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1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1884 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1884 1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1892 November 6, 1888 x200px Grover Cleveland by Charles Milton Bell color change (3x4 cropped b&w).jpg Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) New York Allen G. Thurman 9 65,824 82.28% Benjamin Harrison (1888) (cropped3).jpg Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Indiana Levi P. Morton 0 13,736 17.17% 1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina results map by county.svg 325px County results
Cleveland
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
#0645b4 80–90%
#002b84 90–100%
Harrison
#d40000 70–80% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States)
The 1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.October 2023
South Carolina voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a landslide margin of 65.11 percentage points.October 2023
Results
+ General Election ResultsReports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina at the Regular Session Commencing November 27, 1888. https://carolana.com/SC/Legislators/Documents/Reports_and_Resolutions_of_the_General_Assembly_of_South_Carolina_1888_Volume_I.pdf Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina 1 556-560 Carolana.comParty Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Grover Cleveland John T. Sloan, Jr. 65,825 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland George W. Gage65,825 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Lucas McIntosh65,825 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland C. A. Douglass65,824 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Claude E. Sawyer65,823 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland C. C. Culp65,823 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland F. W. Wagener65,822 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland W. O. Bradley65,822 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Richard Singleton65,815 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Eugene A. Webster13,740 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Edward J. Dickerson13,740 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison John R. Tolbert13,740 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Thomas H. Saxon13,740 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Henry L. Shrewsbury13,740 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Edmund H. Deas13,740 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Ellery M. Brayton13,736 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Thomas B. Johnston13,736 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Zachariah E. Walker13,654 Write-in N/A Scattering437Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 80,002
Results by county
County Stephen Grover ClevelandDemocratic Benjamin HarrisonRepublican Various candidatesWrite-ins Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Abbeville 2,985 97.39% 74 2.41% 6 0.20% 2,911 94.98% 3,065 Aiken 2,532 86.24% 404 13.76% 2,128 72.48% 2,936 Anderson 2,045 94.28% 124 5.72% 1,921 88.57% 2,169 Barnwell 2,905 78.49% 613 16.56% 183 4.94% 2,292 61.93% 3,701 Beaufort 509 22.34% 1,769 77.66% -1,260 -55.31% 2,278 Berkeley 1,611 55.00% 1,318 45.00% 293 10.00% 2,929 Charleston 2,652 85.16% 435 13.97% 27 0.87% 2,217 71.19% 3,114 Chester 1,735 96.87% 42 2.35% 14 0.78% 1,693 94.53% 1,791 Chesterfield 1,871 91.36% 177 8.64% 1,694 82.71% 2,048 Clarendon 1,452 81.44% 331 18.56% 1,121 62.87% 1,783 Colleton 2,805 79.94% 704 20.06% 2,101 59.87% 3,509 Darlington 1,852 86.30% 294 13.70% 1,558 72.60% 2,146 Edgefield 3,142 98.31% 54 1.69% 3,088 96.62% 3,196 Fairfield 1,389 98.72% 9 0.64% 9 0.64% 1,380 98.08% 1,407 Georgetown 703 52.82% 628 47.18% 75 5.63% 1,331 Greenville 3,305 86.72% 456 11.97% 50 1.31% 2,849 74.76% 3,811 Hampton 1,398 79.75% 324 18.48% 31 1.77% 1,074 61.27% 1,753 Horry 1,241 77.37% 363 22.63% 878 54.74% 1,604 Kershaw 1,258 88.10% 170 11.90% 1,088 76.19% 1,428 Lancaster 1,740 88.37% 221 11.22% 8 0.41% 1,519 77.15% 1,969 Laurens 1,451 96.60% 36 2.40% 15 1.00% 1,415 94.21% 1,502 Lexington 1,903 94.77% 91 4.53% 14 0.70% 1,812 90.24% 2,008 Marion 2,417 76.29% 705 22.25% 46 1.45% 1,712 54.04% 3,168 Marlboro 1,231 99.03% 12 0.97% 1,219 98.07% 1,243 Newberry 1,729 96.38% 58 3.23% 7 0.39% 1,671 93.14% 1,794 Oconee 1,212 83.59% 231 15.93% 7 0.48% 981 67.66% 1,450 Orangeburg 3,044 72.32% 1,165 27.68% 1,879 44.64% 4,209 Pickens 858 90.03% 95 9.97% 763 80.06% 953 Richland 1,912 81.02% 443 18.77% 5 0.21% 1,469 62.25% 2,360 Spartanburg 3,344 86.61% 502 13.00% 15 0.39% 2,842 73.61% 3,861 Sumter 1,735 64.76% 944 35.24% 791 29.53% 2,679 Union 1,920 98.46% 30 1.54% 1,890 96.92% 1,950 Williamsburg 1,634 66.78% 813 33.22% 821 33.55% 2,447 York 2,305 95.64% 105 4.36% 2,200 91.29% 2,410Totals65,82582.28%13,74017.17%4370.55%52,08565.11%80,002
See also
United States presidential elections in South Carolina
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