1888 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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1888 United States presidential election in Minnesota

November 6, 1888

Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Clinton Fisk Party Republican Democratic Prohibition Home state Indiana New York New Jersey Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman John A. Brooks Electoral vote 7 0 0 Popular vote 142,192 104,385 15,511 Percentage 54.12% 39.65% 5.82%

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

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President Benjamin Harrison Republican

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

Minnesota voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 14.47%.

With 5.82% of the popular vote, Minnesota would be the Prohibition Party candidate Clinton Fisk’s strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote.^[1]

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Minnesota[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Parsons Morton of New York	142,492	54.12%	7	100.00%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent)	Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio	104,385	39.65%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey	John Anderson Brooks of Missouri	15,311	5.82%	0	0.00%
	Labor	Alson Streeter of Illinois	Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas	1,097	0.42%	0	0.00%
Total				263,285	100.00%	7	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Minnesota

Notes

References

1. "1888 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
2. "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Minnesota". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.