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| Elections in Indiana |
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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.
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%.
Results[edit]
| 1888 United States presidential election in Indiana[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi Parsons Morton of New York | 263,361 | 49.05% | 4 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Stephen Grover Cleveland of New York | Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio | 261,013 | 48.61% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey | John Anderson Brooks of Missouri | 9,881 | 1.84% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Labor | Alson Streeter of Illinois | Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas | 2,694 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 536,949 | 100.00% | 15 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county[edit]
| County | Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition |
Alson Jenness Streeter[3] Union Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,277 | 29.27% | 2,936 | 67.29% | 141 | 3.23% | 9 | 0.21% | -1,659 | -38.02% | 4,363 |
| Allen | 5,455 | 35.41% | 9,692 | 62.92% | 162 | 1.05% | 95 | 0.62% | -4,237 | -27.51% | 15,404 |
| Bartholomew | 2,742 | 46.27% | 3,109 | 52.46% | 69 | 1.16% | 6 | 0.10% | -367 | -6.19% | 5,926 |
| Benton | 1,626 | 52.18% | 1,425 | 45.73% | 62 | 1.99% | 3 | 0.10% | 201 | 6.45% | 3,116 |
| Blackford | 1,141 | 46.57% | 1,232 | 50.29% | 59 | 2.41% | 18 | 0.73% | -91 | -3.71% | 2,450 |
| Boone | 3,441 | 48.95% | 3,324 | 47.29% | 104 | 1.48% | 160 | 2.28% | 117 | 1.66% | 7,029 |
| Brown | 661 | 29.08% | 1,538 | 67.66% | 63 | 2.77% | 11 | 0.48% | -877 | -38.58% | 2,273 |
| Carroll | 2,607 | 48.96% | 2,560 | 48.08% | 130 | 2.44% | 28 | 0.53% | 47 | 0.88% | 5,325 |
| Cass | 3,822 | 46.34% | 4,221 | 51.18% | 162 | 1.96% | 43 | 0.52% | -399 | -4.84% | 8,248 |
| Clark | 3,206 | 45.52% | 3,788 | 53.78% | 46 | 0.65% | 3 | 0.04% | -582 | -8.26% | 7,043 |
| Clay | 3,711 | 48.12% | 3,773 | 48.92% | 130 | 1.69% | 98 | 1.27% | -62 | -0.80% | 7,712 |
| Clinton | 3,519 | 50.50% | 3,278 | 47.04% | 137 | 1.97% | 34 | 0.49% | 241 | 3.46% | 6,968 |
| Crawford | 1,445 | 46.54% | 1,628 | 52.43% | 22 | 0.71% | 10 | 0.32% | -183 | -5.89% | 3,105 |
| Daviess | 2,691 | 49.60% | 2,689 | 49.57% | 6 | 0.11% | 39 | 0.72% | 2 | 0.04% | 5,425 |
| De Kalb | 2,879 | 46.28% | 3,160 | 50.80% | 141 | 2.27% | 41 | 0.66% | -281 | -4.52% | 6,221 |
| Dearborn | 2,648 | 42.25% | 3,531 | 56.33% | 57 | 0.91% | 32 | 0.51% | -883 | -14.09% | 6,268 |
