1888 United States presidential election in Kansas

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1888 United States presidential election in Kansas

November 6, 1888

Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Alson Streeter Party Republican Democratic Labor Home state Indiana New York Illinois Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman Charles E. Cunningham Electoral vote 9 0 0 Popular vote 182,904 102,745 37,788 Percentage 55.23% 31.03% 11.41%

County Results Harrison   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Cleveland   40-50%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President Benjamin Harrison Republican

The 1888 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 18.14%.

With 55.23% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Harrison's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nevada and Maine.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Kansas
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Parsons Morton of New York	182,904	55.23%	9	100.00%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York	Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio	102,745	31.03%	0	0.00%
	Labor	Alson Streeter of Illinois	Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas	37,788	11.41%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey	John Anderson Brooks of Missouri	6,779	2.05%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	933	0.28%	0	0.00%
Total				331,149	100.00%	9	100.00%

Results by county

County	Benjamin Harrison Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic		Alson Jenness Streeter Union Labor		Clinton Bowen Fisk Prohibition		Various candidates Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allen	1,886	56.62%	1,036	31.10%	332	9.97%	77	2.31%			850	25.52%	3,331
Anderson	1,843	55.13%	960	28.72%	369	11.04%	171	5.12%			883	26.41%	3,343
Atchison	3,219	52.10%	2,603	42.13%	332	5.37%	25	0.40%			616	9.97%	6,179
Barber	977	48.80%	710	35.46%	304	15.18%	11	0.55%			267	13.34%	2,002
Barton	1,353	49.16%	1,228	44.62%	101	3.67%	70	2.54%			125	4.54%	2,752
Bourbon	3,569	57.07%	1,831	29.28%	805	12.87%	49	0.78%			1,738	27.79%	6,254
Brown	2,696	55.58%	1,803	37.17%	235	4.84%	117	2.41%			893	18.41%	4,851
Butler	3,172	55.36%	1,616	28.20%	721	12.58%	221	3.86%			1,556	27.16%	5,730
Chase	1126	54.11%	593	28.50%	326	15.67%	36	1.73%			533	25.61%	2,081
Chautauqua	1,590	57.57%	694	25.13%	466	16.87%	12	0.43%			896	32.44%	2,762
Cherokee	2,935	45.62%	2,038	31.68%	1,269	19.72%	192	2.98%			897	13.94%	6,434
Cheyenne	779	63.08%	420	34.01%	22	1.78%	14	1.13%			359	29.07%	1,235
Clark	473	51.30%	349	37.85%	98	10.63%	2	0.22%			124	13.45%	922
Clay	1,914	50.80%	920	24.42%	794	21.07%	140	3.72%			994	26.38%	3,768
Cloud	2,542	59.55%	1,052	24.64%	557	13.05%	118	2.76%			1,490	34.90%	4,269
Coffey	1,970	52.59%	1,227	32.75%	440	11.75%	109	2.91%			743	19.83%	3,746
Comanche	490	50.67%	384	39.71%	93	9.62%	0	0.00%			106	10.96%	967
Cowley	4,112	53.41%	1,933	25.11%	1,533	19.91%	120	1.56%	1	0.01%	2,179	28.30%	7,699
Crawford	3,156	48.46%	1,875	28.79%	1,362	20.91%	120	1.84%			1,281	19.67%	6,513
