1888 United States presidential election in Kansas
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The 1888 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 24.20%.
With 55.23% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Harrison's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nevada and Maine.[1]
Results
[edit]1888 United States presidential election in Kansas[2] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Republican | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi Parsons Morton of New York | 182,904 | 55.23% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent) | Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio | 102,745 | 31.03% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Labor | Alson Streeter of Illinois | Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas | 37,788 | 11.41% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey | John Anderson Brooks of Missouri | 6,779 | 2.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
N/A | Others | Others | 933 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 331,149 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% |
Results by county
[edit]1888 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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County | Benjamin Harrison Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Alson Jenness Streeter Union Labor |
Clinton Bowen Fisk Prohibition |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allen | 1,886 | 56.62% | 1,036 | 31.10% | 332 | 9.97% | 77 | 2.31% | 850 | 25.52% | 3,331 | ||
Anderson | 1,843 | 55.13% | 960 | 28.72% | 369 | 11.04% | 171 | 5.12% | 883 | 26.41% | 3,343 | ||
Atchison | 3,219 | 52.10% | 2,603 | 42.13% | 332 | 5.37% | 25 | 0.40% | 616 | 9.97% | 6,179 | ||
Barber | 977 | 48.80% | 710 | 35.46% | 304 | 15.18% | 11 | 0.55% | 267 | 13.34% | 2,002 | ||
Barton | 1,353 | 49.16% | 1,228 | 44.62% | 101 | 3.67% | 70 | 2.54% | 125 | 4.54% | 2,752 | ||
Bourbon | 3,569 | 57.07% | 1,831 | 29.28% | 805 | 12.87% | 49 | 0.78% | 1,738 | 27.79% | 6,254 | ||
Brown | 2,696 | 55.58% | 1,803 | 37.17% | 235 | 4.84% | 117 | 2.41% | 893 | 18.41% | 4,851 | ||
Butler | 3,172 | 55.36% | 1,616 | 28.20% | 721 | 12.58% | 221 | 3.86% | 1,556 | 27.16% | 5,730 | ||
Chase | 1126 | 54.11% | 593 | 28.50% | 326 | 15.67% | 36 | 1.73% | 533 | 25.61% | 2,081 | ||
Chautauqua | 1,590 | 57.57% | 694 | 25.13% | 466 | 16.87% | 12 | 0.43% | 896 | 32.44% | 2,762 | ||
Cherokee | 2,935 | 45.62% | 2,038 | 31.68% | 1,269 | 19.72% | 192 | 2.98% | 897 | 13.94% | 6,434 | ||
Cheyenne | 779 | 63.08% | 420 | 34.01% | 22 | 1.78% | 14 | 1.13% | 359 | 29.07% | 1,235 | ||
Clark | 473 | 51.30% | 349 | 37.85% | 98 | 10.63% | 2 | 0.22% | 124 | 13.45% | 922 | ||
Clay | 1,914 | 50.80% | 920 | 24.42% | 794 | 21.07% | 140 | 3.72% | 994 | 26.38% | 3,768 | ||
Cloud | 2,542 | 59.55% | 1,052 | 24.64% | 557 | 13.05% | 118 | 2.76% | 1,490 | 34.90% | 4,269 | ||
Coffey | 1,970 | 52.59% | 1,227 | 32.75% | 440 | 11.75% | 109 | 2.91% | 743 | 19.83% | 3,746 | ||
Comanche | 490 | 50.67% | 384 | 39.71% | 93 | 9.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 106 | 10.96% | 967 | ||