| Decatur | 2,663 | 51.86% | 2,400 | 46.74% | 67 | 1.30% | 5 | 0.10% | 263 | 5.12% | 5,135 |
| Delaware | 4,227 | 62.23% | 2,368 | 34.86% | 181 | 2.66% | 17 | 0.25% | 1,859 | 27.37% | 6,793 |
| Dubois | 1,220 | 28.88% | 2,986 | 70.67% | 17 | 0.40% | 2 | 0.05% | -1,766 | -41.80% | 4,225 |
| Elkhart | 4,955 | 50.62% | 4,464 | 45.60% | 323 | 3.30% | 47 | 0.48% | 491 | 5.02% | 9,789 |
| Fayette | 1,953 | 56.64% | 1,471 | 42.66% | 24 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 482 | 13.98% | 3,448 |
| Floyd | 2,947 | 42.88% | 3,824 | 55.65% | 86 | 1.25% | 15 | 0.22% | -877 | -12.76% | 6,872 |
| Fountain | 2,608 | 49.41% | 2,525 | 47.84% | 31 | 0.59% | 114 | 2.16% | 83 | 1.57% | 5,278 |
| Franklin | 1,712 | 37.05% | 2,872 | 62.15% | 37 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,160 | -25.10% | 4,621 |
| Fulton | 2,053 | 47.78% | 2,163 | 50.34% | 77 | 1.79% | 4 | 0.09% | -110 | -2.56% | 4,297 |
| Gibson | 2,953 | 49.74% | 2,721 | 45.83% | 238 | 4.01% | 25 | 0.42% | 232 | 3.91% | 5,937 |
| Grant | 3,929 | 53.87% | 2,990 | 41.00% | 373 | 5.11% | 1 | 0.01% | 939 | 12.88% | 7,293 |
| Greene | 2,934 | 51.96% | 2,659 | 47.09% | 36 | 0.64% | 18 | 0.32% | 275 | 4.87% | 5,647 |
| Hamilton | 3,599 | 56.04% | 2,412 | 37.56% | 390 | 6.07% | 21 | 0.33% | 1,187 | 18.48% | 6,422 |
| Hancock | 1,986 | 44.68% | 2,376 | 53.45% | 75 | 1.69% | 8 | 0.18% | -390 | -8.77% | 4,445 |
| Harrison | 2,133 | 44.76% | 2,529 | 53.07% | 26 | 0.55% | 77 | 1.62% | -396 | -8.31% | 4,765 |
| Hendricks | 3,297 | 58.62% | 2,083 | 37.04% | 241 | 4.29% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,214 | 21.59% | 5,624 |
| Henry | 3,849 | 60.07% | 2,277 | 35.53% | 231 | 3.60% | 51 | 0.80% | 1,572 | 24.53% | 6,408 |
| Howard | 3,604 | 58.87% | 2,202 | 35.97% | 227 | 3.71% | 89 | 1.45% | 1,402 | 22.90% | 6,122 |
| Huntington | 3,559 | 49.23% | 3,481 | 48.15% | 186 | 2.57% | 3 | 0.04% | 78 | 1.08% | 7,229 |
| Jackson | 2,263 | 40.89% | 3,235 | 58.45% | 19 | 0.34% | 18 | 0.33% | -972 | -17.56% | 5,535 |
| Jasper | 1,604 | 59.30% | 1,003 | 37.08% | 78 | 2.88% | 20 | 0.74% | 601 | 22.22% | 2,705 |
| Jay | 2,811 | 48.42% | 2,741 | 47.21% | 182 | 3.13% | 72 | 1.24% | 70 | 1.21% | 5,806 |
| Jefferson | 3,321 | 54.87% | 2,700 | 44.61% | 31 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 621 | 10.26% | 6,052 |
| Jennings | 2,057 | 55.55% | 1,598 | 43.15% | 25 | 0.68% | 23 | 0.62% | 459 | 12.40% | 3,703 |
| Johnson | 2,168 | 43.45% | 2,594 | 51.98% | 66 | 1.32% | 162 | 3.25% | -426 | -8.54% | 4,990 |
| Knox | 2,922 | 43.57% | 3,621 | 53.99% | 161 | 2.40% | 3 | 0.04% | -699 | -10.42% | 6,707 |
| Kosciusko | 4,147 | 55.85% | 3,081 | 41.49% | 191 | 2.57% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,066 | 14.36% | 7,425 |
