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United States presidential election of 1892: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date November 8, 1892
Location United States
Context Coeur d’Alene riots • Free Silver Movement • Homestead Strike

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Benjamin Harrison
Whitelaw Reid
Grover Cleveland
Adlai Stevenson
James B. Weaver
Homestead Strike, July 1892
Map of the United States showing the results of the 1892 presidential election by state. States won by Grover Cleveland (Democratic) are shaded in blue, those won by Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in red, and those won by James Weaver (People's Party) in yellow. Several western states have striped patterns indicating split electoral votes. State boundaries and electoral vote numbers are marked, with a legend explaining the color coding and split results.
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Key People

Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
president of United States
William McKinley
William McKinley
president of United States
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
president of United States
James G. Blaine
James G. Blaine
American politician
Adlai E. Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
vice president of United States
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John Bidwell
American politician
James B. Weaver
James B. Weaver
American politician
Whitelaw Reid
Whitelaw Reid
American journalist and politician

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