In a rematch of the 1888 presidential election, former president Grover Cleveland defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison in the 1892 election. With his victory in 1892, Cleveland became the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with the presidential election of 1892, including manuscripts, broadsides, prints, political cartoons, sheet music, and newspaper articles. This guide compiles links to digital materials related to the presidential election of 1892 that are available throughout the Library of Congress website. In addition, it provides links to external websites focusing on the 1892 election and a selected bibliography.
1892 Presidential Election Results [1]
Political Party |
Presidential Nominee |
VP Nominee |
Electoral College |
Popular Vote |
Democratic |
Grover Cleveland |
Adlai E. Stevenson |
277 |
5,554,617 |
Republican |
Benjamin Harrison |
Whitelaw Reid |
145 |
5,186,793 |
Populist (People's) |
James Weaver |
James Field |
22 |
1,024,280 |