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Election 1892 Results

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1892 Indiana governor election

Claude Matthews (Democrat) beat Ira J. Chase (Republican) in Indiana in 1892, 47.5% to 46.2%, a margin of 1.3 points and 6,976 votes.

Indiana changed party: in 1888 it went Republican, for Alvin P. Hovey.

Democrats led in 50 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 42. The largest, Marion, cast 40,524 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.1 points. The closest was Spencer, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Claude Matthews won	Democratic	260,601	47.5%
Ira J. Chase	Republican	253,625	46.2%
All other candidates		34,794	6.3%
Total		549,020

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	20,228 49.9%	19,389 47.8%	907	40,524	D+2.1
Allen	9,907 61.9%	5,478 34.2%	618	16,003	D+27.7
Vigo	6,573 49.3%	6,116 45.9%	635	13,324	D+3.4
Vanderburgh	6,070 48.5%	6,073 48.6%	361	12,504	level
Madison	5,692 48.5%	5,349 45.5%	706	11,747	D+2.9
St. Joseph	6,030 52.3%	5,181 45.0%	310	11,521	D+7.4
Wayne	3,678 37.3%	5,652 57.3%	538	9,868	R+20.0
Tippecanoe	4,363 46.3%	4,825 51.2%	243	9,431	R+4.9
Grant	3,571 38.2%	4,879 52.1%	910	9,360	R+14.0
La Porte	4,594 55.2%	3,527 42.4%	196	8,317	D+12.8
Delaware	2,851 34.5%	4,875 59.0%	535	8,261	R+24.5
Cass	3,992 48.7%	3,465 42.3%	734	8,191	D+6.4
Elkhart	3,511 44.6%	3,845 48.9%	515	7,871	R+4.2
Montgomery	3,838 48.8%	3,835 48.8%	187	7,860	level
Clark	3,999 54.2%	3,259 44.2%	118	7,376	D+10.0
Floyd	4,129 57.1%	2,919 40.4%	180	7,228	D+16.7
Huntington	3,441 47.7%	3,364 46.6%	407	7,212	D+1.1
Clay	3,517 49.1%	3,070 42.9%	575	7,162	D+6.2
Kosciusko	3,058 42.7%	3,815 53.3%	286	7,159	R+10.6
Howard	2,300 33.1%	3,567 51.3%	1,089	6,956	R+18.2
Clinton	2,971 43.9%	3,191 47.2%	602	6,764	R+3.3
Knox	3,372 50.1%	2,621 38.9%	744	6,737	D+11.1
Randolph	1,994 29.8%	4,020 60.1%	674	6,688	R+30.3
Boone	3,097 46.4%	3,126 46.8%	455	6,678	R+0.4
Miami	3,383 51.0%	2,948 44.4%	305	6,636	D+6.6
Wabash	2,396 36.1%	3,659 55.2%	577	6,632	R+19.0
Hamilton	2,488 37.5%	3,603 54.3%	539	6,630	R+16.8
Shelby	3,463 53.3%	2,651 40.8%	384	6,498	D+12.5
De Kalb	2,749 44.6%	2,453 39.8%	955	6,157	D+4.8
Bartholomew	3,185 52.1%	2,770 45.3%	162	6,117	D+6.8
Lake	2,971 49.1%	2,930 48.4%	148	6,049	D+0.7
Henry	1,861 30.8%	3,323 55.0%	854	6,038	R+24.2
Daviess	2,478 41.2%	2,588 43.0%	946	6,012	R+1.8
Gibson	2,437 40.8%	2,713 45.4%	824	5,974	R+4.6
Noble	2,866 48.1%	2,791 46.8%	305	5,962	D+1.3
Marshall	3,104 52.9%	2,537 43.3%	223	5,864	D+9.7
Greene	2,476 42.5%	2,794 48.0%	550	5,820	R+5.5
Jefferson	2,507 43.2%	3,117 53.7%	180	5,804	R+10.5
Dearborn	3,376 58.6%	2,260 39.2%	127	5,763	D+19.4
