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| Elections in Ohio |
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The 1888 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose 23 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was narrowly won by Republican Party candidate, Benjamin Harrison, with 49.51% of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, garnered 47.18% of the popular vote. [1]
Results
| 1888 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 416,054 | 49.51% | 23 | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | 396,455 | 47.18% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Clinton Fisk | 24,356 | 2.90% | 0 | |
| Union Labor | Alson Streeter | 3,496 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Totals | 840,361 | 100.0% | 23 | ||
Results by county
| 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 | 2,870 | 47.71% | 3,022 | 50.24% | 123 | 2.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -152 | -2.53% | 6,015 |
| Allen | 3,761 | 41.07% | 5,123 | 55.94% | 240 | 2.62% | 34 | 0.37% | -1,362 | -14.87% | 9,158 |
| Ashland | 2,445 | 42.32% | 3,152 | 54.56% | 180 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -707 | -12.24% | 5,777 |
| Ashtabula | 7,164 | 67.39% | 2,675 | 25.16% | 758 | 7.13% | 34 | 0.32% | 4,489 | 42.23% | 10,631 |
| Athens | 4,570 | 69.58% | 1,612 | 24.54% | 339 | 5.16% | 47 | 0.72% | 2,958 | 45.04% | 6,568 |
| Auglaize | 2,212 | 35.55% | 3,928 | 63.12% | 82 | 1.32% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,716 | -27.58% | 6,223 |
| Belmont | 6,615 | 51.55% | 5,778 | 45.02% | 435 | 3.39% | 5 | 0.04% | 837 | 6.52% | 12,833 |
| Brown | 3,055 | 40.95% | 4,237 | 56.79% | 169 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,182 | -15.84% | 7,461 |
| Butler | 4,143 | 34.77% | 7,454 | 62.55% | 262 | 2.20% | 57 | 0.48% | -3,311 | -27.79% | 11,916 |
| Carroll | 2,405 | 55.81% | 1,746 | 40.52% | 130 | 3.02% | 28 | 0.65% | 659 | 15.29% | 4,309 |
| Champaign | 3,933 | 53.58% | 3,049 | 41.53% | 351 | 4.78% | 8 | 0.11% | 884 | 12.04% | 7,341 |
| Clark | 7,128 | 51.79% | 5,860 | 42.58% | 761 | 5.53% | 13 | 0.09% | 1,268 | 9.21% | 13,762 |
| Clermont | 4,097 | 48.17% | 4,180 | 49.15% | 207 | 2.43% | 21 | 0.25% | -83 | -0.98% | 8,505 |
| Clinton | 3,816 | 59.53% | 2,305 | 35.96% | 289 | 4.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,511 | 23.57% | 6,410 |
| Columbiana | 7,700 | 57.08% | 5,154 | 38.21% | 473 | 3.51% | 163 | 1.21% | 2,546 | 18.87% | 13,490 |
| Coshocton | 2,768 | 42.21% | 3,567 | 54.39% | 223 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -799 | -12.18% | 6,558 |
| Crawford | 2,681 | 33.58% | 5,085 | 63.68% | 185 | 2.32% | 34 | 0.43% | -2,404 | -30.11% | 7,985 |
| Cuyahoga | 25,994 | 50.92% | 23,949 | 46.92% | 719 | 1.41% | 384 | 0.75% | 2,045 | 4.01% | 51,046 |
| Darke | 4,267 | 41.84% | 5,495 | 53.88% | 424 | 4.16% | 13 | 0.13% | -1,228 | -12.04% | 10,199 |
| Defiance | 2,245 | 37.23% | 3,567 | 59.15% | 176 | 2.92% | 42 | 0.70% | -1,322 | -21.92% | 6,030 |
| Delaware | 3,432 | 49.66% | 3,004 | 43.47% | 450 | 6.51% | 25 | 0.36% | 428 | 6.19% | 6,911 |
| Erie | 3,721 | 45.49% | 4,322 | 52.84% | 119 | 1.45% | 17 | 0.21% | -601 | -7.35% | 8,179 |
| Fairfield | 3,058 | 37.64% | 4,846 | 59.65% | 220 | 2.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,788 | -22.01% | 8,124 |
| Fayette | 3,316 | 58.44% | 2,192 | 38.63% | 164 | 2.89% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,124 | 19.81% | 5,674 |
