1892 Michigan gubernatorial election
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November 8, 1892
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The 1892 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892. Republican nominee John T. Rich defeated Democratic candidate Allen B. Morse with 47.21% of the vote.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Major party candidates
- John T. Rich, Republican
- Allen B. Morse, Democratic
Other candidates
- John W. Ewing, People's
- John Russell, Prohibition
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John T. Rich | 221,228 | 47.21% | +3.92% | |
| Democratic | Allen B. Morse | 205,138 | 43.77% | −2.41% | |
| Populist | John W. Ewing | 21,417 | 4.57% | ||
| Prohibition | John Russell | 20,777 | 4.43% | −2.78% | |
| Blank | 64 | 0.01% | |||
| Scattering | 13 | 0.00% | |||
| Plurality | 16,090 | 3.43% | |||
| Total votes | 468,637 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | +6.33% | |||
Results by county
[edit]After this election, Huron County would not vote Democratic again until 1986.
| County[1][2][3] | John T. Rich Republican |
Allen B. Morse Democratic |
John W. Ewing Populist |
John Russell Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 559 | 57.04% | 388 | 39.59% | 4 | 0.41% | 29 | 2.96% | 171 | 17.45% | 980 |
| Alger | 161 | 49.85% | 160 | 49.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.31% | 323 |
| Allegan | 4,230 | 50.80% | 3,211 | 38.56% | 349 | 4.19% | 537 | 6.45% | 1,019 | 12.24% | 8,327 |
| Alpena | 1,535 | 48.79% | 1,545 | 49.11% | 19 | 0.60% | 47 | 1.49% | -10 | -0.32% | 3,146 |
| Antrim | 1,155 | 52.29% | 826 | 37.39% | 61 | 2.76% | 167 | 7.56% | 329 | 14.86% | 2,209 |
| Arenac | 310 | 26.91% | 383 | 33.25% | 432 | 37.50% | 27 | 2.34% | -49[a] | -4.25% | 1,152 |
| Baraga | 369 | 36.07% | 638 | 62.37% | 4 | 0.39% | 12 | 1.17% | -269 | -26.30% | 1,023 |
| Barry | 2,861 | 48.89% | 1,894 | 32.37% | 796 | 13.60% | 301 | 5.14% | 967 | 16.52% | 5,852 |
| Bay | 4,562 | 42.56% | 5,783 | 53.95% | 181 | 1.69% | 194 | 1.81% | -1,221 | -11.39% | 10,720 |
| Benzie | 783 | 52.48% | 505 | 33.85% | 105 | 7.04% | 99 | 6.64% | 278 | 18.63% | 1,492 |
| Berrien | 5,093 | 48.38% | 4,863 | 46.20% | 133 | 1.26% | 438 | 4.16% | 230 | 2.18% | 10,527 |
| Branch | 3,270 | 49.44% | 2,245 | 33.94% | 674 | 10.19% | 425 | 6.43% | 1,025 | 15.50% | 6,614 |
| Calhoun | 5,077 | 47.95% | 4,214 | 39.80% | 606 | 5.72% | 691 | 6.53% | 863 | 8.15% | 10,588 |
| Cass | 2,744 | 47.68% | 2,454 | 42.64% | 381 | 6.62% | 176 | 3.06% | 290 | 5.04% | 5,755 |
