Tuesday, November 6, 1888
1888 presidential election results
Benjamin Harrison (Republican) and running mate Levi Morton won with 233 electoral votes and 47.8% of the popular vote. The winner did not lead the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: New York, R+1.1 (nation D+0.8). It delivered electoral vote number 201 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Harrison Won | Levi Morton | Republican | 233 | 5,449,825 | 47.80% | 20 |
| Grover Cleveland | Allen Thurman | Democratic | 168 | 5,539,118 | 48.60% | 18 |
| Total popular votes counted | 11,395,083 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | Benjamin Harrison | Grover Cleveland | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 32.7% | 67.0% 10 | 34.4 | 10 | 175,085 |
| Arkansas | 38.0% | 54.8% 7 | 16.8 | 7 | 157,058 |
| California | 49.7% 8 | 46.8% | 2.8 | 8 | 251,339 |
| Colorado | 55.2% 3 | 40.8% | 14.4 | 3 | 91,946 |
| Connecticut | 48.4% | 48.7% 6 | 0.2 | 6 | 153,978 |
| Delaware | 43.5% | 55.1% 3 | 11.6 | 3 | 29,764 |
| Florida | 39.9% | 59.5% 4 | 19.6 | 4 | 66,500 |
| Georgia | 28.3% | 70.3% 12 | 42.0 | 12 | 142,936 |
| Illinois | 49.5% 22 | 46.6% | 3.0 | 22 | 747,813 |
| Indiana | 49.0% 15 | 48.6% | 0.4 | 15 | 536,988 |
| Iowa | 52.3% 13 | 44.4% | 7.8 | 13 | 404,694 |
| Kansas | 55.2% 9 | 31.0% | 24.2 | 9 | 331,133 |
| Kentucky | 45.0% | 53.3% 13 | 8.3 | 13 | 344,868 |
| Louisiana | 26.5% | 73.4% 8 | 46.9 | 8 | 115,891 |
| Maine | 57.5% 6 | 39.4% | 18.1 | 6 | 128,253 |
| Maryland | 47.4% | 50.3% 8 | 2.9 | 8 | 210,941 |
| Massachusetts | 53.4% 14 | 44.0% | 9.4 | 14 | 344,243 |
| Michigan | 49.7% 13 | 44.9% | 4.8 | 13 | 475,356 |
| Minnesota | 54.1% 7 | 39.7% | 14.5 | 7 | 263,162 |
| Mississippi | 26.0% | 73.8% 9 | 47.8 | 9 | 115,786 |
| Missouri | 45.3% | 50.2% 16 | 4.9 | 16 | 521,359 |
| Nebraska | 53.5% 5 | 39.8% | 13.8 | 5 | 202,630 |
| Nevada | 57.5% 3 | 42.2% | 15.3 | 3 | 12,573 |
| New Hampshire | 50.4% 4 | 47.8% | 2.6 | 4 | 90,770 |
| New Jersey | 47.5% | 49.9% 9 | 2.4 | 9 | 303,801 |
| New York | 49.2% 36 | 48.1% | 1.1 | 36 | 1,321,270 |
| North Carolina | 47.1% | 51.9% 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 285,946 |
| Ohio | 49.6% 23 | 47.1% | 2.5 | 23 | 839,357 |
| Oregon | 53.8% 3 | 42.8% | 10.9 | 3 | 61,889 |
| Pennsylvania | 52.7% 30 | 44.8% | 8.0 | 30 | 997,568 |
| Rhode Island | 53.9% 4 | 43.0% | 10.9 | 4 | 40,775 |
| South Carolina | 17.2% | 82.3% 9 | 65.1 | 9 | 79,997 |
| Tennessee | 45.8% | 52.2% 12 | 6.3 | 12 | 304,313 |
| Texas | 25.9% | 65.0% 13 | 39.2 | 13 | 363,484 |
| Vermont | 71.2% 4 | 26.4% | 44.8 | 4 | 63,476 |
| Virginia | 49.5% | 50.0% 12 | 0.5 | 12 | 304,087 |
| West Virginia | 49.0% | 49.3% 6 | 0.3 | 6 | 159,440 |
| Wisconsin | 49.8% 11 | 43.8% | 6.0 | 11 | 354,614 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1888
- Connecticut Grover Cleveland by 336 votes (0.22 pts)
- West Virginia Grover Cleveland by 506 votes (0.32 pts)
- Indiana Benjamin Harrison by 2,376 votes (0.44 pts)
- Virginia Grover Cleveland by 1,605 votes (0.53 pts)
- New York Benjamin Harrison by 14,373 votes (1.09 pts)
- New Jersey Grover Cleveland by 7,148 votes (2.35 pts)
- Ohio Benjamin Harrison by 20,598 votes (2.45 pts)
- New Hampshire Benjamin Harrison by 2,352 votes (2.59 pts)
Flipped since 1884
Source: 1888
Questions and answers
Who won the 1888 presidential election?
Benjamin Harrison (Republican) won the 1888 election with 233 electoral votes, with Levi Morton as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1888?
Benjamin Harrison 233; Grover Cleveland 168 (out of 401).
Who won the popular vote in 1888?
Grover Cleveland received the most popular votes: 5,539,118 (48.6%) of 11,395,083 counted. Benjamin Harrison still won the presidency through the Electoral College.
What was the closest state in 1888?
Connecticut, which Grover Cleveland won by 336 votes (0.22 points).
Which states flipped in 1888?
Compared with 1884, 2 states changed party: Indiana (to Republican) and New York (to Republican).
What was the tipping-point state in 1888?
New York. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 201; it voted Republican by 1.1 points, against Democratic by 0.8 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data