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1888 United States presidential election in Kansas

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

1888 United States presidential election in Kansas
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Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Alson Streeter
Party Republican Democratic Labor
Home state Indiana New York Illinois
Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman Charles E. Cunningham
Electoral vote 9 0 0
Popular vote 182,904 102,745 37,788
Percentage 55.23% 31.03% 11.41%
County Results
President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 24.20%.

With 55.23% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Harrison's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nevada and Maine.[1]

Results

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1888 United States presidential election in Kansas[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 182,904 55.23% 9 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent) Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 102,745 31.03% 0 0.00%
Labor Alson Streeter of Illinois Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas 37,788 11.41% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 6,779 2.05% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 933 0.28% 0 0.00%
Total 331,149 100.00% 9 100.00%

Results by county

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1888 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4]
County Benjamin Harrison
Republican 		Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		Alson Jenness Streeter
Union Labor 		Clinton Bowen Fisk
Prohibition 		Various candidates
Write-ins 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Allen 1,886 56.62% 1,036 31.10% 332 9.97% 77 2.31% 850 25.52% 3,331
Anderson 1,843 55.13% 960 28.72% 369 11.04% 171 5.12% 883 26.41% 3,343
Atchison 3,219 52.10% 2,603 42.13% 332 5.37% 25 0.40% 616 9.97% 6,179
Barber 977 48.80% 710 35.46% 304 15.18% 11 0.55% 267 13.34% 2,002
Barton 1,353 49.16% 1,228 44.62% 101 3.67% 70 2.54% 125 4.54% 2,752
Bourbon 3,569 57.07% 1,831 29.28% 805 12.87% 49 0.78% 1,738 27.79% 6,254
Brown 2,696 55.58% 1,803 37.17% 235 4.84% 117 2.41% 893 18.41% 4,851
Butler 3,172 55.36% 1,616 28.20% 721 12.58% 221 3.86% 1,556 27.16% 5,730
Chase 1126 54.11% 593 28.50% 326 15.67% 36 1.73% 533 25.61% 2,081
Chautauqua 1,590 57.57% 694 25.13% 466 16.87% 12 0.43% 896 32.44% 2,762
Cherokee 2,935 45.62% 2,038 31.68% 1,269 19.72% 192 2.98% 897 13.94% 6,434
Cheyenne 779 63.08% 420 34.01% 22 1.78% 14 1.13% 359 29.07% 1,235
Clark 473 51.30% 349 37.85% 98 10.63% 2 0.22% 124 13.45% 922
Clay 1,914 50.80% 920 24.42% 794 21.07% 140 3.72% 994 26.38% 3,768
Cloud 2,542 59.55% 1,052 24.64% 557 13.05% 118 2.76% 1,490 34.90% 4,269
Coffey 1,970 52.59% 1,227 32.75% 440 11.75% 109 2.91% 743 19.83% 3,746
Comanche 490 50.67% 384 39.71% 93 9.62% 0 0.00% 106 10.96% 967
Cowley 4,112 53.41% 1,933 25.11% 1,533 19.91% 120 1.56% 1 0.01% 2,179 28.30% 7,699
Crawford 3,156 48.46% 1,875 28.79% 1,362 20.91% 120 1.84% 1,281 19.67% 6,513
Decatur 1224 57.17% 731 34.14% 140 6.54% 46 2.15% 493 23.03% 2,141
Dickinson 2,746 54.15% 1,695 33.43% 473 9.33% 157 3.10% 1,051 20.73% 5,071