| Franklin | 13,453 | 47.59% | 14,126 | 49.97% | 603 | 2.13% | 89 | 0.31% | -673 | -2.38% | 28,271 |
| Fulton | 2,901 | 55.72% | 1,997 | 38.36% | 288 | 5.53% | 20 | 0.38% | 904 | 17.36% | 5,206 |
| Gallia | 3,651 | 61.33% | 2,216 | 37.22% | 86 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,435 | 24.11% | 5,953 |
| Geauga | 2,712 | 71.80% | 843 | 22.32% | 216 | 5.72% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,869 | 49.48% | 3,777 |
| Greene | 4,893 | 61.70% | 2,682 | 33.82% | 353 | 4.45% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,211 | 27.88% | 7,930 |
| Guernsey | 3,560 | 54.40% | 2,520 | 38.51% | 450 | 6.88% | 14 | 0.21% | 1,040 | 15.89% | 6,544 |
| Hamilton | 41,507 | 51.50% | 37,661 | 46.73% | 470 | 0.58% | 953 | 1.18% | 3,846 | 4.77% | 80,591 |
| Hancock | 4,634 | 48.49% | 4,539 | 47.49% | 351 | 3.67% | 33 | 0.35% | 95 | 0.99% | 9,557 |
| Hardin | 3,611 | 49.54% | 3,339 | 45.81% | 331 | 4.54% | 8 | 0.11% | 272 | 3.73% | 7,289 |
| Harrison | 2,763 | 54.93% | 1,927 | 38.31% | 335 | 6.66% | 5 | 0.10% | 836 | 16.62% | 5,030 |
| Henry | 2,047 | 35.29% | 3,583 | 61.77% | 168 | 2.90% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,536 | -26.48% | 5,801 |
| Highland | 3,576 | 48.61% | 3,489 | 47.42% | 283 | 3.85% | 9 | 0.12% | 87 | 1.18% | 7,357 |
| Hocking | 2,113 | 43.47% | 2,541 | 52.27% | 153 | 3.15% | 54 | 1.11% | -428 | -8.80% | 4,861 |
| Holmes | 1,241 | 25.81% | 3,388 | 70.45% | 180 | 3.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,147 | -44.65% | 4,809 |
| Huron | 4,392 | 53.35% | 3,438 | 41.76% | 356 | 4.32% | 46 | 0.56% | 954 | 11.59% | 8,232 |
| Jackson | 3,570 | 53.67% | 2,628 | 39.51% | 249 | 3.74% | 205 | 3.08% | 942 | 14.16% | 6,652 |
| Jefferson | 5,106 | 58.08% | 3,293 | 37.46% | 385 | 4.38% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,813 | 20.62% | 8,791 |
| Knox | 3,588 | 48.68% | 3,528 | 47.86% | 248 | 3.36% | 7 | 0.09% | 60 | 0.81% | 7,371 |
| Lake | 2,987 | 68.37% | 1,157 | 26.48% | 184 | 4.21% | 41 | 0.94% | 1,830 | 41.89% | 4,369 |
| Lawrence | 4,713 | 59.54% | 3,068 | 38.76% | 135 | 1.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,645 | 20.78% | 7,916 |
| Licking | 4,867 | 43.04% | 6,199 | 54.82% | 204 | 1.80% | 37 | 0.33% | -1,332 | -11.78% | 11,307 |
| Logan | 4,115 | 59.34% | 2,533 | 36.52% | 283 | 4.08% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,582 | 22.81% | 6,935 |
| Lorain | 5,235 | 57.32% | 3,311 | 36.25% | 583 | 6.38% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,924 | 21.07% | 9,133 |
| Lucas | 9,443 | 51.29% | 8,638 | 46.92% | 290 | 1.58% | 41 | 0.22% | 805 | 4.37% | 18,412 |
| Madison | 2,708 | 50.71% | 2,376 | 44.49% | 255 | 4.78% | 1 | 0.02% | 332 | 6.22% | 5,340 |
| Mahoning | 6,162 | 51.31% | 5,337 | 44.44% | 439 | 3.66% | 72 | 0.60% | 825 | 6.87% | 12,010 |
| Marion | 2,521 | 41.38% | 3,297 | 54.12% | 274 | 4.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -776 | -12.74% | 6,092 |
| Medina | 3,333 | 58.08% | 2,181 | 38.00% | 224 | 3.90% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,152 | 20.07% | 5,739 |
| Meigs | 3,989 | 60.41% | 2,413 | 36.54% | 195 | 2.95% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,576 | 23.87% | 6,603 |
| Mercer | 1,841 | 30.01% | 4,146 | 67.58% | 134 | 2.18% | 14 | 0.23% | -2,305 | -37.57% | 6,135 |
| Miami | 5,312 | 53.04% | 4,258 | 42.51% | 426 | 4.25% | 20 | 0.20% | 1,054 | 10.52% | 10,016 |
| Monroe | 1,621 | 29.04% | 3,886 | 69.63% | 74 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,265 | -40.58% | 5,581 |
