1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Flag of West Virginia.svg
  1884 November 6, 1888 1892  
Turnout25.78% of the total population Increase2.svg 4.41 pp [1]
  StephenGroverCleveland.jpg Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg
Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Allen Thurman Levi P. Morton
Electoral vote60
Popular vote78,67778,171
Percentage49.35%49.03%

West Virginia 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 West Virginia took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [2]

Contents

West Virginia was won by the incumbent President Grover Cleveland (DNew York), running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G. Thurman, with 49.35 percent of the popular vote, against former Senator Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), running with Levi P. Morton, the 31st governor of New York, with 49.03 percent of the vote. [2] Cleveland's razor-thin 0.32 percentage point margin of victory in the Mountain State remains West Virginia's closest presidential election result in history.

The Union Labor Party chose Alson Streeter, a former Illinois state representative, and Charles E. Cunningham as their presidential and vice-presidential candidates and received 0.95 percent of the vote. The Prohibition Party ran brigadier general Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks and received 0.68 percent of the vote.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Grover Cleveland (incumbent) 78,677 49.35%
Republican Benjamin Harrison 78,17149.03%
Labor Alson Streeter 1,5080.95%
Prohibition Clinton Fisk 1,0840.68%
Total votes159,440 100.00%

Results by county

1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county [3] [4]
CountyStephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic
Benjamin Harrison
Republican
Alson Jenness Streeter
Union Labor
Clinton Bowen Fisk
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Barbour 1,50850.40%1,47349.23%90.30%20.07%351.17%2,992
Berkeley 2,01147.89%2,18351.99%00.00%50.12%-172-4.10%4,199
Boone 74158.62%52041.14%20.16%10.08%22117.48%1,264
Braxton 1,68861.27%1,06238.55%00.00%50.18%62622.72%2,755
Brooke 80450.16%78849.16%00.00%110.69%161.00%1,603
Cabell 2,42755.01%1,94744.13%80.18%300.68%48010.88%4,412
Calhoun 93559.55%62339.68%110.70%10.06%31219.87%1,570
Clay 41446.73%46452.37%80.90%00.00%-50-5.64%886
Doddridge 1,15145.08%1,39354.56%60.24%30.12%-242-9.48%2,553
Fayette 1,92340.45%2,61655.03%1893.98%260.55%-693-14.58%4,754
Gilmer 1,17958.60%83341.40%00.00%00.00%34617.20%2,012
Grant 37826.69%1,02772.53%20.14%90.64%-649-45.83%1,416
Greenbrier 2,12160.22%1,39339.55%00.00%80.23%72820.67%3,522
Hampshire 1,90778.38%51921.33%00.00%70.29%1,38857.05%2,433
Hancock 48940.45%67555.83%332.73%120.99%-186-15.38%1,209
Hardy 1,15372.20%43927.49%00.00%50.31%71444.71%1,597
Harrison 2,16143.84%2,62853.32%1182.39%220.45%-467-9.47%4,929
Jackson 1,94246.28%2,23453.24%00.00%200.48%-292-6.96%4,196
Jefferson 2,35767.11%1,13232.23%160.46%70.20%1,22534.88%3,512
Kanawha 3,08937.19%4,54154.66%5827.01%951.14%-1,452-17.48%8,307
Lewis 1,64251.39%1,52747.79%40.13%220.69%1153.60%3,195
Lincoln 1,14754.46%95045.11%90.43%00.00%1979.35%2,106
Logan 1,53379.60%39320.40%00.00%00.00%1,14059.19%1,926
Marion 2,25648.96%2,23348.46%691.50%501.09%230.50%4,608
Marshall 1,83739.90%2,67658.12%00.00%911.98%-839-18.22%4,604
Mason 2,32146.29%2,64652.77%00.00%470.94%-325-6.48%5,014
McDowell 40941.27%58258.73%00.00%00.00%-173-17.46%991
Mercer 1,37449.26%1,40250.27%70.25%60.22%-28-1.00%2,789
Mineral 1,20948.36%1,25150.04%90.36%311.24%-42-1.68%2,500
Monongalia 1,36137.82%2,20861.35%00.00%300.83%-847-23.53%3,599
Monroe 1,33851.72%1,22247.24%00.00%271.04%1164.48%2,587
Morgan 53937.46%87760.95%00.00%231.60%-338-23.49%1,439
Nicholas 1,01654.98%77942.15%130.70%402.16%23712.82%1,848
Ohio 4,85550.07%4,74948.98%00.00%920.95%1061.09%9,696
Pendleton 1,01256.47%77943.47%00.00%10.06%23313.00%1,792
Pleasants 80353.18%69345.89%70.46%70.46%1107.28%1,510
Pocahontas 89160.04%58739.56%00.00%60.40%30420.49%1,484
Preston 1,40331.32%2,99866.92%350.78%440.98%-1,595-35.60%4,480
Putnam 1,39045.59%1,52149.89%1284.20%100.33%-131-4.30%3,049
Raleigh 92452.80%80646.06%00.00%201.14%1186.74%1,750
Randolph 1,42664.88%77235.12%00.00%00.00%65429.75%2,198
Ritchie 1,40840.23%1,96056.00%320.91%1002.86%-552-15.77%3,500
Roane 1,63652.93%1,44946.88%30.10%30.10%1876.05%3,091
Summers 1,35351.25%1,27248.18%00.00%150.57%813.07%2,640
Taylor 1,21943.06%1,58055.81%20.07%301.06%-361-12.75%2,831
Tucker 68051.52%62847.58%60.45%60.45%523.94%1,320
Tyler 1,13741.89%1,56257.55%10.04%140.52%-425-15.66%2,714
Upshur 84132.32%1,71665.95%210.81%240.92%-875-33.63%2,602
Wayne 2,05859.26%1,41240.66%00.00%30.09%64618.60%3,473
Webster 65869.05%29530.95%00.00%00.00%36338.09%953
Wetzel 2,29561.68%1,38537.22%340.91%70.19%91024.46%3,721
Wirt 1,05453.02%92146.33%100.50%30.15%1336.69%1,988
Wood 2,80344.82%3,25552.05%1342.14%620.99%-452-7.23%6,254
Wyoming 47144.10%59655.81%00.00%10.09%-125-11.70%1,068
Totals78,67749.35%78,17249.03%1,5080.95%1,0840.68%5050.32%159,441

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