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1888 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Allen G. Thurman Levi P. Morton
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 85,451 30,095
Percentage 73.80% 25.99%
County Results
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Grover Cleveland
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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The 1888 United States presidential election in Mississippi 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.

Mississippi voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 47.81%.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Mississippi [1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 85,451 73.80% 9 100.00%
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 30,095 25.99% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 240 0.21% 0 0.00%
Total 115,786 100.00% 9 100.00%

Results by county

County Stephen Grover Cleveland [2]
Democratic 		Benjamin Harrison [2]
Republican 		Clinton Bowen Fisk [3]
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 793 28.59% 1,981 71.41% 0 0.00% -1,188 -42.83% 2,774
Alcorn 1,094 70.85% 447 28.95% 3 0.19% 647 41.90% 1,544
Amite 1,399 78.73% 375 21.10% 3 0.17% 1,024 57.63% 1,777
Attala 1,924 67.49% 927 32.51% 0 0.00% 997 34.97% 2,851
Benton 814 62.91% 479 37.02% 1 0.08% 335 25.89% 1,294
Bolivar 907 34.45% 1,726 65.55% 0 0.00% -819 -31.11% 2,633
Calhoun 1,163 91.14% 108 8.46% 5 0.39% 1,055 82.68% 1,276
Carroll 1,052 94.27% 60 5.38% 4 0.36% 992 88.89% 1,116
Chickasaw 1,264 74.44% 432 25.44% 2 0.12% 832 49.00% 1,698
Choctaw 743 99.60% 3 0.40% 0 0.00% 740 99.20% 746
Claiborne 599 97.72% 14 2.28% 0 0.00% 585 95.43% 613
Clarke 1,510 74.83% 496 24.58% 12 0.59% 1,014 50.25% 2,018
Clay 1,508 86.57% 234 13.43% 0 0.00% 1,274 73.13% 1,742
Coahoma 612 27.78% 1,591 72.22% 0 0.00% -979 -44.44% 2,203
Copiah 2,207 82.72% 461 17.28% 0 0.00% 1,746 65.44% 2,668
Covington 638 99.38% 4 0.62% 0 0.00% 634 98.75% 642
De Soto 2,083 68.45% 960 31.55% 0 0.00% 1,123 36.90% 3,043
Franklin 776 78.54% 203 20.55% 9 0.91% 573 58.00% 988
Greene 381 85.81% 63 14.19% 0 0.00% 318 71.62% 444
Grenada 708 73.67% 253 26.33% 0 0.00% 455 47.35% 961
Hancock 725 67.69% 313 29.23% 33 3.08% 412 38.47% 1,071
Harrison 850 62.96% 478 35.41% 22 1.63% 372 27.56% 1,350
Hinds 2,201 69.45% 956 30.17% 12 0.38% 1,245 39.29% 3,169
Holmes 1,664 69.83% 717 30.09% 2 0.08% 947 39.74% 2,383
Issaquena 487 46.16% 568 53.84% 0 0.00% -81 -7.68% 1,055
Itawamba 1,360 96.45% 50 3.55% 0 0.00% 1,310 92.91% 1,410
Jackson 833 57.17% 616 42.28% 8 0.55% 217 14.89% 1,457
Jasper 1,045 62.95% 611 36.81% 4 0.24% 434 26.14% 1,660
Jefferson 683 65.30% 363 34.70% 0 0.00% 320 30.59% 1,046
Jones 671 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 671 100.00% 671
Kemper 1,213 78.87% 325 21.13% 0 0.00% 888 57.74% 1,538
