See main article: 1888 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1888 United States presidential election in California |
| Country: | California |
| Flag Year: | 1846 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1884 United States presidential election in California |
| Previous Year: | 1884 |
| Next Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in California |
| Next Year: | 1892 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1888 |
| Image1: | Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Benjamin Harrison |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Indiana |
| Running Mate1: | Levi P. Morton |
| Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 124,816 |
| Percentage1: | 49.66% |
| Nominee2: | Grover Cleveland |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Allen G. Thurman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 117,729 |
| Percentage2: | 46.84% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Grover Cleveland |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Benjamin Harrison |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1888 United States presidential election in California was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. As was standard practice at the time, voters chose the electors directly on a general ticket.
California narrowly voted for the Republican challenger, former Indiana Senator Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic incumbent, Grover Cleveland.
| + General Election Results[1] | Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | George A. Knight | 124,816 | ||
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Henry M. Streeter | 124,809 | ||
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Lansing B. Mizner | 124,802 | ||
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Thomas L. Carothers | 124,789 | ||
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Samuel M. Shortridge | 124,781 | ||
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | W. H. L. Barnes | 124,754 | ||
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | John F. Swift | 124,754 | ||
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | George W. Schell | 124,751 | ||
| bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | A. Caminetti | 117,729 | |
| bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | C. P. Berry | 117,698 | |
| bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Frederick Berringer | 117,697 | |
| bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | B. D. Murphy | 117,676 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Byron Water | 117,675 | ||
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | N. Bowden | 117,640 | ||
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | P. J. Murphy | 117,634 | ||
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Charles A. Jenkins | 117,626 | ||
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | John Bidwell | 5,761 | ||
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | R. H. McDonald | 5,760 | ||
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | J. F. Wilson | 5,748 | ||
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | C. W. Pedlar | 5,746 | ||
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | W. H. Briggs | 5,745 | ||
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | H. H. Luse | 5,744 | ||
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | A. J. Gregg | 5,737 | ||
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | A. D. Boren | 5,736 | ||
| American Party | James Curtis | F. M. Pixley | 1,591 | ||
| American Party | James Curtis | Louis A. Garrett | 1,555 | ||
| American Party | James Curtis | Alexander Duncan | 1,535 | ||
| American Party | James Curtis | Daniel Inmann | 1,545 | ||
| American Party | James Curtis | D. Lambert | 1,544 | ||
| American Party | James Curtis | N. M. Orr | 1,539 | ||
| American Party | James Curtis | J. D. Lyons | 1,340 | ||
| Write-in | Alfred Dagget | 801 | |||
