1888 United States presidential election in New York

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1888 United States presidential election in New York
Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg
  1884 November 6, 1888 1892  
Turnout92.3% [1] Increase2.svg 4.8 pp
  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 vote360
Popular vote650,338635,965
Percentage49.28%48.19%

New York 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 New York took place on November 6, 1888. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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New York was won by the Republican nominees, former Senator Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate former Congressman Levi P. Morton of New York. Harrison and Morton defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate former Senator Allen G. Thurman of Ohio.

Harrison narrowly carried New York State with a plurality of 49.28% of the vote to Cleveland's 48.19%, a victory margin of 1.09%. In a distant third came the Prohibition Party candidate Clinton B. Fisk with 2.29%.

New York weighed in for this election as less than 2% more Republican than the national average.

Cleveland's narrow defeat in his home state, losing its 36 electoral votes, ultimately cost him the 1888 election, despite the fact that Cleveland won the nationwide popular vote by nearly a point. Cleveland had narrowly won New York State four years earlier in his initial 1884 presidential campaign, but strong opposition to Cleveland from the corrupt Tammany Hall machine, which held significant influence over New York's politics, helped to narrowly tip the state to Harrison in 1888. Had Cleveland instead won New York, he would have won reelection by seven electoral votes.

Cleveland performed most strongly downstate in the New York City area, where he won New York County, Kings County, Queens County, and Richmond County. Cleveland also won nearby Westchester County and Rockland County. Harrison, however, dominated in much of upstate New York, including a victory in Erie County, home to the city of Buffalo, although Cleveland did win Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, along with several rural upstate counties.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in New York [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Benjamin Harrison 650,33849.28%36
Democratic Grover Cleveland (incumbent)635,96548.19%0
Prohibition Clinton B. Fisk 30,2312.29%0
Socialist Labor (Slate of independent electors)2,0680.16%0
Union Labor Alson Streeter 6270.05%0
United Labor Robert Hall Cowdrey 5190.04%0
Totals1,319,748100.0%36

