1888 United States presidential election in Delaware

none June 2025 September 2023 1888 United States presidential election 1888 United States presidential election in Delaware presidential no 1884 United States presidential election in Delaware 1884 1892 United States presidential election in Delaware 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 3 16,414 55.10% Benjamin Harrison (1888) (cropped3).jpg Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Indiana Levi P. Morton 0 12,973 43.55% 1888 United States presidential election in Delaware results map by county.svg 120px County results Cleveland #86b6f2 50–60% Harrison #f2b3be 40–50% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) The 1888 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 11.55%. This was the last time until 2000 that a Republican was elected president without winning Delaware. Results + General Election ResultsProclamation - State of Delaware, Executive Department https://www.newspapers.com/image/153935742/ 17 December 2025 Evening Journal 28 November 1888 Wilmington 4The City Returns - Official https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88053046/1888-11-15/ed-1/?sp=3 17 December 2025 Delaware Gazette and State Journal 15 November 1888 Wilmington 3McPherson Edward The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1889 1889 The Tribune Association New York 60 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002271742s&view=1up&seq=208 17 December 2025Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Caleb P. Johnson16,414 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Robert Hill16,406 Democratic Party Grover Cleveland William T. Records16,391 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Joshua H. Marvel12,973 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Joseph R. Whitaker12,952 Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Henry du Pont12,950 Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk Benjamin Hitch400 Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk William Denney399 Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk Henry S. Kent399 Write-in Scattering1Votes cast"highest" Based on highest elector on each ticket 29,788 Results by county County Grover ClevelandDemocratic Benjamin HarrisonRepublican Clinton B. FiskProhibition Margin Total votes cast"highest" # % # % # % # %Kent3,96957.80%2,79740.73%1011.47%1,17217.07%6,867New Castle8,46357.24%6,13041.46%1921.30%2,33315.78%14,786Includes 1 Scattering voteSussex3,98248.95%4,04649.74%1071.32%-64-0.79%8,135Totals16,41455.10%12,97343.55%4001.34%3,44111.55%29,788 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Sussex See also United States presidential elections in Delaware Notes References Delaware 1888 Category:1888 Delaware elections