1888 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1888 United States presidential election 1888 United States presidential election in New York New York File:Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg 1778 presidential no 1884 United States presidential election in New York 1884 1892 United States presidential election in New York 1892 92.3%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 4.8 pp November 6, 1888 x200px Benjamin Harrison (1888) (cropped3).jpg Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) Indiana Levi P. Morton 36 650,338 49.28% Grover Cleveland by Charles Milton Bell color change (3x4 cropped b&w).jpg Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) New York Allen G. Thurman 0 635,965 48.19% 1888 United States presidential election in New York results map by county.svg 440px County results Harrison #f2b3be 40–50%#e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70% Cleveland #b9d7ff 40–50%#86b6f2 50–60% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Harrison Republican Party (United States) The 1888 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 6, 1888. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New York was won by the Republican nominees, former Senator Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate former Congressman Levi P. Morton of New York. Harrison and Morton defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate former Senator Allen G. Thurman of Ohio. Harrison narrowly carried New York State with a plurality of 49.28% of the vote to Cleveland's 48.19%, a victory margin of 1.09%. In a distant third came the Prohibition Party candidate Clinton B. Fisk with 2.29%. New York weighed in for this election as less than 2% more Republican than the national average. Cleveland's narrow defeat in his home state, losing its 36 electoral votes, ultimately cost him the 1888 election, despite the fact that Cleveland won the nationwide popular vote by nearly a point. Cleveland had narrowly won New York State four years earlier in his initial 1884 presidential campaign, but strong opposition to Cleveland from the corrupt Tammany Hall machine, which held significant influence over New York's politics, helped to narrowly tip the state to Harrison in 1888. Had Cleveland instead won New York, he would have won reelection by seven electoral votes. Cleveland performed most strongly downstate in the New York City area, where he won New York County, Kings County, Queens County, and Richmond County. Cleveland also won nearby Westchester County and Rockland County. Harrison, however, dominated in much of upstate New York, including a victory in Erie County, home to the city of Buffalo, although Cleveland did win Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, along with several rural upstate counties. Results 1888 United States presidential election in New YorkManual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New York 1889 1889 Weed, Parsons, and Company Albany 632-633 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/26507/?offset=1&return=1#page=710&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= 2 December 2025McPherson Edward The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1889 1889 The Tribune Association New York 97 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002271742s&view=1up&seq=245 2 December 2025PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Benjamin Harrison 650,338 49.28% 36 Democratic Grover Cleveland 635,965 48.19% 0 Prohibition Clinton B. Fisk 30,231 2.29% 0 Socialist Labor Unpledged electors 2,068 0.16% 0 Union Labor Alson Streeter 627 0.05% 0 United Labor Robert H. Cowdrey 519 0.04% 0 Totals 1,319,748 100.0% 36 County results County Benjamin HarrisonRepublican Grover ClevelandDemocratic Clinton B. FiskProhibition UnpledgedSocialist Labor Alson StreeterUnion Labor Robert H. CowdreyUnited