1888 United States presidential election in Iowa

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The 1888 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1888 United States presidential election in Iowa

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Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Party Republican Democratic Home state Indiana New York Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 211,603 179,877 Percentage 52.36% 44.51%

County Results Harrison   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Cleveland   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President Benjamin Harrison Republican

Iowa voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 7.85%.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Iowa^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Parsons Morton of New York	211,603	52.36%	13	100.00%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York	Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio	179,877	44.51%	0	0.00%
	Labor	Alson Streeter of Illinois	Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas	9,105	2.25%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey	John Anderson Brooks of Missouri	3,550	0.88%	0	0.00%
Total				404,135	100.00%	13	100.00%

Results by county

County^[2]	Benjamin Harrison Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic		Alson Jenness Streeter^[3] Union Labor		Clinton Bowen Fisk^[3] Prohibition		Various candidates^[3] Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adair	1,883	59.25%	1,178	37.07%	108	3.40%	9	0.28%			705	22.18%	3,178
Adams	1,387	51.41%	1,146	42.48%	112	4.15%	53	1.96%			241	8.93%	2,698
Allamakee	1,903	47.93%	2,023	50.96%	43	1.08%	1	0.03%			-120	-3.02%	3,970
Appanoose	2,103	52.02%	1,837	45.44%	44	1.09%	59	1.46%			266	6.58%	4,043
Audubon	1,366	51.35%	1,210	45.49%	67	2.52%	17	0.64%			156	5.86%	2,660
Benton	2,768	50.46%	2,646	48.24%	39	0.71%	32	0.58%			122	2.22%	5,485
Black Hawk	3,106	58.50%	2,127	40.06%	56	1.05%	18	0.34%	2	0.04%	979	18.44%	5,309
Boone	2,768	58.45%	1,847	39.00%	105	2.22%	16	0.34%			921	19.45%	4,736
Bremer	1,613	47.43%	1,728	50.81%	39	1.15%	21	0.62%			-115	-3.38%	3,401
Buchanan	2,343	54.37%	1,880	43.63%	52	1.21%	34	0.79%			463	10.74%	4,309
Buena Vista	1,693	65.04%	857	32.92%	26	1.00%	27	1.04%			836	32.12%	2,603
Butler	2,038	62.38%	1,204	36.85%	10	0.31%	15	0.46%			834	25.53%	3,267
Calhoun	1,729	66.78%	828	31.98%	10	0.39%	22	0.85%			901	34.80%	2,589
Carroll	1,593	42.79%	2,052	55.12%	64	1.72%	14	0.38%			-459	-12.33%	3,723
Cass	2,372	53.88%	1,722	39.12%	221	5.02%	15	0.34%	72	1.64%	650	14.77%	4,402
Cedar	2,137	49.12%	2,134	49.05%	11	0.25%	68	1.56%	1	0.02%	3	0.07%	4,351
Cerro Gordo	1,866	63.30%	1,004	34.06%	7	0.24%	71	2.41%			862	29.24%	2,948
Cherokee	1,960	60.14%	1,162	35.66%	75	2.30%	62	1.90%			798	24.49%	3,259
Chickasaw	1,561	48.33%	1,604	49.66%	55	1.70%	10	0.31%			-43	-1.33%	3,230
Clarke	1,395	56.14%	910	36.62%	157	6.32%	23	0.93%			485	19.52%	2,485
Clay	1,438	73.07%	494	25.10%	2	0.10%	34	1.73%			944	47.97%	1,968
