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1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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The 1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Arkansas voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison James B. Weaver
Party Democratic Republican Populist
Home state New York Indiana Iowa
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Whitelaw Reid James G. Field
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 87,834 47,072 11,831
Percentage 59.30% 31.78% 7.99%
County Results
President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. This election illustrated the political movement towards the one-party Jim Crow South – which would cover every county in Arkansas except Unionist Ozark Newton and Searcy.[1] Wealthy white landowners were extremely angry that via the Union Labor Party – which the state Republicans had endorsed in the 1888 and 1890 gubernatorial elections – poor blacks and poor whites might be uniting against them.[2] The Democratic Party thus introduced a poll tax that would weigh extremely heavily upon poor Union Labor supporters and also introduced the secret ballot which would make it more difficult for illiterate blacks and poor whites to cast a vote even if they could pay the poll tax.[3]

Populist Weaver thought he had “magnificent” chances in the impoverished South,[4] and campaigned heavily there.[4] but as it turned out the halving of the electorate meant he could gain very little support. Weaver was not helped by his controversial decision to take a woman – Mary Lease – on his campaigns, as the South thought any political involvement degraded womanhood.[5] Weaver did nonetheless win counties in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas.

Results

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1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 87,834 59.30% 8
Republican Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) 47,072 31.78% 0
People's James Weaver 11,831 7.99% 0
Write-ins Scattered 1,267 0.86% 0
Prohibition John Bidwell 113 0.08% 0
Totals 148,117 100.00% 8
Voter turnout —