| Montgomery | 12,491 | 47.89% | 13,142 | 50.38% | 431 | 1.65% | 20 | 0.08% | -651 | -2.50% | 26,084 |
| Morgan | 2,531 | 53.97% | 1,974 | 42.09% | 183 | 3.90% | 2 | 0.04% | 557 | 11.88% | 4,690 |
| Morrow | 2,514 | 51.02% | 2,068 | 41.97% | 306 | 6.21% | 39 | 0.79% | 446 | 9.05% | 4,927 |
| Muskingum | 6,234 | 49.97% | 5,884 | 47.17% | 337 | 2.70% | 20 | 0.16% | 350 | 2.81% | 12,475 |
| Noble | 2,515 | 53.18% | 2,087 | 44.13% | 90 | 1.90% | 37 | 0.78% | 428 | 9.05% | 4,729 |
| Ottawa | 1,730 | 35.73% | 3,065 | 63.30% | 43 | 0.89% | 4 | 0.08% | -1,335 | -27.57% | 4,842 |
| Paulding | 2,975 | 50.51% | 2,781 | 47.22% | 133 | 2.26% | 1 | 0.02% | 194 | 3.29% | 5,890 |
| Perry | 3,528 | 49.16% | 3,474 | 48.40% | 145 | 2.02% | 30 | 0.42% | 54 | 0.75% | 7,177 |
| Pickaway | 3,046 | 43.40% | 3,831 | 54.58% | 142 | 2.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -785 | -11.18% | 7,019 |
| Pike | 1,769 | 43.90% | 2,162 | 53.65% | 91 | 2.26% | 8 | 0.20% | -393 | -9.75% | 4,030 |
| Portage | 3,880 | 52.36% | 3,260 | 43.99% | 249 | 3.36% | 21 | 0.28% | 620 | 8.37% | 7,410 |
| Preble | 3,157 | 49.06% | 2,966 | 46.09% | 312 | 4.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 191 | 2.97% | 6,435 |
| Putnam | 2,355 | 34.61% | 4,261 | 62.62% | 169 | 2.48% | 20 | 0.29% | -1,906 | -28.01% | 6,805 |
| Richland | 4,188 | 43.43% | 5,198 | 53.90% | 246 | 2.55% | 12 | 0.12% | -1,010 | -10.47% | 9,644 |
| Ross | 4,942 | 50.70% | 4,584 | 47.03% | 217 | 2.23% | 4 | 0.04% | 358 | 3.67% | 9,747 |
| Sandusky | 3,218 | 44.10% | 3,917 | 53.68% | 112 | 1.53% | 50 | 0.69% | -699 | -9.58% | 7,297 |
| Scioto | 4,070 | 55.02% | 3,075 | 41.57% | 156 | 2.11% | 96 | 1.30% | 995 | 13.45% | 7,397 |
| Seneca | 4,165 | 43.08% | 5,232 | 54.12% | 213 | 2.20% | 58 | 0.60% | -1,067 | -11.04% | 9,668 |
| Shelby | 2,447 | 39.67% | 3,597 | 58.32% | 119 | 1.93% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,150 | -18.64% | 6,168 |
| Stark | 8,763 | 47.29% | 9,094 | 49.07% | 543 | 2.93% | 131 | 0.71% | -331 | -1.79% | 18,531 |
| Summit | 6,455 | 51.43% | 5,495 | 43.78% | 499 | 3.98% | 103 | 0.82% | 960 | 7.65% | 12,552 |
| Trumbull | 6,299 | 62.47% | 3,177 | 31.51% | 573 | 5.68% | 34 | 0.34% | 3,122 | 30.96% | 10,083 |
| Tuscarawas | 4,730 | 45.23% | 5,484 | 52.44% | 228 | 2.18% | 15 | 0.14% | -754 | -7.21% | 10,457 |
| Union | 3,468 | 58.53% | 2,224 | 37.54% | 219 | 3.70% | 14 | 0.24% | 1,244 | 21.00% | 5,925 |
| Van Wert | 3,411 | 48.18% | 3,398 | 48.00% | 269 | 3.80% | 1 | 0.01% | 13 | 0.18% | 7,079 |
| Vinton | 1,832 | 48.93% | 1,865 | 49.81% | 43 | 1.15% | 4 | 0.11% | -33 | -0.88% | 3,744 |
| Warren | 4,173 | 59.78% | 2,598 | 37.22% | 209 | 2.99% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,575 | 22.56% | 6,981 |
| Washington | 4,921 | 51.24% | 4,446 | 46.29% | 218 | 2.27% | 19 | 0.20% | 475 | 4.95% | 9,604 |
| Wayne | 4,161 | 43.77% | 4,888 | 51.41% | 448 | 4.71% | 10 | 0.11% | -727 | -7.65% | 9,507 |
| Williams | 3,071 | 48.99% | 2,977 | 47.50% | 172 | 2.74% | 48 | 0.77% | 94 | 1.50% | 6,268 |
| Wood | 5,199 | 51.68% | 4,431 | 44.05% | 380 | 3.78% | 50 | 0.50% | 768 | 7.63% | 10,060 |
| Wyandot | 2,256 | 41.64% | 2,981 | 55.02% | 177 | 3.27% | 4 | 0.07% | -725 | -13.38% | 5,418 |
| Totals | 416,055 | 49.57% | 395,456 | 47.11% | 24,356 | 2.90% | 3,491 | 0.42% | 20,599 | 2.45% | 839,358 |
See also
References
- ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1888 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio
- ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (xlsx file for €15)
