1888 United States presidential election in Michigan

The 1888 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1888 United States presidential election in Michigan

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Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 236,387 213,469
Percentage 49.73% 44.91%

County Results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Michigan voted for Republican nominees Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Levi P. Morton of New York over Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland.

Results

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1888 United States presidential election in Michigan[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Benjamin Harrison 236,387 49.73%
Democratic Grover Cleveland (incumbent) 213,469 44.91%
Prohibition Clinton B. Fisk 20,945 4.41%
Union Labor Alson Streeter 4,555 0.96%
Total votes 475,356 100%

Results by county

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County Benjamin Harrison[3]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland[3]
Democratic
Clinton Bowen Fisk[4]
Prohibition
Alson Jenness Streeter[4]
Union Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Alcona 645 55.60% 502 43.28% 7 0.60% 6 0.52% 143 12.33% 1,160
Alger 284 62.28% 162 35.53% 10 2.19% 0 0.00% 122 26.75% 456
Allegan 5,078 52.01% 3,829 39.22% 721 7.39% 135 1.38% 1,249 12.79% 9,763
Alpena 1,486 47.14% 1,504 47.72% 118 3.74% 44 1.40% -18 -0.57% 3,152
Antrim 1,305 56.74% 881 38.30% 114 4.96% 0 0.00% 424 18.43% 2,300
Arenac 357 31.85% 261 23.28% 41 3.66% 462 41.21% -105[a] -9.37% 1,121
Baraga 389 48.69% 406 50.81% 4 0.50% 0 0.00% -17 -2.13% 799
Barry 3,212 49.83% 2,676 41.51% 391 6.07% 167 2.59% 536 8.32% 6,446
Bay 4,378 43.73% 5,386 53.80% 121 1.21% 127 1.27% -1,008 -10.07% 10,012
Benzie 710 57.58% 412 33.41% 94 7.62% 17 1.38% 298 24.17% 1,233
Berrien 5,128 49.72% 4,689 45.46% 468 4.54% 29 0.28% 439 4.26% 10,314
Branch 4,098 55.36% 2,739 37.00% 503 6.79% 63 0.85% 1,359 18.36% 7,403
Calhoun 5,732 52.77% 4,358 40.12% 613 5.64% 159 1.46% 1,374 12.65% 10,862
Cass 2,929 50.62% 2,564 44.31% 282 4.87% 11 0.19% 365 6.31% 5,786
Charlevoix 1,270 56.70% 874 39.02% 95 4.24% 1 0.04% 396 17.68% 2,240
Cheboygan 1,110 45.66% 1,237 50.88% 76 3.13% 8 0.33% -127 -5.22% 2,431
Chippewa 1,055 51.56% 909 44.43% 82 4.01% 0 0.00% 146 7.14% 2,046
Clare 905 47.99% 912 48.36% 57 3.02% 12 0.64% -7 -0.37% 1,886
Clinton 3,493 48.65% 3,248 45.24% 348 4.85% 91 1.27% 245 3.41% 7,180
Crawford 436 47.14% 479 51.78% 9 0.97% 1 0.11% -43 -4.65% 925
Delta 1,587 54.16% 1,332 45.46% 11 0.38% 0 0.00% 255 8.70% 2,930
Eaton 4,624 52.11% 3,266 36.81% 607 6.84% 376 4.24% 1,358 15.30% 8,873
Emmet 946 44.88% 1,056 50.09% 106 5.03% 0 0.00% -110 -5.22% 2,108
Genesee 5,404 53.17% 3,904 38.41% 836 8.23% 20 0.20% 1,500 14.76% 10,164
Gladwin 525 58.79% 357 39.98% 9 1.01% 2 0.22% 168 18.81% 893
Gogebic 1,367 54.35% 1,112 44.21% 36 1.43% 0 0.00% 255 10.14% 2,515
Grand Traverse 1,859 63.10% 925 31.40% 154 5.23% 8 0.27% 934 31.70% 2,946
Gratiot 3,667 52.35% 2,854 40.74% 416 5.94% 68 0.97% 813 11.61% 7,005
Hillsdale 4,959 57.00% 3,035 34.89% 566 6.51% 140 1.61% 1,924 22.11% 8,700
Houghton 3,012 51.12% 2,696 45.76% 184 3.12% 0 0.00% 316 5.36% 5,892
Huron 1,608 34.51% 1,988 42.67% 206 4.42% 857 18.39% -380 -8.16% 4,659
Ingham 4,547 45.71% 4,782 48.07% 507 5.10% 112 1.13% -235 -2.36% 9,948
Ionia 4,436 50.95% 3,779 43.41% 482 5.54% 9 0.10% 657 7.55% 8,706
Iosco 1,505 45.45% 1,639 49.50% 114 3.44% 53 1.60% -134 -4.05% 3,311
Iron 598 53.39% 520 46.43% 2 0.18% 0 0.00% 78 6.96% 1,120
Isabella 2,154 51.46% 1,841 43.98% 175 4.18% 16 0.38% 313 7.48% 4,186
Jackson 5,646 48.82% 5,170 44.70% 586 5.07% 164 1.42% 476 4.12% 11,566