Cowley | 4,112 | 53.41% | 1,933 | 25.11% | 1,533 | 19.91% | 120 | 1.56% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,179 | 28.30% | 7,699 |
Crawford | 3,156 | 48.46% | 1,875 | 28.79% | 1,362 | 20.91% | 120 | 1.84% | 1,281 | 19.67% | 6,513 | ||
Decatur | 1224 | 57.17% | 731 | 34.14% | 140 | 6.54% | 46 | 2.15% | 493 | 23.03% | 2,141 | ||
Dickinson | 2,746 | 54.15% | 1,695 | 33.43% | 473 | 9.33% | 157 | 3.10% | 1,051 | 20.73% | 5,071 | ||
Doniphan | 2,245 | 66.52% | 1,109 | 32.86% | 14 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,136 | 33.66% | 3,375 | ||
Douglas | 3,189 | 60.02% | 1,669 | 31.41% | 217 | 4.08% | 238 | 4.48% | 1,520 | 28.61% | 5,313 | ||
Edwards | 541 | 53.62% | 334 | 33.10% | 114 | 11.30% | 20 | 1.98% | 207 | 20.52% | 1,009 | ||
Elk | 1,566 | 53.70% | 696 | 23.87% | 600 | 20.58% | 50 | 1.71% | 4 | 0.14% | 870 | 29.84% | 2,916 |
Ellis | 690 | 44.43% | 756 | 48.68% | 105 | 6.76% | 2 | 0.13% | -66 | -4.25% | 1,553 | ||
Ellsworth | 1,159 | 56.51% | 831 | 40.52% | 39 | 1.90% | 22 | 1.07% | 328 | 15.99% | 2,051 | ||
Finney | 694 | 62.86% | 348 | 31.52% | 51 | 4.62% | 11 | 1.00% | 346 | 31.34% | 1,104 | ||
Ford | 882 | 52.47% | 630 | 37.48% | 119 | 7.08% | 50 | 2.97% | 252 | 14.99% | 1,681 | ||
Franklin | 2,422 | 50.47% | 1,113 | 23.19% | 1,056 | 22.00% | 208 | 4.33% | 1,309 | 27.28% | 4,799 | ||
Garfield | 225 | 62.15% | 129 | 35.64% | 3 | 0.83% | 5 | 1.38% | 96 | 26.52% | 362 | ||
Geary | 1027 | 54.31% | 756 | 39.98% | 98 | 5.18% | 10 | 0.53% | 271 | 14.33% | 1,891 | ||
Gove | 586 | 65.84% | 278 | 31.24% | 7 | 0.79% | 19 | 2.13% | 308 | 34.61% | 890 | ||
Graham | 797 | 49.35% | 342 | 21.18% | 245 | 15.17% | 4 | 0.25% | 227 | 14.06% | 455 | 28.17% | 1,615 |
Grant | 390 | 50.45% | 245 | 31.69% | 51 | 6.60% | 6 | 0.78% | 81 | 10.48% | 145 | 18.76% | 773 |
Gray | 417 | 53.81% | 268 | 34.58% | 48 | 6.19% | 33 | 4.26% | 9 | 1.16% | 149 | 19.23% | 775 |
Greeley | 422 | 59.02% | 180 | 25.17% | 105 | 14.69% | 8 | 1.12% | 242 | 33.85% | 715 | ||
Greenwood | 2,242 | 56.89% | 1,110 | 28.17% | 542 | 13.75% | 47 | 1.19% | 1,132 | 28.72% | 3,941 | ||
Hamilton | 480 | 59.11% | 295 | 36.33% | 28 | 3.45% | 9 | 1.11% | 185 | 22.78% | 812 | ||
Harper | 1,490 | 48.79% | 940 | 30.78% | 587 | 19.22% | 37 | 1.21% | 550 | 18.01% | 3,054 | ||
Harvey | 2,145 | 54.25% | 1,065 | 26.93% | 676 | 17.10% | 68 | 1.72% | 1,080 | 27.31% | 3,954 | ||
Haskell | 291 | 55.01% | 197 | 37.24% | 21 | 3.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 3.78% | 94 | 17.77% | 529 |
Hodgeman | 563 | 63.98% | 220 | 25.00% | 83 | 9.43% | 14 | 1.59% | 343 | 38.98% | 880 | ||
Jackson | 1,979 | 59.90% | 1,220 | 36.92% | 13 | 0.39% | 92 | 2.78% | 759 | 22.97% | 3,304 | ||
Jefferson | 2,268 | 57.00% | 1,601 | 40.24% | 11 | 0.28% | 99 | 2.49% | 667 | 16.76% | 3,979 | ||
Jewell | 2,285 | 54.81% | 999 | 23.96% | 757 | 18.16% | 128 | 3.07% | 1,286 | 30.85% | 4,169 | ||
Johnson | 2,164 | 53.13% | 1,435 | 35.23% | 303 | 7.44% | 171 | 4.20% | 729 | 17.90% | 4,073 | ||
