1892 United States presidential election in Mississippi

1892 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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Nominee Grover Cleveland James B. Weaver
Party Democratic Populist
Home state New York Iowa
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I James G. Field
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 40,030 10,118
Percentage 76.22% 19.27%

County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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

This election arguably marked the end of Reconstruction in Mississippi, with voter turnout plunging by over half following the introduction of poll taxes in the state two years prior.

Mississippi was won by the Democratic nominees, former President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. However, Weaver performed well in the South as he won counties in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. Weaver's win in Chickasaw County was the last time a Democrat lost any county in Mississippi in a statewide election until Herbert Hoover won the Pine Belt counties of Pearl River, Stone[a] and George[b] in 1928.[1]


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  1. ^ Menendez; Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 233-236 ISBN 0786422173