Kalamazoo 5,437 54.66% 3,950 39.71% 522 5.25% 38 0.38% 1,487 14.95% 9,947
Kalkaska 798 62.34% 400 31.25% 77 6.02% 5 0.39% 398 31.09% 1,280
Kent 12,811 49.41% 11,864 45.76% 1,252 4.83% 2 0.01% 947 3.65% 25,929
Keweenaw 411 68.50% 185 30.83% 4 0.67% 0 0.00% 226 37.67% 600
Lake 1,061 54.24% 807 41.26% 86 4.40% 2 0.10% 254 12.99% 1,956
Lapeer 3,662 53.36% 2,914 42.46% 262 3.82% 25 0.36% 748 10.90% 6,863
Leelanau 899 55.49% 673 41.54% 48 2.96% 0 0.00% 226 13.95% 1,620
Lenawee 6,475 49.49% 5,671 43.35% 916 7.00% 21 0.16% 804 6.15% 13,083
Livingston 2,706 44.99% 2,842 47.25% 348 5.79% 119 1.98% -136 -2.26% 6,015
Luce 212 53.54% 172 43.43% 12 3.03% 0 0.00% 40 10.10% 396
Mackinac 625 40.24% 913 58.79% 15 0.97% 0 0.00% -288 -18.54% 1,553
Macomb 3,245 45.24% 3,708 51.69% 217 3.03% 3 0.04% -463 -6.45% 7,173
Manistee 1,668 39.23% 2,328 54.75% 212 4.99% 44 1.03% -660 -15.52% 4,252
Manitou 3 2.08% 141 97.92% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -138 -95.83% 144
Marquette 4,512 65.76% 2,105 30.68% 244 3.56% 0 0.00% 2,407 35.08% 6,861
Mason 1,697 50.79% 1,573 47.08% 67 2.01% 4 0.12% 124 3.71% 3,341
Mecosta 2,604 54.94% 1,793 37.83% 333 7.03% 10 0.21% 811 17.11% 4,740
Menominee 3,156 57.09% 2,228 40.30% 96 1.74% 48 0.87% 928 16.79% 5,528
Midland 1,336 49.59% 1,148 42.61% 127 4.71% 83 3.08% 188 6.98% 2,694
Missaukee 632 50.44% 572 45.65% 47 3.75% 2 0.16% 60 4.79% 1,253
Monroe 3,430 45.33% 3,940 52.07% 182 2.41% 15 0.20% -510 -6.74% 7,567
Montcalm 4,480 53.38% 3,495 41.64% 372 4.43% 46 0.55% 985 11.74% 8,393
Montmorency 235 48.86% 237 49.27% 9 1.87% 0 0.00% -2 -0.42% 481
Muskegon 4,521 52.44% 3,514 40.76% 396 4.59% 191 2.22% 1,007 11.68% 8,622
Newaygo 2,448 51.85% 1,932 40.92% 241 5.10% 100 2.12% 516 10.93% 4,721
Oakland 5,389 47.31% 5,410 47.50% 589 5.17% 2 0.02% -21 -0.18% 11,390
Oceana 1,726 47.82% 1,426 39.51% 434 12.03% 23 0.64% 300 8.31% 3,609
Ogemaw 620 48.44% 579 45.23% 32 2.50% 49 3.83% 41 3.20% 1,280
Ontonagon 308 36.15% 542 63.62% 2 0.23% 0 0.00% -234 -27.46% 852
Osceola 1,882 57.01% 1,090 33.02% 320 9.69% 9 0.27% 792 23.99% 3,301
Oscoda 277 47.19% 299 50.94% 11 1.87% 0 0.00% -22 -3.75% 587
Otsego 573 52.81% 434 40.00% 64 5.90% 14 1.29% 139 12.81% 1,085
Ottawa 4,302 55.03% 3,191 40.82% 268 3.43% 57 0.73% 1,111 14.21% 7,818
Presque Isle 408 45.18% 484 53.60% 11 1.22% 0 0.00% -76 -8.42% 903
Roscommon 360 50.00% 358 49.72% 1 0.14% 1 0.14% 2 0.28% 720
Saginaw 6,723 41.95% 8,923 55.68% 325 2.03% 54 0.34% -2,200 -13.73% 16,025
Sanilac 2,940 51.66% 2,434 42.77% 245 4.31% 72 1.27% 506 8.89% 5,691
Schoolcraft 590 47.81% 589 47.73% 55 4.46% 0 0.00% 1 0.08% 1,234
Shiawassee 4,007 51.91% 3,187 41.29% 513 6.65% 12 0.16% 820 10.62% 7,719
St. Clair 5,419 49.04% 5,286 47.83% 326 2.95% 20 0.18% 133 1.20% 11,051
St. Joseph 3,372 48.36% 3,217 46.14% 180 2.58% 203 2.91% 155 2.22% 6,972
Tuscola 3,888 52.78% 3,112 42.24% 295 4.00% 72 0.98% 776 10.53% 7,367
Van Buren 4,783 58.05% 2,986 36.24% 458 5.56% 13 0.16% 1,797 21.81% 8,240
Washtenaw 4,549 42.96% 5,482 51.78% 543 5.13% 14 0.13% -933 -8.81% 10,588
Wayne 21,326 44.23% 25,986 53.90% 877 1.82% 23 0.05% -4,660 -9.67% 48,212
Wexford 1,437 53.96% 1,065 39.99% 160 6.01% 1 0.04% 372 13.97% 2,663
Totals[b] 236,387 49.73% 213,469 44.91% 20,945 4.41% 4,555 0.96% 22,918 4.82% 475,356

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In this county where Streeter finished ahead of both Harrison and Cleveland, margin given is Harrison vote minus Streeter vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Streeter percentage.
  2. ^ Data from Isle Royal County are not available but are included in the total.

References

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  1. ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1888". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)