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1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina
Turnout	20.40% of the total population 1.24 pp
Cleveland 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Harrison 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
President before election; Grover Cleveland; Democratic	Elected President ; Benjamin Harrison; Republican

The 1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.^[2]

North Carolina was won by the incumbent President Grover Cleveland ( D– New York), running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G. Thurman, with 51.79% of the popular vote, against former Senator Benjamin Harrison ( R- Indiana), running with Levi P. Morton, the 31st governor of New York, with 47.20% of the vote.^[2]

The Union Labor Party chose Alson Streeter, a former Illinois state representative, and Charles E. Cunningham as their presidential and vice-presidential candidates and received 0.01% of the vote. The Prohibition Party ran brigadier general Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks and received 0.99% of the vote.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland (incumbent)	147,902	51.79%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison	134,784	47.20%
	Prohibition	Clinton Fisk	2,840	0.99%
	Labor	Alson Streeter	37	0.01%
Total votes			285,563	100.00%

Results by county

1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county
County	Stephen Grover Cleveland^[3] Democratic		Benjamin Harrison^[3] Republican		Clinton Bowen Fisk^[4] Prohibition		Alson Jenness Streeter^[4] Write-in		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Catawba	73.22%	2,349	23.85%	765	2.93%	94			49.38%	1,584
Cleveland	74.04%	2,264	24.92%	762	1.05%	32			49.12%	1,502
Onslow	72.21%	1,177	27.79%	453	0.00%	0			44.42%	724
Union	69.78%	2,067	29.68%	879	0.54%	16			40.11%	1,188
Columbus	69.59%	2,078	29.91%	893	0.50%	15			39.69%	1,185
Currituck	68.19%	1,001	31.40%	461	0.41%	6			36.78%	540
Rowan	67.22%	2,732	31.35%	1,274	1.43%	58			35.88%	1,458
Anson	67.15%	2,157	32.85%	1,055	0.00%	0			34.31%	1,102
Duplin	66.00%	2,209	33.91%	1,135	0.09%	3			32.09%	1,074
Cabarrus	62.07%	1,659	34.90%	933	3.03%	81			27.16%	726
Caldwell	63.47%	1,258	36.48%	723	0.05%	1			26.99%	535
Alexander	62.12%	943	36.10%	548	1.78%	27			26.02%	395
Alleghany	62.57%	687	37.07%	407	0.36%	4			25.50%	280
Carteret	59.16%	1,082	39.04%	714	1.80%	33			20.12%	368
Sampson	59.68%	2,390	40.15%	1,608	0.17%	7			19.53%	782
Jackson	58.88%	902	39.95%	612	1.17%	18			18.93%	290
Robeson	58.88%	2,879	40.29%	1,970	0.84%	41			18.59%	909
Graham	59.29%	284	40.71%	195	0.00%	0			18.58%	89
Iredell	58.03%	2,720	40.41%	1,894	1.56%	73			17.62%	826
Gates	58.56%	1,146	41.29%	808	0.15%	3			17.27%	338
Johnston	58.35%	2,992	41.52%	2,129	0.14%	7			16.83%	863
Clay	57.29%	401	41.43%	290	1.29%	9			15.86%	111
Harnett	57.66%	1,498	42.34%	1,100	0.00%	0			15.32%	398
Wilson	57.41%	2,130	42.59%	1,580	0.00%	0			14.82%	550
Haywood	56.67%	1,325	42.39%	991	0.94%	22			14.29%	334
Stanly	56.32%	1,021	42.80%	776	0.88%	16			13.51%	245
Lincoln	56.26%	1,205	43.04%	922	0.42%	9	0.28%	6	13.21%	283
Mecklenburg	55.69%	4,206	43.07%	3,253	1.23%	93			12.62%	953
Martin	55.97%	1,663	44.03%	1,308	0.00%	0			11.95%	355
Nash	55.92%	2,181	44.08%	1,719	0.00%	0			11.85%	462
Chatham	54.47%	2,581	42.78%	2,027	2.74%	130			11.69%	554
Tyrrell	55.73%	472	44.16%	374	0.12%	1			11.57%	98
Gaston	54.10%	1,589	42.90%	1,260	2.62%	77	0.37%	11	11.20%	329
Cumberland	55.44%	2,523	44.56%	2,028	0.00%	0			10.88%	495
Orange	54.73%	1,613	44.08%	1,299	1.19%	35			10.65%	314
Pamlico	54.32%	730	45.01%	605	0.67%	9			9.30%	125
Swain	52.54%	527	45.16%	453	2.29%	23			7.38%	74
Yancey	53.58%	929	46.42%	805	0.00%	0			7.15%	124
