1888 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1888 United States presidential election in Indiana
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  1884 November 6, 1888 1892  
  Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg StephenGroverCleveland.jpg
Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman
Electoral vote150
Popular vote263,361261,013
Percentage49.05%48.61%

Indiana Presidential Election Results 1888.svg
County Results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

The 1888 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Indiana voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won his home state by a narrow margin of 0.44%. This was the first time that a Republican carried Indiana while losing the popular vote.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Indiana [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 263,36149.05%4100.00%
Democratic Stephen Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent) Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 261,01348.61%00.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 9,8811.84%00.00%
Labor Alson Streeter of Illinois Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas 2,6940.50%00.00%
Total536,949100.00%15100.00%

Results by county

1888 United States presidential election in Indiana by county
CountyBenjamin Harrison [2]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland [2]
Democratic
Clinton Bowen Fisk [3]
Prohibition
Alson Jenness Streeter [3]
Union Labor
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 1,27729.27%2,93667.29%1413.23%90.21%-1,659-38.02%4,363
Allen 5,45535.41%9,69262.92%1621.05%950.62%-4,237-27.51%15,404
Bartholomew 2,74246.27%3,10952.46%691.16%60.10%-367-6.19%5,926
Benton 1,62652.18%1,42545.73%621.99%30.10%2016.45%3,116
Blackford 1,14146.57%1,23250.29%592.41%180.73%-91-3.71%2,450
Boone 3,44148.95%3,32447.29%1041.48%1602.28%1171.66%7,029
Brown 66129.08%1,53867.66%632.77%110.48%-877-38.58%2,273
Carroll 2,60748.96%2,56048.08%1302.44%280.53%470.88%5,325
Cass 3,82246.34%4,22151.18%1621.96%430.52%-399-4.84%8,248
Clark 3,20645.52%3,78853.78%460.65%30.04%-582-8.26%7,043
Clay 3,71148.12%3,77348.92%1301.69%981.27%-62-0.80%7,712
Clinton 3,51950.50%3,27847.04%1371.97%340.49%2413.46%6,968
Crawford 1,44546.54%1,62852.43%220.71%100.32%-183-5.89%3,105
Daviess 2,69149.60%2,68949.57%60.11%390.72%20.04%5,425
De Kalb 2,87946.28%3,16050.80%1412.27%410.66%-281-4.52%6,221
Dearborn 2,64842.25%3,53156.33%570.91%320.51%-883-14.09%6,268
Decatur 2,66351.86%2,40046.74%671.30%50.10%2635.12%5,135
Delaware 4,22762.23%2,36834.86%1812.66%170.25%1,85927.37%6,793
Dubois 1,22028.88%2,98670.67%170.40%20.05%-1,766-41.80%4,225
Elkhart 4,95550.62%4,46445.60%3233.30%470.48%4915.02%9,789
Fayette 1,95356.64%1,47142.66%240.70%00.00%48213.98%3,448
Floyd 2,94742.88%3,82455.65%861.25%150.22%-877-12.76%6,872
Fountain 2,60849.41%2,52547.84%310.59%1142.16%831.57%5,278
Franklin 1,71237.05%2,87262.15%370.80%00.00%-1,160-25.10%4,621
Fulton 2,05347.78%2,16350.34%771.79%40.09%-110-2.56%4,297
Gibson 2,95349.74%2,72145.83%2384.01%250.42%2323.91%5,937
Grant 3,92953.87%2,99041.00%3735.11%10.01%93912.88%7,293
Greene 2,93451.96%2,65947.09%360.64%180.32%2754.87%5,647
Hamilton 3,59956.04%2,41237.56%3906.07%210.33%1,18718.48%6,422
Hancock 1,98644.68%2,37653.45%751.69%80.18%-390-8.77%4,445
Harrison 2,13344.76%2,52953.07%260.55%771.62%-396-8.31%4,765
Hendricks 3,29758.62%2,08337.04%2414.29%30.05%1,21421.59%5,624
Henry 3,84960.07%2,27735.53%2313.60%510.80%1,57224.53%6,408
Howard 3,60458.87%2,20235.97%2273.71%891.45%1,40222.90%6,122
