1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee

none June 2025 September 2023 1888 United States presidential election 1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee Tennessee presidential no 1884 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1884 1892 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1892 November 6, 1888 19.69% of the total population 2.83 pp1888 Presidential Election Results Tennessee Total Population Turnout https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3975 x200px Grover Cleveland by Charles Milton Bell color change (3x4 cropped b&w).jpg Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) New York Allen Thurman 12 158,699 52.26% Benjamin Harrison (1888) (cropped3).jpg Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Indiana Levi P. Morton 0 138,978 45.76% 350px County results Cleveland #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Harrison #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Unknown/No Vote #808080ff President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) File:Proposed flag of Tennessee (1861).svg The 1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.1888 Presidential Election Results Tennessee https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1888&fips=47&f=0&off=0&elect=0 For over a century after the Civil War, Tennessee's white citizenry was divided according to partisan loyalties established in that war. Unionist regions covering almost all of East Tennessee, Kentucky Pennyroyal-allied Macon County, and the five West Tennessee Highland Rim counties of Carroll, Henderson, McNairy, Hardin and WayneWright, John K.; ‘Voting Habits in the United States: A Note on Two Maps’; Geographical Review, vol. 22, no. 4 (October 1932), pp. 666-672 voted Republican – generally by landslide margins – as they saw the Democratic Party as the “war party” who had forced them into a war they did not wish to fight.Key (Jr.), Valdimer Orlando; Southern Politics in State and Nation (New York, 1949), pp. 282-283 Contrariwise, the rest of Middle and West Tennessee who had supported and driven the state's secession was equally fiercely Democratic as it associated the Republicans with Reconstruction.Lyons, William; Scheb (II), John M. and Stair Billy; Government and Politics in Tennessee, pp. 183-184 1572331410 After the state's white landowning class re-established its rule in the early 1870s, black and Unionist white combined to forge adequate support for the GOP to produce a competitive political system for two decades,Kousser, J. Morgan; The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910, p. 104 0-300-01973-4 although during this era the Republicans could only capture statewide offices when the Democratic Party was divided on this issue of payment of state debt. White Democrats in West Tennessee were always aiming to eliminate black political influence, and during the 1880s they attempted to do this by election fraud and stuffing of ballot boxes.Kousser; The Shaping of Southern Politics, p. 110 During the 1888 elections, this fraud increased substantially and the GOP's fortunes showed a decline at the state level to just 35 out of 132 state legislators.Kousser, J. Morgan; ‘Post-Reconstruction Suffrage Restrictions in Tennessee: A New Look at the V. O. Key Thesis’; Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 4 (December 1973), pp. 655-683 This would lead to much more drastic changes in the future, but in the presidential race Democratic nominee and incumbent President Grover Cleveland, running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G. Thurman won only 52.26 percent of the popular vote, against former Indiana