Election in Washington
1892 United States presidential election in Washington (state) County Results
Harrison
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Cleveland
40-50%
The 1892 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election . Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Washington participated in its first ever presidential election, having become the 42nd state on November 11, 1889. The state voted for the Republican incumbent president , Benjamin Harrison , over the Democratic candidate and former president, Grover Cleveland by a margin of 6,658 votes, or a 7.57% margin.
Results [ edit ] Results by county [ edit ] County Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic[2]
James Baird Weaver[3] People's John Bidwell[4] Prohibition Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Adams 244 42.81% 139 24.39% 181 31.75% 6 1.05% 570 Asotin 194 52.57% 143 38.75% 16 4.34% 16 4.34% 369 Chehalis 990 42.02% 798 33.87% 525 22.28% 43 1.83% 2,356 Clallam 518 38.20% 448 33.04% 383 28.24% 7 0.52% 1,356 Clark 1,089 41.95% 966 37.21% 449 17.30% 92 3.54% 2,596 Columbia 615 39.30% 672 42.94% 185 11.82% 93 5.94% 1,565 Cowlitz 738 41.69% 566 31.98% 430 24.29% 36 2.03% 1,770 Douglas 345 37.70% 253 27.65% 298 32.57% 19 2.08% 915 Franklin 28 23.53% 54 45.38% 34 28.57% 3 2.52% 119 Garfield 351 36.26% 288 29.75% 284 29.34% 45 4.65% 968 Island 162 40.81% 127 31.99% 93 23.43% 15 3.78% 397 Jefferson 622 44.33% 665 47.40% 98 6.99% 18 1.28% 1,403 King 6,520 44.17% 4,974 33.69% 2,801 18.97% 467 3.16% 14,762 Kitsap 438 34.60% 370 29.23% 400 31.60% 58 4.58% 1,266 Kittitas 855 37.83% 800 35.40% 573 25.35% 32 1.42% 2,260 Klickitat 616 47.02% 279 21.30% 367 28.02% 48 3.66% 1,310 Lewis 1,350 41.49% 1,014 31.16% 718 22.07% 172 5.29% 3,254 Lincoln 915 39.19% 831 35.59% 523 22.40% 66 2.83% 2,335 Mason 352 42.00% 356 42.48% 124 14.80% 6 0.72% 838 Okanogan 577 50.04% 425 36.86% 146 12.66% 5 0.43% 1,153 Pacific 759 52.60% 559 38.74% 86 5.96% 39 2.70% 1,443 Pierce 3,954 37.07% 3,621 33.95% 2,793 26.19% 297 2.78% 10,665 San Juan 348 54.89% 226 35.65% 45 7.10% 15 2.37% 634 Skagit 1,246 42.92% 923 31.79% 665 22.91% 69 2.38% 2,903 Skamania 91 39.74% 99 43.23% 34 14.85% 5 2.18% 229 Snohomish 1,488 34.93% 1,390 32.63% 1,302 30.56% 80 1.88% 4,260 Spokane 3,367 45.45% 2,247 30.33% 1,616 21.81% 178 2.40% 7,408 Stevens 622 37.31% 501 30.05% 529 31.73% 15 0.90% 1,667 Thurston 1,043 41.70% 810 32.39% 541 21.63% 107 4.28% 2,501 Wahkiakum 239 46.23% 225 43.52% 49 9.48% 4 0.77% 517 Walla Walla 1,362 47.14% 1,313 45.45% 88 3.05% 126 4.36% 2,889 Whatcom 1,709 41.50% 1,161 28.19% 1,080 26.23% 168 4.08% 4,118 Whitman 2,131 37.39% 2,061 36.16% 1,329 23.32% 178 3.12% 5,699 Yakima 625 41.47% 498 33.05% 370 24.55% 14 0.93% 1,507 Totals 36,503 41.48% 29,802 33.87% 19,155 21.77% 2,542 2.89% 88,002
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