The 1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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 County Results
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North Carolina was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois.
Results
edit| 1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 132,951 | 47.44% | 11 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison (incumbent) | 100,346 | 35.80% | 0 | |
| People's | James Weaver | 44,336 | 15.82% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John Bidwell | 2,637 | 0.94% | 0 | |
| Totals | 280,270 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican |
James Baird Weaver[3] Populist |
John Bidwell[4] Prohibition |
Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Stanly | 64.76% | 1,053 | 19.86% | 323 | 13.59% | 221 | 1.78% | 29 | 44.90% | 730 |
| Anson | 65.37% | 1,261 | 20.53% | 396 | 14.10% | 272 | 0.00% | 0 | 44.84% | 865 |
| Johnston | 65.44% | 3,135 | 21.62% | 1,036 | 12.94% | 620 | 0.00% | 0 | 43.81% | 2,099 |
| Wilson | 54.60% | 2,100 | 12.92% | 497 | 32.48% | 1,249 | 0.00% | 0 | 22.13%[a] | 851 |
| Onslow | 58.25% | 1,137 | 19.42% | 379 | 22.34% | 436 | 0.00% | 0 | 35.91%[a] | 701 |
| Union | 56.19% | 1,798 | 17.88% | 572 | 25.81% | 826 | 0.13% | 4 | 30.38%[a] | 972 |
| Alleghany | 69.00% | 797 | 31.00% | 358 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 38.01% | 439 |
| Rowan | 57.42% | 2,303 | 21.84% | 876 | 19.80% | 794 | 0.95% | 38 | 35.58% | 1,427 |
| Halifax | 62.76% | 3,079 | 28.05% | 1,376 | 9.19% | 451 | 0.00% | 0 | 34.71% | 1,703 |
| Currituck | 61.69% | 834 | 29.73% | 402 | 8.43% | 114 | 0.15% | 2 | 31.95% | 432 |
| Cleveland | 51.34% | 1,788 | 20.73% | 722 | 27.56% | 960 | 0.37% | 13 | 23.77%[a] | 828 |
| Mecklenburg | 59.97% | 3,881 | 29.87% | 1,933 | 8.25% | 534 | 1.92% | 124 | 30.10% | 1,948 |
| Catawba | 50.59% | 1,711 | 20.85% | 705 | 26.40% | 893 | 2.16% | 73 | 24.19%[a] | 818 |
| Carteret | 59.48% | 1,211 | 30.11% | 613 | 10.41% | 212 | 0.00% | 0 | 29.37% | 598 |
| Robeson | 54.13% | 2,312 | 26.15% | 1,117 | 19.71% | 842 | 0.00% | 0 | 27.98% | 1,195 |
| Jones | 51.22% | 670 | 23.47% | 307 | 25.31% | 331 | 0.00% | 0 | 25.92%[a] | 339 |
| Caldwell | 55.34% | 1,172 | 28.99% | 614 | 13.83% | 293 | 1.84% | 39 | 26.35% | 558 |
| Hyde | 52.41% | 858 | 26.27% | 430 | 21.32% | 349 | 0.00% | 0 | 26.15% | 428 |
| Columbus | 52.37% | 1,592 | 26.74% | 813 | 20.89% | 635 | 0.00% | 0 | 25.63% | 779 |
| Cabarrus | 47.97% | 1,419 | 22.95% | 679 | 27.69% | 819 | 1.39% | 41 | 20.28%[a] | 600 |
| Greene | 55.18% | 1,006 | 30.83% | 562 | 13.99% | 255 | 0.00% | 0 | 24.36% | 444 |
| New Hanover | 61.02% | 2,408 | 38.01% | 1,500 | 0.96% | 38 | 0.00% | 0 | 23.01% | 908 |
| Jackson | 56.31% | 977 | 33.31% | 578 | 9.86% | 171 | 0.52% | 9 | 23.00% | 399 |
| Harnett | 48.63% | 1,222 | 25.87% | 650 | 25.27% | 635 | 0.24% | 6 | 22.76% | 572 |
| Edgecombe | 51.56% | 1,702 | 29.87% | 986 | 18.57% | 613 | 0.00% | 0 | 21.69% | 716 |
| Haywood | 58.30% | 1,525 | 36.66% | 959 | 1.91% | 50 | 3.13% | 82 | 21.64% | 566 |
| Wake | 43.07% | 3,724 | 22.98% | 1,987 | 32.60% | 2,819 | 1.34% | 116 | 10.47%[a] | 905 |
| Gates | 50.43% | 942 | 30.78% | 575 | 18.79% | 351 | 0.00% | 0 | 19.65% | 367 |
| Chatham | 35.61% | 1,567 | 16.52% | 727 | 46.24% | 2,035 | 1.64% | 72 | -10.63%[a] | -468 |