Decatur	1224	57.17%	731	34.14%	140	6.54%	46	2.15%			493	23.03%	2,141
Dickinson	2,746	54.15%	1,695	33.43%	473	9.33%	157	3.10%			1,051	20.73%	5,071
Doniphan	2,245	66.52%	1,109	32.86%	14	0.41%	7	0.21%			1,136	33.66%	3,375
Douglas	3,189	60.02%	1,669	31.41%	217	4.08%	238	4.48%			1,520	28.61%	5,313
Edwards	541	53.62%	334	33.10%	114	11.30%	20	1.98%			207	20.52%	1,009
Elk	1,566	53.70%	696	23.87%	600	20.58%	50	1.71%	4	0.14%	870	29.84%	2,916
Ellis	690	44.43%	756	48.68%	105	6.76%	2	0.13%			-66	-4.25%	1,553
Ellsworth	1,159	56.51%	831	40.52%	39	1.90%	22	1.07%			328	15.99%	2,051
Finney	694	62.86%	348	31.52%	51	4.62%	11	1.00%			346	31.34%	1,104
Ford	882	52.47%	630	37.48%	119	7.08%	50	2.97%			252	14.99%	1,681
Franklin	2,422	50.47%	1,113	23.19%	1,056	22.00%	208	4.33%			1,309	27.28%	4,799
Garfield	225	62.15%	129	35.64%	3	0.83%	5	1.38%			96	26.52%	362
Geary	1027	54.31%	756	39.98%	98	5.18%	10	0.53%			271	14.33%	1,891
Gove	586	65.84%	278	31.24%	7	0.79%	19	2.13%			308	34.61%	890
Graham	797	49.35%	342	21.18%	245	15.17%	4	0.25%	227	14.06%	455	28.17%	1,615
Grant	390	50.45%	245	31.69%	51	6.60%	6	0.78%	81	10.48%	145	18.76%	773
Gray	417	53.81%	268	34.58%	48	6.19%	33	4.26%	9	1.16%	149	19.23%	775
Greeley	422	59.02%	180	25.17%	105	14.69%	8	1.12%			242	33.85%	715
Greenwood	2,242	56.89%	1,110	28.17%	542	13.75%	47	1.19%			1,132	28.72%	3,941
Hamilton	480	59.11%	295	36.33%	28	3.45%	9	1.11%			185	22.78%	812
Harper	1,490	48.79%	940	30.78%	587	19.22%	37	1.21%			550	18.01%	3,054
Harvey	2,145	54.25%	1,065	26.93%	676	17.10%	68	1.72%			1,080	27.31%	3,954
Haskell	291	55.01%	197	37.24%	21	3.97%	0	0.00%	20	3.78%	94	17.77%	529
Hodgeman	563	63.98%	220	25.00%	83	9.43%	14	1.59%			343	38.98%	880
Jackson	1,979	59.90%	1,220	36.92%	13	0.39%	92	2.78%			759	22.97%	3,304
Jefferson	2,268	57.00%	1,601	40.24%	11	0.28%	99	2.49%			667	16.76%	3,979
Jewell	2,285	54.81%	999	23.96%	757	18.16%	128	3.07%			1,286	30.85%	4,169
Johnson	2,164	53.13%	1,435	35.23%	303	7.44%	171	4.20%			729	17.90%	4,073
Kearny	367	59.39%	248	40.13%	1	0.16%	2	0.32%			119	19.26%	618
Kingman	1,413	50.16%	622	22.08%	756	26.84%	24	0.85%	2	0.07%	657	23.32%	2,817
Kiowa	525	50.34%	381	36.53%	107	10.26%	30	2.88%			144	13.81%	1,043
Labette	2,870	47.38%	976	16.11%	2,125	35.08%	85	1.40%	1	0.02%	745	12.30%	6,057
Lane	459	57.74%	267	33.58%	49	6.16%	20	2.52%			192	24.15%	795
Leavenworth	3,272	45.48%	3,516	48.87%	335	4.66%	71	0.99%			-244	-3.39%	7,194
Lincoln	1069	50.19%	617	28.97%	349	16.38%	59	2.77%	36	1.69%	452	21.22%	2,130
Linn	2,166	52.51%	802	19.44%	1,119	27.13%	38	0.92%			1,047	25.38%	4,125
Logan	609	65.84%	283	30.59%	33	3.57%	0	0.00%			326	35.24%	925
Lyon	3,014	60.10%	1,377	27.46%	469	9.35%	155	3.09%			1,637	32.64%	5,015
Marion	2,375	60.16%	1,283	32.50%	219	5.55%	71	1.80%			1,092	27.66%	3,948
Marshall	2,547	48.33%	1,815	34.44%	835	15.84%	73	1.39%			732	13.89%	5,270
McPherson	2,279	51.70%	829	18.81%	1,181	26.79%	119	2.70%			1,098	24.91%	4,408
Meade	578	56.78%	342	33.60%	91	8.94%	7	0.69%			236	23.18%	1,018
Miami	2,170	51.30%	1,600	37.83%	360	8.51%	100	2.36%			570	13.48%	4,230
Mitchell	1,676	55.90%	880	29.35%	337	11.24%	105	3.50%			796	26.55%	2,998
Montgomery	2,871	52.43%	1,863	34.02%	709	12.95%	33	0.60%			1,008	18.41%	5,476
