UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1888 ===================================================================== POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ===================================================================== Grover Benjamin Cleveland Harrison (Democrat, NY) (Republican, IN) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 117,314 67.0 10 57,177 32.7 - ARKANSAS 86,062 54.8 7 59,752 38.0 - CALIFORNIA 117,729 46.8 - 124,816 49.7 8 COLORADO 37,549 40.8 - 50,772 55.2 3 CONNECTICUT 74,920 48.7 6 74,584 48.4 - DELAWARE 16,414 55.2 3 12,950 43.5 - FLORIDA 39,557 59.5 4 26,529 39.9 - GEORGIA 100,493 70.3 12 40,499 28.3 - ILLINOIS 348,351 46.6 - 370,475 49.5 22 INDIANA 260,990 48.6 - 263,366 49.1 15 IOWA 179,876 44.5 - 211,607 52.3 13 KANSAS 102,739 31.0 - 182,845 55.2 9 KENTUCKY 183,830 53.3 13 155,138 45.0 - LOUISIANA 85,032 73.4 8 30,660 26.5 - MAINE 50,472 39.4 - 73,730 57.5 6 MARYLAND 106,188 50.3 8 99,986 47.4 - MASSACHUSETTS 151,590 44.0 - 183,892 53.4 14 MICHIGAN 213,469 44.9 13 236,387 49.7 - MINNESOTA 104,372 39.7 - 142,492 54.2 7 MISSISSIPPI 85,451 73.8 9 30,095 26.0 - MISSOURI 261,943 50.2 16 236,252 45.3 - NEBRASKA 80,552 39.8 - 108,417 53.5 5 NEVADA 5,303 42.2 - 7,229 57.5 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 43,382 47.8 - 45,734 50.4 4 NEW JERSEY 151,493 49.9 9 144,347 47.5 - NEW YORK 635,965 48.2 - 650,338 49.3 36 NTH CAROLINA 147,902 51.8 11 134,784 47.2 - OHIO 395,456 47.1 - 416,054 49.6 23 OREGON 26,518 42.9 - 33,291 53.8 3 PENNSYLVANIA 446,633 44.8 - 526,091 52.7 30 RHODE ISLAND 17,530 43.0 - 21,969 52.7 4 STH CAROLINA 65,824 82.3 9 13,736 17.2 - TENNESSEE 158,699 52.3 12 138,978 45.8 - TEXAS 232,189 65.5 13 88,604 25.0 - VERMONT 16,788 26.5 - 45,193 71.2 4 VIRGINIA 152,004 50.0 12 150,399 49.5 - WEST VIRGINIA 78,677 49.4 6 78,171 49.0 - WISCONSIN 155,232 43.8 - 176,553 49.8 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,534,488 48.6 168 5,443,892 47.8 233 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland failed to win a majority in the Electoral College despite winning a plurity of the popular vote. It should be recalled, however, that the nominal Democrat plurity was gained by preventing Southern Blacks voting. --------------------------------------------------------------------