsin

| flag_year = 1866

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1888 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

| previous_year = 1888

| next_election = 1896 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

| next_year = 1896

| votes_for_election =

| needed_votes =

| election_date = November 8, 1892

| turnout=

| image_size = x200px

| image1 = StephenGroverCleveland.jpg

| nominee1 = Grover Cleveland

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| home_state1 = New York

|running_mate1 = Adlai Stevenson I

| electoral_vote1 = 12

| states_carried1 =

| popular_vote1 = 177,335

| percentage1 = 47.75%

| image2 = Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg

| nominee2 = Benjamin Harrison

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

|home_state2 = Indiana

| running_mate2 = Whitelaw Reid

| electoral_vote2 = 0

| states_carried2 =

| popular_vote2 = 170,846

| percentage2 = 46.01%

| map_image = Wisconsin Presidential Election Results 1892.svg

| map_size = 315px

| map_caption = County Results

Cleveland

Harrison

| title = President

| before_election = Benjamin Harrison

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Grover Cleveland

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1892&fips=55&off=0&elect=0&f=0|title=1892 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin|access-date=August 18, 2016}} 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.{{efn|The other two are 1912 and 2020. All three elections saw a Democrat winning the state but a Republican carrying Adams County.}} 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

class="wikitable"
+ General Election ResultsWisconsin 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{{efn\|The 1893 Blue Book gives the totals as Cleveland 177,325; Harrison 171,101; Bidwell 13,136; Weaver 10,019; and no Scattering. Based on the Board of Canvassers report, these totals are simply incorrect; no elector on any ticket received those numbers of votes. Indeed, the Blue Book is an unreliable source for Wisconsin election data from about 1890 to 1920 and its figures frequently differ from the figures listed in the Board of Canvassers reports.}} ! colspan=2\|Party ! Pledged to ! Elector ! Votes
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| Gustav Wollaeger \| align="right" \|177,335
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| Robert J. MacBride \| align="right" \|177,314
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| Andrew Jensen \| align="right" \|177,307
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| Henry B. Schwin \| align="right" \|177,293
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| Ferdinand T. Yahr \| align="right" \|177,291
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| Michael Johnson \| align="right" \|177,283
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| John Montgomery Smith \| align="right" \|177,282
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| John Black \| align="right" \|177,281
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| James J. Hogan \| align="right" \|177,221
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| William F. Cirkel \| align="right" \|177,180
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| Lewis S. Bailey \| align="right" \|177,171
style="font-weight:bold" \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Democratic Party (United States)}}" \| \| Democratic Party \| Grover Cleveland \| John Wattawa \| align="right" \|177,053
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Ole Larson \| align="right" \|170,846
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| John Pritzlaff \| align="right" \|170,791
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| John F. Bruss \| align="right" \|170,786
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Frederick W. Coon \| align="right" \|170,765
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Samuel W. Reese \| align="right" \|170,745
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Eli Hawks \| align="right" \|170,741
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Robert L. D. Potter \| align="right" \|170,740
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Christian S. Otjen \| align="right" \|170,726
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Tosten I. Gilbert \| align="right" \|170,717
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Edward H. Winchester \| align="right" \|170,684
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| William H. Hatton \| align="right" \|170,677
bgcolor="{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican Party \| Benjamin Harrison \| Jerome F. Coe \| align="right" \|170,525
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| Sofas C. Miller \| align="right" \|13,132
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| James N. Crawford \| align="right" \|13,124
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| Warren C. Jones \| align="right" \|13,120
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| James S. Thompson \| align="right" \|13,118
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| William Drake \| align="right" \|13,117
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| John C. Plumb \| align="right" \|13,117
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| Thorvild K. Thorvildson \| align="right" \|13,116
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| Jacob O. Lindham \| align="right" \|13,113
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| W. W. Link \| align="right" \|13,113
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| John H. Peoberthy \| align="right" \|13,113
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| Norman H. Brokaw \| align="right" \|13,109
bgcolor="{{party color\|Prohibition Party}}" \| \| Prohibition Party \| John Bidwell \| Oliver H. Crowl \| align="right" \|13,104
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| Peter Haan \| align="right" \|9,909
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| Nathan E. Moody \| align="right" \|9,829
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| Nelson E. Allen \| align="right" \|9,825
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| William Schwartz \| align="right" \|9,818
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| Samuel Smith \| align="right" \|9,816
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| George C. Chaffee \| align="right" \|9,813
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| James W. Godfrey \| align="right" \|9,813
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| William Campbell \| align="right" \|9,810
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| Anson B. Severence \| align="right" \|9,803
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| George W. Jackson \| align="right" \|9,801
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| Ernest Pagel \| align="right" \|9,799
bgcolor="{{party color\|People's Party (United States)}}" \| \| People's Party \| James B. Weaver \| Llewellyn Sutliff \| align="right" \|9,791
bgcolor="{{party color\|Independent}}" \| \| Write-in \| \| Scattering \| align="right" \|2
bgcolor="{{party color\|Independent}}" \| \| \| \| Blank \| align="right" \|127
colspan="4" \|Votes cast{{efn\|Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket}} ! 371,351