| American Party | James Curtis | C. N. Wilson | 696 | ||
| Write-in | P. D. Wigginton | 161 | |||
| Write-in | Scattering | 480 | |||
| Votes cast | 251,339 | ||||
| County | Benjamin Harrison Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Clinton Bowen Fisk Prohibition | James Curtis American | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||
| Alameda | 8,840 | 57.18% | 5,693 | 36.82% | 359 | 2.32% | 300 | 1.94% | 269 | 1.74% | 3,147 | 20.35% | 15,461 | ||
| Alpine | 53 | 66.25% | 27 | 33.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 32.50% | 80 | ||
| Amador | 1,373 | 47.48% | 1,429 | 49.41% | 79 | 2.73% | 11 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -56 | align="center" | -1.94% | 2,892 |
| Butte | 2,191 | 48.25% | 2,215 | 48.78% | 127 | 2.80% | 4 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.09% | align="center" | -24 | align="center" | -0.53% | 4,541 |
| Calaveras | 1,441 | 52.17% | 1,305 | 47.25% | 12 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.07% | 136 | 4.92% | 2,762 | ||
| Colusa | 1,116 | 35.14% | 2,010 | 63.29% | 41 | 1.29% | 9 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -894 | align="center" | -28.15% | 3,176 |
| Contra Costa | 1,518 | 55.04% | 1,177 | 42.68% | 53 | 1.92% | 10 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 341 | 12.36% | 2,758 | ||
| Del Norte | 244 | 42.29% | 294 | 50.95% | 14 | 2.43% | 24 | 4,16% | 1 | 0.17% | align="center" | -50 | align="center" | -8.67% | 577 |
| El Dorado | 1,350 | 47.02% | 1,456 | 50.71% | 61 | 2.12% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.10% | align="center" | -106 | align="center" | -3.69% | 2,871 |
| Fresno | 2,461 | 44.81% | 2,822 | 51.38% | 173 | 3.15% | 18 | 0.33% | 18 | 0.33% | align="center" | -361 | align="center" | -6.57% | 5,492 |
| Humboldt | 2,772 | 55.93% | 2,014 | 40.64% | 75 | 1.51% | 53 | 1.07% | 42 | 0.85% | 758 | 15.29% | 4,956 | ||
| Inyo | 437 | 58.66% | 273 | 36.64% | 13 | 1.74% | 21 | 2.82% | 1 | 0.13% | 164 | 22.01% | 745 | ||
| Kern | 910 | 41.46% | 1,229 | 55.99% | 24 | 1.09% | 32 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -319 | align="center" | -14.53% | 2,195 |
| Lake | 731 | 44.87% | 867 | 53.22% | 27 | 1.66% | 3 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.06% | align="center" | -136 | align="center" | -8.35% | 1,629 |
| Lassen | 488 | 46.79% | 535 | 51.29% | 16 | 1.53% | 2 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.19% | align="center" | -47 | align="center" | -4.51% | 1,043 |
| Los Angeles | 13,805 | 54.64% | 10,110 | 40.02% | 1,266 | 5.01% | 83 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,695 | 14.63% | 25,264 | ||
| Marin | 936 | 52.76% | 802 | 45.21% | 16 | 0.90% | 17 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.17% | 134 | 7.55% | 1,774 | ||
| Mariposa | 526 | 43.54% | 664 | 54.97% | 1 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.25% | 14 | 1.16% | align="center" | -138 | align="center" | -11.42% | 1,208 |
| Mendocino | 1,711 | 44.78% | 2,006 | 52.50% | 90 | 2.36% | 14 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -295 | align="center" | -7.72% | 3,821 |
| Merced | 773 | 43.04% | 972 | 54.12% | 19 | 1.06% | 32 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -199 | align="center" | -11.08% | 1,796 |
| Modoc | 552 | 43.19% | 679 | 53.13% | 46 | 3.60% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -127 | align="center" | -9.94% | 1,278 |
| Mono | 347 | 59.72% | 215 | 37.01% | 9 | 1.55% | 10 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 132 | 22.72% | 581 | ||
| Monterey | 1,875 | 48.55% | 1,866 | 48.32% | 113 | 2.93% | 8 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.23% | 3,862 | ||
| Napa | 1,763 | 53.20% | 1,496 | 45.14% | 42 | 1.27% | 13 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 267 | 8.06% | 3,314 | ||
| Nevada | 2,167 | 51.69% | 1,923 | 45.87% | 95 | 2.27% | 7 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 244 | 5.82% | 4,192 | ||