Kearny | 367 | 59.39% | 248 | 40.13% | 1 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.32% | 119 | 19.26% | 618 | ||
Kingman | 1,413 | 50.16% | 622 | 22.08% | 756 | 26.84% | 24 | 0.85% | 2 | 0.07% | 657[a] | 23.32% | 2,817 |
Kiowa | 525 | 50.34% | 381 | 36.53% | 107 | 10.26% | 30 | 2.88% | 144 | 13.81% | 1,043 | ||
Labette | 2,870 | 47.38% | 976 | 16.11% | 2,125 | 35.08% | 85 | 1.40% | 1 | 0.02% | 745[a] | 12.30% | 6,057 |
Lane | 459 | 57.74% | 267 | 33.58% | 49 | 6.16% | 20 | 2.52% | 192 | 24.15% | 795 | ||
Leavenworth | 3,272 | 45.48% | 3,516 | 48.87% | 335 | 4.66% | 71 | 0.99% | -244 | -3.39% | 7,194 | ||
Lincoln | 1069 | 50.19% | 617 | 28.97% | 349 | 16.38% | 59 | 2.77% | 36 | 1.69% | 452 | 21.22% | 2,130 |
Linn | 2,166 | 52.51% | 802 | 19.44% | 1,119 | 27.13% | 38 | 0.92% | 1,047[a] | 25.38% | 4,125 | ||
Logan | 609 | 65.84% | 283 | 30.59% | 33 | 3.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 326 | 35.24% | 925 | ||
Lyon | 3,014 | 60.10% | 1,377 | 27.46% | 469 | 9.35% | 155 | 3.09% | 1,637 | 32.64% | 5,015 | ||
Marion | 2,375 | 60.16% | 1,283 | 32.50% | 219 | 5.55% | 71 | 1.80% | 1,092 | 27.66% | 3,948 | ||
Marshall | 2,547 | 48.33% | 1,815 | 34.44% | 835 | 15.84% | 73 | 1.39% | 732 | 13.89% | 5,270 | ||
McPherson | 2,279 | 51.70% | 829 | 18.81% | 1,181 | 26.79% | 119 | 2.70% | 1,098[a] | 24.91% | 4,408 | ||
Meade | 578 | 56.78% | 342 | 33.60% | 91 | 8.94% | 7 | 0.69% | 236 | 23.18% | 1,018 | ||
Miami | 2,170 | 51.30% | 1,600 | 37.83% | 360 | 8.51% | 100 | 2.36% | 570 | 13.48% | 4,230 | ||
Mitchell | 1,676 | 55.90% | 880 | 29.35% | 337 | 11.24% | 105 | 3.50% | 796 | 26.55% | 2,998 | ||
Montgomery | 2,871 | 52.43% | 1,863 | 34.02% | 709 | 12.95% | 33 | 0.60% | 1,008 | 18.41% | 5,476 | ||
Morris | 1,612 | 58.72% | 840 | 30.60% | 258 | 9.40% | 35 | 1.28% | 772 | 28.12% | 2,745 | ||
Morton | 333 | 58.01% | 205 | 35.71% | 29 | 5.05% | 7 | 1.22% | 128 | 22.30% | 574 | ||
Nemaha | 2,515 | 56.54% | 1,682 | 37.81% | 81 | 1.82% | 93 | 2.09% | 77 | 1.73% | 833 | 18.73% | 4,448 |
Neosho | 2,134 | 49.66% | 1,144 | 26.62% | 982 | 22.85% | 37 | 0.86% | 990 | 23.04% | 4,297 | ||
Ness | 891 | 57.26% | 470 | 30.21% | 124 | 7.97% | 71 | 4.56% | 421 | 27.06% | 1,556 | ||
Norton | 1,471 | 56.60% | 631 | 24.28% | 466 | 17.93% | 31 | 1.19% | 840 | 32.32% | 2,599 | ||
Osage | 3,442 | 57.49% | 1,380 | 23.05% | 1,001 | 16.72% | 164 | 2.74% | 2,062 | 34.44% | 5,987 | ||
Osborne | 1,680 | 64.62% | 686 | 26.38% | 183 | 7.04% | 45 | 1.73% | 6 | 0.23% | 994 | 38.23% | 2,600 |
Ottawa | 1,569 | 56.08% | 769 | 27.48% | 366 | 13.08% | 94 | 3.36% | 800 | 28.59% | 2,798 | ||
Pawnee | 895 | 61.94% | 303 | 20.97% | 209 | 14.46% | 38 | 2.63% | 592 | 40.97% | 1,445 | ||
Phillips | 1,681 | 53.86% | 763 | 24.45% | 592 | 18.97% | 35 | 1.12% | 50 | 1.60% | 918 | 29.41% | 3,121 |
Pottawatomie | 2,419 | 58.94% | 1,471 | 35.84% | 162 | 3.95% | 52 | 1.27% | 948 | 23.10% | 4,104 | ||
Pratt | 1115 | 50.18% | 652 | 29.34% | 370 | 16.65% | 85 | 3.83% | 463 | 20.84% | 2,222 | ||
Rawlins | 1023 | 57.31% | 633 | 35.46% | 127 | 7.11% | 2 | 0.11% | 390 | 21.85% | 1,785 | ||
Reno | 3,398 | 56.61% | 1,841 | 30.67% | 366 | 6.10% | 158 | 2.63% | 239 | 3.98% | 1,557 | 25.94% | 6,002 |