Results by county

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1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas by county[7][8][9]
County Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		Benjamin Harrison
Republican 		James B. Weaver
People's 		John Bidwell
Prohibition 		Various candidates
Write-ins 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Arkansas 987 57.48% 638 37.16% 84 4.89% 8 0.47% 349 20.33% 1,717
Ashley 1,099 67.92% 478 29.54% 41 2.53% 0 0.00% 621 38.38% 1,618
Baxter 802 71.86% 269 24.10% 44 3.94% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% 533 47.76% 1,116
Benton 2,587 62.52% 1,212 29.29% 328 7.93% 11 0.27% 1,375 33.23% 4,138
Boone 1,472 76.23% 457 23.67% 0 0.00% 2 0.10% 1,015 52.56% 1,931
Bradley 824 81.83% 183 18.17% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 641 63.65% 1,007
Calhoun 654 75.26% 201 23.13% 14 1.61% 0 0.00% 453 52.13% 869
Carroll 1,252 51.71% 984 40.64% 178 7.35% 7 0.29% 268 11.07% 2,421
Chicot 361 33.40% 685 63.37% 16 1.48% 0 0.00% 19 1.76% -324 -29.97% 1,081
Clark 1,404 38.21% 775 21.09% 745 20.28% 15 0.41% 735 20.01% 629 17.12% 3,674
Clay 1,225 67.72% 480 26.53% 104 5.75% 0 0.00% 745 41.18% 1,809
Cleburne 606 55.04% 132 11.99% 345 31.34% 0 0.00% 18 1.63% 261[a] 23.71% 1,101
Cleveland 1,035 70.31% 353 23.98% 84 5.71% 0 0.00% 682 46.33% 1,472
Columbia 1,714 66.36% 475 18.39% 197 7.63% 0 0.00% 197 7.63% 1,239 47.97% 2,583
Conway 1,284 55.56% 731 31.63% 296 12.81% 0 0.00% 553 23.93% 2,311
Craighead 1,248 69.96% 372 20.85% 164 9.19% 0 0.00% 876 49.10% 1,784
Crawford 1,545 51.64% 1,099 36.73% 344 11.50% 4 0.13% 446 14.91% 2,992
Crittenden 353 32.53% 706 65.07% 26 2.40% 0 0.00% -353 -32.53% 1,085
Cross 677 57.23% 432 36.52% 74 6.26% 0 0.00% 245 20.71% 1,183
Dallas 867 60.04% 498 34.49% 71 4.92% 8 0.55% 369 25.55% 1,444
Desha 407 54.93% 298 40.22% 17 2.29% 0 0.00% 19 2.56% 109 14.71% 741
Drew 1,188 57.67% 707 34.32% 165 8.01% 0 0.00% 481 23.35% 2,060
Faulkner 1,499 49.64% 1,200 39.74% 321 10.63% 0 0.00% 299 9.90% 3,020
Franklin 1,799 71.73% 550 21.93% 154 6.14% 5 0.20% 1,249 49.80% 2,508
Fulton 873 64.76% 415 30.79% 60 4.45% 0 0.00% 458 33.98% 1,348
Garland 1,456 57.46% 940 37.10% 132 5.21% 6 0.24% 516 20.36% 2,534
Grant 695 76.12% 156 17.09% 62 6.79% 0 0.00% 539 59.04% 913
Greene 1,241 68.60% 321 17.74% 247 13.65% 0 0.00% 920 50.86% 1,809
Hempstead 1,757 58.10% 1,051 34.76% 176 5.82% 0 0.00% 40 1.32% 706 23.35% 3,024
Hot Spring 1,025 71.13% 277 19.22% 137 9.51% 2 0.14% 748 51.91% 1,441
Howard 1,072 62.91% 354 20.77% 278 16.31% 0 0.00% 718 42.14% 1,704
Independence 1,792 59.63% 868 28.89% 334 11.11% 11 0.37% 924 30.75% 3,005
Izard 1,204 73.82% 425 26.06% 0 0.00% 2 0.12% 779 47.76% 1,631
Jackson 1,600 66.89% 712 29.77% 80 3.34% 0 0.00% 888 37.12% 2,392
Jefferson 1,784 57.55% 1,092 35.23% 177 5.71% 0 0.00% 47 1.52% 692 22.32% 3,100
Johnson 1,479 65.85% 514 22.89% 250 11.13% 0 0.00% 3 0.13% 965 42.97% 2,246
Lafayette 438 54.41% 367 45.59% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 71 8.82% 805
Lawrence 1,220 68.23% 418 23.38% 150 8.39% 0 0.00% 802 44.85% 1,788
Lee 1,082 52.30% 926 44.76% 61 2.95% 0 0.00% 156 7.54% 2,069
Lincoln 730 38.67% 1,033 54.71% 125 6.62% 0 0.00% -303 -16.05% 1,888
Little River 627 50.28% 411 32.96% 209 16.76% 0 0.00% 216 17.32% 1,247
Logan 1,575 57.73% 1,039 38.09% 113 4.14% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 536 19.65% 2,728
Lonoke 1,617 61.62% 699 26.64% 308 11.74% 0 0.00% 918 34.98% 2,624
Madison 1,374 52.22% 1,154 43.86% 99 3.76% 4 0.15% 220 8.36% 2,631
Marion 965 75.04% 263 20.45% 58 4.51% 0 0.00% 702 54.59% 1,286
Miller 1,064 57.95% 647 35.24% 121 6.59% 3 0.16% 1 0.05% 417 22.71% 1,836
Mississippi 777 59.68% 525 40.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 252 19.35% 1,302
Monroe 796 56.37% 616 43.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 180 12.75% 1,412
Montgomery 612 67.70% 155 17.15% 137 15.15% 0 0.00% 457 50.55% 904
Nevada 1,132 43.77% 645 24.94% 809 31.28% 0 0.00% 323[a] 12.49% 2,586
Newton 458 46.59% 525 53.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -67 -6.82% 983
Ouachita 1,305 60.81% 630 29.36% 119 5.55% 0 0.00% 92 4.29% 675 31.45% 2,146
Perry 480 55.30% 302 34.79% 86 9.91% 0 0.00% 178 20.51% 868
Phillips 1,481 50.77% 1,331 45.63% 103 3.53% 2 0.07% 150 5.14% 2,917
Pike 656 53.51% 231 18.84% 338 27.57% 0 0.00% 1 0.08% 318[a] 25.94% 1,226
Poinsett 493 81.09% 100 16.45% 13 2.14% 0 0.00% 2 0.33% 393 64.64% 608
Polk 455 43.71% 394 37.85% 192 18.44% 0 0.00% 61 5.86% 1,041
Pope 1,840 67.03% 679 24.74% 226 8.23% 0 0.00% 1,161 42.30% 2,745
Prairie 960 58.68% 604 36.92% 72 4.40% 0 0.00% 356 21.76% 1,636
Pulaski 3,392 53.18% 2,492 39.07% 489 7.67% 5 0.08% 900 14.11% 6,378
Randolph 1,542 84.73% 229 12.58% 49 2.69% 0 0.00% 1,313 72.14% 1,820
Saline 1,161 74.23% 326 20.84% 75 4.80% 2 0.13% 835 53.39% 1,564
Scott 967 61.87% 398 25.46% 198 12.67% 0 0.00% 569 36.40% 1,563
Searcy 513 43.40% 625 52.88% 44 3.72% 0 0.00% -112 -9.48% 1,182
Sebastian 2,692 59.97% 1,558 34.71% 239 5.32% 0 0.00% 1,134 25.26% 4,489
Sevier 757 62.20% 186 15.28% 274 22.51% 0 0.00% 483[a] 39.69% 1,217
Sharp 1,068 72.16% 308 20.81% 104 7.03% 0 0.00% 760 51.35% 1,480
St. Francis 697 35.18% 1,175 59.31% 109 5.50% 0 0.00% -478 -24.13% 1,981
Stone 449 74.96% 150 25.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 299 49.92% 599
Union 1,431 84.47% 106 6.26% 157 9.27% 0 0.00% 1,274[a] 75.21% 1,694
Van Buren 673 61.63% 419 38.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 254 23.26% 1,092
Washington 2,457 53.27% 1,871 40.57% 268 5.81% 16 0.35% 586 12.71% 4,612
White 1,863 54.16% 979 28.46% 516 15.00% 0 0.00% 82 2.38% 884 25.70% 3,440
Woodruff 1,407 60.67% 827 35.66% 85 3.67% 0 0.00% 580 25.01% 2,319
Yell 1,761 70.16% 600 23.90% 140 5.58% 0 0.00% 9 0.36% 1,161 46.25% 2,510
Totals 87,834 59.34% 46,983 31.74% 11,831 7.99% 113 0.08% 1,267 0.86% 40,851 27.60% 148,028

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e In this county where Harrison ran third behind Cleveland and Weaver, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage.

References

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  1. ^ See Urwin, Cathy Kunzinger (January 1991). Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71. University of Arkansas Press. p. 32. ISBN 1557282005.
  2. ^ Whayne, Jeannie M.; DeBlack, Thomas A.; Sabo, George (July 2014). Arkansas: A Narrative History. University of Arkansas Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-1610750431.
  3. ^ Perman, Michael (April 3, 2003). Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 65. ISBN 0807860255.
  4. ^ a b Richardson, Darcy G. (April 2007). Others: Third Parties During the Populist Period. iUniverse. p. 138. ISBN 978-0595443048.
  5. ^ Kauffman, Gina (January 24, 2012). More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Kansas Women. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 36. ISBN 978-0762776337.
  6. ^ "1892 Presidential General Election Results — Arkansas". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  7. ^ "Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  8. ^ "Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (1892)". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  9. ^ "Popular Vote for John Bidwell". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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