The 1892 United States presidential election in Idaho 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 ...
. State voters chose three electors to the
Electoral College, which selected the
president and
vice president.
This was the first time
Idaho participated in a presidential election, having become the 43rd state on July 3, 1890. During its period as a territory Idaho had been divided between a strongly Republican northern half and an anti-Republican
Mormon south,
[''Idaho Historical Society'' (1988); ‘Idaho Yesterdays’, vol. 32, p. 13] which in this first Presidential election was in places (notably
Oneida County) still excluded from voting.
A wave of strikes in the
silver-mining regions and even deeper conflict whereby an idled ore concentrator was destroyed in
Gem, was to give the Populists a grip on the Mountain West that was not to be relinquished. Almost all the large number of dissenting farmers in the new state were to join with the silver interests to back Weaver's policies of nationalization of railways and communications, restriction of immigration, shorter working days and
direct election of Senators. Although
Senator-to-be William Borah
William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 – January 19, 1940) was an outspoken History of the United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in History of Idaho, Idaho's history. A Progressivism ...
campaigned for Harrison under the slogan that “a vote for Weaver was a vote for Cleveland and therefore against their own interests” Weaver's campaign against
Republican Governor Norman Bushnell Willey
Norman Bushnell Willey (March 25, 1838October 22, 1921) was the second governor of Idaho from 1890 until 1893.
Early life
Willey was born in Guilford, New York, the son of Hiram and Caroline (Church) Willey. He was educated at the Delaware ...
’s declaration of
martial law upon the miners, and against the absentee ownership of Idaho's land and water, ensured that these campaigns for Harrison would not be decisive.
Owing to the unpopularity of
Grover Cleveland in the West due to his
gold standard platform, the Democratic Party decided to not enter a Cleveland ticket in the race and to instead back Weaver.
[''The Society'' (1974); ''State Historic Preservation Plan, Idaho, Volume 1'', p. 72] Idaho was won by the
Populist nominees,
James B. Weaver
James Baird Weaver (June 12, 1833 – February 6, 1912) was a member of the United States House of Representatives and two-time candidate for President of the United States. Born in Ohio, he moved to Iowa as a boy when his family claimed a ...
of
Iowa and his running mate
James G. Field of
Virginia. Weaver and Field defeated the
Republican nominees, incumbent
President Benjamin Harrison of
Indiana and his running mate
Whitelaw Reid of
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Results
Results by county
See also
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United States presidential elections in Idaho
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Idaho, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1890, Idaho
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Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
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