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1888 United States presidential election
1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas presidential no 1884 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1884 1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1892 November 6, 1888 x160px Grover Cleveland by Charles Milton Bell color change (3x4 cropped b&w).jpg Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) New York Allen G. Thurman 7 86,062 54.80% Benjamin Harrison (1888) (cropped3).jpg Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Indiana Levi P. Morton 0 59,752 38.04% Alson Streeter 0 10,630 6.77% Union Labor Party File:AlsonStreeter.png Illinois Charles E. Cunningham 1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas results map by county.svg 300px County results
Cleveland
#b9d7ff 40–50%
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
#0645b4 80–90%
Harrison
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
#aa0000 80–90% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States)
The 1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arkansas voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 16.76%.
Campaign
The Union Labor Party held its convention in Little Rock, on April 30, 1888.Hild 2004 32
Arkansas had the third-highest percentage for Streeter. Charles Norwood, the Union Labor gubernatorial candidate, narrowly lost in the concurrent election, while Lewis P. Featherstone was elected to the United States House of Representatives.Hild 2004 35Hild 2020 61
Results
1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas1888 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1888&off=0&elect=0&fips=5&f=0 U.S. Election Atlas 25 November 2020
Democratic Party (United States)
Grover Cleveland
New York (inc.)
Allen Granberry Thurman
Ohio
86,062
54.80%
7
100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Levi Parsons Morton
New York
59,752
38.04%
0
0.00%
Union Labor Party
Alson Jenness Streeter
Illinois
Charles E. Cunningham
Arkansas
10,630
6.77%
0
0.00%
Prohibition Party
Clinton Bowen Fisk
New Jersey
John Anderson Brooks
Missouri
614
0.39%
0
0.00%
157,058
100.00%
7
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Arkansas
Notes
note
References
Works cited
Hild Matthew The Knights of Labor in Arkansas: A Research Note The Arkansas Historical Quarterly Arkansas Historical Association 2020 79 1 59–63 26924945 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26924945
Hild Matthew Labor, Third-Party Politics, and New South Democracy in Arkansas, 1884-1896 The Arkansas Historical Quarterly Arkansas Historical Association 2004 63 1 24–43 40019008 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40019008
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