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Election 1892 Results

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1892 South Dakota governor election

Charles H. Sheldon (Republican) beat Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel (independent) in South Dakota in 1892, 47.5% to 32.0%, a margin of 15.5 points and 10,890 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1890, when Arthur C. Mellette won.

Republicans led in 42 of the 51 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 7 and Democrats in 2. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 4,227 votes and went to the Republican by 26.3 points. The closest was Grant, where 1 vote separated the top two.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Charles H. Sheldon won Republican 33,414 47.5%
Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel Independent 22,524 32.0%
Peter Couchman Democratic 14,472 20.6%
Total70,410

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 955 22.6% 2,065 48.9% 1,207 4,227 R+26.3
Lawrence 894 22.1% 1,995 49.4% 1,149 4,038 R+27.3
Brown 504 15.8% 1,392 43.7% 1,288 3,184 R+27.9
Yankton 426 19.7% 1,021 47.3% 710 2,157 R+27.6
Spink 221 10.4% 1,066 50.0% 843 2,130 R+39.7
Brookings 229 10.8% 1,052 49.5% 843 2,124 R+38.7
Kingsbury 267 13.0% 935 45.5% 853 2,055 R+32.5
Lincoln 299 14.9% 1,070 53.3% 639 2,008 R+38.4
Union 299 15.1% 812 41.1% 864 1,975 Others
Turner 584 29.8% 1,046 53.4% 330 1,960 R+23.6
Day 335 17.4% 756 39.4% 829 1,920 Others
Pennington 212 11.3% 933 49.8% 729 1,874 R+38.5
Bon Homme 600 32.4% 861 46.4% 393 1,854 R+14.1
Beadle 332 18.0% 895 48.4% 621 1,848 R+30.5
Lake 387 22.5% 719 41.9% 612 1,718 R+19.3
Codington 610 36.2% 893 52.9% 184 1,687 R+16.8
Clay 205 12.2% 832 49.6% 639 1,676 R+37.4
Hand 519 32.5% 519 32.5% 559 1,597 Others
Hutchinson 513 32.6% 968 61.4% 95 1,576 R+28.9
Clark 167 10.8% 692 44.8% 685 1,544 R+34.0
McCook 551 35.9% 570 37.1% 415 1,536 R+1.2
Grant 237 16.0% 621 42.0% 620 1,478 R+26.0
Moody 125 9.2% 684 50.6% 544 1,353 R+41.3
Miner 365 28.9% 469 37.1% 431 1,265 R+8.2
Brule 417 34.5% 504 41.8% 286 1,207 R+7.2
Meade 267 22.9% 405 34.8% 492 1,164 Others
Fall River 376 33.6% 584 52.2% 159 1,119 R+18.6
Hamlin 201 18.9% 525 49.3% 338 1,064 R+30.5
Marshall 153 14.4% 485 45.7% 423 1,061 R+31.3
Hanson 363 34.7% 331 31.6% 352 1,046 D+3.1
Davison 197 19.1% 575 55.7% 261 1,033 R+36.6
Custer 257 25.1% 505 49.3% 263 1,025 R+24.2
Sanborn 131 12.9% 528 52.1% 354 1,013 R+39.2
McPherson 345 34.3% 532 52.9% 129 1,006 R+18.6
Deuel 137 13.6% 412 41.0% 455 1,004 Others
Aurora 345 35.0% 441 44.7% 201 987 R+9.7
Charles Mix 135 15.3% 486 54.9% 264 885 R+39.7
Edmunds 278 31.8% 352 40.3% 243 873 R+8.5
Roberts 98 11.2% 545 62.4% 230 873 R+51.2
Douglas 336 39.7% 297 35.1% 214 847 D+4.6
Faulk 164 21.9% 478 63.8% 107 749 R+41.9
Hughes 165 22.3% 461 62.4% 113 739 R+40.1
Jerauld 72 10.2% 336 47.5% 299 707 R+37.3
Campbell 89 13.2% 379 56.1% 207 675 R+43.0
Potter 120 19.5% 303 49.3% 192 615 R+29.8
Sully 47 9.7% 274 56.3% 166 487 R+46.6
Walworth 123 29.1% 132 31.2% 168 423 Others
Butte 61 15.7% 143 36.9% 184 388 Others
Hyde 83 25.3% 183 55.8% 62 328 R+30.5
Stanley 62 40.3% 76 49.4% 16 154 R+9.1
Buffalo 14 9.2% 76 49.7% 63 153 R+40.5

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.

South Dakota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kristi Noem (R) R+26.8
2018 Kristi Noem (R) R+3.4
2014 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+45.0
2010 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+23.0
2006 Mike Rounds (R) R+25.6
2002 Mike Rounds (R) R+14.8
1998 William J. Janklow (R) R+31.2
1994 William J. Janklow (R) R+14.8
1990 George S. Mickelson (R) R+17.8
1986 George S. Mickelson (R) R+3.6
1982 William J. Janklow (R) R+41.7
1978 William J. Janklow (R) R+13.3
1974 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+7.2
1972 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+20.1
1970 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+9.7
1968 Frank Farrar (R) R+15.3
1966 Nils Boe (R) R+15.4
1964 Nils A. Boe (R) R+3.3
1962 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+12.2
1960 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+1.5
1958 Ralph Herseth (D) D+2.8
1956 Joe Foss (R) R+8.8
1954 Joe Foss (R) R+13.3
1952 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+40.3
1950 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+21.8
1948 George T. Mickelson (R) R+22.2
1946 George T. Mickelson (R) R+34.3
1944 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+31.0
1942 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+23.0
1940 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+10.3
1938 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+7.9
1936 Leslie Jensen (R) R+3.2
1934 Tom Berry (D) D+17.9
1932 Tom Berry (D) D+13.2
1930 Warren E. Green (R) R+6.7
1928 William J. Bulow (D) D+5.5
1926 William J. Bulow (D) D+7.1
1924 Carl Gunderson (R) R+31.0
1922 William H. McMaster (R) R+16.3
1920 William H. McMaster (R) R+39.0
1918 Peter Norbeck (R) R+34.6
1916 Peter Norbeck (R) R+17.3
1914 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+14.9
1912 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+2.8
1910 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+22.5
1908 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+15.9
1906 Coe I. Crawford (R) R+38.6
1904 Samuel H. Elrod (R) R+43.6
1902 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+36.0
1900 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+14.4
1898 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1896 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1894 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+41.2
1892 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+26.9
1890 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+20.6
1889 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+38.7