Jay	2,301 40.5%	2,384 41.9%	999	5,684	R+1.5
Jackson	3,333 59.3%	2,193 39.0%	92	5,618	D+20.3
Sullivan	3,142 57.9%	1,769 32.6%	511	5,422	D+25.3
Putnam	2,736 50.9%	2,289 42.6%	349	5,374	D+8.3
Hendricks	2,030 38.1%	2,991 56.2%	304	5,325	R+18.0
Posey	2,638 51.3%	2,056 40.0%	448	5,142	D+11.3
Spencer	2,458 48.2%	2,460 48.2%	183	5,101	level
Fountain	2,323 45.8%	2,363 46.6%	390	5,076	R+0.8
Johnson	2,598 51.3%	2,082 41.1%	389	5,069	D+10.2
Decatur	2,350 46.7%	2,511 49.9%	176	5,037	R+3.2
Carroll	2,347 46.7%	2,224 44.3%	453	5,024	D+2.4
Rush	2,204 44.2%	2,561 51.3%	225	4,990	R+7.2
Ripley	2,417 48.9%	2,246 45.4%	280	4,943	D+3.5
Wells	2,698 55.5%	1,651 34.0%	513	4,862	D+21.5
Parke	1,942 40.0%	2,420 49.9%	490	4,852	R+9.9
Harrison	2,446 50.9%	2,115 44.0%	246	4,807	D+6.9
Lawrence	2,114 44.2%	2,494 52.1%	175	4,783	R+7.9
Warrick	2,154 45.4%	2,010 42.3%	585	4,749	D+3.0
Morgan	2,002 43.4%	2,361 51.2%	252	4,615	R+7.8
Franklin	2,841 63.0%	1,594 35.4%	71	4,506	D+27.7
Hancock	2,315 51.4%	1,924 42.7%	266	4,505	D+8.7
Tipton	1,994 44.7%	1,773 39.8%	691	4,458	D+5.0
Adams	2,884 65.1%	1,230 27.8%	314	4,428	D+37.4
Fulton	2,242 50.6%	2,026 45.8%	159	4,427	D+4.9
Washington	2,310 52.3%	1,825 41.4%	278	4,413	D+11.0
Whitley	2,222 50.8%	1,951 44.6%	201	4,374	D+6.2
Porter	1,905 43.9%	2,168 49.9%	270	4,343	R+6.1
Monroe	1,914 44.2%	2,000 46.2%	416	4,330	R+2.0
Pike	1,941 45.6%	2,028 47.6%	288	4,257	R+2.0
Dubois	2,821 68.8%	1,073 26.2%	204	4,098	D+42.7
White	1,887 46.2%	1,801 44.1%	396	4,084	D+2.1
Perry	2,058 50.9%	1,866 46.1%	120	4,044	D+4.7
Steuben	1,260 33.6%	2,091 55.8%	399	3,750	R+22.2
Lagrange	1,427 38.5%	2,026 54.7%	249	3,702	R+16.2
Owen	1,728 48.3%	1,561 43.6%	289	3,578	D+4.7
Jennings	1,382 38.7%	1,761 49.3%	427	3,570	R+10.6
Orange	1,622 46.4%	1,640 46.9%	237	3,499	R+0.5
Vermillion	1,490 43.7%	1,688 49.5%	232	3,410	R+5.8
Fayette	1,489 43.9%	1,803 53.1%	103	3,395	R+9.2
Benton	1,371 43.5%	1,597 50.7%	183	3,151	R+7.2
Switzerland	1,577 50.3%	1,489 47.5%	68	3,134	D+2.8
Crawford	1,499 50.2%	1,271 42.6%	214	2,984	D+7.6
Blackford	1,338 45.8%	1,198 41.0%	383	2,919	D+4.8
Martin	1,380 47.5%	1,276 43.9%	252	2,908	D+3.6
Warren	971 33.4%	1,841 63.4%	93	2,905	R+29.9
Jasper	926 34.2%	1,355 50.0%	430	2,711	R+15.8
Pulaski	1,346 50.5%	975 36.6%	342	2,663	D+13.9
Newton	878 38.9%	1,181 52.3%	199	2,258	R+13.4
Brown	1,369 63.6%	654 30.4%	131	2,154	D+33.2
Starke	993 52.3%	842 44.4%	63	1,898	D+8.0
Union	839 44.4%	980 51.9%	71	1,890	R+7.5
Scott	1,035 56.3%	720 39.2%	82	1,837	D+17.1
Ohio	598 47.2%	659 52.1%	9	1,266	R+4.8

Counties as they stood in 1892; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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