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Elections 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.
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]
1888 United States presidential election in Kansas[2] | ||||||||
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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% |
1888 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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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 |