The
United States presidential election of 1892 was the 27th quadrennial
presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1892. It witnessed a re-match of the closely contested presidential election in
1888. Former Democratic President
Grover Cleveland and incumbent Republican
President Benjamin Harrison both ran for election to a second term. In 1888, Cleveland won the popular vote over Harrison, but lost in the electoral college, thus losing the election. In this re-match, Cleveland won both the popular and electoral vote, thus becoming the only person in American history to be elected to a second, non-consecutive presidential term. The new
Populist Party, formed by groups from
The Grange, the
Farmers' Alliances, and the
Knights of Labor, also fielded a ticket; they polled best in the West, winning in five states and taking a total of 22 electoral votes.