The 1888 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Following Reconstruction, Georgia would be the first former Confederate state to substantially disenfranchise its newly enfranchised freedmen and many poor whites, doing so in the early 1870s.[1] This largely limited the Republican Party to a few North Georgia counties with substantial Civil WarUnionist sentiment – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns[2] – and in presidential elections to a small number of counties where blacks were not fully disenfranchised. The Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction, and the main competition became Democratic primaries, which were restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[3] This restriction was done by local county laws, but combined with the highly efficacious cumulative poll tax introduced in 1877 meant that turnout declined steadily throughout the 1880s,[4] unlike any other former Confederate state except South Carolina.
Despite economic problems in the mountain counties due to deflation produced by the gold standard and large-scale government spending reductions by the “Redeemer” Democrats,[5] voter turnout, especially for opposition parties, would maintain its poll tax-driven decline until the Populist movement, which did not affect the 1888 election. Consequently, Cleveland would gain five percent on his 1884 percentage in Georgia as opposition turnout fell by one-seventh.
^Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN022611435X
^Kousser, J. Morgan; The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910, p. 213 ISBN0-300-01973-4
^Kousser; The Shaping of Southern Politics, pp. 17-18
^"1888 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
^ abGéoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
^Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)
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^These Streeter votes were not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total.
^ abcdeIn this county where Fisk ran second ahead of Harrison, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Fisk vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Fisk percentage.
February 15, 2024
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Main article 1888 United States presidential election The 1888 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6 1888 as part of the wider United States presidential election Voters chose 12 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1888 United States presidential election in Georgia 1884 November 6 1888 1888 11 06 1892 Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin HarrisonParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New York IndianaRunning mate Allen G Thurman Levi P MortonElectoral vote 12 0Popular vote 100 493 40 499Percentage 70 31 28 33 County Results Cleveland 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Harrison 50 60 60 70 70 80 President before electionGrover ClevelandDemocratic Elected President Benjamin HarrisonRepublicanFollowing Reconstruction Georgia would be the first former Confederate state to substantially disenfranchise its newly enfranchised freedmen and many poor whites doing so in the early 1870s 1 This largely limited the Republican Party to a few North Georgia counties with substantial Civil War Unionist sentiment chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens Gilmer and Towns 2 and in presidential elections to a small number of counties where blacks were not fully disenfranchised The Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction and the main competition became Democratic primaries which were restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club 3 This restriction was done by local county laws but combined with the highly efficacious cumulative poll tax introduced in 1877 meant that turnout declined steadily throughout the 1880s 4 unlike any other former Confederate state except South Carolina Despite economic problems in the mountain counties due to deflation produced by the gold standard and large scale government spending reductions by the Redeemer Democrats 5 voter turnout especially for opposition parties would maintain its poll tax driven decline until the Populist movement which did not affect the 1888 election Consequently Cleveland would gain five