Morris	1,612	58.72%	840	30.60%	258	9.40%	35	1.28%			772	28.12%	2,745
Morton	333	58.01%	205	35.71%	29	5.05%	7	1.22%			128	22.30%	574
Nemaha	2,515	56.54%	1,682	37.81%	81	1.82%	93	2.09%	77	1.73%	833	18.73%	4,448
Neosho	2,134	49.66%	1,144	26.62%	982	22.85%	37	0.86%			990	23.04%	4,297
Ness	891	57.26%	470	30.21%	124	7.97%	71	4.56%			421	27.06%	1,556
Norton	1,471	56.60%	631	24.28%	466	17.93%	31	1.19%			840	32.32%	2,599
Osage	3,442	57.49%	1,380	23.05%	1,001	16.72%	164	2.74%			2,062	34.44%	5,987
Osborne	1,680	64.62%	686	26.38%	183	7.04%	45	1.73%	6	0.23%	994	38.23%	2,600
Ottawa	1,569	56.08%	769	27.48%	366	13.08%	94	3.36%			800	28.59%	2,798
Pawnee	895	61.94%	303	20.97%	209	14.46%	38	2.63%			592	40.97%	1,445
Phillips	1,681	53.86%	763	24.45%	592	18.97%	35	1.12%	50	1.60%	918	29.41%	3,121
Pottawatomie	2,419	58.94%	1,471	35.84%	162	3.95%	52	1.27%			948	23.10%	4,104
Pratt	1115	50.18%	652	29.34%	370	16.65%	85	3.83%			463	20.84%	2,222
Rawlins	1023	57.31%	633	35.46%	127	7.11%	2	0.11%			390	21.85%	1,785
Reno	3,398	56.61%	1,841	30.67%	366	6.10%	158	2.63%	239	3.98%	1,557	25.94%	6,002
Republic	2,595	63.77%	1,205	29.61%	110	2.70%	159	3.91%			1,390	34.16%	4,069
Rice	1,851	57.79%	934	29.16%	284	8.87%	134	4.18%			917	28.63%	3,203
Riley	1,856	62.49%	772	25.99%	285	9.60%	56	1.89%	1	0.03%	1,084	36.50%	2,970
Rooks	1112	58.31%	412	21.60%	350	18.35%	33	1.73%			700	36.71%	1,907
Rush	681	58.71%	424	36.55%	26	2.24%	29	2.50%			257	22.16%	1,160
Russell	953	60.82%	571	36.44%	24	1.53%	15	0.96%	4	0.26%	382	24.38%	1,567
Saline	2,263	57.97%	1,186	30.38%	329	8.43%	126	3.23%			1,077	27.59%	3,904
Scott	294	54.65%	182	33.83%	49	9.11%	13	2.42%			112	20.82%	538
Sedgwick	6,071	55.51%	4,025	36.80%	618	5.65%	223	2.04%			2,046	18.71%	10,937
Seward	400	61.16%	207	31.65%	43	6.57%	4	0.61%			193	29.51%	654
Shawnee	7,672	68.48%	3,143	28.05%	117	1.04%	271	2.42%			4,529	40.43%	11,203
Sheridan	623	61.99%	337	33.53%	37	3.68%	8	0.80%			286	28.46%	1,005
Sherman	803	55.69%	481	33.36%	146	10.12%	12	0.83%			322	22.33%	1,442
Smith	1,726	51.71%	777	23.28%	699	20.94%	71	2.13%	65	1.95%	949	28.43%	3,338
Stafford	975	47.51%	483	23.54%	505	24.61%	89	4.34%			470	22.90%	2,052
Stanton	298	52.84%	197	34.93%	41	7.27%	3	0.53%	25	4.43%	101	17.91%	564
Stevens	307	40.99%	268	35.78%	61	8.14%	21	2.80%	92	12.28%	39	5.21%	749
Sumner	3,499	49.72%	2,139	30.39%	1,301	18.49%	99	1.41%			1,360	19.32%	7,038
Thomas	751	55.02%	486	35.60%	121	8.86%	6	0.44%	1	0.07%	265	19.41%	1,365
Trego	477	63.86%	220	29.45%	25	3.35%	24	3.21%	1	0.13%	257	34.40%	747
Wabaunsee	1,708	62.43%	960	35.09%	35	1.28%	33	1.21%			748	27.34%	2,736
Wallace	412	65.50%	198	31.48%	14	2.23%	5	0.79%			214	34.02%	629
Washington	2,999	62.28%	1,511	31.38%	260	5.40%	45	0.93%			1,488	30.90%	4,815
Wichita	438	59.35%	207	28.05%	78	10.57%	15	2.03%			231	31.30%	738
Wilson	2,191	55.48%	1,035	26.21%	671	16.99%	47	1.19%	5	0.13%	1,156	29.27%	3,949
Woodson	1,149	51.97%	595	26.91%	363	16.42%	104	4.70%			554	25.06%	2,211
Wyandotte	5,430	55.41%	4,155	42.40%	190	1.94%	25	0.26%			1,275	13.01%	9,800
Totals	182,903	48.40%	102,745	31.06%	37,506	11.34%	6,697	2.02%	947	0.29%	19,807	17.34%	330,798