The 1888 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Michigan voted for Republican nominees Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Levi P. Morton of New York over Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 236,387 | 49.73% | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | 213,469 | 44.91% | |
| Prohibition | Clinton B. Fisk | 20,945 | 4.41% | |
| Union Labor | Alson Streeter | 4,555 | 0.96% | |
| Total votes | 475,356 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Benjamin Harrison[3] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[3] Democratic |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[4] Prohibition |
Alson Jenness Streeter[4] Union Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 645 | 55.60% | 502 | 43.28% | 7 | 0.60% | 6 | 0.52% | 143 | 12.33% | 1,160 |
| Alger | 284 | 62.28% | 162 | 35.53% | 10 | 2.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 26.75% | 456 |
| Allegan | 5,078 | 52.01% | 3,829 | 39.22% | 721 | 7.39% | 135 | 1.38% | 1,249 | 12.79% | 9,763 |
| Alpena | 1,486 | 47.14% | 1,504 | 47.72% | 118 | 3.74% | 44 | 1.40% | -18 | -0.57% | 3,152 |
| Antrim | 1,305 | 56.74% | 881 | 38.30% | 114 | 4.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 424 | 18.43% | 2,300 |
| Arenac | 357 | 31.85% | 261 | 23.28% | 41 | 3.66% | 462 | 41.21% | -105[a] | -9.37% | 1,121 |
| Baraga | 389 | 48.69% | 406 | 50.81% | 4 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -17 | -2.13% | 799 |
| Barry | 3,212 | 49.83% | 2,676 | 41.51% | 391 | 6.07% | 167 | 2.59% | 536 | 8.32% | 6,446 |
| Bay | 4,378 | 43.73% | 5,386 | 53.80% | 121 | 1.21% | 127 | 1.27% | -1,008 | -10.07% | 10,012 |
| Benzie | 710 | 57.58% | 412 | 33.41% | 94 | 7.62% | 17 | 1.38% | 298 | 24.17% | 1,233 |
| Berrien | 5,128 | 49.72% | 4,689 | 45.46% | 468 | 4.54% | 29 | 0.28% | 439 | 4.26% | 10,314 |
| Branch | 4,098 | 55.36% | 2,739 | 37.00% | 503 | 6.79% | 63 | 0.85% | 1,359 | 18.36% | 7,403 |
| Calhoun | 5,732 | 52.77% | 4,358 | 40.12% | 613 | 5.64% | 159 | 1.46% | 1,374 | 12.65% | 10,862 |
| Cass | 2,929 | 50.62% | 2,564 | 44.31% | 282 | 4.87% | 11 | 0.19% | 365 | 6.31% | 5,786 |
| Charlevoix | 1,270 | 56.70% | 874 | 39.02% | 95 | 4.24% | 1 | 0.04% | 396 | 17.68% | 2,240 |
| Cheboygan | 1,110 | 45.66% | 1,237 | 50.88% | 76 | 3.13% | 8 | 0.33% | -127 | -5.22% | 2,431 |
| Chippewa | 1,055 | 51.56% | 909 | 44.43% | 82 | 4.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 7.14% | 2,046 |
| Clare | 905 | 47.99% | 912 | 48.36% | 57 | 3.02% | 12 | 0.64% | -7 | -0.37% | 1,886 |
| Clinton | 3,493 | 48.65% | 3,248 | 45.24% | 348 | 4.85% | 91 | 1.27% | 245 | 3.41% | 7,180 |
| Crawford | 436 | 47.14% | 479 | 51.78% | 9 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.11% | -43 | -4.65% | 925 |
| Delta | 1,587 | 54.16% | 1,332 | 45.46% | 11 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 8.70% | 2,930 |
| Eaton | 4,624 | 52.11% | 3,266 | 36.81% | 607 | 6.84% | 376 | 4.24% | 1,358 | 15.30% | 8,873 |
| Emmet | 946 | 44.88% | 1,056 | 50.09% | 106 | 5.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -110 | -5.22% | 2,108 |
| Genesee | 5,404 | 53.17% | 3,904 | 38.41% | 836 | 8.23% | 20 | 0.20% | 1,500 | 14.76% | 10,164 |
| Gladwin | 525 | 58.79% | 357 | 39.98% | 9 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.22% | 168 | 18.81% | 893 |