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+ General Election ResultsWisconsin 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{{efn|The 1893 Blue Book gives the totals as Cleveland 177,325; Harrison 171,101; Bidwell 13,136; Weaver 10,019; and no Scattering. Based on the Board of Canvassers report, these totals are simply incorrect; no elector on any ticket received those numbers of votes. Indeed, the Blue Book is an unreliable source for Wisconsin election data from about 1890 to 1920 and its figures frequently differ from the figures listed in the Board of Canvassers reports.}}

! colspan=2|Party

! Pledged to

! Elector

! Votes

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| Gustav Wollaeger

| align="right" |177,335

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| Robert J. MacBride

| align="right" |177,314

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| Andrew Jensen

| align="right" |177,307

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| Henry B. Schwin

| align="right" |177,293

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| Ferdinand T. Yahr

| align="right" |177,291

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| Michael Johnson

| align="right" |177,283

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| John Montgomery Smith

| align="right" |177,282

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| John Black

| align="right" |177,281

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| James J. Hogan

| align="right" |177,221

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| William F. Cirkel

| align="right" |177,180

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| Lewis S. Bailey

| align="right" |177,171

style="font-weight:bold"

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| Democratic Party

| Grover Cleveland

| John Wattawa

| align="right" |177,053

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Ole Larson

| align="right" |170,846

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| John Pritzlaff

| align="right" |170,791

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| John F. Bruss

| align="right" |170,786

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Frederick W. Coon

| align="right" |170,765

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Samuel W. Reese

| align="right" |170,745

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Eli Hawks

| align="right" |170,741

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Robert L. D. Potter

| align="right" |170,740

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Christian S. Otjen

| align="right" |170,726

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Tosten I. Gilbert

| align="right" |170,717

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Edward H. Winchester

| align="right" |170,684

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| William H. Hatton

| align="right" |170,677

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican Party

| Benjamin Harrison

| Jerome F. Coe

| align="right" |170,525

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| Sofas C. Miller

| align="right" |13,132

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| James N. Crawford

| align="right" |13,124

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| Warren C. Jones

| align="right" |13,120

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| James S. Thompson

| align="right" |13,118

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| William Drake

| align="right" |13,117

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| John C. Plumb

| align="right" |13,117

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| Thorvild K. Thorvildson

| align="right" |13,116

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| Jacob O. Lindham

| align="right" |13,113

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| W. W. Link

| align="right" |13,113

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| John H. Peoberthy

| align="right" |13,113

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| Norman H. Brokaw

| align="right" |13,109

bgcolor="{{party color|Prohibition Party}}" |

| Prohibition Party

| John Bidwell

| Oliver H. Crowl

| align="right" |13,104