percent on his 1884 percentage in Georgia as opposition turnout fell by one seventh Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 References 3 NotesResults edit1888 United States presidential election in Georgia 6 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Grover Cleveland incumbent 100 493 70 31 12Republican Benjamin Harrison 40 499 28 33 0Prohibition Clinton Fisk 1 808 1 26 0Union Labor Alson Streeter 136 a 0 10 0Results by county edit County Stephen Grover Cleveland 7 Democratic Benjamin Harrison 7 Republican Clinton Bowen Fisk 8 Prohibition Margin Total votes cast Appling 531 70 33 219 29 01 5 0 66 312 41 32 755Baker 346 88 95 43 11 05 0 0 00 303 77 89 389Baldwin 403 59 18 271 39 79 7 1 03 132 19 38 681Banks 807 78 27 210 20 37 14 1 36 597 57 90 1 031Bartow 916 71 01 290 22 48 84 6 51 626 48 53 1 290Berrien 721 97 96 11 1 49 4 0 54 710 96 47 736Bibb 2 215 64 11 1 121 32 45 119 3 44 1 094 31 66 3 455Brooks 828 58 27 580 40 82 13 0 91 248 17 45 1 421Bryan 214 94 27 12 5 29 1 0 44 202 88 99 227Bulloch 1 061 96 02 42 3 80 2 0 18 1 019 92 22 1 105Burke 684 73 39 248 26 61 0 0 00 436 46 78 932Butts 603 68 91 245 28 00 27 3 09 358 40 91 875Calhoun 451 100 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 451 100 00 451Camden 188 36 86 317 62 16 5 0 98 129 25 29 510Campbell 778 70 73 321 29 18 1 0 09 457 41 55 1 100Carroll 1 710 80 89 349 16 51 55 2 60 1 361 64 38 2 114Catoosa 428 77 12 106 19 10 21 3 78 322 58 02 555Charlton 113 65 32 58 33 53 2 1 16 55 31 79 173Chatham 3 920 73 52 1 355 25 41 57 1 07 2 565 48 11 5 332Chattahoochee 145 86 83 22 13 17 0 0 00 123 73 65 167Chattooga 638 77 80 180 21 95 2 0 24 458 55 85 820Cherokee 1 575 76 72 459 22 36 19 0 93 1 116 54 36 2 053Clarke 801 54 60 660 44 99 6 0 41 141 9 61 1 467Clay 554 65 80 287 34 09 1 0 12 267 31 71 842Clayton 604 72 95 224 27 05 0 0 00 380 45 89 828Clinch 435 78 52 115 20 76 4 0 72 320 57 76 554Cobb 1 143 73 18 391 25 03 28 1 79 752 48 14 1 562Coffee 294 72 06 110 26 96 4 0 98 184 45 10 408Colquitt 255 97 70 4 1 53 2 0 77 251 96 17 261Columbia 397 98 51 0 0 00 6 1 49 391 b 97 02 403Coweta 1 476 59 71 990 40 05 6 0 24 486 19 66 2 472Crawford 442 94 24 26 5 54 1 0 21 416 88 70 469Dade 465 83 48 89 15 98 3 0 54 376 67 50 557Dawson 513 59 38 340 39 35 11 1 27 173 20 02 864DeKalb 1 021 75 80 313 23 24 13 0 97 708 52 56 1 347Decatur 1 287 72 75 482 27 25 0 0 00 805 45 51 1 769Dodge 496 54 27 406 44 42 12 1 31 90 9 85 914Dooly 787 67 04 386 32 88 1 0 09 401 34 16 1 174Dougherty 815 78 21 222 21 31 5 0 48 593 56 91 1 042Douglas 493 76 08 151 23 30 4 0 62 342 52 78 648Early 467 61 85 288 38 15 0 0 00 179 23 71 755Echols 150 75 76 43 21 72 5 2 53 107 54 04 198Effingham 362 64 07 189 33 45 14 2 48 173 30 62 565Elbert 774 95 67 11 1 36 24 2 97 750 b 92 71 809Emanuel 658 95 50 30 4 35 1 0 15 628 91 15 689Fannin 374 34 89 692 64 55 6 0 56 318 29 66 1 072Fayette 690 77 09 204 22 79 1 0 11 486 54 30 895Floyd 1 145 65 50 585 33 47 18 1 03 560 32 04 1 748Forsyth 1 579 87 72 209 11 61 12 0 67 1 370 76 11 1 800Franklin 606 79 84 121 15 94 32 4 22 485 63 90 759Fulton 2 750 53 43 2 164 42 04 233 4 53 586 11 39 5 147Gilmer 556 49 60 543 48 44 22 1 96 13 1 16 1 121Glascock 290 86 57 45 13 43 0 0 00 245 73 13 335Glynn 601 49 59 582 48 02 29 2 39 19 1 57 1 212Gordon 852 84 61 119 11 82 36 3 57 733 72 79 1 007Greene 803 52 38 714 46 58 16 1 04 89 5 81 1 533Gwinnett 2 004 90 56 186 8 40 23 1 04 1 818 82 15 2 213Habersham 830 80 82 188 18 31 9 0 88 642 62 51 1 027Hall 2 170 87 29 274 11 02 42 1 69 1 896 76 27 2 486Hancock 596 77 00 177 22 87 1 0 13 419 54 13 774Haralson 493 82 86 93 15 63 9 1 51 400 67 23 595Harris 1 020 61 22 633 38 00 13 0 78 387 23 23 1 666Hart 674 86 97 80 10 32 21 2 71 594 76 65 775Heard 629 76 43 188 22 84 6 0 73 441 53 58 823Henry 1 136 67 90 512 30 60 25 1 49 624 37 30 1 673Houston 949 66 93 466 32 86 3 0 21 483 34 06 1 418Irwin 245 88 77 31 11 23 0 0 00 214 77 54 276Jackson 2 180 80 80 506 18 75 12 0 44 1 674 62 05 2 698Jasper 588 76 86 177 23 14 0 0 00 411 53 73 765Jefferson 816 85 80 130 13 67 5 0 53 686 72 13 951Johnson 379 73 45 124 24 03 13 2 52 255 49 42 516Jones 531 54 41 443 45 39 2 0 20 88 9 02 976Laurens 839 78 41 222 20 75 9 0 84 617 57 66 1 070Lee 178 30 48 405 69 35 1 0 17 227 38 87 584Liberty 477 39 75 708 59 00 15 1 25 231 19 25 1 200Lincoln 446 99 78 0 0 00 1 0 22 445 b 99 55 447Lowndes 