1892 United States Presidential Election In Alabama
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The 1892 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the
1892 United States presidential election The 1892 United States presidential election was the 27th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1892. In a rematch of the closely contested 1888 presidential election, former Democratic President Grover Cleveland defeat ...
. Alabama voters chose eleven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the
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.
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was won by the Democratic nominees, former President
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of New York and his running mate
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of
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. However, Weaver performed well in the South as he won counties in Alabama,
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, and
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. Populists did best in Alabama, where electoral chicanery probably carried the day for the Democrats. Charles W. Calhoun (ed.), ''The Gilded Age: Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America.'' Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006; p. 295.


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United States presidential elections in Alabama Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Alabama, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1819, Alabama has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil ...


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