1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Indiana Running mate Allen G. Thurman Levi P. Morton Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 65,824 13,736 Percentage 82.28% 17.17%

County Results Cleveland   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Harrison   70–80%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President Benjamin Harrison Republican

The 1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.^{[ citation needed ]}

South Carolina voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a landslide margin of 65.11 percentage points.^{[ citation needed ]}

Results

1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina [1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent)	Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio	65,824	82.28%	9	100.00%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Parsons Morton of New York	13,736	17.17%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	437	0.55%	0	0.00%
Total				79,997	100.00%	9	100.00%

Results by county

County	Stephen Grover Cleveland [2] Democratic		Benjamin Harrison [2] Republican		Various candidates [2] Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Abbeville	2,985	97.39%	74	2.41%	6	0.20%	2,911	94.98%	3,065
Aiken	2,532	86.24%	404	13.76%			2,128	72.48%	2,936
Anderson	2,045	94.28%	124	5.72%			1,921	88.57%	2,169
Barnwell	2,905	78.51%	613	16.57%	182	4.92%	2,292	61.95%	3,700
Beaufort	509	22.34%	1,769	77.66%			-1,260	-55.31%	2,278
Berkeley	1,611	55.00%	1,318	45.00%			293	10.00%	2,929
Charleston	2,652	85.16%	435	13.97%	27	0.87%	2,217	71.19%	3,114
Chester	1,735	97.42%	42	2.36%	4	0.22%	1,693	95.06%	1,781
Chesterfield	1,871	91.36%	177	8.64%			1,694	82.71%	2,048
Clarendon	1,452	81.44%	331	18.56%			1,121	62.87%	1,783
Colleton	2,805	79.94%	704	20.06%			2,101	59.87%	3,509
Darlington	1,852	86.30%	294	13.70%			1,558	72.60%	2,146
Edgefield	3,142	98.31%	54	1.69%			3,088	96.62%	3,196
Fairfield	1,389	99.07%	5	0.36%	8	0.57%	1,384	98.72%	1,402
Georgetown	703	52.82%	628	47.18%			75	5.63%	1,331
Greenville	3,305	87.53%	456	12.08%	15	0.40%	2,849	75.45%	3,776
Hampton	1,398	79.75%	324	18.48%	31	1.77%	1,074	61.27%	1,753
Horry	1,241	77.37%	363	22.63%			878	54.74%	1,604
Kershaw	1,258	88.10%	170	11.90%			1,088	76.19%	1,428
Lancaster	1,740	88.37%	221	11.22%	8	0.41%	1,519	77.15%	1,969
Laurens	1,451	96.60%	36	2.40%	15	1.00%	1,415	94.21%	1,502
Lexington	1,903	94.77%	91	4.53%	14	0.70%	1,812	90.24%	2,008
Marion	2,417	76.29%	705	22.25%	46	1.45%	1,712	54.04%	3,168
Marlboro	1,231	99.03%	12	0.97%			1,219	98.07%	1,243
Newberry	1,729	96.65%	58	3.24%	2	0.11%	1,671	93.40%	1,789
Oconee	1,212	83.88%	231	15.99%	2	0.14%	981	67.89%	1,445
Orangeburg	3,044	72.32%	1,165	27.68%			1,879	44.64%	4,209
Pickens	858	90.03%	95	9.97%			763	80.06%	953
Richland	1,912	81.02%	443	18.77%	5	0.21%	1,469	62.25%	2,360
Spartanburg	3,344	86.61%	502	13.00%	15	0.39%	2,842	73.61%	3,861
Sumter	1,735	64.76%	944	35.24%			791	29.53%	2,679
Union	1,920	98.46%	30	1.54%			1,890	96.92%	1,950
Williamsburg	1,634	66.78%	813	33.22%			821	33.55%	2,447
York	2,305	95.64%	105	4.36%			2,200	91.29%	2,410
Totals	65,825	82.34%	13,736	17.18%	380	0.48%	52,089	65.16%	79,941

References

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