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1888 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1888 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 30 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won Pennsylvania by a margin of 7.97%.
Results
[edit]| 1888 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 526,091 | 52.74% | 30 | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | 446,633 | 44.77% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Clinton Fisk | 20,947 | 2.10% | 0 | |
| Union Labor | Alson Streeter | 3,873 | 0.39% | 0 | |
| American | James Curtis | 24 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 997,568 | 100.0% | 30 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition |
Alson Jenness Streeter[3] Union Labor |
James Curtis[3] American |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,371 | 46.54% | 3,794 | 52.38% | 76 | 1.05% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -423 | -5.84% | 7,243 |
| Allegheny | 45,118 | 63.58% | 24,710 | 34.82% | 1,117 | 1.57% | 5 | 0.01% | 16 | 0.02% | 20,408 | 28.76% | 70,966 |
| Armstrong | 5,030 | 55.89% | 3,763 | 41.81% | 193 | 2.14% | 14 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,267 | 14.08% | 9,000 |
| Beaver | 5,552 | 58.23% | 3,706 | 38.87% | 242 | 2.54% | 34 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,846 | 19.36% | 9,534 |
| Bedford | 4,287 | 52.19% | 3,822 | 46.52% | 82 | 1.00% | 24 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 465 | 5.66% | 8,215 |
| Berks | 10,626 | 36.65% | 18,105 | 62.45% | 252 | 0.87% | 9 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -7,479 | -25.80% | 28,992 |
| Blair | 7,311 | 56.95% | 5,175 | 40.31% | 316 | 2.46% | 35 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,136 | 16.64% | 12,837 |
| Bradford | 8,762 | 63.00% | 4,552 | 32.73% | 536 | 3.85% | 58 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,210 | 30.27% | 13,908 |
| Bucks | 8,584 | 49.11% | 8,642 | 49.44% | 253 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -58 | -0.33% | 17,479 |
| Butler | 5,358 | 53.84% | 3,986 | 40.06% | 434 | 4.36% | 169 | 1.70% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,372 | 13.79% | 9,951 |
| Cambria | 5,517 | 47.11% | 5,948 | 50.79% | 237 | 2.02% | 9 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -431 | -3.68% | 11,711 |
| Cameron | 782 | 58.14% | 551 | 40.97% | 12 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 231 | 17.17% | 1,345 |
| Carbon | 3,279 | 45.69% | 3,665 | 51.07% | 180 | 2.51% | 53 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -386 | -5.38% | 7,177 |
| Centre | 4,574 | 48.29% | 4,712 | 49.75% | 173 | 1.83% | 12 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -138 | -1.46% | 9,471 |
| Chester | 11,578 | 58.51% | 7,541 | 38.11% | 666 | 3.37% | 3 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,037 | 20.40% | 19,788 |
| Clarion | 2,950 | 41.71% | 3,880 | 54.86% | 117 | 1.65% | 126 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | -930 | -13.15% | 7,073 |
| Clearfield | 5,297 | 44.51% | 6,266 | 52.66% | 337 | 2.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -969 | -8.14% | 11,900 |
| Clinton | 2,756 | 45.38% | 3,204 | 52.76% | 80 | 1.32% | 33 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | -448 | -7.38% | 6,073 |
| Columbia | 2,484 | 33.38% | 4,676 | 62.84% | 258 | 3.47% | 23 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,192 | -29.46% | 7,441 |
| Crawford | 8,040 | 53.59% | 5,964 | 39.75% | 747 | 4.98% | 252 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,076 | 13.84% | 15,003 |
| Cumberland | 4,693 | 45.36% | 5,386 | 52.05% | 256 | 2.47% | 12 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -693 | -6.70% | 10,347 |
| Dauphin | 10,852 | 57.66% | 7,684 | 40.82% | 286 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,168 | 16.83% | 18,822 |
| Delaware | 8,791 | 62.04% | 5,028 | 35.48% | 346 | 2.44% | 5 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,763 | 26.56% | 14,170 |
| Elk | 1,321 | 41.09% | 1,824 | 56.73% | 52 | 1.62% | 18 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -503 | -15.65% | 3,215 |
| Erie | 9,372 | 54.23% | 7,111 | 41.15% | 710 | 4.11% | 88 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,261 | 13.08% | 17,281 |
| Fayette | 7,034 | 49.17% | 6,951 | 48.59% | 278 | 1.94% | 43 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 | 0.58% | 14,306 |
| Forest | 917 | 57.24% | 612 | 38.20% | 72 | 4.49% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 305 | 19.04% | 1,602 |
| Franklin | 5,772 | 52.27% | 5,082 | 46.02% | 174 | 1.58% | 14 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 690 | 6.25% | 11,042 |
| Fulton | 951 | 42.93% | 1,230 | 55.53% | 34 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -279 | -12.60% | 2,215 |
| Greene | 2,373 | 35.79% | 4,116 | 62.08% | 141 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,743 | -26.29% | 6,630 |
| Huntingdon | 4,217 | 58.56% | 2,789 | 38.73% | 117 | 1.62% | 78 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,428 | 19.83% | 7,201 |
| Indiana | 5,084 | 62.83% | 2,231 | 27.57% | 294 | 3.63% | 483 | 5.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,853 | 35.26% | 8,092 |
