1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina

1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Adlai Stevenson Whitelaw Reid
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 54,680 13,345
Percentage 77.56% 18.93%

County Results

President before election

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Carolina voted for the Democratic nominee, former President Grover Cleveland, who was running for a second, non-consecutive term, over Republican nominee, incumbent President Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a landslide margin of 58.63%.

The three counties that voted Republican were all majority black.[1]

  1. ^ Knoles 1971, p. 241.