1888 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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1888 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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  1884 November 6, 1888 1892  
  StephenGroverCleveland.png Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg
Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Allen G. Thurman Levi P. Morton
Electoral vote90
Popular vote85,45130,095
Percentage73.80%25.99%

Mississippi Presidential Election Results 1888.svg
County Results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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

Contents

Mississippi voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 47.81%.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Mississippi [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 85,45173.80%9100.00%
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 30,09525.99%00.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 2400.21%00.00%
Total115,786100.00%9100.00%

Results by county

CountyStephen Grover Cleveland [2]
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison [2]
Republican
Clinton Bowen Fisk [3]
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adams 79328.59%1,98171.41%00.00%-1,188-42.83%2,774
Alcorn 1,09470.85%44728.95%30.19%64741.90%1,544
Amite 1,39978.73%37521.10%30.17%1,02457.63%1,777
Attala 1,92467.49%92732.51%00.00%99734.97%2,851
Benton 81462.91%47937.02%10.08%33525.89%1,294
Bolivar 90734.45%1,72665.55%00.00%-819-31.11%2,633
Calhoun 1,16391.14%1088.46%50.39%1,05582.68%1,276
Carroll 1,05294.27%605.38%40.36%99288.89%1,116
Chickasaw 1,26474.44%43225.44%20.12%83249.00%1,698
Choctaw 74399.60%30.40%00.00%74099.20%746
Claiborne 59997.72%142.28%00.00%58595.43%613
Clarke 1,51074.83%49624.58%120.59%1,01450.25%2,018
Clay 1,50886.57%23413.43%00.00%1,27473.13%1,742
Coahoma 61227.78%1,59172.22%00.00%-979-44.44%2,203
Copiah 2,20782.72%46117.28%00.00%1,74665.44%2,668
Covington 63899.38%40.62%00.00%63498.75%642
De Soto 2,08368.45%96031.55%00.00%1,12336.90%3,043
Franklin 77678.54%20320.55%90.91%57358.00%988
Greene 38185.81%6314.19%00.00%31871.62%444
Grenada 70873.67%25326.33%00.00%45547.35%961
Hancock 72567.69%31329.23%333.08%41238.47%1,071
Harrison 85062.96%47835.41%221.63%37227.56%1,350
Hinds 2,20169.45%95630.17%120.38%1,24539.29%3,169
Holmes 1,66469.83%71730.09%20.08%94739.74%2,383
Issaquena 48746.16%56853.84%00.00%-81-7.68%1,055
Itawamba 1,36096.45%503.55%00.00%1,31092.91%1,410
Jackson 83357.17%61642.28%80.55%21714.89%1,457
Jasper 1,04562.95%61136.81%40.24%43426.14%1,660
Jefferson 68365.30%36334.70%00.00%32030.59%1,046
Jones 671100.00%00.00%00.00%671100.00%671
Kemper 1,21378.87%32521.13%00.00%88857.74%1,538
Lafayette 1,68777.60%48722.40%00.00%1,20055.20%2,174
Lauderdale 2,15086.17%33213.31%130.52%1,81872.87%2,495
Lawrence 83699.52%20.24%20.24%83499.29%840
Leake 1,20085.17%20914.83%00.00%99170.33%1,409
Lee 1,50898.24%271.76%00.00%1,48196.48%1,535
Leflore 82599.64%10.12%20.24%823 [lower-alpha 1] 99.40%828
Lincoln 1,09763.48%63136.52%00.00%46626.97%1,728
Lowndes 1,12298.33%171.49%20.18%1,10596.84%1,141
Madison 2,03285.49%34414.47%10.04%1,68871.01%2,377
Marion 82698.80%50.60%50.60%82198.21%836
Marshall 2,26461.45%1,42038.55%00.00%84422.91%3,684
Monroe 2,96287.76%41312.24%00.00%2,54975.53%3,375
Montgomery 98989.34%11810.66%00.00%87178.68%1,107
Neshoba 88499.66%30.34%00.00%88199.32%887
Newton 1,87593.24%1356.71%10.05%1,74086.52%2,011
Noxubee 846100.00%00.00%00.00%846100.00%846
Oktibbeha 1,34276.60%39922.77%110.63%94353.82%1,752
Panola 1,65059.55%1,12140.45%00.00%52919.09%2,771
Perry 54791.47%172.84%345.69%513 [lower-alpha 1] 85.79%598
Pike 1,51871.98%58527.74%60.28%93344.24%2,109
Pontotoc 96765.34%50934.39%40.27%45830.95%1,480
Prentiss 1,23181.42%28118.58%00.00%95062.83%1,512
Quitman 10538.60%16761.40%00.00%-62-22.79%272
Rankin 1,54575.40%50424.60%00.00%1,04150.81%2,049
Scott 1,05690.03%1129.55%50.43%94480.48%1,173
Sharkey 22827.44%59972.08%40.48%-371-44.65%831
Simpson 75079.45%19320.44%10.11%55759.00%944
Smith 1,08299.63%20.18%20.18%1,08099.45%1,086
Sunflower 36596.31%143.69%00.00%35192.61%379
Tallahatchie 1,02197.33%282.67%00.00%99394.66%1,049
Tate 1,93181.55%43718.45%00.00%1,49463.09%2,368
Tippah 1,30172.89%48327.06%10.06%81845.83%1,785
Tishomingo 81084.46%14415.02%50.52%66669.45%959
Tunica 50934.74%95665.26%00.00%-447-30.51%1,465
Union 1,40977.85%39721.93%40.22%1,01255.91%1,810
Warren 2,36471.16%95828.84%00.00%1,40642.32%3,322
Washington 1,85058.16%1,32241.56%90.28%52816.60%3,181
Wayne 69058.08%49441.58%40.34%19616.50%1,188
Webster 72581.64%16118.13%20.23%56463.51%888
Wilkinson 49593.05%376.95%00.00%45886.09%532
Winston 70899.72%00.00%20.28%706 [lower-alpha 1] 99.44%710
Yalobusha 1,04683.21%21116.79%00.00%83566.43%1,257
Yazoo 1,19699.42%70.58%00.00%1,18998.84%1,203
Totals85,45173.80%30,09625.99%2400.21%55,35547.81%115,787

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 In this county where Fisk ran second ahead of Harrison, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Fisk vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Fisk percentage.

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References

  1. "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)