Who won the 1888 presidential election?

Benjamin Harrison (Republican) won the 1888 presidential election with 245 electoral votes and 47.8% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1888?

The 1888 Electoral College result was 156 Democratic to 245 Republican (401 total electoral votes, 201 needed to win).

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1888

Presidential Election · 1888

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison

Republicandefeating Grover Cleveland

156

Cleveland

Electoral

Votes

201 to win

245

Harrison

156 EV201 needed to win245 EV

Popular Vote

Cleveland(DEM)48.6%

Harrison(REP)47.8%

candidates(OTH)3.6%

National margin:D+0.8%

11,427,766 total votes cast

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Cleveland: 17 states · 156 EV|Harrison: 21 states · 245 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Cleveland %	Votes	Harrison %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Vermont	4	4	26.5%	16,788	71.2%	45,193	—	R+44.8	↓ R+7.4
▶	Kansas	9	13	31.0%	102,609	55.2%	182,620	13.8%	R+24.2	→ Even
▶	Maine	6	19	39.4%	50,472	57.5%	73,730	—	R+18.1	↓ R+2.8
▶	Nevada	3	22	42.2%	5,303	57.5%	7,229	—	R+15.3	↓ R+2.8
▶	Minnesota	7	29	39.7%	104,372	54.1%	142,492	6.2%	R+14.5	↑ D+7.4
▶	Colorado	3	32	40.8%	37,549	55.2%	50,772	—	R+14.4	↓ R+1.8
▶	Nebraska	5	37	39.8%	80,552	53.5%	108,417	6.7%	R+13.8	↑ D+3.0
▶	Oregon	3	40	42.9%	26,518	53.8%	33,291	—	R+10.9	↓ R+6.7
▶	Massachusetts	14	54	44.0%	151,590	53.4%	183,892	—	R+9.4	↓ R+1.4
▶	Pennsylvania	30	84	44.8%	446,633	52.7%	526,091	—	R+8.0	↑ D+0.7
▶	Iowa	13	97	44.5%	179,876	52.3%	211,607	—	R+7.8	↓ R+2.7
▶	Wisconsin	11	108	43.8%	155,232	49.8%	176,553	6.4%	R+6.0	↓ R+1.4
▶	Michigan	13	121	44.9%	213,328	49.7%	236,384	5.4%	R+4.8	↑ D+5.8
▶	Illinois	22	143	46.6%	348,351	49.5%	370,475	—	R+3.0	↑ D+0.8
▶	Rhode Island	4	147	47.6%	17,530	50.4%	18,575	—	R+2.8	↑ D+17.4
▶	California	8	155	46.8%	117,729	49.7%	124,816	—	R+2.8	↑ D+3.8
▶	New Hampshire	4	159	47.8%	43,382	50.4%	45,734	—	R+2.6	↑ D+2.2
▶	Ohio	23	182	47.1%	395,456	49.6%	416,055	—	R+2.5	↑ D+1.6
▶	New York	36	218	48.2%	635,965	49.3%	650,338	—	R+1.1	↓ R+1.2
▶	Virginia	12	230	49.4%	127,920	50.0%	129,506	—	R+0.6	↓ R+2.5
▶	Indiana	15	245	48.6%	260,990	49.0%	263,366	—	R+0.4	↓ R+1.8
▶	South Carolina	9	9	82.3%	65,824	17.2%	13,736	—	D+65.1	↑ D+13.3
▶	Mississippi	9	18	73.8%	85,451	26.0%	30,095	—	D+47.8	↑ D+19.1
▶	Louisiana	8	26	73.4%	85,032	26.5%	30,660	—	D+46.9	↑ D+32.1
▶	Georgia	12	38	70.4%	100,493	28.4%	40,499	—	D+42.0	↑ D+9.9
▶	Texas	13	51	65.1%	236,359	25.4%	92,389	9.5%	D+39.6	↓ R+1.2
▶	Alabama	10	61	67.0%	117,314	32.7%	57,177	—	D+34.4	↑ D+12.7
▶	Florida	4	65	59.5%	39,557	39.9%	26,529	—	D+19.6	↑ D+13.4
▶	Arkansas	7	72	54.8%	86,062	38.0%	59,752	7.2%	D+16.8	↓ R+0.2
▶	Delaware	3	75	55.1%	16,414	43.5%	12,950	—	D+11.6	↓ R+1.7
▶	Kentucky	13	88	53.3%	183,830	45.0%	155,138	—	D+8.3	↓ R+4.1
▶	Tennessee	12	100	53.4%	158,391	46.6%	138,391	—	D+6.7	↑ D+2.9
▶	Missouri	16	116	49.6%	261,943	44.7%	236,252	5.7%	D+4.9	↓ R+2.4
▶	North Carolina	11	127	51.8%	147,902	47.2%	134,784	—	D+4.6	↓ R+2.1
▶	Maryland	8	135	50.9%	150,792	47.1%	139,545	—	D+3.8	↓ R+3.4
▶	New Jersey	9	144	49.9%	151,493	47.5%	144,347	—	D+2.4	↑ D+0.7
▶	West Virginia	6	150	49.4%	78,677	49.0%	78,171	—	D+0.3	↓ R+2.9
▶	Connecticut	6	156	48.7%	74,920	48.4%	74,584	—	D+0.2	↓ R+0.7

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1884 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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