Senator Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), running with Levi P. Morton, the 31st governor of New York who gained 45.76 percent. Cleveland's margin was, given the political changes taking place, only a small improvement over his 1884 win in Tennessee; however, he did re-establish the majority-black far southwestern part of the state as rock-ribbed Democratic until the party turned towards Civil Rights under Harry S. Truman. The Union Labor Party chose Alson Streeter, a former Illinois state representative, and Charles E. Cunningham as their presidential and vice-presidential candidates and received 0.02% of the vote. The Prohibition Party ran brigadier general Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks and received 1.97% of the vote. Results 1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee Grover Cleveland (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 158,699 52.26% Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) 138,978 45.76% Clinton B. Fisk Prohibition Party 5,969 1.97% Alson Streeter Union Labor Party 48These Union Labor votes were not separated by county but listed only as a state-wide total. 0.02% 303,694 100.00% Results by county 1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee by countyGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1888.htm Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)Géoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1888fisk.htm Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)County Grover ClevelandDemocratic Benjamin HarrisonRepublican Clinton B. FiskProhibition Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % Anderson 733 29.59% 1,740 70.25% 4 0.16% -1,007 -40.65% 2,477 Bedford 2,475 53.21% 1,988 42.74% 188 4.04% 487 10.47% 4,651 Benton 1,075 62.65% 640 37.30% 1 0.06% 435 25.35% 1,716 Bledsoe 482 42.47% 653 57.53% 0 0.00% -171 -15.07% 1,135 Blount 1,009 30.55% 2,237 67.73% 57 1.73% -1,228 -37.18% 3,303 Bradley 991 38.99% 1,518 59.72% 33 1.30% -527 -20.73% 2,542 Campbell 559 23.20% 1,845 76.59% 5 0.21% -1,286 -53.38% 2,409 Cannon 1,104 61.68% 658 36.76% 28 1.56% 446 24.92% 1,790 Carroll 1,875 43.74% 2,356 54.96% 56 1.31% -481 -11.22% 4,287 Carter 453 19.22% 1,797 76.24% 107 4.54% -1,344 -57.02% 2,357 Cheatham 1,063 75.50% 305 21.66% 40 2.84% 758 53.84% 1,408 Claiborne 959 40.29% 1,392 58.49% 29 1.22% -433 -18.19% 2,380 Clay 749 60.80% 479 38.88% 4 0.32% 270 21.92% 1,232 Cocke 842 30.19% 1,947 69.81% 0 0.00% -1,105 -39.62% 2,789 Coffee 1,818 75.09% 539 22.26% 64 2.64% 1,279 52.83% 2,421 Crockett 1,253 51.84% 1,080 44.68% 84 3.48% 173 7.16% 2,417 Cumberland 422 39.70% 632 59.45% 9 0.85% -210 -19.76% 1,063 Davidson 9,715 49.15% 9,321 47.16% 730 3.69% 394 1.99% 19,766 DeKalb 1,462 51.88% 1,310 46.49% 46 1.63% 152 5.39% 2,818 Decatur 862 53.14% 757 46.67% 3 0.18% 105 6.47% 1,622 Dickson 1,511 64.38% 765 32.59% 71 3.03% 746 31.79% 2,347 Dyer 2,013 67.14% 925 30.85% 60 2.00% 1,088 36.29% 2,998 Fayette 3,813 79.54% 980 20.44% 1 0.02% 2,833 59.09% 4,794 Fentress 249 29.09% 602 70.33% 5 0.58% -353 -41.24% 856 Franklin 2,362 74.42% 674 21.24% 138 4.35% 1,688 53.18% 3,174 Gibson 3,763 63.06% 1,893 31.72% 311 5.21% 1,870 31.34% 5,967 Giles 3,181 58.79% 2,100 38.81% 130 2.40% 1,081 19.98% 5,411 Grainger 931 39.52% 1,416 60.10% 9 0.38% -485 -20.59% 2,356 Greene 2,195 42.97% 2,722 53.29% 191 3.74% -527 -10.32% 5,108 Grundy 901 78.28% 216 18.77% 34 2.95% 685 59.51% 1,151 Hamblen 891 41.42% 1,219 56.67% 41 1.91% -328 -15.25% 2,151 Hamilton 3,906 37.81% 6,264 60.63% 161 1.56% -2,358 -22.82% 10,331 Hancock 480 28.29% 1,216 71.66% 1 0.06% -736 -43.37% 1,697 Hardeman 1,913 63.03% 1,099 36.21% 23 0.76% 814 26.82% 3,035 Hardin 1,208 39.99% 1,785 59.09% 28 0.93% -577 -19.10% 3,021 Hawkins 1,624 41.46% 