| Charlevoix | 1,091 | 52.55% | 700 | 33.72% | 149 | 7.18% | 136 | 6.55% | 391 | 18.83% | 2,076 |
| Cheboygan | 1,085 | 43.66% | 1,251 | 50.34% | 77 | 3.10% | 72 | 2.90% | -166 | -6.68% | 2,485 |
| Chippewa | 1,234 | 52.05% | 1,083 | 45.68% | 18 | 0.76% | 36 | 1.52% | 151 | 6.37% | 2,371 |
| Clare | 712 | 41.35% | 826 | 47.97% | 18 | 1.05% | 166 | 9.64% | -114 | -6.62% | 1,722 |
| Clinton | 3,131 | 48.21% | 2,790 | 42.96% | 316 | 4.87% | 258 | 3.97% | 341 | 5.25% | 6,495 |
| Crawford | 301 | 48.71% | 306 | 49.51% | 8 | 1.29% | 3 | 0.49% | -5 | -0.81% | 618 |
| Delta | 1,783 | 54.23% | 1,426 | 43.37% | 40 | 1.22% | 39 | 1.19% | 357 | 10.86% | 3,288 |
| Dickinson | 1,623 | 50.85% | 1,277 | 40.01% | 33 | 1.03% | 259 | 8.11% | 346 | 10.84% | 3,192 |
| Eaton | 3,771 | 47.90% | 2,875 | 36.52% | 738 | 9.38% | 488 | 6.20% | 896 | 11.38% | 7,872 |
| Emmet | 1,018 | 46.19% | 1,068 | 48.46% | 16 | 0.73% | 102 | 4.63% | -50 | -2.27% | 2,204 |
| Genesee | 4,823 | 50.30% | 3,743 | 39.03% | 440 | 4.59% | 583 | 6.08% | 1,080 | 11.26% | 9,589 |
| Gladwin | 533 | 60.50% | 331 | 37.57% | 4 | 0.45% | 13 | 1.48% | 202 | 22.93% | 881 |
| Gogebic | 2,346 | 57.02% | 1,633 | 39.69% | 19 | 0.46% | 116 | 2.82% | 713 | 17.33% | 4,114 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,738 | 54.60% | 942 | 29.59% | 315 | 9.90% | 188 | 5.91% | 796 | 25.01% | 3,183 |
| Gratiot | 3,028 | 48.52% | 1,733 | 27.77% | 1,229 | 19.69% | 251 | 4.02% | 1,295 | 20.75% | 6,241 |
| Hillsdale | 4,118 | 53.40% | 2,659 | 34.48% | 452 | 5.86% | 483 | 6.26% | 1,459 | 18.92% | 7,712 |
| Houghton | 3,321 | 45.62% | 2,639 | 36.25% | 745 | 10.23% | 574 | 7.89% | 682 | 9.37% | 7,279 |
| Huron | 1,699 | 35.23% | 2,243 | 46.52% | 703 | 14.58% | 177 | 3.67% | -544 | -11.28% | 4,822 |
| Ingham | 4,336 | 43.85% | 4,128 | 41.75% | 930 | 9.41% | 494 | 5.00% | 208 | 2.10% | 9,888 |
| Ionia | 4,087 | 47.24% | 4,080 | 47.16% | 144 | 1.66% | 340 | 3.93% | 7 | 0.08% | 8,652[b] |
| Iosco | 1,399 | 49.49% | 1,348 | 47.68% | 23 | 0.81% | 57 | 2.02% | 51 | 1.80% | 2,827 |
| Iron | 909 | 58.87% | 589 | 38.15% | 16 | 1.04% | 30 | 1.94% | 320 | 20.73% | 1,544 |
| Isabella | 1,878 | 45.44% | 1,785 | 43.19% | 322 | 7.79% | 148 | 3.58% | 93 | 2.25% | 4,133 |
| Jackson | 5,111 | 44.64% | 5,106 | 44.59% | 665 | 5.81% | 568 | 4.96% | 5 | 0.04% | 11,450 |
| Kalamazoo | 4,973 | 50.29% | 4,088 | 41.34% | 386 | 3.90% | 442 | 4.47% | 885 | 8.95% | 9,889 |
| Kalkaska | 711 | 58.96% | 397 | 32.92% | 37 | 3.07% | 61 | 5.06% | 314 | 26.04% | 1,206 |
| Kent | 12,136 | 45.74% | 11,693 | 44.07% | 1,327 | 5.00% | 1,375 | 5.18% | 443 | 1.67% | 26,531 |