County Results

CountyBenjamin Harrison [3]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland [3]
Democratic
Clinton Bowen Fisk [4]
Prohibition
Various candidates [4]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Albany 19,36247.39%21,03751.49%4081.00%460.11%-1,675-4.10%40,853
Allegany 7,06758.37%3,62529.94%1,1749.70%2411.99%3,44228.43%12,107
Broome 8,40553.70%6,44741.19%7965.09%50.03%1,95812.51%15,653
Cattaraugus 8,58654.57%6,17339.23%8575.45%1180.75%2,41315.34%15,734
Cayuga 9,64657.78%6,38038.22%6263.75%420.25%3,26619.56%16,694
Chautauqua 12,10862.92%6,17832.10%8934.64%650.34%5,93030.81%19,244
Chemung 5,46745.95%6,03750.74%3763.16%180.15%-570-4.79%11,898
Chenango 5,79852.49%4,64042.01%6055.48%30.03%1,15810.48%11,046
Clinton 6,27156.72%4,72442.73%610.55%00.00%1,54713.99%11,056
Columbia 6,44750.46%6,03747.25%2922.29%00.00%4103.21%12,776
Cortland 4,73255.97%3,16337.41%5556.56%50.06%1,56918.56%8,455
Delaware 6,60252.33%5,33242.26%6775.37%60.05%1,27010.07%12,617
Dutchess 10,26550.95%9,24945.91%6343.15%00.00%1,0165.04%20,148
Erie 31,61251.06%29,54347.71%7351.19%270.04%2,0693.34%61,917
Essex 5,04362.28%2,93036.19%1241.53%00.00%2,11326.10%8,097
Franklin 5,75764.79%3,02834.08%1011.14%00.00%2,72930.71%8,886
Fulton 5,89253.93%4,63442.42%3963.62%30.03%1,25811.51%10,925
Genesee 4,95255.07%3,63340.40%4084.54%00.00%1,31914.67%8,993
Greene 4,46048.27%4,49448.64%2843.07%20.02%-34-0.37%9,240
Herkimer 6,68352.87%5,61144.39%3412.70%50.04%1,0728.48%12,640
Jefferson 9,86154.37%7,56241.70%7023.87%110.06%2,29912.68%18,136
Kings 70,05245.49%82,50753.58%1,1160.72%3140.20%-12,455-8.09%153,989
Lewis 4,36952.33%3,80745.60%1722.06%10.01%5626.73%8,349
Livingston 5,58454.80%4,06739.92%5315.21%70.07%1,51714.89%10,189
Madison 7,19958.25%4,64137.55%5154.17%40.03%2,55820.70%12,359
Monroe 21,65054.55%16,67742.02%1,3433.38%180.05%4,97312.53%39,688
Montgomery 6,36552.18%5,67746.54%1491.22%70.06%6885.64%12,198
New York 106,92239.20%162,73559.67%1,1260.41%1,9500.71%-55,813-20.46%272,733
Niagara 6,88649.19%6,42945.92%6824.87%20.01%4573.26%13,999
Oneida 16,24151.78%14,27645.51%8462.70%50.02%1,9656.26%31,368
Onondaga 20,14457.65%14,00140.07%7472.14%490.14%6,14317.58%34,941
Ontario 6,95753.15%5,75343.95%3762.87%30.02%1,2049.20%13,089
Orange 11,26149.49%10,85247.69%6372.80%30.01%4091.80%22,753
Orleans 4,27751.98%3,21439.06%7348.92%30.04%1,06312.92%8,228
Oswego 11,29658.37%7,42938.38%6253.23%40.02%3,86719.98%19,354
Otsego 7,82950.95%6,97245.37%5633.66%20.01%8575.58%15,366
Putnam 2,09856.37%1,51540.70%1092.93%00.00%58315.66%3,722
Queens 11,01745.95%12,68352.90%2431.01%320.13%-1,666-6.95%23,975
Rensselaer 15,71849.62%15,41048.65%5411.71%80.03%3080.97%31,677
Richmond 4,10040.82%5,76457.39%1681.67%110.11%-1,664-16.57%10,043
Rockland 3,01341.83%3,93954.69%2483.44%30.04%-926-12.86%7,203
Saratoga 8,59454.36%6,57041.56%6464.09%00.00%2,02412.80%15,810
Schenectady 3,63351.03%3,32846.75%1582.22%00.00%3054.28%7,119
Schoharie 3,69641.36%5,00656.01%2232.50%120.13%-1,310-14.66%8,937
Schuyler 2,70455.16%1,97540.29%2194.47%40.08%72914.87%4,902
Seneca 3,57648.07%3,70549.81%1562.10%20.03%-129-1.73%7,439
St. Lawrence 14,61167.56%6,50930.10%5062.34%20.01%8,10237.46%21,628
Steuben 11,63753.10%9,15441.77%1,1065.05%200.09%2,48311.33%21,917
Suffolk 7,16750.23%6,60046.26%4923.45%80.06%5673.97%14,267
Sullivan 3,86049.66%3,75748.33%1562.01%00.00%1031.33%7,773
Tioga 4,85254.69%3,60940.68%3814.29%300.34%1,24314.01%8,872
Tompkins 5,07354.18%3,90941.75%3173.39%640.68%1,16412.43%9,363
Ulster 10,82549.57%10,48748.02%5232.39%30.01%3381.55%21,838
Warren 4,13556.39%2,88339.32%3144.28%10.01%1,25217.07%7,333
Washington 8,02363.21%4,28433.75%3853.03%10.01%3,73929.46%12,693
Wayne 7,85057.73%5,12037.65%6194.55%90.07%2,73020.08%13,598
Westchester 13,79946.81%14,94850.71%7032.38%290.10%-1,149-3.90%29,479
Wyoming 4,89957.04%3,16636.86%5246.10%00.00%1,73320.18%8,589
Yates 3,41058.26%2,15036.73%2874.90%60.10%1,26021.53%5,853
Hamilton [note 1] N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Totals650,33849.28%635,96548.19%30,2312.29%3,2140.24%14,3731.09%1,319,748

See also

Notes

  1. Results for Hamilton County were combined with those of Fulton County and no separate results were given.

References

  1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. "1888 Presidential Election Results - New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. 1 2 "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)