The 1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2] For over a century after the Civil War, Tennessee’s white citizenry was divided according to partisan loyalties established in that war. Unionist regions covering almost all of East Tennessee, Kentucky Pennyroyal-allied Macon County, and the five West TennesseeHighland Rim counties of Carroll, Henderson, McNairy, Hardin and Wayne[3] voted Republican – generally by landslide margins – as they saw the Democratic Party as the “war party” who had forced them into a war they did not wish to fight.[4] Contrariwise, the rest of Middle and West Tennessee who had supported and driven the state’s secession was equally fiercely Democratic as it associated the Republicans with Reconstruction.[5] After the state’s white landowning class re-established its rule in the early 1870s, black and Unionist white combined to forge adequate support for the GOP to produce a competitive political system for two decades,[6] although during this era the Republicans could only capture statewide offices when the Democratic Party was divided on this issue of payment of state debt.[6]
White Democrats in West Tennessee were always aiming to eliminate black political influence, and during the 1880s they attempted to do this by election fraud and stuffing of ballot boxes.[7] During the 1888 elections, this fraud increased substantially and the GOP’s fortunes showed a decline at the state level to just 35 out of 132 state legislators.[8] This would lead to much more drastic changes in the future, but in the presidential race Democratic nominee and incumbent PresidentGrover Cleveland, running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of OhioAllen G. Thurman won only 52.26 percent of the popular vote, against former Indiana SenatorBenjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), running with Levi P. Morton, the 31stgovernor of New York who gained 45.76 percent. Cleveland’s margin was, given the political changes taking place, only a small improvement over his 1884 win in Tennessee; however, he did re-establish the majority-black far southwestern part of the state as rock-ribbed Democratic until the party turned towards Civil Rights under Harry S. Truman.
^Lyons, William; Scheb (II), John M. and Stair Billy; Government and Politics in Tennessee, pp. 183-184 ISBN1572331410
^ abKousser, J. Morgan; The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910, p. 104 ISBN0-300-01973-4
^Kousser; The Shaping of Southern Politics, p. 110
^Kousser, J. Morgan; ‘Post-Reconstruction Suffrage Restrictions in Tennessee: A New Look at the V. O. Key Thesis’; Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 4 (December 1973), pp. 655-683
^ ab"Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
^"Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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Main article 1888 United States presidential election The 1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6 1888 as part of the 1888 United States presidential election Tennessee voters chose 12 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 2 For over a century after the Civil War Tennessee s white citizenry was divided according to partisan loyalties established in that war Unionist regions covering almost all of East Tennessee Kentucky Pennyroyal allied Macon County and the five West Tennessee Highland Rim counties of Carroll Henderson McNairy Hardin and Wayne 3 voted Republican generally by landslide margins as they saw the Democratic Party as the war party who had forced them into a war they did not wish to fight 4 Contrariwise the rest of Middle and West Tennessee who had supported and driven the state s secession was equally fiercely Democratic as it associated the Republicans with Reconstruction 5 After the state s white landowning class re established its rule in the early 1870s black and Unionist white combined to forge adequate support for the GOP to produce a competitive political system for two decades 6 although during this era the Republicans could only capture statewide offices when the Democratic Party was divided on this issue of payment of state debt 6 1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1884 November 6 1888 1892 Turnout19 69 of the total population 2 83 pp 