| Nash | 35.53% | 997 | 16.96% | 476 | 47.47% | 1,332 | 0.04% | 1 | -11.94%[a] | -335 |
| Franklin | 42.31% | 1,741 | 24.13% | 993 | 33.56% | 1,381 | 0.00% | 0 | 8.75%[a] | 360 |
| Macon | 51.40% | 862 | 33.51% | 562 | 14.07% | 236 | 1.01% | 17 | 17.89% | 300 |
| Pitt | 43.68% | 2,052 | 25.99% | 1,221 | 29.67% | 1,394 | 0.66% | 31 | 14.01%[a] | 658 |
| McDowell | 56.66% | 1,055 | 39.04% | 727 | 3.92% | 73 | 0.38% | 7 | 17.62% | 328 |
| Clay | 53.12% | 383 | 35.51% | 256 | 11.10% | 80 | 0.28% | 2 | 17.61% | 127 |
| Richmond | 51.75% | 1,700 | 34.16% | 1,122 | 14.00% | 460 | 0.09% | 3 | 17.60% | 578 |
| Lincoln | 47.59% | 976 | 30.08% | 617 | 21.65% | 444 | 0.68% | 14 | 17.50% | 359 |
| Cumberland | 44.39% | 2,178 | 27.17% | 1,333 | 27.78% | 1,363 | 0.65% | 32 | 16.61%[a] | 815 |
| Iredell | 50.78% | 2,282 | 33.91% | 1,524 | 13.66% | 614 | 1.65% | 74 | 16.87% | 758 |
| Brunswick | 40.03% | 755 | 23.65% | 446 | 36.32% | 685 | 0.00% | 0 | 3.71%[a] | 70 |
| Yancey | 53.86% | 927 | 37.83% | 651 | 8.31% | 143 | 0.00% | 0 | 16.04% | 276 |
| Lenoir | 49.57% | 1,388 | 34.18% | 957 | 16.00% | 448 | 0.25% | 7 | 15.39% | 431 |
| Duplin | 44.29% | 1,455 | 30.02% | 986 | 25.54% | 839 | 0.15% | 5 | 14.28% | 469 |
| Gaston | 50.39% | 1,616 | 36.58% | 1,173 | 11.85% | 380 | 1.18% | 38 | 13.81% | 443 |
| Wayne | 47.15% | 2,261 | 34.31% | 1,645 | 17.85% | 856 | 0.69% | 33 | 12.85% | 616 |
| Martin | 51.40% | 1,454 | 38.56% | 1,091 | 9.93% | 281 | 0.11% | 3 | 12.83% | 363 |
| Graham | 56.41% | 339 | 43.59% | 262 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 12.81% | 77 |
| Swain | 46.04% | 558 | 33.25% | 403 | 17.90% | 217 | 2.81% | 34 | 12.79% | 155 |
| Alexander | 41.44% | 591 | 29.45% | 420 | 27.07% | 386 | 2.03% | 29 | 11.99% | 171 |
| Burke | 51.12% | 1,410 | 39.81% | 1,098 | 8.41% | 232 | 0.65% | 18 | 11.31% | 312 |
| Alamance | 49.01% | 1,691 | 37.71% | 1,301 | 9.77% | 337 | 3.51% | 121 | 11.30% | 390 |
| Rutherford | 51.14% | 1,794 | 41.39% | 1,452 | 7.18% | 252 | 0.29% | 10 | 9.75% | 342 |
| Bertie | 48.74% | 1,610 | 39.63% | 1,309 | 11.63% | 384 | 0.00% | 0 | 9.11% | 301 |
| Montgomery | 48.70% | 1,011 | 40.41% | 839 | 10.21% | 212 | 0.67% | 14 | 8.29% | 172 |
| Forsyth | 49.59% | 2,880 | 42.13% | 2,447 | 8.08% | 469 | 0.21% | 12 | 7.46% | 433 |
| Beaufort | 52.37% | 1,865 | 45.27% | 1,612 | 0.00% | 0 | 2.36% | 84 | 7.10% | 253 |
| Buncombe | 50.73% | 3,588 | 44.18% | 3,125 | 0.41% | 29 | 4.68% | 331 | 6.55% | 463 |
| Durham | 42.35% | 1,490 | 35.93% | 1,264 | 18.96% | 667 | 2.76% | 97 | 6.42% | 226 |
| Orange | 39.47% | 1,117 | 33.07% | 936 | 27.21% | 770 | 0.25% | 7 | 6.40% | 181 |
| Surry | 52.04% | 1,974 | 45.87% | 1,740 | 1.66% | 63 | 0.42% | 16 | 6.17% | 234 |
| Moore | 43.17% | 1,674 | 37.65% | 1,460 | 18.72% | 726 | 0.46% | 18 | 5.52% | 214 |
| Watauga | 49.89% | 940 | 44.53% | 839 | 5.25% | 99 | 0.32% | 6 | 5.36% | 101 |
| Guilford | 46.38% | 2,773 | 42.35% | 2,532 | 6.94% | 415 | 4.33% | 259 | 4.03% | 241 |
| Randolph | 43.12% | 2,077 | 39.09% | 1,883 | 11.46% | 552 | 6.33% | 305 | 4.03% | 194 |
| Pamlico | 38.30% | 509 | 35.44% | 471 | 26.11% | 347 | 0.15% | 2 | 2.86% | 38 |
| Davidson | 45.10% | 1,928 | 42.97% | 1,837 | 9.99% | 427 | 1.94% | 83 | 2.13% | 91 |
| Northampton | 43.02% | 1,365 | 41.16% | 1,306 | 14.40% | 457 | 1.42% | 45 | 1.86% | 59 |
