1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota County Results
Harrison
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Weaver
40-50%
50-60%
The 1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election . Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president . South Dakota participated in its first ever presidential election, having been admitted as the 40th state on November 2, 1889.
The state was won by the Republican ticket of incumbent President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Whitelaw Reid of New York , by a margin of 11.84%. He defeated independent James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate James G. Field of Virginia (both of whom ran under the Populist banner nationally), and the Democratic ticket of former (and future) President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson of Illinois .
County[ 2] Benjamin Harrison Republican Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic James Baird Weaver Independent Margin[ a] Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Aurora 461 46.95% 207 21.08% 314 31.98% 147 14.97% 982 Beadle 984 52.85% 206 11.06% 672 36.09% 312 16.76% 1,862 Bon Homme 879 49.52% 260 14.65% 636 35.83% 243 13.69% 1,775 Brookings 1,082 51.57% 189 9.01% 827 39.42% 255 12.15% 2,098 Brown 1,446 45.33% 279 8.75% 1,465 45.92% -19 -0.60% 3,190 Brule 538 44.03% 200 16.37% 484 39.61% 54 4.42% 1,222 Buffalo 78 50.65% 13 8.44% 63 40.91% 15 9.74% 154 Butte 154 40.10% 28 7.29% 202 52.60% -48 -12.50% 384 Campbell 390 58.12% 77 11.48% 204 30.40% 186 27.72% 671 Charles Mix 516 57.40% 115 12.79% 268 29.81% 248 27.59% 899 Clark 731 47.19% 197 12.72% 621 40.09% 110 7.10% 1,549 Clay 918 53.65% 164 9.59% 629 36.76% 289 16.89% 1,711 Codington 882 52.16% 408 24.13% 401 23.71% 474[ b] 28.03% 1,691 Custer 503 49.27% 166 16.26% 352 34.48% 151 14.79% 1,021 Davison 569 42.81% 120 9.03% 640 48.16% -71 -5.34% 1,329 Day 752 38.92% 362 18.74% 818 42.34% -66 -3.42% 1,932 Deuel 441 43.79% 126 12.51% 440 43.69% 1 0.10% 1,007 Douglas 541 50.85% 109 10.24% 414 38.91% 127 11.94% 1,064 Edmunds 386 44.22% 156 17.87% 331 37.92% 55 6.30% 873 Fall River 569 53.73% 262 24.74% 228 21.53% 307[ b] 28.99% 1,059 Faulk 473 63.75% 107 14.42% 162 21.83% 311 41.91% 742 Grant 605 40.74% 188 12.66% 692 46.60% -87 -5.86% 1,485 Hamlin 537 50.80% 161 15.23% 359 33.96% 178 16.84% 1,057 Hand 526 44.46% 70 5.92% 587 49.62% -61 -5.16% 1,183 Hanson 378 36.21% 196 18.77% 470 45.02% -92 -8.81% 1,044 Hughes 459 62.88% 102 13.97% 169 23.15% 290 39.73% 730 Hutchinson 1,034 64.42% 254 15.83% 317 19.75% 717 44.67% 1,605 Hyde 184 56.44% 51 15.64% 91 27.91% 93 28.53% 326 Jerauld 327 47.05% 45 6.47% 323 46.47% 4 0.58% 695 Kingsbury 951 46.28% 175 8.52% 929 45.21% 22 1.07% 2,055 Lake 742 43.47% 196 11.48% 769 45.05% -27 -1.58% 1,707 Lawrence 2,140 51.18% 546 13.06% 1,495 35.76% 645 15.43% 4,181 Lincoln 1,130 55.53% 206 10.12% 699 34.35% 431 21.18% 2,035 Marshall 477 43.96% 114 10.51% 494 45.53% -17 -1.57% 1,085 McCook 573 37.35% 262 17.08% 699 45.57% -126 -8.21% 1,534 McPherson 487 50.52% 221 22.93% 256 26.56% 231 23.96% 964 Meade 427 36.56% 128 10.96% 613 52.48% -186 -15.92% 1,168 Miner 486 38.57% 290 23.02% 484 38.41% 2 0.16% 1,260 Minnehaha 2,208 52.31% 484 11.47% 1,529 36.22% 679 16.09% 4,221 Moody 735 53.30% 96 6.96% 548 39.74% 187 13.56% 1,379 Pennington 959 50.66% 147 7.77% 787 41.57% 172 9.09% 1,893 Potter 320 51.12% 57 9.11% 249 39.78% 71 11.34% 626 Roberts 538 62.85% 68 7.94% 250 29.21% 288 33.64% 856 Sanborn 564 55.62% 95 9.37% 355 35.01% 209 20.61% 1,014 Spink 1,133 53.04% 171 8.01% 832 38.95% 301 14.09% 2,136 Stanley 76 49.03% 29 18.71% 50 32.26% 26 16.77% 155 Sully 278 57.44% 39 8.06% 167 34.50% 111 22.93% 484 Turner 1,108 56.68% 429 21.94% 418 21.38% 679[ b] 34.73% 1,955 Union 860 43.30% 241 12.13% 885 44.56% -25 -1.26% 1,986 Walworth 187 44.21% 45 10.64% 191 45.15% -4 -0.95% 423 Yankton 1,166 53.98% 228 10.56% 766 35.46% 400 18.52% 2,160 Totals 34,888 49.40% 9,085 12.87% 26,644 37.73% 8,244 11.67% 70,617
^ Because Weaver finished second behind Harrison and ahead of Cleveland in South Dakota as a whole, all margins given are Harrison vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margins Harrison percentage minus Weaver percentage unless otherwise stated for the county in question. ^ a b c In this county where Cleveland did finish second ahead of Weaver, margin given is Harrison vote minus Cleveland vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Cleveland percentage.