1 Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin HarrisonParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New York IndianaRunning mate Allen Thurman Levi P MortonElectoral vote 12 0Popular vote 158 699 138 978Percentage 52 26 45 76 County Results Cleveland 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Harrison 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 President before electionGrover ClevelandDemocratic Elected President Benjamin HarrisonRepublicanWhite Democrats in West Tennessee were always aiming to eliminate black political influence and during the 1880s they attempted to do this by election fraud and stuffing of ballot boxes 7 During the 1888 elections this fraud increased substantially and the GOP s fortunes showed a decline at the state level to just 35 out of 132 state legislators 8 This would lead to much more drastic changes in the future but in the presidential race Democratic nominee and incumbent President Grover Cleveland running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G Thurman won only 52 26 percent of the popular vote against former Indiana Senator Benjamin Harrison R Indiana running with Levi P Morton the 31st governor of New York who gained 45 76 percent Cleveland s margin was given the political changes taking place only a small improvement over his 1884 win in Tennessee however he did re establish the majority black far southwestern part of the state as rock ribbed Democratic until the party turned towards Civil Rights under Harry S Truman The Union Labor Party chose Alson Streeter a former Illinois state representative and Charles E Cunningham as their presidential and vice presidential candidates and received 0 02 of the vote The Prohibition Party ran brigadier general Clinton B Fisk and John A Brooks and received 1 97 of the vote Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 Notes 3 ReferencesResults Edit1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Grover Cleveland incumbent 158 699 52 26 Republican Benjamin Harrison 138 978 45 76 Prohibition Clinton Fisk 5 969 1 97 Labor Alson Streeter 48 a 0 02 Total votes 303 694 100 00 Results by county Edit 1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee by county 9 10 County Stephen Grover ClevelandDemocratic Benjamin HarrisonRepublican Clinton Bowen FiskProhibition Margin Total votes cast Anderson 733 29 59 1 740 70 25 4 0 16 1 007 40 65 2 477Bedford 2 475 53 21 1 988 42 74 188 4 04 487 10 47 4 651Benton 1 075 62 65 640 37 30 1 0 06 435 25 35 1 716Bledsoe 482 42 47 653 57 53 0 0 00 171 15 07 1 135Blount 1 009 30 55 2 237 67 73 57 1 73 1 228 37 18 3 303Bradley 991 38 99 1 518 59 72 33 1 30 527 20 73 2 542Campbell 559 23 20 1 845 76 59 5 0 21 1 286 53 38 2 409Cannon 1 104 61 68 658 36 76 28 1 56 446 24 92 1 790Carroll 1 875 43 74 2 356 54 96 56 1 31 481 11 22 4 287Carter 453 19 22 1 797 76 24 107 4 54 1 344 57 02 2 357Cheatham 1 063 75 50 305 21 66 40 2 84 758 53 84 1 408Claiborne 959 40 29 1 392 58 49 29 1 22 433 18 19 2 380Clay 749 60 80 479 38 88 4 0 32 270 21 92 1 232Cocke 842 30 19 1 947 69 81 0 0 00 1 105 39 62 2 789Coffee 1 818 75 09 539 22 26 64 2 64 1 279 52 83 2 421Crockett 1 253 51 84 1 080 44 68 84 3 48 173 7 16 2 417Cumberland 422 39 70 632 59 45 9 0 85 210 19 76 1 063Davidson 9 715 49 15 9 321 47 16 730 3 69 394 1 99 19 766DeKalb 1 462 51 88 1 310 46 49 46 1 63 152 5 39 2 818Decatur 862 53 14 757 46 67 3 0 18 105 6 47 1 622Dickson 1 511 64 38 765 32 59 71 3 03 746 31 79 2 347Dyer 2 013 67 14 925 30 85 60 2 00 1 088 36 29 2 998Fayette 3 813 79 54 980 20 44 1 0 02 2 833 59 09 4 794Fentress 249 29 09 602 70 33 5 0 58 353 41 24 856Franklin 2 362 74 42 674 21 24 138 4 35 1 688 53 18 3 174Gibson 3 763 63 06 1 893 31 72 311 5 21 1 870 31 34 5 967Giles 3 181 58 79 2 100 38 81 130 2 40 1 081 19 98 5 411Grainger 931 39 52 1 416 60 10 9 0 38 485 20 59 2 356Greene 2 195 42 97 2 722 53 29 191 3 74 527 10 32 5 108Grundy 901 78 28 216 18 77 34 2 95 685 59 51 1 151Hamblen 891 41 42 1 219 56 67 41 1 91 328 15 25 2 151Hamilton 3 906 37 81 6 264 60 63 161 1 56 2 358 22 82 10 331Hancock 480 28 29 1 216 71 66 1 0 06 736 43 37 1 697Hardeman 1 913 63 03 1 099 36 21 23 0 76 814 26 82 3 035Hardin 1 208 39 99 1 785 59 09 28 0 93 577 19 10 3 021Hawkins 1 624 41 46 2 260 57 70 33 0 84 636 16 24 3 917Haywood 1 962 53 