2,260 57.70% 33 0.84% -636 -16.24% 3,917 Haywood 1,962 53.14% 1,724 46.70% 6 0.16% 238 6.45% 3,692 Henderson 1,512 45.93% 1,772 53.83% 8 0.24% -260 -7.90% 3,292 Henry 2,103 62.55% 1,197 35.60% 62 1.84% 906 26.95% 3,362 Hickman 1,509 56.26% 1,137 42.39% 36 1.34% 372 13.87% 2,682 Houston 745 73.98% 259 25.72% 3 0.30% 486 48.26% 1,007 Humphreys 1,443 76.35% 395 20.90% 52 2.75% 1,048 55.45% 1,890 Jackson 1,585 74.24% 545 25.53% 5 0.23% 1,040 48.71% 2,135 James 308 34.26% 587 65.29% 4 0.44% -279 -31.03% 899 Jefferson 806 25.43% 2,348 74.07% 16 0.50% -1,542 -48.64% 3,170 Johnson 180 11.70% 1,347 87.52% 12 0.78% -1,167 -75.83% 1,539 Knox 3,929 37.94% 6,123 59.12% 305 2.94% -2,194 -21.18% 10,357 Lake 450 83.33% 59 10.93% 31 5.74% 391 72.41% 540 Lauderdale 1,838 55.76% 1,433 43.48% 25 0.76% 405 12.29% 3,296 Lawrence 1,089 62.66% 633 36.42% 16 0.92% 456 26.24% 1,738 Lewis 254 65.30% 132 33.93% 3 0.77% 122 31.36% 389 Lincoln 3,285 72.21% 1,082 23.79% 182 4.00% 2,203 48.43% 4,549 Loudon 530 30.13% 1,226 69.70% 3 0.17% -696 -39.57% 1,759 Macon 879 43.91% 1,120 55.94% 3 0.15% -241 -12.04% 2,002 Madison 3,206 67.47% 1,479 31.12% 67 1.41% 1,727 36.34% 4,752 Marion 1,198 44.68% 1,483 55.32% 0 0.00% -285 -10.63% 2,681 Marshall 2,291 71.08% 786 24.39% 146 4.53% 1,505 46.70% 3,223 Maury 3,658 54.27% 2,836 42.08% 246 3.65% 822 12.20% 6,740 McMinn 1,364 40.92% 1,901 57.04% 68 2.04% -537 -16.11% 3,333 McNairy 1,525 49.97% 1,511 49.51% 16 0.52% 14 0.46% 3,052 Meigs 740 55.31% 589 44.02% 9 0.67% 151 11.29% 1,338 Monroe 1,457 50.70% 1,399 48.68% 18 0.63% 58 2.02% 2,874 Montgomery 2,628 53.53% 2,164 44.08% 117 2.38% 464 9.45% 4,909 Moore 980 84.63% 102 8.81% 76 6.56% 878 75.82% 1,158 Morgan 369 29.52% 860 68.80% 21 1.68% -491 -39.28% 1,250 Obion 2,987 70.10% 1,167 27.39% 107 2.51% 1,820 42.71% 4,261 Overton 1,188 64.88% 614 33.53% 29 1.58% 574 31.35% 1,831 Perry 849 61.57% 527 38.22% 3 0.22% 322 23.35% 1,379 Pickett 362 46.95% 409 53.05% 0 0.00% -47 -6.10% 771 Polk 679 51.48% 635 48.14% 5 0.38% 44 3.34% 1,319 Putnam 1,361 62.15% 817 37.31% 12 0.55% 544 24.84% 2,190 Rhea 1,177 45.27% 1,414 54.38% 9 0.35% -237 -9.12% 2,600 Roane 844 29.14% 2,042 70.51% 10 0.35% -1,198 -41.37% 2,896 Robertson 2,203 63.20% 952 27.31% 331 9.50% 1,251 35.89% 3,486 Rutherford 3,302 55.07% 2,479 41.34% 215 3.59% 823 13.73% 5,996 Scott 164 10.35% 1,418 89.46% 3 0.19% -1,254 -79.12% 1,585 Sequatchie 350 66.04% 180 33.96% 0 0.00% 170 32.08% 530 Sevier 489 14.56% 2,830 84.25% 40 1.19% -2,341 -69.69% 3,359 Shelby 11,932 58.86% 8,277 40.83% 64 0.32% 3,655 18.03% 20,273 Smith 2,108 64.96% 1,102 33.96% 35 1.08% 1,006 31.00% 3,245 Stewart 1,277 69.29% 536 29.08% 30 1.63% 741 40.21% 1,843 Sullivan 2,255 58.66% 1,513 39.36% 76 1.98% 742 19.30% 3,844 Sumner 2,778 68.76% 1,228 30.40% 34 0.84% 1,550 38.37% 4,040 Tipton 2,351 61.21% 1,486 38.69% 4 0.10% 865 22.52% 3,841 Trousdale 792 71.29% 316 28.44% 3 0.27% 476 42.84% 1,111 Unicoi 85 11.55% 645 87.64% 6 0.82% -560 -76.09% 736 Union 523 25.55% 1,501 73.33% 23 1.12% -978 -47.78% 2,047 Van Buren 423 77.05% 103 18.76% 23 4.19% 320 58.29% 549 Warren 1,975 73.80% 636 23.77% 65 2.43% 1,339 50.04% 2,676 Washington 1,534 42.12% 2,008 55.13% 100 2.75% -474 -13.01% 3,642 Wayne 772 39.03% 1,204 60.87% 2 0.10% -432 -21.84% 1,978 Weakley 2,764 60.22% 1,764 38.43% 62 1.35% 1,000 21.79% 4,590 White 1,634 76.36% 449 20.98% 57 2.66% 1,185 55.37% 2,140 Williamson 2,358 58.85% 1,491 37.21% 158 3.94% 867 21.64% 4,007 Wilson 2,518 57.55% 1,676 38.31% 181 4.14% 842 19.25% 4,375Totals158,69952.26%138,97845.77%5,9681.97%19,7216.49%303,645 See also United States presidential elections in Tennessee 1888 Tennessee gubernatorial election Notes References Tennessee 1888 Category:1888 Tennessee elections