| Placer | 1,761 | 52.35% | 1,547 | 45.99% | 50 | 1.49% | 6 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 214 | 6.36% | 3,364 | ||
| Plumas | 648 | 52.55% | 570 | 46.23% | 9 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.24% | 78 | 6.33% | 1,233 | ||
| Sacramento | 4,769 | 56.37% | 3,447 | 40.74% | 108 | 1.28% | 76 | 0.90% | 60 | 0.71% | 1,322 | 15.63% | 8,460 | ||
| San Benito | 664 | 42.76% | 797 | 51.32% | 90 | 5.80% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -133 | align="center" | -8.56% | 1,553 |
| San Bernardino | 3,059 | 53.50% | 2,388 | 41.76% | 263 | 4.60% | 8 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 671 | 11.73% | 5,718 | ||
| San Diego | 4,661 | 56.88% | 3,189 | 38.92% | 322 | 3.93% | 11 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.13% | 1,472 | 17.96% | 8,194 | ||
| San Francisco | 25,708 | 46.14% | 28,699 | 51.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 437 | 0.78% | 873 | 1.57% | align="center" | -2,991 | align="center" | -5.37% | 55,717 |
| San Joaquin | 2,829 | 47.30% | 2,822 | 47.18% | 286 | 4.78% | 44 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.12% | 5,981 | ||
| San Luis Obispo | 1,689 | 49.68% | 1,585 | 46.62% | 121 | 3.56% | 5 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 104 | 3.06% | 3,400 | ||
| San Mateo | 1,121 | 52.95% | 980 | 46.29% | 14 | 0.66% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 141 | 6.66% | 2,117 | ||
| Santa Barbara | 1,684 | 49.20% | 1,565 | 45.72% | 161 | 4.70% | 8 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.15% | 119 | 3.48% | 3,423 | ||
| Santa Clara | 4,457 | 49.94% | 3,972 | 44.51% | 402 | 4.50% | 93 | 1.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 485 | 5.43% | 8,924 | ||
| Santa Cruz | 1,996 | 50.66% | 1,750 | 44.42% | 193 | 4.90% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 246 | 6.24% | 3,940 | ||
| Shasta | 1,490 | 50.70% | 1,394 | 47.43% | 51 | 1.74% | 2 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.07% | 96 | 3.27% | 2,939 | ||
| Sierra | 1,004 | 59.23% | 689 | 40.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 315 | 18.58% | 1,695 | ||
| Siskiyou | 1,361 | 47.84% | 1,459 | 51.28% | 20 | 0.70% | 5 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -98 | align="center" | -3.44% | 2,845 |
| Solano | 2,231 | 49.67% | 2,158 | 48.04% | 94 | 2.09% | 9 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 1.63% | 4,492 | ||
| Sonoma | 3,293 | 46.97% | 3,394 | 48.41% | 154 | 2.20% | 93 | 1.33% | 77 | 1.10% | align="center" | -101 | align="center" | -1.44% | 7,011 |
| Stanislaus | 903 | 39.02% | 1,315 | 56.83% | 91 | 3.93% | 5 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -412 | align="center" | -17.80% | 2,314 |
| Sutter | 722 | 48.95% | 698 | 47.32% | 53 | 3.59% | 1 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 24 | 1.63% | 1,475 | ||
| Tehama | 1,181 | 47.09% | 1,290 | 51.44% | 34 | 1.36% | 2 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.04% | align="center" | -109 | align="center" | -4.35% | 2,508 |
| Trinity | 489 | 49.64% | 490 | 49.75% | 2 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -1 | align="center" | -0.10% | 985 |
| Tulare | 2,275 | 43.82% | 2,637 | 50.79% | 244 | 4.70% | 36 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -362 | align="center" | -6.97% | 5,192 |
| Tuolumne | 854 | 41.16% | 1,159 | 55.86% | 55 | 2.65% | 7 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -305 | align="center" | -14.70% | 2,075 |
| Ventura | 1,107 | 53.84% | 906 | 44.07% | 41 | 1.99% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 201 | 9.78% | 2,056 | ||
| Yolo | 1,350 | 44.66% | 1,580 | 52.27% | 91 | 3.01% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | align="center" | -230 | align="center" | -7.61% | 3,023 |
| Yuba | 1,130 | 46.37% | 1,170 | 48.01% | 41 | 1.68% | 48 | 1.97% | 48 | 1.97% | align="center" | -40 | align="center" | -1.64% | 2,437 |
| Total | 124,816 | 49.66% | 117,729 | 46.84% | 5,761 | 2.29% | 1,591 | 0.63% | 1,442 | 0.57% | 7,087 | 2.82% | 251,339 | ||