| La Porte | 3,722 | 44.11% | 4,607 | 54.60% | 93 | 1.10% | 16 | 0.19% | -885 | -10.49% | 8,438 |
| Lagrange | 2,262 | 57.32% | 1,516 | 38.42% | 133 | 3.37% | 35 | 0.89% | 746 | 18.91% | 3,946 |
| Lake | 2,543 | 54.21% | 2,068 | 44.08% | 77 | 1.64% | 3 | 0.06% | 475 | 10.13% | 4,691 |
| Lawrence | 2,256 | 55.36% | 1,814 | 44.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.12% | 442 | 10.85% | 4,075 |
| Madison | 3,436 | 45.26% | 3,928 | 51.74% | 199 | 2.62% | 29 | 0.38% | -492 | -6.48% | 7,592 |
| Marion | 17,139 | 48.82% | 17,515 | 49.89% | 399 | 1.14% | 57 | 0.16% | -376 | -1.07% | 35,110 |
| Marshall | 2,582 | 43.69% | 3,188 | 53.94% | 103 | 1.74% | 37 | 0.63% | -606 | -10.25% | 5,910 |
| Martin | 1,391 | 46.99% | 1,558 | 52.64% | 8 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.10% | -167 | -5.64% | 2,960 |
| Miami | 3,042 | 45.30% | 3,492 | 52.00% | 145 | 2.16% | 36 | 0.54% | -450 | -6.70% | 6,715 |
| Monroe | 2,054 | 51.50% | 1,815 | 45.51% | 84 | 2.11% | 35 | 0.88% | 239 | 5.99% | 3,988 |
| Montgomery | 4,011 | 50.83% | 3,763 | 47.69% | 88 | 1.12% | 29 | 0.37% | 248 | 3.14% | 7,891 |
| Morgan | 2,500 | 53.58% | 2,077 | 44.51% | 76 | 1.63% | 13 | 0.28% | 423 | 9.07% | 4,666 |
| Newton | 1,283 | 57.66% | 860 | 38.65% | 68 | 3.06% | 14 | 0.63% | 423 | 19.01% | 2,225 |
| Noble | 3,026 | 49.16% | 2,979 | 48.39% | 137 | 2.23% | 14 | 0.23% | 47 | 0.76% | 6,156 |
| Ohio | 726 | 55.25% | 585 | 44.52% | 2 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.08% | 141 | 10.73% | 1,314 |
| Orange | 1,779 | 51.67% | 1,654 | 48.04% | 10 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 125 | 3.63% | 3,443 |
| Owen | 1,632 | 45.08% | 1,918 | 52.98% | 70 | 1.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -286 | -7.90% | 3,620 |
| Parke | 2,764 | 53.28% | 2,159 | 41.62% | 178 | 3.43% | 87 | 1.68% | 605 | 11.66% | 5,188 |
| Perry | 1,974 | 49.54% | 2,007 | 50.36% | 3 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.03% | -33 | -0.83% | 3,985 |
| Pike | 2,197 | 50.02% | 2,098 | 47.77% | 19 | 0.43% | 78 | 1.78% | 99 | 2.25% | 4,392 |
| Porter | 2,427 | 52.82% | 2,018 | 43.92% | 143 | 3.11% | 7 | 0.15% | 409 | 8.90% | 4,595 |
| Posey | 2,369 | 45.70% | 2,684 | 51.77% | 99 | 1.91% | 32 | 0.62% | -315 | -6.08% | 5,184 |
| Pulaski | 1,223 | 44.95% | 1,446 | 53.14% | 37 | 1.36% | 15 | 0.55% | -223 | -8.20% | 2,721 |
| Putnam | 2,570 | 45.12% | 3,016 | 52.95% | 96 | 1.69% | 14 | 0.25% | -446 | -7.83% | 5,696 |
| Randolph | 4,629 | 65.11% | 2,256 | 31.73% | 180 | 2.53% | 45 | 0.63% | 2,373 | 33.38% | 7,110 |