| Jefferson | 4,090 | 53.48% | 3,257 | 42.59% | 178 | 2.33% | 123 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 833 | 10.89% | 7,648 |
| Juniata | 1,760 | 47.58% | 1,842 | 49.80% | 96 | 2.60% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -82 | -2.22% | 3,699 |
| Lackawanna | 10,279 | 48.50% | 9,858 | 46.51% | 1,058 | 4.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 421 | 1.99% | 21,195 |
| Lancaster | 21,976 | 66.56% | 10,495 | 31.79% | 525 | 1.59% | 16 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.01% | 11,481 | 34.77% | 33,016 |
| Lawrence | 4,342 | 62.56% | 2,113 | 30.44% | 437 | 6.30% | 49 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,229 | 32.11% | 6,941 |
| Lebanon | 6,096 | 61.61% | 3,670 | 37.09% | 119 | 1.20% | 10 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,426 | 24.52% | 9,895 |
| Lehigh | 6,977 | 43.35% | 8,927 | 55.47% | 167 | 1.04% | 23 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,950 | -12.12% | 16,094 |
| Luzerne | 15,543 | 49.25% | 15,218 | 48.22% | 790 | 2.50% | 7 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 1.03% | 31,558 |
| Lycoming | 6,591 | 45.34% | 7,467 | 51.37% | 303 | 2.08% | 175 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | -876 | -6.03% | 14,536 |
| McKean | 4,066 | 52.74% | 2,922 | 37.90% | 426 | 5.53% | 295 | 3.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,144 | 14.84% | 7,709 |
| Mercer | 6,428 | 53.91% | 4,806 | 40.31% | 556 | 4.66% | 133 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,622 | 13.60% | 11,923 |
| Mifflin | 2,321 | 51.46% | 2,084 | 46.21% | 105 | 2.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 237 | 5.25% | 4,510 |
| Monroe | 1,107 | 24.95% | 3,274 | 73.79% | 56 | 1.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,167 | -48.84% | 4,437 |
| Montgomery | 13,445 | 50.90% | 12,582 | 47.63% | 379 | 1.43% | 11 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 863 | 3.27% | 26,417 |
| Montour | 1,289 | 39.91% | 1,865 | 57.74% | 41 | 1.27% | 35 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -576 | -17.83% | 3,230 |
| Northampton | 6,785 | 39.67% | 10,027 | 58.63% | 192 | 1.12% | 99 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,242 | -18.96% | 17,103 |
| Northumberland | 6,288 | 48.96% | 6,257 | 48.72% | 231 | 1.80% | 66 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 31 | 0.24% | 12,842 |
| Perry | 3,168 | 53.04% | 2,738 | 45.84% | 66 | 1.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 430 | 7.20% | 5,973 |
| Philadelphia | 111,358 | 54.20% | 92,786 | 45.16% | 1,225 | 0.60% | 75 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 18,572 | 9.04% | 205,444 |
| Pike | 559 | 30.38% | 1,265 | 68.75% | 16 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -706 | -38.37% | 1,840 |
| Potter | 2,570 | 55.68% | 1,692 | 36.66% | 172 | 3.73% | 182 | 3.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 878 | 19.02% | 4,616 |
| Schuylkill | 12,522 | 48.20% | 13,054 | 50.25% | 211 | 0.81% | 193 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -532 | -2.05% | 25,980 |
| Snyder | 2,360 | 60.36% | 1,493 | 38.18% | 57 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 867 | 22.17% | 3,910 |
| Somerset | 4,825 | 65.36% | 2,319 | 31.41% | 238 | 3.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,506 | 33.95% | 7,382 |
| Sullivan | 946 | 40.95% | 1,260 | 54.55% | 48 | 2.08% | 56 | 2.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -314 | -13.59% | 2,310 |
| Susquehanna | 5,019 | 55.30% | 3,328 | 36.67% | 717 | 7.90% | 12 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,691 | 18.63% | 9,076 |
| Tioga | 7,808 | 69.23% | 2,972 | 26.35% | 254 | 2.25% | 245 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,836 | 42.88% | 11,279 |
| Union | 2,448 | 59.85% | 1,582 | 38.68% | 50 | 1.22% | 10 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 866 | 21.17% | 4,090 |
| Venango | 4,424 | 50.49% | 3,475 | 39.66% | 688 | 7.85% | 175 | 2.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 949 | 10.83% | 8,762 |
| Warren | 4,329 | 55.76% | 2,640 | 34.00% | 676 | 8.71% | 119 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,689 | 21.75% | 7,764 |
| Washington | 7,801 | 54.83% | 5,847 | 41.10% | 571 | 4.01% | 8 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,954 | 13.73% | 14,227 |
| Wayne | 2,939 | 46.47% | 3,010 | 47.60% | 375 | 5.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -1.12% | 6,324 |
| Westmoreland | 9,926 | 49.37% | 9,602 | 47.76% | 430 | 2.14% | 147 | 0.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 324 | 1.61% | 20,105 |
| Wyoming | 2,086 | 51.43% | 1,841 | 45.39% | 125 | 3.08% | 4 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 245 | 6.04% | 4,056 |
| York | 9,047 | 41.68% | 12,359 | 56.94% | 301 | 1.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,312 | -15.26% | 21,707 |
| Totals | 526,151 | 52.74% | 446,633 | 44.77% | 20,947 | 2.10% | 3,873 | 0.39% | 24 | 0.00% | 79,518 | 7.97% | 997,628 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b c Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (xlsx file for €15)
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