1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Alson Streeter Party Democratic Republican Union Labor Home state New York Indiana Illinois Running mate Allen G. Thurman Levi P. Morton Charles E. Cunningham Electoral vote 7 0 0 Popular vote 86,062 59,752 10,630 Percentage 54.80% 38.04% 6.77%

County results Cleveland   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Harrison   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President Benjamin Harrison Republican

The 1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arkansas voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 16.76%.

Campaign

The Union Labor Party held its convention in Little Rock, on April 30, 1888. ^[1]

Arkansas had the third-highest percentage for Streeter. Charles Norwood, the Union Labor gubernatorial candidate, narrowly lost in the concurrent election, while Lewis P. Featherstone was elected to the United States House of Representatives. ^{[2] [3]}

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas [4]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York (inc.)	Allen Thurman of Ohio	86,062	54.80%	7	100.00%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Morton of New York	59,752	38.04%	0	0.00%
	Union Labor	Alson Streeter of Illinois	Charles Cunningham of Arkansas	10,630	6.77%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Clinton Fisk of New Jersey	John Brooks of Missouri	614	0.39%	0	0.00%
Total				157,058	100.00%	7	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Arkansas

References

1. Hild 2004, p. 32.
2. Hild 2004, p. 35.
3. Hild 2020, p. 61.
4. "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

Works cited

• Hild, Matthew (2020). "The Knights of Labor in Arkansas: A Research Note". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 79 (1). Arkansas Historical Association: 59–63. JSTOR   26924945.
• Hild, Matthew (2004). "Labor, Third-Party Politics, and New South Democracy in Arkansas, 1884-1896". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 63 (1). Arkansas Historical Association: 24–43. JSTOR   40019008.