Doniphan 2,245 66.52% 1,109 32.86% 14 0.41% 7 0.21% 1,136 33.66% 3,375
Douglas 3,189 60.02% 1,669 31.41% 217 4.08% 238 4.48% 1,520 28.61% 5,313
Edwards 541 53.62% 334 33.10% 114 11.30% 20 1.98% 207 20.52% 1,009
Elk 1,566 53.70% 696 23.87% 600 20.58% 50 1.71% 4 0.14% 870 29.84% 2,916
Ellis 690 44.43% 756 48.68% 105 6.76% 2 0.13% -66 -4.25% 1,553
Ellsworth 1,159 56.51% 831 40.52% 39 1.90% 22 1.07% 328 15.99% 2,051
Finney 694 62.86% 348 31.52% 51 4.62% 11 1.00% 346 31.34% 1,104
Ford 882 52.47% 630 37.48% 119 7.08% 50 2.97% 252 14.99% 1,681
Franklin 2,422 50.47% 1,113 23.19% 1,056 22.00% 208 4.33% 1,309 27.28% 4,799
Garfield 225 62.15% 129 35.64% 3 0.83% 5 1.38% 96 26.52% 362
Geary 1027 54.31% 756 39.98% 98 5.18% 10 0.53% 271 14.33% 1,891
Gove 586 65.84% 278 31.24% 7 0.79% 19 2.13% 308 34.61% 890
Graham 797 49.35% 342 21.18% 245 15.17% 4 0.25% 227 14.06% 455 28.17% 1,615
Grant 390 50.45% 245 31.69% 51 6.60% 6 0.78% 81 10.48% 145 18.76% 773
Gray 417 53.81% 268 34.58% 48 6.19% 33 4.26% 9 1.16% 149 19.23% 775
Greeley 422 59.02% 180 25.17% 105 14.69% 8 1.12% 242 33.85% 715
Greenwood 2,242 56.89% 1,110 28.17% 542 13.75% 47 1.19% 1,132 28.72% 3,941
Hamilton 480 59.11% 295 36.33% 28 3.45% 9 1.11% 185 22.78% 812
Harper 1,490 48.79% 940 30.78% 587 19.22% 37 1.21% 550 18.01% 3,054
Harvey 2,145 54.25% 1,065 26.93% 676 17.10% 68 1.72% 1,080 27.31% 3,954
Haskell 291 55.01% 197 37.24% 21 3.97% 0 0.00% 20 3.78% 94 17.77% 529
Hodgeman 563 63.98% 220 25.00% 83 9.43% 14 1.59% 343 38.98% 880
Jackson 1,979 59.90% 1,220 36.92% 13 0.39% 92 2.78% 759 22.97% 3,304
Jefferson 2,268 57.00% 1,601 40.24% 11 0.28% 99 2.49% 667 16.76% 3,979
Jewell 2,285 54.81% 999 23.96% 757 18.16% 128 3.07% 1,286 30.85% 4,169
Johnson 2,164 53.13% 1,435 35.23% 303 7.44% 171 4.20% 729 17.90% 4,073
Kearny 367 59.39% 248 40.13% 1 0.16% 2 0.32% 119 19.26% 618
Kingman 1,413 50.16% 622 22.08% 756 26.84% 24 0.85% 2 0.07% 657[a] 23.32% 2,817
Kiowa 525 50.34% 381 36.53% 107 10.26% 30 2.88% 144 13.81% 1,043
Labette 2,870 47.38% 976 16.11% 2,125 35.08% 85 1.40% 1 0.02% 745[a] 12.30% 6,057
Lane 459 57.74% 267 33.58% 49 6.16% 20 2.52% 192 24.15% 795
Leavenworth 3,272 45.48% 3,516 48.87% 335 4.66% 71 0.99% -244 -3.39% 7,194
Lincoln 1069 50.19% 617 28.97% 349 16.38% 59 2.77% 36 1.69% 452 21.22% 2,130
Linn 2,166 52.51% 802 19.44% 1,119 27.13% 38 0.92% 1,047[a] 25.38% 4,125
Logan 609 65.84% 283 30.59% 33 3.57% 0 0.00% 326 35.24% 925
Lyon 3,014 60.10% 1,377 27.46% 469 9.35% 155 3.09% 1,637 32.64% 5,015
Marion 2,375 60.16% 1,283 32.50% 219 5.55% 71 1.80% 1,092 27.66% 3,948
Marshall 2,547 48.33% 1,815 34.44% 835 15.84% 73 1.39% 732 13.89% 5,270
McPherson 2,279 51.70% 829 18.81% 1,181 26.79% 119 2.70% 1,098[a] 24.91% 4,408
Meade 578 56.78% 342 33.60% 91 8.94% 7 0.69% 236 23.18% 1,018
Miami 2,170 51.30% 1,600 37.83% 360 8.51% 100 2.36% 570 13.48% 4,230
Mitchell 1,676 55.90% 880 29.35% 337 11.24% 105 3.50% 796 26.55% 2,998
Montgomery 2,871 52.43% 1,863 34.02% 709 12.95% 33 0.60% 1,008 18.41% 5,476
Morris 1,612 58.72% 840 30.60% 258 9.40% 35 1.28% 772 28.12% 2,745
Morton 333 58.01% 205 35.71% 29 5.05% 7 1.22% 128 22.30% 574
Nemaha 2,515 56.54% 1,682 37.81% 81 1.82% 93 2.09% 77 1.73% 833 18.73% 4,448
Neosho 2,134 49.66% 1,144 26.62% 982 22.85% 37 0.86% 990 23.04% 4,297
