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PE President Elect
1888
Overview1888 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
BLU Benjamin
HARRISON
Levi Parsons Morton
Party: REPUBLICAN
Home State:
.PR: IN; VP: NY
Electoral Votes: 233
Pop. Vote: 5,443,892 (47.8%)
RED Grover
CLEVELAND
Allen Granberry Thurman
Party: DEMOCRATIC
Home State:
.PR: NY; VP: OH
Electoral Votes: 168
Pop. Vote: 5,534,488 (48.6%)
YEL Clinton Bowen
FISK
John Anderson Brooks
Party: PROHIBITION
Home State:
.PR: NJ; VP: MO
Electoral Votes: 0 Pop. Vote: 249,819 (2.2%)
GRN Alson Jennes
STREETER
Charles E. Cunningham
 Party: UNION LABOR
Home State:
.PR: IL; VP: AR
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 146,602 (1.3%)
PUR Other Candidates
United Labor, American
Party: SEVERAL
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 4,430 (>0.1%)
Total electoral votes - 401 (from 38 states)
Majority needed to win - 201
Total popular vote - 11,379,131
Electoral Map1888 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
Electoral College 1888
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State Results 1888 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
In 1888, 401 electoral votes were available; 201 votes were needed to secure the win.
All percentages in this table are based only on votes to these four candidates.
STATE HARRISON CLEVELAND FISK STREETER EVs
ALABAMA57,177
(32.7%)		117,314
(67.0%)		594
(0.3%)		-10
ARKANSAS59,752
(38.0%)		86,062
(54.8%)		614
(0.4%)		10,630
(6.8%)		7
CALIFORNIA124,816
(49.7%)		117,729
(46.8%)		5,761
(2.3%)		-8
COLORADO50,772
(55.2%)		37,549
(40.8%)		2,182
2.4%)		1,266
(1.4%)		3
CONNECTICUT74,587
(48.4%)		74,920
(48.7%)		4,234
(2.7%)		240
(0.2%)		6
DELAWARE12,950
(43.5%)		16,414
(55.1%)		399
(1.3%)		-3
FLORIDA26,529
(39.9%)		39,557
(59.5%)		414
(0.6%)		-4
GEORGIA40,499
(28.3%)		100,493
(70.3%)		1,808
(1.3%)		136
(0.1%)		12
ILLINOIS370,475
(49.5%)		348,351
(46.6%)		21,703
(2.9%)		7,134
(1.0%)		22
INDIANA263,366
(49.0%)		260,990
(48.6%)		9,939
(1.9%)		2,693
(0.5%)		15
IOWA211,607
(52.3%)		179,876
(44.4%)		3,550
(0.9%)		9,105
(2.2%)		13
KANSAS182,845
(55.2%)		102,739
(31.0%)		6,774
(2.0%)		37,838
(11.4%)		9
KENTUCKY155,138
(45.0%)		183,830
(53.3%)		5,223
(1.5%)		677
(0.2%)		13
LOUISIANA30,660
(26.5%)		85,032
(73.4%)		160
(0.1%)		39
(>0.1%)		8
MAINE73,730
(57.5%)		50,472
(39.4%)		2,961
(2.1%)		1,344
(1.0%)		6
MARYLAND99,986
(47.4%)		106,188
(50.3%)		4,767
(2.3%)		-8
MASSACHUSETTS183,892
(53.4%)		151,590
(44.0%)		8,701
(2.5%)		-14
MICHIGAN236,387
(49.7%)		213,469
(44.9%)		20,945
(4.4%)		4,555
(1.0%)		13
MINNESOTA142,492
(54.1%)		104,372
(39.7%)		15,201
(5.8%)		1,097
(0.4%)		7
MISSISSIPPI30,095
(26.0%)		85,451
(73.8%)		240
(0.2%)		-9
MISSOURI236,252
(45.3%)		261,943
(50.2%)		4,539
(0.9%)		18,625
(3.6%)		16
NEBRASKA108,417
(53.5%)		80,552
(39.8%)		9,435
(4.7%)		4,226
(2.1%)		5
NEVADA7,229
(57.5%)		5,303
(42.2%)		41
(0.3%)		-3
NEW HAMPSHIRE45,734
(50.4%)		43,382
(47.8%)		1,596
(1.8%)		-4
NEW JERSEY144,347
(47.5%)		151,493
(49.9%)		7,794
(2.6%)		-9
NEW YORK650,338
(49.3)		635,965
(48.2%)		30,231
(2.3%)		627
(>0.1%)		36
NORTH CAROLINA134,784
(47.2%)		147,902
(51.8%)		2,840
(1.0%)		-11
OHIO416,054
(49.6%)		395,456
(47.1%)		24,356
(2.9%)		3,491
(0.4%)		23
OREGON33,291
(53.8%)		26,518
(42.8%)		1,676
(2.7%)		-3
PENNSYLVANIA526,091
(53.8%)		446,633
(44.8%)		20,947
(2.1%)		3,873
(0.4%)		30
RHODE ISLAND21,969
(53.9%)		17,530
(43.0%)		1,251
(3.1%)		18
(>0.1%)		4
SOUTH CAROLINA13,736
(17.2%)		65,824
(82.3%)		--9
TENNESSEE138,978
(45.8%)		158,699
(52.3%)		5,969
(2.0%)		48
(>0.1%)		12
TEXAS88,604
(25.0%)		232,189
(65.5%)		4,739
(1.3%)		28,880
(8.1%)		13
VERMONT45,193
(71.2%)		16,788
(26.4%)		1,460
(2.3%)		-4
VIRGINIA150,399
(49.5%)		152,004
(50.0%)		1,684
(0.6%)		-12
WEST VIRGINIA78,171
(49.0%)		78,677
(49.3%)		1,084
(0.7%)		1,508
(0.9%)		6
WISCONSIN176,553
(49.8%)		155,232
(43.8%)		14,277
(4.0%)		8,552
(2.4%)		11
TOTALS 5,443,892
(47.8%)		 5,534,488
(48.6%)		 249,819
(2.2%)		 146,602
(1.3%)		 .
ELECTORAL
VOTES		 233 168 0 0 .
In 1888, 401 electoral votes were available; 201 votes were needed to secure the win.
All percentages in this table are based only on votes to these four candidates.
Other Candidates1888 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
Candidate Party Votes
Robert Hall Cowdery (IL) /
William H. T. Wakefield (KS)		 United Labor 2,818
James Langdon Curtis (NY) /
Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton (CA)		 American 1,612
1888 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
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