14 1 724 46 70 6 0 16 238 6 45 3 692Henderson 1 512 45 93 1 772 53 83 8 0 24 260 7 90 3 292Henry 2 103 62 55 1 197 35 60 62 1 84 906 26 95 3 362Hickman 1 509 56 26 1 137 42 39 36 1 34 372 13 87 2 682Houston 745 73 98 259 25 72 3 0 30 486 48 26 1 007Humphreys 1 443 76 35 395 20 90 52 2 75 1 048 55 45 1 890Jackson 1 585 74 24 545 25 53 5 0 23 1 040 48 71 2 135James 308 34 26 587 65 29 4 0 44 279 31 03 899Jefferson 806 25 43 2 348 74 07 16 0 50 1 542 48 64 3 170Johnson 180 11 70 1 347 87 52 12 0 78 1 167 75 83 1 539Knox 3 929 37 94 6 123 59 12 305 2 94 2 194 21 18 10 357Lake 450 83 33 59 10 93 31 5 74 391 72 41 540Lauderdale 1 838 55 76 1 433 43 48 25 0 76 405 12 29 3 296Lawrence 1 089 62 66 633 36 42 16 0 92 456 26 24 1 738Lewis 254 65 30 132 33 93 3 0 77 122 31 36 389Lincoln 3 285 72 21 1 082 23 79 182 4 00 2 203 48 43 4 549Loudon 530 30 13 1 226 69 70 3 0 17 696 39 57 1 759Macon 879 43 91 1 120 55 94 3 0 15 241 12 04 2 002Madison 3 206 67 47 1 479 31 12 67 1 41 1 727 36 34 4 752Marion 1 198 44 68 1 483 55 32 0 0 00 285 10 63 2 681Marshall 2 291 71 08 786 24 39 146 4 53 1 505 46 70 3 223Maury 3 658 54 27 2 836 42 08 246 3 65 822 12 20 6 740McMinn 1 364 40 92 1 901 57 04 68 2 04 537 16 11 3 333McNairy 1 525 49 97 1 511 49 51 16 0 52 14 0 46 3 052Meigs 740 55 31 589 44 02 9 0 67 151 11 29 1 338Monroe 1 457 50 70 1 399 48 68 18 0 63 58 2 02 2 874Montgomery 2 628 53 53 2 164 44 08 117 2 38 464 9 45 4 909Moore 980 84 63 102 8 81 76 6 56 878 75 82 1 158Morgan 369 29 52 860 68 80 21 1 68 491 39 28 1 250Obion 2 987 70 10 1 167 27 39 107 2 51 1 820 42 71 4 261Overton 1 188 64 88 614 33 53 29 1 58 574 31 35 1 831Perry 849 61 57 527 38 22 3 0 22 322 23 35 1 379Pickett 362 46 95 409 53 05 0 0 00 47 6 10 771Polk 679 51 48 635 48 14 5 0 38 44 3 34 1 319Putnam 1 361 62 15 817 37 31 12 0 55 544 24 84 2 190Rhea 1 177 45 27 1 414 54 38 9 0 35 237 9 12 2 600Roane 844 29 14 2 042 70 51 10 0 35 1 198 41 37 2 896Robertson 2 203 63 20 952 27 31 331 9 50 1 251 35 89 3 486Rutherford 3 302 55 07 2 479 41 34 215 3 59 823 13 73 5 996Scott 164 10 35 1 418 89 46 3 0 19 1 254 79 12 1 585Sequatchie 350 66 04 180 33 96 0 0 00 170 32 08 530Sevier 489 14 56 2 830 84 25 40 1 19 2 341 69 69 3 359Shelby 11 932 58 86 8 277 40 83 64 0 32 3 655 18 03 20 273Smith 2 108 64 96 1 102 33 96 35 1 08 1 006 31 00 3 245Stewart 1 277 69 29 536 29 08 30 1 63 741 40 21 1 843Sullivan 2 255 58 66 1 513 39 36 76 1 98 742 19 30 3 844Sumner 2 778 68 76 1 228 30 40 34 0 84 1 550 38 37 4 040Tipton 2 351 61 21 1 486 38 69 4 0 10 865 22 52 3 841Trousdale 792 71 29 316 28 44 3 0 27 476 42 84 1 111Unicoi 85 11 55 645 87 64 6 0 82 560 76 09 736Union 523 25 55 1 501 73 33 23 1 12 978 47 78 2 047Van Buren 423 77 05 103 18 76 23 4 19 320 58 29 549Warren 1 975 73 80 636 23 77 65 2 43 1 339 50 04 2 676Washington 1 534 42 12 2 008 55 13 100 2 75 474 13 01 3 642Wayne 772 39 03 1 204 60 87 2 0 10 432 21 84 1 978Weakley 2 764 60 22 1 764 38 43 62 1 35 1 000 21 79 4 590White 1 634 76 36 449 20 98 57 2 66 1 185 55 37 2 140Williamson 2 358 58 85 1 491 37 21 158 3 94 867 21 64 4 007Wilson 2 518 57 55 1 676 38 31 181 4 14 842 19 25 4 375Totals 158 699 52 26 138 978 45 77 5 968 1 97 19 721 6 49 303 645Notes Edit These Union Labor votes were not separated by county but listed only as a state wide total 9 References Edit 1888 Presidential Election Results Tennessee Total Population Turnout a b 1888 Presidential Election Results Tennessee Wright John K Voting Habits in the United States A Note on Two Maps Geographical Review vol 22 no 4 October 1932 pp 666 672 Key Jr Valdimer Orlando Southern Politics in State and Nation New York 1949 pp 282 283 Lyons William Scheb II John M and Stair Billy Government and Politics in Tennessee pp 183 184 ISBN 1572331410 a b Kousser J Morgan The Shaping of Southern Politics Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One Party South 1880 1910 p 104 ISBN 0 300 01973 4 Kousser The Shaping of Southern Politics p 110 Kousser J Morgan Post Reconstruction Suffrage Restrictions in Tennessee A New Look at the V O Key Thesis Political Science Quarterly Vol 88 No 4 December 1973 pp 655 683 a b Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote Geoelections xlsx file for 15 Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk 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