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1888 United States presidential election in Illinois
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1888 United States presidential election
1888 United States presidential election in Illinois presidential no 1884 United States presidential election in Illinois 1884 1892 United States presidential election in Illinois 1892 November 6, 1888 x200px Benjamin Harrison (1888) (cropped3).jpg Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Indiana Levi P. Morton 22 370,475 49.54% Grover Cleveland by Charles Milton Bell color change (3x4 cropped b&w).jpg Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) New York Allen G. Thurman 0 348,351 46.58% 1888 United States presidential election in Illinois results map by county.svg 350px County results
Harrison
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
Cleveland
#b9d7ff 40–50%
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States)
The 1888 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Illinois voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 2.96%.
Results
1888 United States presidential election in Illinois1888 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=17&year=1888&f=1&off=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Republican Party (United States)
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Levi Parsons Morton
New York
370,475
49.54%
22
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Grover Cleveland
New York (incumbent)
Allen Granberry Thurman
Ohio
348,351
46.58%
0
0.00%
Prohibition Party
Clinton Bowen Fisk
New Jersey
John Anderson Brooks
Missouri
21,703
2.90%
0
0.00%
Union Labor Party
Alson Jenness Streetcar
Illinois
Charles E. Cunningham
Arkansas
7,134
0.95%
0
0.00%
United Labor Party
Robert Cowdrey
New York
W.H.T. Wakefield
Kansas
150
0.02%
0
0.00%
747,813
100.00%
22
100.00%
Chicago results
1888 United States presidential election in ChicagoHarrison Carries the County by a Small Plurality https://www.newspapers.com/image/349826814 August 31, 2023 The Chicago Tribune November 8, 1888PartyCandidateVotesPercentage Democratic Grover Cleveland 63,561 50.73% Republican Benjamin Harrison 59,914 47.82% Prohibition Clinton B. Fisk 1,246 0.99% Union Labor Alson Streeter 563 0.45% Totals 125,284 100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Illinois
References
Illinois
1888
Category:1888 Illinois elections