| Gogebic | 1,367 | 54.35% | 1,112 | 44.21% | 36 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 10.14% | 2,515 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,859 | 63.10% | 925 | 31.40% | 154 | 5.23% | 8 | 0.27% | 934 | 31.70% | 2,946 |
| Gratiot | 3,667 | 52.35% | 2,854 | 40.74% | 416 | 5.94% | 68 | 0.97% | 813 | 11.61% | 7,005 |
| Hillsdale | 4,959 | 57.00% | 3,035 | 34.89% | 566 | 6.51% | 140 | 1.61% | 1,924 | 22.11% | 8,700 |
| Houghton | 3,012 | 51.12% | 2,696 | 45.76% | 184 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 316 | 5.36% | 5,892 |
| Huron | 1,608 | 34.51% | 1,988 | 42.67% | 206 | 4.42% | 857 | 18.39% | -380 | -8.16% | 4,659 |
| Ingham | 4,547 | 45.71% | 4,782 | 48.07% | 507 | 5.10% | 112 | 1.13% | -235 | -2.36% | 9,948 |
| Ionia | 4,436 | 50.95% | 3,779 | 43.41% | 482 | 5.54% | 9 | 0.10% | 657 | 7.55% | 8,706 |
| Iosco | 1,505 | 45.45% | 1,639 | 49.50% | 114 | 3.44% | 53 | 1.60% | -134 | -4.05% | 3,311 |
| Iron | 598 | 53.39% | 520 | 46.43% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 6.96% | 1,120 |
| Isabella | 2,154 | 51.46% | 1,841 | 43.98% | 175 | 4.18% | 16 | 0.38% | 313 | 7.48% | 4,186 |
| Jackson | 5,646 | 48.82% | 5,170 | 44.70% | 586 | 5.07% | 164 | 1.42% | 476 | 4.12% | 11,566 |
| Kalamazoo | 5,437 | 54.66% | 3,950 | 39.71% | 522 | 5.25% | 38 | 0.38% | 1,487 | 14.95% | 9,947 |
| Kalkaska | 798 | 62.34% | 400 | 31.25% | 77 | 6.02% | 5 | 0.39% | 398 | 31.09% | 1,280 |
| Kent | 12,811 | 49.41% | 11,864 | 45.76% | 1,252 | 4.83% | 2 | 0.01% | 947 | 3.65% | 25,929 |
| Keweenaw | 411 | 68.50% | 185 | 30.83% | 4 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 37.67% | 600 |
| Lake | 1,061 | 54.24% | 807 | 41.26% | 86 | 4.40% | 2 | 0.10% | 254 | 12.99% | 1,956 |
| Lapeer | 3,662 | 53.36% | 2,914 | 42.46% | 262 | 3.82% | 25 | 0.36% | 748 | 10.90% | 6,863 |
| Leelanau | 899 | 55.49% | 673 | 41.54% | 48 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 13.95% | 1,620 |
| Lenawee | 6,475 | 49.49% | 5,671 | 43.35% | 916 | 7.00% | 21 | 0.16% | 804 | 6.15% | 13,083 |
| Livingston | 2,706 | 44.99% | 2,842 | 47.25% | 348 | 5.79% | 119 | 1.98% | -136 | -2.26% | 6,015 |
| Luce | 212 | 53.54% | 172 | 43.43% | 12 | 3.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 40 | 10.10% | 396 |
| Mackinac | 625 | 40.24% | 913 | 58.79% | 15 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | -288 | -18.54% | 1,553 |
| Macomb | 3,245 | 45.24% | 3,708 | 51.69% | 217 | 3.03% | 3 | 0.04% | -463 | -6.45% | 7,173 |
| Manistee | 1,668 | 39.23% | 2,328 | 54.75% | 212 | 4.99% | 44 | 1.03% | -660 | -15.52% | 4,252 |
| Manitou | 3 | 2.08% | 141 | 97.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -138 | -95.83% | 144 |
| Marquette | 4,512 | 65.76% | 2,105 | 30.68% | 244 | 3.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,407 | 35.08% | 6,861 |
| Mason | 1,697 | 50.79% | 1,573 | 47.08% | 67 | 2.01% | 4 | 0.12% | 124 | 3.71% | 3,341 |
| Mecosta | 2,604 | 54.94% | 1,793 | 37.83% | 333 | 7.03% | 10 | 0.21% | 811 | 17.11% | 4,740 |
| Menominee | 3,156 | 57.09% | 2,228 | 40.30% | 96 | 1.74% | 48 | 0.87% | 928 | 16.79% | 5,528 |
| Midland | 1,336 | 49.59% | 1,148 | 42.61% | 127 | 4.71% | 83 | 3.08% | 188 | 6.98% | 2,694 |
