1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
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  1884 November 6, 1888 1892  
  Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg StephenGroverCleveland.jpg
Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman
Electoral vote40
Popular vote45,72843,456
Percentage50.34%47.84%

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New Hampshire Presidential Results 1888 by Municipality.svg
County Results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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

Contents

New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 2.50%.

This would be the last election when bellwether Coös County in the far north voted for a losing presidential candidate until voting for Hubert Humphrey over Richard Nixon in 1968. It would also be the last election when a Democratic presidential candidate carried Merrimack and Rockingham Counties until 1912, when the Republican Party was divided between Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and conservative incumbent Taft, and the last when those two gave a majority to the Democrat until Lyndon Johnson in 1964. [1] Harrison was the first Republican to ever win without Rockingham County.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 45,72850.34%4100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent) Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 43,45647.84%00.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 1,5931.75%00.00%
N/AOthersOthers580.06%00.00%
Total90,835100.00%4100.00%

Results by county

Benjamin Harrison [3]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland [3]
Democratic
Clinton Bowen Fisk [4]
Prohibition
Various candidates [4]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 1]
County# %# %# %# %# %#
Belknap 2,68750.32%2,54047.57%1132.12%1472.75%5,340
Carroll 2,33847.39%2,43449.33%1623.28%-96-1.95%4,934
Cheshire 4,11855.70%3,16542.81%1101.49%95312.89%7,393
Coös 2,29845.18%2,74453.95%440.87%-446-8.77%5,086
Grafton 5,21049.73%5,07548.44%1911.82%1351.29%10,476
Hillsborough 9,46052.07%8,44046.46%2681.48%1,0205.61%18,168
Merrimack 6,00448.14%6,12149.08%3462.77%-117-0.94%12,471
Rockingham 6,45148.86%6,55249.63%2001.51%-101-0.76%13,203
Strafford 4,58051.28%4,27147.82%800.90%3093.46%8,931
Sullivan 2,58854.95%2,04043.31%821.74%54811.63%4,710
Totals45,73450.38%43,38247.79%1,5961.76%58 [lower-alpha 2] 0.06%2,3522.59%90,770

See also

Notes

  1. These figures differ somewhat from those in Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. These votes are not separated by county in the Géoelections data.

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References

  1. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 257 ISBN   0786422173
  2. "1888 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
  4. 1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (xlsx file for €15)