Huntington 3,55949.23%3,48148.15%1862.57%30.04%781.08%7,229
Jackson 2,26340.89%3,23558.45%190.34%180.33%-972-17.56%5,535
Jasper 1,60459.30%1,00337.08%782.88%200.74%60122.22%2,705
Jay 2,81148.42%2,74147.21%1823.13%721.24%701.21%5,806
Jefferson 3,32154.87%2,70044.61%310.51%00.00%62110.26%6,052
Jennings 2,05755.55%1,59843.15%250.68%230.62%45912.40%3,703
Johnson 2,16843.45%2,59451.98%661.32%1623.25%-426-8.54%4,990
Knox 2,92243.57%3,62153.99%1612.40%30.04%-699-10.42%6,707
Kosciusko 4,14755.85%3,08141.49%1912.57%60.08%1,06614.36%7,425
La Porte 3,72244.11%4,60754.60%931.10%160.19%-885-10.49%8,438
Lagrange 2,26257.32%1,51638.42%1333.37%350.89%74618.91%3,946
Lake 2,54354.21%2,06844.08%771.64%30.06%47510.13%4,691
Lawrence 2,25655.36%1,81444.52%00.00%50.12%44210.85%4,075
Madison 3,43645.26%3,92851.74%1992.62%290.38%-492-6.48%7,592
Marion 17,13948.82%17,51549.89%3991.14%570.16%-376-1.07%35,110
Marshall 2,58243.69%3,18853.94%1031.74%370.63%-606-10.25%5,910
Martin 1,39146.99%1,55852.64%80.27%30.10%-167-5.64%2,960
Miami 3,04245.30%3,49252.00%1452.16%360.54%-450-6.70%6,715
Monroe 2,05451.50%1,81545.51%842.11%350.88%2395.99%3,988
Montgomery 4,01150.83%3,76347.69%881.12%290.37%2483.14%7,891
Morgan 2,50053.58%2,07744.51%761.63%130.28%4239.07%4,666
Newton 1,28357.66%86038.65%683.06%140.63%42319.01%2,225
Noble 3,02649.16%2,97948.39%1372.23%140.23%470.76%6,156
Ohio 72655.25%58544.52%20.15%10.08%14110.73%1,314
Orange 1,77951.67%1,65448.04%100.29%00.00%1253.63%3,443
Owen 1,63245.08%1,91852.98%701.93%00.00%-286-7.90%3,620
Parke 2,76453.28%2,15941.62%1783.43%871.68%60511.66%5,188
Perry 1,97449.54%2,00750.36%30.08%10.03%-33-0.83%3,985
Pike 2,19750.02%2,09847.77%190.43%781.78%992.25%4,392
Porter 2,42752.82%2,01843.92%1433.11%70.15%4098.90%4,595
Posey 2,36945.70%2,68451.77%991.91%320.62%-315-6.08%5,184
Pulaski 1,22344.95%1,44653.14%371.36%150.55%-223-8.20%2,721
Putnam 2,57045.12%3,01652.95%961.69%140.25%-446-7.83%5,696
Randolph 4,62965.11%2,25631.73%1802.53%450.63%2,37333.38%7,110
Ripley 2,40449.77%2,38149.30%400.83%50.10%230.48%4,830
Rush 2,71352.46%2,29244.32%1462.82%210.41%4218.14%5,172
Scott 74341.28%1,03057.22%271.50%00.00%-287-15.94%1,800
Shelby 2,87744.41%3,40952.62%1802.78%120.19%-532-8.21%6,478
Spencer 2,73350.22%2,68549.34%200.37%40.07%480.88%5,442
St. Joseph 4,92947.40%5,25750.56%1981.90%140.13%-328-3.15%10,398
Starke 83447.23%90451.19%261.47%20.11%-70-3.96%1,766
Steuben 2,35261.12%1,34835.03%1183.07%300.78%1,00426.09%3,848
Sullivan 1,90235.56%3,38263.24%380.71%260.49%-1,480-27.67%5,348
Switzerland 1,56047.87%1,63750.23%50.15%571.75%-77-2.36%3,259
Tippecanoe 5,07253.39%4,28145.06%1201.26%270.28%7918.33%9,500
Tipton 2,04244.90%2,37052.11%1122.46%240.53%-328-7.21%4,548
Union 1,10854.74%86842.89%422.08%60.30%24011.86%2,024
Vanderburgh 6,02750.23%5,88949.08%650.54%170.14%1381.15%11,998
Vermillion 1,73052.36%1,43843.52%491.48%872.63%2928.84%3,304
Vigo 6,27349.84%6,10248.48%520.41%1601.27%1711.36%12,587
Wabash 3,98658.41%2,55537.44%2613.82%220.32%1,43120.97%6,824
Warren 1,84763.32%1,01734.86%381.30%150.51%83028.45%2,917
Warrick 2,36147.05%2,55750.96%621.24%380.76%-196-3.91%5,018
Washington 1,84743.39%2,38956.12%130.31%80.19%-542-12.73%4,257
Wayne 6,13860.90%3,65336.25%2672.65%200.20%2,48524.66%10,078
Wells 1,92637.17%2,94256.77%2865.52%280.54%-1,016-19.61%5,182
White 1,94248.01%2,01749.86%691.71%170.42%-75-1.85%4,045
Whitley 2,13346.18%2,32550.34%1483.20%130.28%-192-4.16%4,619
Totals263,36149.04%261,00948.60%9,9391.85%2,6930.50%2,3520.44%537,002

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