Ness 891 57.26% 470 30.21% 124 7.97% 71 4.56% 421 27.06% 1,556
Norton 1,471 56.60% 631 24.28% 466 17.93% 31 1.19% 840 32.32% 2,599
Osage 3,442 57.49% 1,380 23.05% 1,001 16.72% 164 2.74% 2,062 34.44% 5,987
Osborne 1,680 64.62% 686 26.38% 183 7.04% 45 1.73% 6 0.23% 994 38.23% 2,600
Ottawa 1,569 56.08% 769 27.48% 366 13.08% 94 3.36% 800 28.59% 2,798
Pawnee 895 61.94% 303 20.97% 209 14.46% 38 2.63% 592 40.97% 1,445
Phillips 1,681 53.86% 763 24.45% 592 18.97% 35 1.12% 50 1.60% 918 29.41% 3,121
Pottawatomie 2,419 58.94% 1,471 35.84% 162 3.95% 52 1.27% 948 23.10% 4,104
Pratt 1115 50.18% 652 29.34% 370 16.65% 85 3.83% 463 20.84% 2,222
Rawlins 1023 57.31% 633 35.46% 127 7.11% 2 0.11% 390 21.85% 1,785
Reno 3,398 56.61% 1,841 30.67% 366 6.10% 158 2.63% 239 3.98% 1,557 25.94% 6,002
Republic 2,595 63.77% 1,205 29.61% 110 2.70% 159 3.91% 1,390 34.16% 4,069
Rice 1,851 57.79% 934 29.16% 284 8.87% 134 4.18% 917 28.63% 3,203
Riley 1,856 62.49% 772 25.99% 285 9.60% 56 1.89% 1 0.03% 1,084 36.50% 2,970
Rooks 1112 58.31% 412 21.60% 350 18.35% 33 1.73% 700 36.71% 1,907
Rush 681 58.71% 424 36.55% 26 2.24% 29 2.50% 257 22.16% 1,160
Russell 953 60.82% 571 36.44% 24 1.53% 15 0.96% 4 0.26% 382 24.38% 1,567
Saline 2,263 57.97% 1,186 30.38% 329 8.43% 126 3.23% 1,077 27.59% 3,904
Scott 294 54.65% 182 33.83% 49 9.11% 13 2.42% 112 20.82% 538
Sedgwick 6,071 55.51% 4,025 36.80% 618 5.65% 223 2.04% 2,046 18.71% 10,937
Seward 400 61.16% 207 31.65% 43 6.57% 4 0.61% 193 29.51% 654
Shawnee 7,672 68.48% 3,143 28.05% 117 1.04% 271 2.42% 4,529 40.43% 11,203
Sheridan 623 61.99% 337 33.53% 37 3.68% 8 0.80% 286 28.46% 1,005
Sherman 803 55.69% 481 33.36% 146 10.12% 12 0.83% 322 22.33% 1,442
Smith 1,726 51.71% 777 23.28% 699 20.94% 71 2.13% 65 1.95% 949 28.43% 3,338
Stafford 975 47.51% 483 23.54% 505 24.61% 89 4.34% 470[a] 22.90% 2,052
Stanton 298 52.84% 197 34.93% 41 7.27% 3 0.53% 25 4.43% 101 17.91% 564
Stevens 307 40.99% 268 35.78% 61 8.14% 21 2.80% 92 12.28% 39 5.21% 749
Sumner 3,499 49.72% 2,139 30.39% 1,301 18.49% 99 1.41% 1,360 19.32% 7,038
Thomas 751 55.02% 486 35.60% 121 8.86% 6 0.44% 1 0.07% 265 19.41% 1,365
Trego 477 63.86% 220 29.45% 25 3.35% 24 3.21% 1 0.13% 257 34.40% 747
Wabaunsee 1,708 62.43% 960 35.09% 35 1.28% 33 1.21% 748 27.34% 2,736
Wallace 412 65.50% 198 31.48% 14 2.23% 5 0.79% 214 34.02% 629
Washington 2,999 62.28% 1,511 31.38% 260 5.40% 45 0.93% 1,488 30.90% 4,815
Wichita 438 59.35% 207 28.05% 78 10.57% 15 2.03% 231 31.30% 738
Wilson 2,191 55.48% 1,035 26.21% 671 16.99% 47 1.19% 5 0.13% 1,156 29.27% 3,949
Woodson 1,149 51.97% 595 26.91% 363 16.42% 104 4.70% 554 25.06% 2,211
Wyandotte 5,430 55.41% 4,155 42.40% 190 1.94% 25 0.26% 1,275 13.01% 9,800
Totals 182,903 48.40% 102,745 31.06% 37,506 11.34% 6,697 2.02% 947 0.29% 19,807 17.34% 330,798

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e In this county where Streeter finished second behind Harrison but ahead of Cleveland, margin given is Harrison vote minus Streeter vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Streeter percentage.

References

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  1. ^ "1888 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15 including Streeter and other candidates)
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