| Ripley | 2,404 | 49.77% | 2,381 | 49.30% | 40 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.10% | 23 | 0.48% | 4,830 |
| Rush | 2,713 | 52.46% | 2,292 | 44.32% | 146 | 2.82% | 21 | 0.41% | 421 | 8.14% | 5,172 |
| Scott | 743 | 41.28% | 1,030 | 57.22% | 27 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -287 | -15.94% | 1,800 |
| Shelby | 2,877 | 44.41% | 3,409 | 52.62% | 180 | 2.78% | 12 | 0.19% | -532 | -8.21% | 6,478 |
| Spencer | 2,733 | 50.22% | 2,685 | 49.34% | 20 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.07% | 48 | 0.88% | 5,442 |
| St. Joseph | 4,929 | 47.40% | 5,257 | 50.56% | 198 | 1.90% | 14 | 0.13% | -328 | -3.15% | 10,398 |
| Starke | 834 | 47.23% | 904 | 51.19% | 26 | 1.47% | 2 | 0.11% | -70 | -3.96% | 1,766 |
| Steuben | 2,352 | 61.12% | 1,348 | 35.03% | 118 | 3.07% | 30 | 0.78% | 1,004 | 26.09% | 3,848 |
| Sullivan | 1,902 | 35.56% | 3,382 | 63.24% | 38 | 0.71% | 26 | 0.49% | -1,480 | -27.67% | 5,348 |
| Switzerland | 1,560 | 47.87% | 1,637 | 50.23% | 5 | 0.15% | 57 | 1.75% | -77 | -2.36% | 3,259 |
| Tippecanoe | 5,072 | 53.39% | 4,281 | 45.06% | 120 | 1.26% | 27 | 0.28% | 791 | 8.33% | 9,500 |
| Tipton | 2,042 | 44.90% | 2,370 | 52.11% | 112 | 2.46% | 24 | 0.53% | -328 | -7.21% | 4,548 |
| Union | 1,108 | 54.74% | 868 | 42.89% | 42 | 2.08% | 6 | 0.30% | 240 | 11.86% | 2,024 |
| Vanderburgh | 6,027 | 50.23% | 5,889 | 49.08% | 65 | 0.54% | 17 | 0.14% | 138 | 1.15% | 11,998 |
| Vermillion | 1,730 | 52.36% | 1,438 | 43.52% | 49 | 1.48% | 87 | 2.63% | 292 | 8.84% | 3,304 |
| Vigo | 6,273 | 49.84% | 6,102 | 48.48% | 52 | 0.41% | 160 | 1.27% | 171 | 1.36% | 12,587 |
| Wabash | 3,986 | 58.41% | 2,555 | 37.44% | 261 | 3.82% | 22 | 0.32% | 1,431 | 20.97% | 6,824 |
| Warren | 1,847 | 63.32% | 1,017 | 34.86% | 38 | 1.30% | 15 | 0.51% | 830 | 28.45% | 2,917 |
| Warrick | 2,361 | 47.05% | 2,557 | 50.96% | 62 | 1.24% | 38 | 0.76% | -196 | -3.91% | 5,018 |
| Washington | 1,847 | 43.39% | 2,389 | 56.12% | 13 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.19% | -542 | -12.73% | 4,257 |
| Wayne | 6,138 | 60.90% | 3,653 | 36.25% | 267 | 2.65% | 20 | 0.20% | 2,485 | 24.66% | 10,078 |
| Wells | 1,926 | 37.17% | 2,942 | 56.77% | 286 | 5.52% | 28 | 0.54% | -1,016 | -19.61% | 5,182 |
| White | 1,942 | 48.01% | 2,017 | 49.86% | 69 | 1.71% | 17 | 0.42% | -75 | -1.85% | 4,045 |
| Whitley | 2,133 | 46.18% | 2,325 | 50.34% | 148 | 3.20% | 13 | 0.28% | -192 | -4.16% | 4,619 |
| Totals | 263,361 | 49.04% | 261,009 | 48.60% | 9,939 | 1.85% | 2,693 | 0.50% | 2,352 | 0.44% | 537,002 |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results — Indiana". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ a b "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