Jones	53.40%	706	46.37%	613	0.23%	3			7.03%	93
McDowell	53.10%	1,002	46.32%	874	0.58%	11			6.78%	128
Durham	51.91%	1,835	45.77%	1,618	2.32%	82			6.14%	217
Lenoir	52.14%	1,598	46.56%	1,427	1.31%	40			5.58%	171
Alamance	50.35%	1,716	45.31%	1,544	4.34%	148			5.05%	172
Beaufort	50.93%	2,033	45.92%	1,833	3.16%	126			5.01%	200
Bladen	52.50%	1,520	47.50%	1,375	0.00%	0			5.01%	145
Franklin	52.34%	2,218	47.64%	2,019	0.02%	1			4.70%	199
Bertie	52.23%	1,218	47.56%	1,109	0.21%	5			4.67%	109
Hyde	52.04%	843	47.59%	771	0.37%	6			4.44%	72
Pitt	51.43%	2,569	47.21%	2,358	1.36%	68			4.22%	211
Rockingham	51.43%	2,351	47.60%	2,176	0.96%	44			3.83%	175
Burke	51.65%	1,249	48.06%	1,162	0.29%	7			3.60%	87
Moore	50.87%	1,955	47.51%	1,826	1.09%	42	0.52%	20	3.36%	129
Macon	50.31%	805	47.13%	754	2.56%	41			3.19%	51
Brunswick	51.36%	1,023	48.44%	965	0.20%	4			2.91%	58
Person	51.45%	1,369	48.55%	1,292	0.00%	0			2.89%	77
Stokes	51.28%	1,442	48.47%	1,363	0.25%	7			2.81%	79
Hertford	51.20%	1,107	48.80%	1,055	0.00%	0			2.41%	52
Wayne	50.71%	2,748	48.51%	2,629	0.78%	42			2.20%	119
Polk	50.70%	436	48.60%	418	0.70%	6			2.09%	18
Surry	50.70%	1,672	48.85%	1,611	0.45%	15			1.85%	61
Buncombe	49.68%	2,956	48.29%	2,873	2.03%	121			1.39%	83
Rutherford	49.78%	1,678	49.51%	1,669	0.71%	24			0.27%	9
Richmond	49.67%	1,729	50.07%	1,743	0.26%	9			-0.40%	-14
Camden	48.92%	588	51.08%	614	0.00%	0			-2.16%	-26
Pender	48.89%	725	51.11%	758	0.00%	0			-2.23%	-33
Dare	48.78%	321	51.22%	337	0.00%	0			-2.43%	-16
Ashe	48.26%	1,416	51.74%	1,518	0.00%	0			-3.48%	-102
Watauga	48.12%	908	51.72%	976	0.16%	3			-3.60%	-68
Transylvania	48.07%	523	51.93%	565	0.00%	0			-3.86%	-42
Greene	47.97%	994	52.03%	1,078	0.00%	0			-4.05%	-84
Granville	47.66%	2,399	52.15%	2,625	0.20%	10			-4.49%	-226
Chowan	47.61%	738	52.13%	808	0.26%	4			-4.52%	-70
Randolph	44.92%	2,121	49.53%	2,339	5.55%	262			-4.62%	-218
Guilford	44.41%	2,462	49.08%	2,721	6.51%	361			-4.67%	-259
Wake	46.85%	4,511	52.23%	5,029	0.92%	89			-5.38%	-518
Halifax	46.46%	2,488	53.54%	2,867	0.00%	0			-7.08%	-379
Davidson	45.30%	2,023	52.53%	2,346	2.17%	97			-7.23%	-323
Forsyth	45.64%	2,238	53.28%	2,613	1.08%	53			-7.65%	-375
Northampton	45.69%	1,684	54.15%	1,996	0.16%	6			-8.46%	-312
Davie	45.32%	1,008	53.91%	1,199	0.76%	17			-8.59%	-191
Caswell	45.20%	1,351	54.43%	1,627	0.37%	11			-9.23%	-276
Montgomery	45.05%	992	54.81%	1,207	0.14%	3			-9.76%	-215
Perquimans	43.87%	783	55.24%	986	0.90%	16			-11.37%	-203
Cherokee	43.11%	673	56.89%	888	0.00%	0			-13.77%	-215
Yadkin	41.91%	1,065	56.32%	1,431	1.77%	45			-14.40%	-366
Washington	42.17%	775	57.18%	1,051	0.65%	12			-15.02%	-276
Wilkes	42.29%	1,691	57.31%	2,292	0.40%	16			-15.03%	-601
Vance	41.79%	1,385	58.21%	1,929	0.00%	0			-16.42%	-544
Henderson	41.37%	915	58.63%	1,297	0.00%	0			-17.27%	-382
Pasquotank	39.86%	826	58.93%	1,221	1.21%	25			-19.06%	-395
New Hanover	39.57%	1,870	60.43%	2,856	0.00%	0			-20.86%	-986
Warren	38.45%	549	61.55%	879	0.00%	0			-23.11%	-330
Madison	37.81%	1,158	62.06%	1,901	0.13%	4			-24.26%	-743
Edgecombe	34.32%	1,331	65.55%	2,542	0.13%	5			-31.23%	-1,211
Craven	34.12%	1,359	65.73%	2,618	0.15%	6			-31.61%	-1,259
Mitchell	29.98%	679	70.02%	1,586	0.00%	0			-40.04%	-907

References

^ "1888 Presidential Election Results North Carolina Total Population Turnout".
^ ^a ^b ^c "1888 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".
^ ^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)

[1] "1888 Presidential Election Results North Carolina Total Population Turnout".

[auto-2] "1888 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".

[Geoelections-3] "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)

[GeoelectionsII-4] "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)

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