US Election Results
1888 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1888 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
The United States presidential election of 1888 was the 26th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1888. It saw Grover Cleveland of New York, the incumbent president and a Democrat, try to secure a second term against the Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison, a former U.S. Senator from Indiana. The economy was prosperous and the nation was at peace, but Cleveland lost re-election in the Electoral College, even though he won a plurality of the popular vote by a narrow margin.
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Presidential candidate |
Party |
Home state |
Popular vote |
Electoral |
Running mate |
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Count |
Pct |
vote |
Vice-presidential candidate |
Home state |
Elect. vote |
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|
Benjamin Harrison |
Republican |
Indiana |
54,43,892 |
47.80% |
233 |
Levi P. Morton |
New York |
233 |
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Grover Cleveland(Incumbent) |
Democratic |
New York |
55,34,488 |
48.63% |
168 |
Allen G. Thurman |
Ohio |
168 |
|
Clinton B. Fisk |
Prohibition |
New Jersey |
2,49,819 |
2.20% |
0 |
John A. Brooks |
Missouri |
0 |
|
Alson Streeter |
Union Labor |
Illinois |
1,46,602 |
1.31% |
0 |
Charles E. Cunningham |
Arkansas |
0 |
|
Other |
8,519 |
0.07% |
— |
Other |
— |
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Total |
1,13,83,320 |
100% |
401 |
|
401 |
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Needed to win |
201 |
|
201 |
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