| Missaukee | 632 | 50.44% | 572 | 45.65% | 47 | 3.75% | 2 | 0.16% | 60 | 4.79% | 1,253 |
| Monroe | 3,430 | 45.33% | 3,940 | 52.07% | 182 | 2.41% | 15 | 0.20% | -510 | -6.74% | 7,567 |
| Montcalm | 4,480 | 53.38% | 3,495 | 41.64% | 372 | 4.43% | 46 | 0.55% | 985 | 11.74% | 8,393 |
| Montmorency | 235 | 48.86% | 237 | 49.27% | 9 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -2 | -0.42% | 481 |
| Muskegon | 4,521 | 52.44% | 3,514 | 40.76% | 396 | 4.59% | 191 | 2.22% | 1,007 | 11.68% | 8,622 |
| Newaygo | 2,448 | 51.85% | 1,932 | 40.92% | 241 | 5.10% | 100 | 2.12% | 516 | 10.93% | 4,721 |
| Oakland | 5,389 | 47.31% | 5,410 | 47.50% | 589 | 5.17% | 2 | 0.02% | -21 | -0.18% | 11,390 |
| Oceana | 1,726 | 47.82% | 1,426 | 39.51% | 434 | 12.03% | 23 | 0.64% | 300 | 8.31% | 3,609 |
| Ogemaw | 620 | 48.44% | 579 | 45.23% | 32 | 2.50% | 49 | 3.83% | 41 | 3.20% | 1,280 |
| Ontonagon | 308 | 36.15% | 542 | 63.62% | 2 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -234 | -27.46% | 852 |
| Osceola | 1,882 | 57.01% | 1,090 | 33.02% | 320 | 9.69% | 9 | 0.27% | 792 | 23.99% | 3,301 |
| Oscoda | 277 | 47.19% | 299 | 50.94% | 11 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -22 | -3.75% | 587 |
| Otsego | 573 | 52.81% | 434 | 40.00% | 64 | 5.90% | 14 | 1.29% | 139 | 12.81% | 1,085 |
| Ottawa | 4,302 | 55.03% | 3,191 | 40.82% | 268 | 3.43% | 57 | 0.73% | 1,111 | 14.21% | 7,818 |
| Presque Isle | 408 | 45.18% | 484 | 53.60% | 11 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -76 | -8.42% | 903 |
| Roscommon | 360 | 50.00% | 358 | 49.72% | 1 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.28% | 720 |
| Saginaw | 6,723 | 41.95% | 8,923 | 55.68% | 325 | 2.03% | 54 | 0.34% | -2,200 | -13.73% | 16,025 |
| Sanilac | 2,940 | 51.66% | 2,434 | 42.77% | 245 | 4.31% | 72 | 1.27% | 506 | 8.89% | 5,691 |
| Schoolcraft | 590 | 47.81% | 589 | 47.73% | 55 | 4.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,234 |
| Shiawassee | 4,007 | 51.91% | 3,187 | 41.29% | 513 | 6.65% | 12 | 0.16% | 820 | 10.62% | 7,719 |
| St. Clair | 5,419 | 49.04% | 5,286 | 47.83% | 326 | 2.95% | 20 | 0.18% | 133 | 1.20% | 11,051 |
| St. Joseph | 3,372 | 48.36% | 3,217 | 46.14% | 180 | 2.58% | 203 | 2.91% | 155 | 2.22% | 6,972 |
| Tuscola | 3,888 | 52.78% | 3,112 | 42.24% | 295 | 4.00% | 72 | 0.98% | 776 | 10.53% | 7,367 |
| Van Buren | 4,783 | 58.05% | 2,986 | 36.24% | 458 | 5.56% | 13 | 0.16% | 1,797 | 21.81% | 8,240 |
| Washtenaw | 4,549 | 42.96% | 5,482 | 51.78% | 543 | 5.13% | 14 | 0.13% | -933 | -8.81% | 10,588 |
| Wayne | 21,326 | 44.23% | 25,986 | 53.90% | 877 | 1.82% | 23 | 0.05% | -4,660 | -9.67% | 48,212 |
| Wexford | 1,437 | 53.96% | 1,065 | 39.99% | 160 | 6.01% | 1 | 0.04% | 372 | 13.97% | 2,663 |
| Totals[b] | 236,387 | 49.73% | 213,469 | 44.91% | 20,945 | 4.41% | 4,555 | 0.96% | 22,918 | 4.82% | 475,356 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ In this county where Streeter finished ahead of both Harrison and Cleveland, margin given is Harrison vote minus Streeter vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Streeter percentage.
- ^ Data from Isle Royal County are not available but are included in the total.
References
edit- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1888". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)