Clayton	2,576	43.19%	3,311	55.52%	42	0.70%	35	0.59%			-735	-12.32%	5,964
Clinton	3,599	40.80%	5,106	57.89%	58	0.66%	31	0.35%	26	0.29%	-1,507	-17.09%	8,820
Crawford	1,658	43.63%	2,123	55.87%	6	0.16%	13	0.34%			-465	-12.24%	3,800
Dallas	2,538	57.12%	1,579	35.54%	249	5.60%	77	1.73%			959	21.58%	4,443
Davis	1,428	41.56%	1,626	47.32%	334	9.72%	48	1.40%			-198	-5.76%	3,436
Decatur	1,753	50.36%	1,497	43.00%	165	4.74%	66	1.90%			256	7.35%	3,481
Delaware	2,247	58.08%	1,570	40.58%	14	0.36%	36	0.93%	2	0.05%	677	17.50%	3,869
Des Moines	3,368	43.65%	4,291	55.61%	23	0.30%	34	0.44%			-923	-11.96%	7,716
Dickinson	672	74.17%	225	24.83%	1	0.11%	8	0.88%			447	49.34%	906
Dubuque	3,060	31.09%	5,948	60.43%	385	3.91%	58	0.59%	392	3.98%	-2,888	-29.34%	9,843
Emmet	573	71.71%	206	25.78%	14	1.75%	6	0.75%			367	45.93%	799
Fayette	2,781	52.38%	2,182	41.10%	287	5.41%	59	1.11%			599	11.28%	5,309
Floyd	1,982	58.95%	1,288	38.31%	68	2.02%	24	0.71%			694	20.64%	3,362
Franklin	1,609	65.19%	848	34.36%	0	0.00%	11	0.45%			761	30.83%	2,468
Fremont	1,851	48.20%	1,866	48.59%	84	2.19%	39	1.02%			-15	-0.39%	3,840
Greene	2,113	60.20%	1,300	37.04%	52	1.48%	45	1.28%			813	23.16%	3,510
Grundy	1,372	54.12%	1,132	44.65%	4	0.16%	27	1.07%			240	9.47%	2,535
Guthrie	2,218	58.34%	1,405	36.95%	147	3.87%	32	0.84%			813	21.38%	3,802
Hamilton	1,778	63.34%	1,007	35.87%	17	0.61%	5	0.18%			771	27.47%	2,807
Hancock	892	59.55%	561	37.45%	0	0.00%	14	0.93%	31	2.07%	331	22.10%	1,498
Hardin	2,522	65.12%	1,287	33.23%	18	0.46%	46	1.19%			1,235	31.89%	3,873
Harrison	2,381	48.41%	2,247	45.69%	220	4.47%	70	1.42%			134	2.72%	4,918
Henry	2,485	57.48%	1,729	40.00%	46	1.06%	63	1.46%			756	17.49%	4,323
Howard	1,233	54.37%	1,012	44.62%	10	0.44%	13	0.57%			221	9.74%	2,268
Humboldt	1,237	64.60%	641	33.47%	3	0.16%	34	1.78%			596	31.12%	1,915
Ida	1,269	53.32%	1,087	45.67%	12	0.50%	12	0.50%			182	7.65%	2,380
Iowa	1,664	44.86%	1,978	53.33%	50	1.35%	17	0.46%			-314	-8.47%	3,709
Jackson	2,029	39.54%	3,029	59.02%	42	0.82%	32	0.62%			-1,000	-19.49%	5,132
Jasper	3,137	53.16%	2,341	39.67%	354	6.00%	69	1.17%			796	13.49%	5,901
Jefferson	2,046	54.97%	1,588	42.67%	29	0.78%	59	1.59%			458	12.31%	3,722
Johnson	2,051	40.15%	3,038	59.48%	10	0.20%	9	0.18%			-987	-19.32%	5,108
Jones	2,428	52.05%	2,187	46.88%	13	0.28%	37	0.79%			241	5.17%	4,665
Keokuk	2,690	49.36%	2,635	48.35%	80	1.47%	45	0.83%			55	1.01%	5,450
Kossuth	1,451	57.58%	1,026	40.71%	36	1.43%	6	0.24%	1	0.04%	425	16.87%	2,520
Lee	3,820	44.44%	4,650	54.10%	99	1.15%	26	0.30%			-830	-9.66%	8,595
Linn	5,247	53.19%	4,373	44.33%	79	0.80%	165	1.67%			874	8.86%	9,864
Louisa	1,836	62.26%	1,012	34.32%	68	2.31%	33	1.12%			824	27.94%	2,949
Lucas	1,891	58.62%	1,225	37.97%	94	2.91%	16	0.50%			666	20.64%	3,226
Lyon	952	58.26%	676	41.37%	0	0.00%	6	0.37%			276	16.89%	1,634
Madison	1,870	51.77%	1,346	37.26%	373	10.33%	23	0.64%			524	14.51%	3,612
Mahaska	3,700	55.17%	2,703	40.30%	208	3.10%	96	1.43%			997	14.87%	6,707
Marion	2,374	47.30%	2,322	46.26%	295	5.88%	28	0.56%			52	1.04%	5,019