Republic | 2,595 | 63.77% | 1,205 | 29.61% | 110 | 2.70% | 159 | 3.91% | 1,390 | 34.16% | 4,069 | ||
Rice | 1,851 | 57.79% | 934 | 29.16% | 284 | 8.87% | 134 | 4.18% | 917 | 28.63% | 3,203 | ||
Riley | 1,856 | 62.49% | 772 | 25.99% | 285 | 9.60% | 56 | 1.89% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,084 | 36.50% | 2,970 |
Rooks | 1112 | 58.31% | 412 | 21.60% | 350 | 18.35% | 33 | 1.73% | 700 | 36.71% | 1,907 | ||
Rush | 681 | 58.71% | 424 | 36.55% | 26 | 2.24% | 29 | 2.50% | 257 | 22.16% | 1,160 | ||
Russell | 953 | 60.82% | 571 | 36.44% | 24 | 1.53% | 15 | 0.96% | 4 | 0.26% | 382 | 24.38% | 1,567 |
Saline | 2,263 | 57.97% | 1,186 | 30.38% | 329 | 8.43% | 126 | 3.23% | 1,077 | 27.59% | 3,904 | ||
Scott | 294 | 54.65% | 182 | 33.83% | 49 | 9.11% | 13 | 2.42% | 112 | 20.82% | 538 | ||
Sedgwick | 6,071 | 55.51% | 4,025 | 36.80% | 618 | 5.65% | 223 | 2.04% | 2,046 | 18.71% | 10,937 | ||
Seward | 400 | 61.16% | 207 | 31.65% | 43 | 6.57% | 4 | 0.61% | 193 | 29.51% | 654 | ||
Shawnee | 7,672 | 68.48% | 3,143 | 28.05% | 117 | 1.04% | 271 | 2.42% | 4,529 | 40.43% | 11,203 | ||
Sheridan | 623 | 61.99% | 337 | 33.53% | 37 | 3.68% | 8 | 0.80% | 286 | 28.46% | 1,005 | ||
Sherman | 803 | 55.69% | 481 | 33.36% | 146 | 10.12% | 12 | 0.83% | 322 | 22.33% | 1,442 | ||
Smith | 1,726 | 51.71% | 777 | 23.28% | 699 | 20.94% | 71 | 2.13% | 65 | 1.95% | 949 | 28.43% | 3,338 |
Stafford | 975 | 47.51% | 483 | 23.54% | 505 | 24.61% | 89 | 4.34% | 470[a] | 22.90% | 2,052 | ||
Stanton | 298 | 52.84% | 197 | 34.93% | 41 | 7.27% | 3 | 0.53% | 25 | 4.43% | 101 | 17.91% | 564 |
Stevens | 307 | 40.99% | 268 | 35.78% | 61 | 8.14% | 21 | 2.80% | 92 | 12.28% | 39 | 5.21% | 749 |
Sumner | 3,499 | 49.72% | 2,139 | 30.39% | 1,301 | 18.49% | 99 | 1.41% | 1,360 | 19.32% | 7,038 | ||
Thomas | 751 | 55.02% | 486 | 35.60% | 121 | 8.86% | 6 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.07% | 265 | 19.41% | 1,365 |
Trego | 477 | 63.86% | 220 | 29.45% | 25 | 3.35% | 24 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.13% | 257 | 34.40% | 747 |
Wabaunsee | 1,708 | 62.43% | 960 | 35.09% | 35 | 1.28% | 33 | 1.21% | 748 | 27.34% | 2,736 | ||
Wallace | 412 | 65.50% | 198 | 31.48% | 14 | 2.23% | 5 | 0.79% | 214 | 34.02% | 629 | ||
Washington | 2,999 | 62.28% | 1,511 | 31.38% | 260 | 5.40% | 45 | 0.93% | 1,488 | 30.90% | 4,815 | ||
Wichita | 438 | 59.35% | 207 | 28.05% | 78 | 10.57% | 15 | 2.03% | 231 | 31.30% | 738 | ||
Wilson | 2,191 | 55.48% | 1,035 | 26.21% | 671 | 16.99% | 47 | 1.19% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,156 | 29.27% | 3,949 |
Woodson | 1,149 | 51.97% | 595 | 26.91% | 363 | 16.42% | 104 | 4.70% | 554 | 25.06% | 2,211 | ||
Wyandotte | 5,430 | 55.41% | 4,155 | 42.40% | 190 | 1.94% | 25 | 0.26% | 1,275 | 13.01% | 9,800 | ||
Totals | 182,903 | 48.40% | 102,745 | 31.06% | 37,506 | 11.34% | 6,697 | 2.02% | 947 | 0.29% | 19,807 | 17.34% | 330,798 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1888 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15 including Streeter and other candidates)