767 53 75 643 45 06 17 1 19 124 8 69 1 427Lumpkin 440 57 14 317 41 17 13 1 69 123 15 97 770Macon 683 68 03 320 31 87 1 0 10 363 36 16 1 004Madison 583 80 19 144 19 81 0 0 00 439 60 39 727Marion 543 85 11 94 14 73 1 0 16 449 70 38 638McDuffie 389 99 23 3 0 77 0 0 00 386 98 47 392McIntosh 192 22 20 673 77 80 0 0 00 481 55 61 865Meriwether 991 68 16 452 31 09 11 0 76 539 37 07 1 454Miller 170 94 97 9 5 03 0 0 00 161 89 94 179Milton 895 93 42 56 5 85 7 0 73 839 87 58 958Mitchell 650 59 96 433 39 94 1 0 09 217 20 02 1 084Monroe 1 420 75 25 466 24 70 1 0 05 954 50 56 1 887Montgomery 480 71 54 178 26 53 13 1 94 302 45 01 671Morgan 506 70 28 210 29 17 4 0 56 296 41 11 720Murray 524 71 00 199 26 96 15 2 03 325 44 04 738Muscogee 1 107 63 84 611 35 24 16 0 92 496 28 60 1 734Newton 788 64 64 398 32 65 33 2 71 390 31 99 1 219Oconee 380 70 76 156 29 05 1 0 19 224 41 71 537Oglethorpe 550 98 92 4 0 72 2 0 36 546 98 20 556Paulding 592 75 41 185 23 57 8 1 02 407 51 85 785Pickens 368 31 78 788 68 05 2 0 17 420 36 27 1 158Pierce 366 64 66 198 34 98 2 0 35 168 29 68 566Pike 1 030 64 82 514 32 35 45 2 83 516 32 47 1 589Polk 587 55 17 450 42 29 27 2 54 137 12 88 1 064Pulaski 1 107 78 68 298 21 18 2 0 14 809 57 50 1 407Putnam 511 99 80 0 0 00 1 0 20 510 b 99 61 512Quitman 327 72 67 122 27 11 1 0 22 205 45 56 450Rabun 386 88 13 43 9 82 9 2 05 343 78 31 438Randolph 594 63 19 327 34 79 19 2 02 267 28 40 940Richmond 808 85 14 113 11 91 28 2 95 695 73 23 949Rockdale 568 66 51 280 32 79 6 0 70 288 33 72 854Schley 355 60 37 233 39 63 0 0 00 122 20 75 588Screven 1 161 82 40 243 17 25 5 0 35 918 65 15 1 409Spalding 1 039 68 94 448 29 73 20 1 33 591 39 22 1 507Stewart 662 82 54 139 17 33 1 0 12 523 65 21 802Sumter 940 58 93 652 40 88 3 0 19 288 18 06 1 595Talbot 575 59 34 389 40 14 5 0 52 186 19 20 969Taliaferro 391 65 71 200 33 61 4 0 67 191 32 10 595Tattnall 534 83 70 102 15 99 2 0 31 432 67 71 638Taylor 559 80 32 123 17 67 14 2 01 436 62 64 696Telfair 493 64 95 234 30 83 32 4 22 259 34 12 759Terrell 673 74 61 228 25 28 1 0 11 445 49 33 902Thomas 1 465 63 15 838 36 12 17 0 73 627 27 03 2 320Towns 275 49 64 277 50 00 2 0 36 2 0 36 554Troup 1 242 73 75 435 25 83 7 0 42 807 47 92 1 684Twiggs 299 65 00 157 34 13 4 0 87 142 30 87 460Union 547 55 36 440 44 53 1 0 10 107 10 83 988Upson 977 73 85 345 26 08 1 0 08 632 47 77 1 323Walker 718 72 53 260 26 26 12 1 21 458 46 26 990Walton 767 74 98 235 22 97 21 2 05 532 52 00 1 023Ware 369 64 51 186 32 52 17 2 97 183 31 99 572Warren 545 84 10 100 15 43 3 0 46 445 68 67 648Washington 1 351 69 78 572 29 55 13 0 67 779 40 24 1 936Wayne 317 67 88 137 29 34 13 2 78 180 38 54 467Webster 290 56 42 224 43 58 0 0 00 66 12 84 514White 494 77 31 139 21 75 6 0 94 355 55 56 639Whitfield 837 63 41 421 31 89 62 4 70 416 31 52 1 320Wilcox 357 82 45 73 16 86 3 0 69 284 65 59 433Wilkes 683 97 85 0 0 00 15 2 15 668 b 95 70 698Wilkinson 339 82 48 69 16 79 3 0 73 270 65 69 411Worth 547 72 26 179 23 65 31 4 10 368 48 61 757Totals 100 493 70 37 40 499 28 36 1 808 1 27 59 994 42 01 142 800References edit Mickey Robert W Paths Out of Dixie The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America s Deep South 1944 1972 p 76 ISBN 1400838789 Phillips Kevin P The Emerging Republican Majority pp 208 210 ISBN 9780691163246 Springer Melanie Jean How the States Shaped the Nation American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout 1920 2000 p 155 ISBN 022611435X Kousser J Morgan The Shaping of Southern Politics Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One Party South 1880 1910 p 213 ISBN 0 300 01973 4 Kousser The Shaping of Southern Politics pp 17 18 1888 Presidential General Election Results Georgia Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas a b Geoelections Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote xlsx file for 15 Geoelections Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk xlsx file for 15 Notes edit These Streeter votes were not separated by county but given only as a state wide total a b c d e In this county where Fisk ran second ahead of Harrison margin given is Cleveland vote minus Fisk vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Fisk percentage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1888 United States presidential election in Georgia amp oldid 1173615170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