Marshall	3,365	61.77%	1,933	35.48%	103	1.89%	47	0.86%			1,432	26.28%	5,448
Mills	1,625	50.61%	1,461	45.50%	101	3.15%	24	0.75%			164	5.11%	3,211
Mitchell	1,683	61.02%	1,028	37.27%	15	0.54%	31	1.12%	1	0.04%	655	23.75%	2,758
Monona	1,590	53.21%	1,088	36.41%	286	9.57%	24	0.80%			1,304	43.64%	2,988
Monroe	1,442	50.21%	1,233	42.93%	175	6.09%	16	0.56%	6	0.21%	209	7.28%	2,872
Montgomery	2,260	63.84%	1,228	34.69%	24	0.68%	28	0.79%			1,032	29.15%	3,540
Muscatine	2,654	48.27%	2,767	50.33%	54	0.98%	21	0.38%	2	0.04%	-113	-2.06%	5,498
O'Brien	1,671	60.17%	1,085	39.07%	2	0.07%	4	0.14%	15	0.54%	586	21.10%	2,777
Osceola	695	65.88%	354	33.55%	4	0.38%	2	0.19%			341	32.32%	1,055
Page	2,571	58.14%	1,468	33.20%	183	4.14%	200	4.52%			1,103	24.94%	4,422
Palo Alto	840	47.67%	850	48.24%	64	3.63%	8	0.45%			-10	-0.57%	1,762
Plymouth	1,755	43.72%	2,140	53.31%	61	1.52%	58	1.44%			-385	-9.59%	4,014
Pocahontas	999	55.72%	746	41.61%	1	0.06%	40	2.23%	7	0.39%	253	14.11%	1,793
Polk	7,049	57.48%	4,966	40.50%	142	1.16%	106	0.86%			2,083	16.99%	12,263
Pottawattamie	4,591	47.81%	4,881	50.83%	90	0.94%	41	0.43%			-290	-3.02%	9,603
Poweshiek	2,347	54.24%	1,779	41.11%	167	3.86%	34	0.79%			568	13.13%	4,327
Ringgold	1,766	59.86%	1,040	35.25%	62	2.10%	82	2.78%			726	24.61%	2,950
Sac	1,832	61.15%	1,102	36.78%	7	0.23%	55	1.84%			730	24.37%	2,996
Scott	2,832	32.82%	5,692	65.97%	53	0.61%	51	0.59%			-2,860	-33.15%	8,628
Shelby	1,714	47.17%	1,762	48.49%	150	4.13%	8	0.22%			-48	-1.32%	3,634
Sioux	1,905	56.87%	1,408	42.03%	11	0.33%	15	0.45%	11	0.33%	497	14.84%	3,350
Story	2,420	67.13%	1,050	29.13%	98	2.72%	37	1.03%			1,370	38.00%	3,605
Tama	2,305	48.77%	2,294	48.54%	98	2.07%	29	0.61%			11	0.23%	4,726
Taylor	2,015	56.03%	1,322	36.76%	230	6.40%	29	0.81%			693	19.27%	3,596
Union	1,833	49.13%	1,414	37.90%	460	12.33%	24	0.64%			419	11.23%	3,731
Van Buren	2,028	52.04%	1,775	45.55%	20	0.51%	72	1.85%	2	0.05%	253	6.49%	3,897
Wapello	3,282	48.77%	3,101	46.08%	344	5.11%	3	0.04%			181	2.69%	6,730
Warren	2,289	55.97%	1,523	37.24%	215	5.26%	63	1.54%			766	18.73%	4,090
Washington	2,345	52.89%	1,980	44.65%	76	1.71%	33	0.74%			365	8.23%	4,434
Wayne	1,781	51.76%	1,570	45.63%	61	1.77%	29	0.84%			211	6.13%	3,441
Webster	2,353	53.36%	1,809	41.02%	239	5.42%	9	0.20%			544	12.34%	4,410
Winnebago	894	78.77%	218	19.21%	3	0.26%	20	1.76%			676	59.56%	1,135
Winneshiek	2,559	55.02%	2,043	43.93%	19	0.41%	30	0.65%			516	11.09%	4,651
Woodbury	4,169	52.87%	3,588	45.50%	87	1.10%	42	0.53%			581	7.37%	7,886
Worth	1,063	65.06%	542	33.17%	7	0.43%	22	1.35%			521	31.88%	1,634
Wright	1,677	66.34%	831	32.87%	1	0.04%	19	0.75%			846	33.47%	2,528
Totals	211,602	52.29%	179,867	44.45%	9,105	2.25%	3,550	0.88%	571	0.14%	31,735	7.84%	404,695

See also

• United States presidential elections in Iowa

Notes

References

1. "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
2. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1888 (.xlsx file for €15)
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton B. Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)