1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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

1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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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 4 0 Popular vote 45,728 43,456 Percentage 50.34% 47.84%

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

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President Benjamin Harrison Republican

New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 2.50%.

This would be the last election when bellwether Coös County in the far north voted for a losing presidential candidate until voting for Hubert Humphrey over Richard Nixon in 1968. It would also be the last election when a Democratic presidential candidate carried Merrimack and Rockingham Counties until 1912, when the Republican Party was divided between Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and conservative incumbent Taft, and the last when those two gave a majority to the Democrat until Lyndon Johnson in 1964.^[1] Harrison was the first Republican to ever win without Rockingham County.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Parsons Morton of New York	45,728	50.34%	4	100.00%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York	Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio	43,456	47.84%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey	John Anderson Brooks of Missouri	1,593	1.75%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	58	0.06%	0	0.00%
Total				90,835	100.00%	4	100.00%

Results by county

	Benjamin Harrison^[3] Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland^[3] Democratic		Clinton Bowen Fisk^[4] Prohibition		Various candidates^[4] Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[a]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Belknap	2,687	50.32%	2,540	47.57%	113	2.12%			147	2.75%	5,340
Carroll	2,338	47.39%	2,434	49.33%	162	3.28%			-96	-1.95%	4,934
Cheshire	4,118	55.70%	3,165	42.81%	110	1.49%			953	12.89%	7,393
Coös	2,298	45.18%	2,744	53.95%	44	0.87%			-446	-8.77%	5,086
Grafton	5,210	49.73%	5,075	48.44%	191	1.82%			135	1.29%	10,476
Hillsborough	9,460	52.07%	8,440	46.46%	268	1.48%			1,020	5.61%	18,168
Merrimack	6,004	48.14%	6,121	49.08%	346	2.77%			-117	-0.94%	12,471
Rockingham	6,451	48.86%	6,552	49.63%	200	1.51%			-101	-0.76%	13,203
Strafford	4,580	51.28%	4,271	47.82%	80	0.90%			309	3.46%	8,931
Sullivan	2,588	54.95%	2,040	43.31%	82	1.74%			548	11.63%	4,710
Totals	45,734	50.38%	43,382	47.79%	1,596	1.76%	58^[b]	0.06%	2,352	2.59%	90,770

See also

• United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

Notes

1. These figures differ somewhat from those in Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
2. These votes are not separated by county in the Géoelections data.

References

1. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 257 ISBN 0786422173
2. "1888 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
3. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (xlsx file for €15)