1888  1892 Presidential Election Returns  1896

President Benjamin Harrison had defeated Grover Cleveland in 1888, though he did not win in the Popular Vote. Grover Cleveland decided on a rematch. Democrats renominated the former President and the Republicans renominated Harrison. This is true despite the fact that both men faced opposition within their own party. The campaign was mainly about the economy. Cleveland wanted to stay on the Gold System, and Republicans wanted to inflate the money supply using other metals to back the money. The Populist (or People's) Party, which was new in American politics, won mainly in the West on a platform of the free coinage of silver. Cleveland campaigned on the harmful effect of the McKinley tariff on consumer prices. Voters felt the pain and Cleveland gained support. In the end, Cleveland narrowly won back his former office with the critical states of Indiana and New York in his pocket. UNITED STATES VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Cleveland/Stevenson 5,553,898 46 277 Harrison/Reid* 5,190,799 43 145 Weaver/Field 1,026,595 9 22 Bidwell/Cranfill 270,879 2 0 Wing/Matchett 21,173 0 0 All Other Candidates 4,673 0 0 ALABAMA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 9,184 4 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 138,135 59 11 Weaver/Field 84,984 37 0 ARKANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 47,072 32 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 87,834 59 8 Weaver/Field 11,831 8 0 CALIFORNIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 118,027 44 1 Cleveland/Stevenson 118,174 44 8 Weaver/Field 25,311 9 0 COLORADO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 38,620 41 0 Weaver/Field 53,584 57 4 CONNECTICUT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 77,032 47 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 82,395 50 6 Weaver/Field 809 0 0 DELAWARE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 18,077 49 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 18,581 50 3 FLORIDA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Cleveland/Stevenson 30,153 85 4 Weaver/Field 4,843 14 0 GEORGIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 48,408 22 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 129,446 58 13 Weaver/Field 41,939 19 0 IDAHO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 8,599 44 0 Weaver/Field 10,520 54 3 ILLINOIS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 399,288 46 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 426,281 49 24 Weaver/Field 22,207 3 0 INDIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 255,615 46 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 262,740 47 15 Weaver/Field 22,208 4 0 IOWA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  219,795 50 13 Cleveland/Stevenson 196,367 44 0 Weaver/Field 20,595 5 0 KANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 157,241 48 0 Weaver/Field 163,111 50 10 KENTUCKY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 135,462 40 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 175,461 51 13 Weaver/Field 23,500 7 0 LOUISIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 26,963 23 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 87,926 77 8 MAINE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  62,936 54 6 Cleveland/Stevenson 48,049 41 0 Weaver/Field 2,396 2 0 MARYLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 92,736 43 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 113,866 53 8 Weaver/Field 796 0 0 MASSACHUSETTS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  202,814 52 15 Cleveland/Stevenson 176,813 45 0 Weaver/Field 3,210 1 0 MICHIGAN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  222,708 48 9 Cleveland/Stevenson 201,624 43 5 Weaver/Field 19,931 4 0 MINNESOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  122,823 46 9 Cleveland/Stevenson 100,920 38 0 Weaver/Field 29,313 11 0 Bidwell/Cranfill 14,182 5 0 MISSISSIPPI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 1,398 3 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 40,030 76 9 Weaver/Field 10,118 19 0 MISSOURI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 227,646 42 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 268,400 50 17 Weaver/Field 41,204 8 0 MONTANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  18,871 42 3 Cleveland/Stevenson 17,690 40 0 Weaver/Field 7,338 17 0 NEBRASKA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  87,213 44 8 Cleveland/Stevenson 24,943 12 0 Weaver/Field 83,134 42 0 NEVADA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 2,811 26 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 714 7 0 Weaver/Field 7,264 67 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  45,658 51 4 Cleveland/Stevenson 42,081 47 0 Weaver/Field 293 0 0 NEW JERSEY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 156,101 46 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 171,066 51 10 Weaver/Field 985 0 0 NEW YORK VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 609,350 46 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 654,868 49 36 Weaver/Field 16,429 1 0 NORTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 100,346 36 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 132,951 47 11 Weaver/Field 44,366 16 0 NORTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 17,519 49 1 Cleveland/Stevenson 0 0 1 Weaver/Field 17,700 49 1 OHIO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  405,187 48 22 Cleveland/Stevenson 404,115 48 1 Weaver/Field 14,850 2 0 OREGON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  35,002 45 3 Cleveland/Stevenson 14,243 18 0 Weaver/Field 26,965 34 1 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  516,011 51 32 Cleveland/Stevenson 452,264 45 0 Weaver/Field 8,714 1 0 RHODE ISLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  26,975 51 4 Cleveland/Stevenson 24,336 46 0 Weaver/Field 228 0 0 SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 13,345 19 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 54,680 78 9 Weaver/Field 2,407 3 0 SOUTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  34,888 49 4 Cleveland/Stevenson 9,081 13 0 Weaver/Field 26,544 38 0 TENNESSEE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 100,537 38 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 136,468 51 12 Weaver/Field 23,918 9 0 TEXAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 81,144 19 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 239,148 57 15 Weaver/Field 99,688 24 0 VERMONT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  37,992 68 4 Cleveland/Stevenson 16,325 29 0 Weaver/Field 44 0 0 VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 113,098 39 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 164,136 56 12 Weaver/Field 12,275 4 0 WASHINGTON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  36,460 41 4 Cleveland/Stevenson 29,802 34 0 Weaver/Field 19,165 22 0 WEST VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 80,292 47 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 84,467 49 6 Weaver/Field 4,167 2 0 WISCONSIN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid* 171,101 46 0 Cleveland/Stevenson 177,325 48 12 Weaver/Field 10,019 3 0 WYOMING VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Harrison/Reid*  8,454 51 3 Weaver/Field 7,722 46 0 SYMBOLS KEY Republican Democratic Prohibition Socialist Socialist Labor Communist Populist Other Winner * Incumbent + Incumbent Party