Lafayette 1,687 77.60% 487 22.40% 0 0.00% 1,200 55.20% 2,174
Lauderdale 2,150 86.17% 332 13.31% 13 0.52% 1,818 72.87% 2,495
Lawrence 836 99.52% 2 0.24% 2 0.24% 834 99.29% 840
Leake 1,200 85.17% 209 14.83% 0 0.00% 991 70.33% 1,409
Lee 1,508 98.24% 27 1.76% 0 0.00% 1,481 96.48% 1,535
Leflore 825 99.64% 1 0.12% 2 0.24% 823 [a] 99.40% 828
Lincoln 1,097 63.48% 631 36.52% 0 0.00% 466 26.97% 1,728
Lowndes 1,122 98.33% 17 1.49% 2 0.18% 1,105 96.84% 1,141
Madison 2,032 85.49% 344 14.47% 1 0.04% 1,688 71.01% 2,377
Marion 826 98.80% 5 0.60% 5 0.60% 821 98.21% 836
Marshall 2,264 61.45% 1,420 38.55% 0 0.00% 844 22.91% 3,684
Monroe 2,962 87.76% 413 12.24% 0 0.00% 2,549 75.53% 3,375
Montgomery 989 89.34% 118 10.66% 0 0.00% 871 78.68% 1,107
Neshoba 884 99.66% 3 0.34% 0 0.00% 881 99.32% 887
Newton 1,875 93.24% 135 6.71% 1 0.05% 1,740 86.52% 2,011
Noxubee 846 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 846 100.00% 846
Oktibbeha 1,342 76.60% 399 22.77% 11 0.63% 943 53.82% 1,752
Panola 1,650 59.55% 1,121 40.45% 0 0.00% 529 19.09% 2,771
Perry 547 91.47% 17 2.84% 34 5.69% 513 [a] 85.79% 598
Pike 1,518 71.98% 585 27.74% 6 0.28% 933 44.24% 2,109
Pontotoc 967 65.34% 509 34.39% 4 0.27% 458 30.95% 1,480
Prentiss 1,231 81.42% 281 18.58% 0 0.00% 950 62.83% 1,512
Quitman 105 38.60% 167 61.40% 0 0.00% -62 -22.79% 272
Rankin 1,545 75.40% 504 24.60% 0 0.00% 1,041 50.81% 2,049
Scott 1,056 90.03% 112 9.55% 5 0.43% 944 80.48% 1,173
Sharkey 228 27.44% 599 72.08% 4 0.48% -371 -44.65% 831
Simpson 750 79.45% 193 20.44% 1 0.11% 557 59.00% 944
Smith 1,082 99.63% 2 0.18% 2 0.18% 1,080 99.45% 1,086
Sunflower 365 96.31% 14 3.69% 0 0.00% 351 92.61% 379
Tallahatchie 1,021 97.33% 28 2.67% 0 0.00% 993 94.66% 1,049
Tate 1,931 81.55% 437 18.45% 0 0.00% 1,494 63.09% 2,368
Tippah 1,301 72.89% 483 27.06% 1 0.06% 818 45.83% 1,785
Tishomingo 810 84.46% 144 15.02% 5 0.52% 666 69.45% 959
Tunica 509 34.74% 956 65.26% 0 0.00% -447 -30.51% 1,465
Union 1,409 77.85% 397 21.93% 4 0.22% 1,012 55.91% 1,810
Warren 2,364 71.16% 958 28.84% 0 0.00% 1,406 42.32% 3,322
Washington 1,850 58.16% 1,322 41.56% 9 0.28% 528 16.60% 3,181
Wayne 690 58.08% 494 41.58% 4 0.34% 196 16.50% 1,188
Webster 725 81.64% 161 18.13% 2 0.23% 564 63.51% 888
Wilkinson 495 93.05% 37 6.95% 0 0.00% 458 86.09% 532
Winston 708 99.72% 0 0.00% 2 0.28% 706 [a] 99.44% 710
Yalobusha 1,046 83.21% 211 16.79% 0 0.00% 835 66.43% 1,257
Yazoo 1,196 99.42% 7 0.58% 0 0.00% 1,189 98.84% 1,203
Totals 85,451 73.80% 30,096 25.99% 240 0.21% 55,355 47.81% 115,787

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c In this county where Fisk ran second ahead of Harrison, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Fisk vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Fisk percentage.

References

  1. ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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