1888 Presidential Election
November 6, 1888 · The Gilded Age · 401 electoral votes, 201 to win
Harrison lost the popular vote to Cleveland but won the presidency on the tariff question and superior organization in the swing states, the third popular-vote inversion and the last until 2000.
Elected
Benjamin Harrison
Republican
Electoral vote
233 of 401
won while losing the popular vote
Popular vote
47.8%
5,443,892 votes
Turnout
80.5%
The result
| EV share | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Harrison | Republican | Levi P. Morton | 233 | 5,443,892 | 47.80% | 20 | |
| Grover Cleveland | Democratic | Allen G. Thurman | 168 | 5,534,488 | 48.60% | 18 | |
| Clinton B. Fisk | Prohibition | John A. Brooks | — | 249,819 | 2.20% | — | |
| Alson Streeter | Labor | Charles E. Cunningham | — | 146,602 | 1.31% | — |
11,374,801 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
| Alabama | Grover Cleveland | 67.0% | 10 | Benjamin Harrison · 32.7% |
| Arkansas | Grover Cleveland | 54.8% | 7 | Benjamin Harrison · 38.0% |
| California | Benjamin Harrison | 49.7% | 8 | Grover Cleveland · 46.8% |
| Colorado | Benjamin Harrison | 55.2% | 3 | Grover Cleveland · 40.8% |
| Connecticut | Grover Cleveland | 48.7% | 6 | Benjamin Harrison · 48.4% |
| Delaware | Grover Cleveland | 55.2% | 3 | Benjamin Harrison · 43.5% |
| Florida | Grover Cleveland | 59.5% | 4 | Benjamin Harrison · 39.9% |
| Georgia | Grover Cleveland | 70.3% | 12 | Benjamin Harrison · 28.3% |
| Illinois | Benjamin Harrison | 49.5% | 22 | Grover Cleveland · 46.6% |
| Indiana | Benjamin Harrison | 49.1% | 15 | Grover Cleveland · 48.6% |
| Iowa | Benjamin Harrison | 52.3% | 13 | Grover Cleveland · 44.5% |
| Kansas | Benjamin Harrison | 55.2% | 9 | Grover Cleveland · 31.0% |
| Kentucky | Grover Cleveland | 53.3% | 13 | Benjamin Harrison · 45.0% |
| Louisiana | Grover Cleveland | 73.4% | 8 | Benjamin Harrison · 26.5% |
| Maine | Benjamin Harrison | 57.5% | 6 | Grover Cleveland · 39.4% |
| Maryland | Grover Cleveland | 50.3% | 8 | Benjamin Harrison · 47.4% |
| Massachusetts | Benjamin Harrison | 53.4% | 14 | Grover Cleveland · 44.0% |
| Michigan | Benjamin Harrison | 49.7% | 13 | Grover Cleveland · 44.9% |
| Minnesota | Benjamin Harrison | 54.2% | 7 | Grover Cleveland · 39.7% |
| Mississippi | Grover Cleveland | 73.8% | 9 | Benjamin Harrison · 26.0% |
| Missouri | Grover Cleveland | 50.2% | 16 | Benjamin Harrison · 45.3% |
| Nebraska | Benjamin Harrison | 53.5% | 5 | Grover Cleveland · 39.8% |
| Nevada | Benjamin Harrison | 57.5% | 3 | Grover Cleveland · 42.2% |
| New Hampshire | Benjamin Harrison | 50.4% | 4 | Grover Cleveland · 47.8% |
| New Jersey | Grover Cleveland | 49.9% | 9 | Benjamin Harrison · 47.5% |
| New York | Benjamin Harrison | 49.3% | 36 | Grover Cleveland · 48.2% |
| North Carolina | Grover Cleveland | 51.8% | 11 | Benjamin Harrison · 47.2% |
| Ohio | Benjamin Harrison | 49.6% | 23 | Grover Cleveland · 47.1% |
| Oregon | Benjamin Harrison | 53.8% | 3 | Grover Cleveland · 42.9% |
| Pennsylvania | Benjamin Harrison | 52.7% | 30 | Grover Cleveland · 44.8% |
| Rhode Island | Benjamin Harrison | 52.7% | 4 | Grover Cleveland · 43.0% |
| South Carolina | Grover Cleveland | 82.3% | 9 | Benjamin Harrison · 17.2% |
| Tennessee | Grover Cleveland | 52.3% | 12 | Benjamin Harrison · 45.8% |
| Texas | Grover Cleveland | 65.5% | 13 | Benjamin Harrison · 25.0% |
| Vermont | Benjamin Harrison | 71.2% | 4 | Grover Cleveland · 26.5% |
| Virginia | Grover Cleveland | 50.0% | 12 | Benjamin Harrison · 49.5% |
| West Virginia | Grover Cleveland | 49.4% | 6 | Benjamin Harrison · 49.0% |
| Wisconsin | Benjamin Harrison | 49.8% | 11 | Grover Cleveland · 43.8% |
The Congress it seated
51th Congress
1889–1891
Unified government
Senate
37–47
Democratic vs Republican
House
156–173
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