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 nine 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 58.60%.

The three counties that voted Republican were all majority black.[1] This was the last election before the disfranchising 1895 state constitutional convention.

Results

General Election Results[2]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland C. C. Tracy 54,698
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Isaac H. McCalla 54,698
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland T. S. Williams 54,698
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Lewis P. Walker 54,698
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland J. Steele Brice 54,698
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Lawrence W. Nettles 54,698
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Joseph H. Hart 54,698
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland J. William Stokes 54,692
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Ernest Gary 54,680
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Bruce H. Williams 13,384
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison James Powell 13,384
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Joseph W. Morris 13,384
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Lawson D. Melton 13,384
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison William E. Boykin 13,384
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Matthew M. Monzon 13,384
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Joseph W. Collins 13,384
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison John R. Talbert 13,345
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison William D. Crum 13,335
People's Party James B. Weaver William H. Duncan 2,410
People's Party James B. Weaver White A. Hamilton 2,410
People's Party James B. Weaver Robert B. Ligon 2,410
People's Party James B. Weaver William W. McElwee 2,410
People's Party James B. Weaver Julius J. Lane 2,410
People's Party James B. Weaver Burkett H. Taylor 2,410
People's Party James B. Weaver Joseph L. Keitt 2,407
People's Party James B. Weaver J. Waddell Bowden 2,407
People's Party James B. Weaver Philip R. Rawl 2,407
Votes cast[a] 70,492


Results by county

County Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic		 Benjamin Harrison
Republican		 James Baird Weaver
People's		 Margin Total votes cast [2]
# % # % # % # %
Abbeville 2,359 94.44% 138 5.52% 1 0.04% 2,221 88.91% 2,498
Aiken 1,802 79.45% 396 17.46% 70 3.09% 1,406 61.99% 2,268
Anderson 2,248 86.96% 193 7.47% 144 5.57% 2,055 79.50% 2,585
Barnwell 2,137 78.39% 549 20.14% 40 1.47% 1,588 58.25% 2,726
Beaufort 175 39.50% 268 60.50% 0 0.00% -93 -20.99% 443
Berkeley 1,037 46.32% 1,171 52.30% 31 1.38% -134 -5.98% 2,239
Charleston 1,564 78.40% 430 21.55% 1 0.05% 1,134 56.84% 1,995
Chester 1,508 79.45% 383 20.18% 7 0.37% 1,125 59.27% 1,898
Chesterfield 1,494 78.63% 382 20.11% 24 1.26% 1,112 58.53% 1,900
Clarendon 2,192 85.76% 364 14.24% 0 0.00% 1,828 71.52% 2,556
Colleton 1,312 73.54% 472 26.46% 0 0.00% 840 47.09% 1,784
Darlington 1,810 93.49% 102 5.27% 24 1.24% 1,708 88.22% 1,936
Edgefield 2,679 95.51% 26 0.93% 100 3.57% 2,579[b] 91.94% 2,805
Fairfield 1,041 80.76% 243 18.85% 5 0.39% 798 61.91% 1,289
Florence 1,609 84.60% 293 15.40% 0 0.00% 1,316 69.19% 1,902
Georgetown 552 38.31% 888 61.62% 1 0.07% -336 -23.32% 1,441
Greenville 3,026 82.09% 600 16.28% 60 1.63% 2,426 65.82% 3,686
Hampton 1,097 81.20% 254 18.80% 0 0.00% 843 62.40% 1,351
Kershaw 1,107 75.15% 358 24.30% 8 0.54% 749 50.85% 1,473
Lancaster 1,744 69.98% 624 25.04% 124 4.98% 1,120 44.94% 2,492
Laurens 1,772 90.64% 173 8.85% 10 0.51% 1,599 81.79% 1,955
Lexington 1,287 80.39% 71 4.43% 243 15.18% 1,044[b] 65.21% 1,601
Marion 1,737 73.57% 466 19.74% 158 6.69% 1,271 53.83% 2,361
Marlboro 1,004 69.87% 262 18.23% 171 11.90% 742 51.64% 1,437
Newberry 1,534 81.21% 293 15.51% 62 3.28% 1,241 65.70% 1,889
Oconee 909 58.38% 220 14.13% 428 27.49% 481[b] 30.89% 1,557
Orangeburg 2,792 76.77% 838 23.04% 7 0.19% 1,954 53.73% 3,637
Pickens 603 50.42% 129 10.79% 464 38.80% 139[b] 11.62% 1,196
Richland 788 84.37% 146 15.63% 0 0.00% 642 68.74% 934
Spartanburg 3,515 83.79% 551 13.13% 129 3.08% 2,964 70.66% 4,195
Sumter 1,535 70.35% 639 29.29% 8 0.37% 896 41.06% 2,182
Union 1,339 76.47% 356 20.33% 56 3.20% 983 56.14% 1,751
Williamsburg 1,178 59.02% 787 39.43% 31 1.55% 391 19.59% 1,996
York 2,212 87.29% 319 12.59% 3 0.12% 1,893 74.70% 2,534
Horry[c]N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Totals54,69877.59%13,38418.99%2,4103.42%41,31458.60%70,492

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. 1 2 3 4 In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Harrison, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Weaver percentage.
  3. ↑ No returns from Horry County.

References

  1. ↑ Knoles 1971, p. 241.
  2. 1 2 "Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina" (PDF). Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. 1: 546–549. November 22, 1892 – via Carolana.

Works cited

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_South_Carolina