| Transylvania | 49.57% | 513 | 48.50% | 502 | 1.93% | 20 | 0.00% | 0 | 1.06% | 11 |
| Bladen | 44.59% | 1,228 | 43.75% | 1,205 | 11.66% | 321 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.84% | 23 |
| Cherokee | 47.72% | 692 | 47.72% | 692 | 3.59% | 52 | 0.97% | 14 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Sampson | 30.43% | 1,299 | 31.04% | 1,325 | 37.92% | 1,619 | 0.61% | 26 | -6.89%[b] | -294 |
| Camden | 44.03% | 483 | 45.94% | 504 | 9.94% | 109 | 0.09% | 1 | -1.91% | -21 |
| Dare | 48.48% | 335 | 51.52% | 356 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | -3.04% | -21 |
| Ashe | 46.15% | 1,366 | 49.32% | 1,460 | 4.53% | 134 | 0.00% | 0 | -3.18% | -94 |
| Wilkes | 46.46% | 1,770 | 49.74% | 1,895 | 3.33% | 127 | 0.47% | 18 | -3.28% | -125 |
| Rockingham | 38.72% | 1,784 | 42.57% | 1,961 | 18.52% | 853 | 0.20% | 9 | -3.84% | -177 |
| Pender | 44.29% | 872 | 48.76% | 960 | 6.96% | 137 | 0.00% | 0 | -4.47% | -88 |
| Person | 42.02% | 1,261 | 46.65% | 1,400 | 11.16% | 335 | 0.17% | 5 | -4.63% | -139 |
| Polk | 47.45% | 511 | 52.55% | 566 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | -5.11% | -55 |
| Granville | 39.76% | 1,403 | 46.19% | 1,630 | 13.88% | 490 | 0.17% | 6 | -6.43% | -227 |
| Tyrrell | 30.83% | 242 | 37.58% | 295 | 31.59% | 248 | 0.00% | 0 | 5.99%[b] | 47 |
| Yadkin | 42.16% | 1,046 | 49.13% | 1,219 | 6.65% | 165 | 2.06% | 51 | -6.97% | -173 |
| Hertford | 41.86% | 710 | 49.71% | 843 | 8.20% | 139 | 0.24% | 4 | -7.84% | -133 |
| Craven | 39.98% | 1,305 | 50.49% | 1,648 | 9.47% | 309 | 0.06% | 2 | -10.51% | -343 |
| Washington | 35.25% | 533 | 45.77% | 692 | 18.72% | 283 | 0.26% | 4 | -10.52% | -159 |
| Chowan | 41.38% | 679 | 53.75% | 882 | 4.88% | 80 | 0.00% | 0 | -12.37% | -203 |
| Stokes | 39.93% | 1,217 | 52.82% | 1,610 | 7.05% | 215 | 0.20% | 6 | -12.89% | -393 |
| Vance | 29.65% | 908 | 43.76% | 1,340 | 26.16% | 801 | 0.42% | 13 | -14.11% | -432 |
| Davie | 35.31% | 725 | 51.49% | 1,057 | 12.32% | 253 | 0.88% | 18 | -16.17% | -332 |
| Henderson | 39.07% | 835 | 56.01% | 1,197 | 3.84% | 82 | 1.08% | 23 | -16.94% | -362 |
| Pasquotank | 35.44% | 801 | 54.16% | 1,224 | 9.91% | 224 | 0.49% | 11 | -18.72% | -423 |
| Madison | 37.78% | 1,118 | 58.06% | 1,718 | 3.99% | 118 | 0.17% | 5 | -20.28% | -600 |
| Caswell | 31.57% | 913 | 52.63% | 1,522 | 15.66% | 453 | 0.14% | 4 | -21.06% | -609 |
| Perquimans | 30.53% | 490 | 51.96% | 834 | 17.45% | 280 | 0.06% | 1 | -21.43% | -344 |
| Warren | 23.99% | 737 | 47.98% | 1,474 | 28.03% | 861 | 0.00% | 0 | 19.95%[b] | 613 |
| Mitchell | 34.49% | 724 | 63.22% | 1,327 | 1.81% | 38 | 0.48% | 10 | -28.73% | -603 |
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n In this county where Harrison ran third behind Cleveland and Weaver, percentage margin given is Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage and vote margin Cleveland vote total minus Weaver vote total.
- ^ a b c In this county where Cleveland ran third behind both Harrison and Weaver, percentage margin given is Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage and vote margin Harrison vote total minus Weaver vote total.
References
edit- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina
- ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)