| Keweenaw | 400 | 65.25% | 203 | 33.12% | 5 | 0.82% | 5 | 0.82% | 197 | 32.14% | 613 |
| Lake | 655 | 47.60% | 623 | 45.28% | 35 | 2.54% | 63 | 4.58% | 32 | 2.33% | 1,376 |
| Lapeer | 3,131 | 49.15% | 2,727 | 42.81% | 211 | 3.31% | 301 | 4.73% | 404 | 6.34% | 6,370 |
| Leelanau | 777 | 53.70% | 498 | 34.42% | 128 | 8.85% | 44 | 3.04% | 279 | 19.28% | 1,447 |
| Lenawee | 5,829 | 46.81% | 5,594 | 44.92% | 113 | 0.91% | 917 | 7.36% | 235 | 1.89% | 12,453 |
| Livingston | 2,444 | 43.66% | 2,401 | 42.89% | 387 | 6.91% | 366 | 6.54% | 43 | 0.77% | 5,598 |
| Luce | 236 | 55.79% | 159 | 37.59% | 3 | 0.71% | 25 | 5.91% | 77 | 18.20% | 423 |
| Mackinac | 476 | 35.08% | 863 | 63.60% | 8 | 0.59% | 10 | 0.74% | -387 | -28.52% | 1,357 |
| Macomb | 2,768 | 41.09% | 3,622 | 53.77% | 57 | 0.85% | 289 | 4.29% | -854 | -12.68% | 6,736 |
| Manistee | 1,481 | 35.30% | 2,322 | 55.34% | 161 | 3.84% | 232 | 5.53% | -841 | -20.04% | 4,196 |
| Manitou | 4 | 2.72% | 143 | 97.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -139 | -94.56% | 147 |
| Marquette | 3,878 | 52.99% | 2,858 | 39.05% | 45 | 0.61% | 538 | 7.35% | 1,020 | 13.94% | 7,319 |
| Mason | 1,436 | 45.60% | 1,408 | 44.71% | 43 | 1.37% | 262 | 8.32% | 28 | 0.89% | 3,149 |
| Mecosta | 1,958 | 51.61% | 1,497 | 39.46% | 123 | 3.24% | 216 | 5.69% | 461 | 12.15% | 3,794 |
| Menominee | 1,870 | 48.30% | 1,821 | 47.03% | 40 | 1.03% | 141 | 3.64% | 49 | 1.27% | 3,872 |
| Midland | 1,069 | 46.26% | 837 | 36.22% | 290 | 12.55% | 115 | 4.98% | 232 | 10.04% | 2,311 |
| Missaukee | 663 | 48.04% | 634 | 45.94% | 21 | 1.52% | 62 | 4.49% | 29 | 2.10% | 1,380 |
| Monroe | 2,910 | 41.32% | 3,790 | 53.81% | 103 | 1.46% | 240 | 3.41% | -880 | -12.49% | 7,043 |
| Montcalm | 3,612 | 52.87% | 2,296 | 33.61% | 663 | 9.70% | 261 | 3.82% | 1,316 | 19.26% | 6,832 |
| Montmorency | 250 | 47.62% | 259 | 49.33% | 6 | 1.14% | 10 | 1.90% | -9 | -1.71% | 525 |
| Muskegon | 3,824 | 49.39% | 3,361 | 43.41% | 241 | 3.11% | 316 | 4.08% | 463 | 5.98% | 7,742 |
| Newaygo | 2,079 | 50.57% | 1,559 | 37.92% | 191 | 4.65% | 282 | 6.86% | 520 | 12.65% | 4,111 |
| Oakland | 4,769 | 44.88% | 4,962 | 46.70% | 173 | 1.63% | 722 | 6.79% | -193 | -1.82% | 10,626 |
| Oceana | 1,636 | 47.20% | 1,433 | 41.34% | 88 | 2.54% | 309 | 8.92% | 203 | 5.86% | 3,466 |
| Ogemaw | 594 | 50.38% | 521 | 44.19% | 39 | 3.31% | 25 | 2.12% | 73 | 6.19% | 1,179 |
| Ontonagon | 685 | 38.74% | 1,050 | 59.39% | 13 | 0.74% | 20 | 1.13% | -365 | -20.64% | 1,768 |
| Osceola | 1,598 | 50.76% | 1,113 | 35.36% | 136 | 4.32% | 301 | 9.56% | 485 | 15.41% | 3,148 |
