North Dakota participated in its first presidential election, having been admitted as the 39th state on November 2, 1889. The state was won by the
Populist nominees,
James B. Weaver of
Iowa and his running mate
James G. Field of
Virginia. However, the state Democratic Party also endorsed the Weaver/Field ticket in exchange for the Populists supporting Democratic candidates for local offices, creating
a fusion ticket.[1] Weaver and Field defeated the
Republican nominees, incumbent
PresidentBenjamin Harrison of
Indiana and his running mate
Whitelaw Reid of
New York. Two electors from the Democratic-Populist Fusion ticket won and one Republican Elector won on a technicality during counting.[2] This created a split delegation of electors: one for Weaver, one for Harrison, and one for national Democratic candidate
Grover Cleveland, who was not separately
on the ballot. This is the only time in a US presidential election that a state has equally distributed its electoral votes between three candidates.
Results
1892 United States presidential election in North Dakota[3]
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