Labor Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Albany19,36247.39%21,03751.49%4081.00%270.07%00.00%190.05%-1,675-4.10%40,853Allegany7,06758.37%3,62529.94%1,1749.70%00.00%2411.99%00.00%3,44228.43%12,107Broome8,40553.70%6,44741.19%7965.09%00.00%10.01%40.03%1,95812.51%15,653Cattaraugus8,58654.57%6,17339.23%8575.45%00.00%790.50%390.25%2,41315.34%15,734Cayuga9,64657.78%6,38038.22%6263.75%00.00%420.25%00.00%3,26619.56%16,694Chautauqua12,10862.92%6,17832.10%8934.64%20.01%570.30%60.03%5,93030.81%19,244Chemung5,46745.95%6,03750.74%3763.16%10.01%130.13%20.02%-570-4.79%11,898Chenango5,79852.49%4,64042.01%6055.48%00.00%30.03%00.00%1,15810.48%11,046Clinton6,27156.72%4,72442.73%610.55%00.00%00.00%00.00%1,54713.99%11,056Columbia6,44750.46%6,03747.25%2922.29%00.00%00.00%00.00%4103.21%12,776Cortland4,73255.97%3,16337.41%5556.56%00.00%50.06%00.00%1,56918.56%8,455Delaware6,60252.33%5,33242.26%6775.37%00.00%60.05%00.00%1,27010.07%12,617Dutchess10,26550.95%9,24945.91%6343.15%00.00%00.00%00.00%1,0165.04%20,148Erie31,61251.06%29,54347.71%7351.19%110.02%140.02%20.00%2,0693.34%61,917Essex5,04362.28%2,93036.19%1241.53%00.00%00.00%00.00%2,11326.10%8,097Franklin5,75764.79%3,02834.08%1011.14%00.00%00.00%00.00%2,72930.71%8,886Fulton5,25454.27%4,04341.76%3813.94%20.02%00.00%10.01%1,2112.51%9,681Genesee4,95255.07%3,63340.40%4084.54%00.00%00.00%00.00%1,31914.67%8,993Greene4,46048.27%4,49448.64%2843.07%00.00%00.00%20.02%-34-0.37%9,240HamiltonVoted with Fulton CountyFulton and Hamilton County Official Canvass https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=fcrb18881122-01.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- 2 December 2025 Fulton County Republican 22 November 1888 Johnstown63851.29%59147.51%151.21%00.00%00.00%00.00%473.78%1,244Herkimer6,68352.87%5,61144.39%3412.70%00.00%00.00%50.04%1,0728.48%12,640Jefferson9,86154.37%7,56241.70%7023.87%00.00%110.06%00.00%2,29912.68%18,136Kings70,05245.49%82,50753.58%1,1160.72%1600.10%00.00%1540.10%-12,455-8.09%153,989Lewis4,36952.33%3,80745.60%1722.06%10.01%00.00%00.00%5626.73%8,349Livingston5,58454.80%4,06739.92%5315.21%00.00%70.07%00.00%1,51714.89%10,189Madison7,19958.25%4,64137.55%5154.17%30.02%00.00%10.01%2,55820.70%12,359Monroe21,65054.55%16,67742.02%1,3433.38%120.03%20.01%40.01%4,97312.53%39,688Montgomery6,36552.18%5,67746.54%1491.22%00.00%00.00%70.06%6885.64%12,198New York106,92239.20%162,73559.67%1,1260.41%1,7720.65%00.00%1780.07%-55,813-20.46%272,733Niagara6,88649.19%6,42945.92%6824.87%00.00%20.01%00.00%4573.26%13,999Oneida16,24151.78%14,27645.51%8462.70%50.02%00.00%00.00%1,9656.26%31,368Onondaga20,14457.65%14,00140.07%7472.14%490.14%00.00%00.00%6,14317.58%34,941Ontario6,95753.15%5,75343.95%3762.87%00.00%20.02%10.01%1,2049.20%13,089Orange11,26149.49%10,85247.69%6372.80%00.00%00.00%30.01%4091.80%22,753Orleans4,27751.98%3,21439.06%7348.92%00.00%30.04%00.00%1,06312.92%8,228Oswego11,29658.37%7,42938.38%6253.23%00.00%10.01%30.02%3,86719.98%19,354Otsego7,82950.95%6,97245.37%5633.66%00.00%20.01%00.00%8575.58%15,366Putnam2,09856.37%1,51540.70%1092.93%00.00%00.00%00.00%58315.66%3,722Queens11,01745.95%12,68352.90%2431.01%160.07%00.00%160.07%-1,666-6.95%23,975Rensselaer15,71849.62%15,41048.65%5411.71%00.00%00.00%80.03%3080.97%31,677Richmond4,10040.82%5,76457.39%1681.67%00.00%00.00%110.11%-1,664-16.57%10,043Rockland3,01341.83%3,93954.69%2483.44%00.00%00.00%30.04%-926-12.86%7,203Saratoga8,59454.36%6,57041.56%6464.09%00.00%00.00%00.00%2,02412.80%15,810Schenectady3,63351.03%3,32846.75%1582.22%00.00%00.00%00.00%3054.28%7,119Schoharie3,69641.36%5,00656.01%2232.50%00.00%120.13%00.00%-1,310-14.66%8,937Schuyler2,70455.16%1,97540.29%2194.47%00.00%40.08%00.00%72914.87%4,902Seneca3,57648.07%3,70549.81%1562.10%00.00%20.03%00.00%-129-1.73%7,439St. Lawrence14,61167.56%6,50930.10%5062.34%00.00%20.01%00.00%8,10237.46%21,628Steuben11,63753.10%9,15441.77%1,1065.05%00.00%80.04%120.05%2,48311.33%21,917Suffolk7,16750.23%6,60046.26%4923.45%50.04%00.00%30.02%5673.97%14,267Sullivan3,86049.66%3,75748.33%1562.01%00.00%00.00%00.00%1031.33%7,773Tioga4,85254.69%3,60940.68%3814.29%00.00%300.34%00.00%1,24314.01%8,872Tompkins5,07354.18%3,90941.75%3173.39%20.02%620.66%00.00%1,16412.43%9,363Ulster10,82549.57%10,48748.02%5232.39%00.00%00.00%30.01%3381.55%21,838Warren4,13556.39%2,88339.32%3144.28%00.00%00.00%10.01%1,25217.07%7,333Washington8,02363.21%4,28433.75%3853.03%00.00%10.01%00.00%3,73929.46%12,693Wayne7,85057.73%5,12037.65%6194.55%00.00%70.05%20.01%2,73020.08%13,598Westchester13,79946.81%14,94850.71%7032.38%00.00%00.00%290.10%-1,149-3.90%29,479Wyoming4,89957.04%3,16636.86%5246.10%00.00%00.00%00.00%1,73320.18%8,589Yates3,41058.26%2,15036.73%2874.90%00.00%60.10%00.00%1,26021.53%5,853Totals650,33849.28%635,96548.19%30,2312.29%2,0680.16%6270.05%5190.04%14,3731.09%1,319,748 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Hamilton Niagara Oneida Otsego Suffolk Sullivan Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Chemung Greene See also United States presidential elections in New York Notes References expanded New York 1888 Category:1888 New York (state) elections