| Oscoda | 2722 | 58.87% | 181 | 39.18% | 4 | 0.87% | 5 | 1.08% | 91 | 19.70% | 462 |
| Otsego | 517 | 46.91% | 540 | 49.00% | 14 | 1.27% | 31 | 2.81% | -23 | -2.09% | 1,102 |
| Ottawa | 3,598 | 50.60% | 3,027 | 42.57% | 315 | 4.43% | 171 | 2.40% | 571 | 8.03% | 7,111 |
| Presque Isle | 300 | 35.63% | 518 | 61.52% | 5 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.83% | -218 | -25.89% | 842[c] |
| Roscommon | 239 | 44.26% | 286 | 52.96% | 6 | 1.11% | 9 | 1.67% | -47 | -8.70% | 540 |
| Saginaw | 6,666 | 43.76% | 7,691 | 50.49% | 593 | 3.89% | 284 | 1.86% | -1,025 | -6.73% | 15,234 |
| Sanilac | 2,500 | 47.05% | 1,744 | 32.82% | 773 | 14.55% | 297 | 5.59% | 756 | 14.23% | 5,314 |
| Schoolcraft | 574 | 42.21% | 645 | 47.43% | 40 | 2.94% | 101 | 7.43% | -71 | -5.22% | 1,360 |
| Shiawassee | 3,615 | 47.51% | 3,035 | 39.89% | 282 | 3.71% | 677 | 8.90% | 580 | 7.62% | 7,609 |
| St. Clair | 5,340 | 48.43% | 5,320 | 48.25% | 72 | 0.65% | 231 | 2.09% | 20 | 0.18% | 11,027[d] |
| St. Joseph | 2,816 | 43.67% | 2,483 | 38.50% | 961 | 14.90% | 189 | 2.93% | 333 | 5.16% | 6,449 |
| Tuscola | 3,191 | 48.66% | 2,086 | 31.81% | 890 | 13.57% | 391 | 5.96% | 1,105 | 16.85% | 6,558 |
| Van Buren | 3,788 | 53.77% | 2,225 | 31.58% | 621 | 8.81% | 411 | 5.83% | 1,563 | 22.19% | 7,045 |
| Washtenaw | 4,326 | 41.78% | 5,515 | 53.26% | 65 | 0.63% | 449 | 4.34% | -1,189 | -11.48% | 10,355 |
| Wayne | 25,459 | 46.38% | 28,278 | 51.52% | 486 | 0.89% | 665 | 1.21% | -2,819 | -5.14% | 54,888 |
| Wexford | 1,391 | 49.89% | 1,162 | 41.68% | 52 | 1.87% | 183 | 6.56% | 229 | 8.21% | 2,788 |
| Total | 221,228 | 47.21% | 205,138 | 43.77% | 21,417 | 4.57% | 20,777 | 4.43% | 16,090 | 3.43% | 468,637 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped from Democratic to Populist
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Michigan State Archives, Canvass of the Votes given at the General Election held in the State of Michigan on Tuesday, the Eighth day of November, A.D. 1892 for Governor
- 1 2 "Official Canvass of the State of Michigan, 1892". The Lansing Journal. Vol. XXI, no. 28. Lansing: L. E. Rowley. February 3, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
- 1 2 Jochim, John W. (1893). "Official Canvass of Votes - Election, Nov. 8, 1892". Official Directory and Legislative Manual of the State of Michigan for the Years 1893-4. Lansing: Robert Smith & Co., State Printers and Binders. pp. 348–350. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
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