U.S. presidential election, 1888 |
| Presidential Candidate |
Electoral Vote |
Popular Vote |
Pct |
Party |
Running Mate
(Electoral Votes) |
| Benjamin Harrison of Indiana (W) |
233 |
5,439,853 |
48.4 |
Republican |
Levi Parsons Morton of New York (233) |
| (Stephen) Grover Cleveland of New York |
168 |
5,540,309 |
49.3 |
Democrat |
Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio (168) |
| Other |
|
|
|
|
| Total |
|
|
100.0% |
|
| Other elections: 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900 |
| Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register
|
The election was held on November 6, 1888. Grover Cleveland won a plurality (although not an absolute majority) of the overall popular vote, but was voted
out of office because he lost in the Electoral College
to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison. This scenario occurred again in the 2000 election.
Prohibition Party candidate
Clinton B. Fisk gathered
249,819 popular votes (2.2%), signaling the growing influence of the Prohibition movement in American politics.
See also: President of the United
States, U.S. presidential election,
1888, History of the United States (1865-1918)
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