See main article: 1888 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1888 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| Country: | Michigan |
| Flag Year: | 1911 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1884 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| Previous Year: | 1884 |
| Next Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in Michigan |
| 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: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 236,387 |
| Percentage1: | 49.73% |
| Nominee2: | Grover Cleveland |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Allen G. Thurman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 213,469 |
| Percentage2: | 44.91% |
| 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 Michigan took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Michigan voted for Republican nominees Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Levi P. Morton of New York over Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland.
| County | Benjamin Harrison[1] Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Clinton Bowen Fisk[2] Prohibition | Alson Jenness Streeter Union Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alcona | 645 | 55.60% | 502 | 43.28% | 7 | 0.60% | 6 | 0.52% | 143 | 12.33% | 1,160 | ||||||||||||
| Alger | 284 | 62.28% | 162 | 35.53% | 10 | 2.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 26.75% | 456 | ||||||||||||
| Allegan | 5,078 | 52.01% | 3,829 | 39.22% | 721 | 7.39% | 135 | 1.38% | 1,249 | 12.79% | 9,763 | ||||||||||||
| Alpena | 1,486 | 47.14% | 1,504 | 47.72% | 118 | 3.74% | 44 | 1.40% | -18 | -0.57% | 3,152 | ||||||||||||
| Antrim | 1,305 | 56.74% | 881 | 38.30% | 114 | 4.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 424 | 18.43% | 2,300 | ||||||||||||
| Arenac | 357 | 31.85% | 261 | 23.28% | 41 | 3.66% | 462 | 41.21% | -105 | -9.37% | 1,121 | ||||||||||||
| Baraga | 389 | 48.69% | 406 | 50.81% | 4 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -17 | -2.13% | 799 | ||||||||||||
| Barry | 3,212 | 49.83% | 2,676 | 41.51% | 391 | 6.07% | 167 | 2.59% | 536 | 8.32% | 6,446 | ||||||||||||
| Bay | 4,378 | 43.73% | 5,386 | 53.80% | 121 | 1.21% | 127 | 1.27% | -1,008 | -10.07% | 10,012 | ||||||||||||
| Benzie | 710 | 57.58% | 412 | 33.41% | 94 | 7.62% | 17 | 1.38% | 298 | 24.17% | 1,233 | ||||||||||||
| Berrien | 5,128 | 49.72% | 4,689 | 45.46% | 468 | 4.54% | 29 | 0.28% | 439 | 4.26% | 10,314 | ||||||||||||
| Branch | 4,098 | 55.36% | 2,739 | 37.00% | 503 | 6.79% | 63 | 0.85% | 1,359 | 18.36% | 7,403 | ||||||||||||
| Calhoun | 5,732 | 52.77% | 4,358 | 40.12% | 613 | 5.64% | 159 | 1.46% | 1,374 | 12.65% | 10,862 | ||||||||||||
| Cass | 2,929 | 50.62% | 2,564 | 44.31% | 282 | 4.87% | 11 | 0.19% | 365 | 6.31% | 5,786 | ||||||||||||
| Charlevoix | 1,270 | 56.70% | 874 | 39.02% | 95 | 4.24% | 1 | 0.04% | 396 | 17.68% | 2,240 | ||||||||||||
| Cheboygan | 1,110 | 45.66% | 1,237 | 50.88% | 76 | 3.13% | 8 | 0.33% | -127 | -5.22% | 2,431 | ||||||||||||
| Chippewa | 1,055 | 51.56% | 909 | 44.43% | 82 | 4.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 7.14% | 2,046 | ||||||||||||
| Clare | 905 | 47.99% | 912 | 48.36% | 57 | 3.02% | 12 | 0.64% | -7 | -0.37% | 1,886 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton | 3,493 | 48.65% | 3,248 | 45.24% | 348 | 4.85% | 91 | 1.27% | 245 | 3.41% | 7,180 | ||||||||||||
| Crawford | 436 | 47.14% | 479 | 51.78% | 9 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.11% | -43 | -4.65% | 925 | ||||||||||||
| Delta | 1,587 | 54.16% | 1,332 | 45.46% | 11 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 8.70% | 2,930 | ||||||||||||
| Eaton | 4,624 | 52.11% | 3,266 | 36.81% | 607 | 6.84% | 376 | 4.24% | 1,358 | 15.30% | 8,873 | ||||||||||||
| Emmet | 946 | 44.88% | 1,056 | 50.09% | 106 | 5.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -110 | -5.22% | 2,108 | ||||||||||||
| Genesee | 5,404 | 53.17% | 3,904 | 38.41% | 836 | 8.23% | 20 | 0.20% | 1,500 | 14.76% | 10,164 | ||||||||||||
| Gladwin | 525 | 58.79% | 357 | 39.98% | 9 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.22% | 168 | 18.81% | 893 | ||||||||||||
| Gogebic | 1,367 | 54.35% | 1,112 | 44.21% | 36 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 10.14% | 2,515 | ||||||||||||
| Grand Traverse | 1,859 | 63.10% | 925 | 31.40% | 154 | 5.23% | 8 | 0.27% | 934 | 31.70% | 2,946 | ||||||||||||
| Gratiot | 3,667 | 52.35% | 2,854 | 40.74% | 416 | 5.94% | 68 | 0.97% | 813 | 11.61% | 7,005 | ||||||||||||
| Hillsdale | 4,959 | 57.00% | 3,035 | 34.89% | 566 | 6.51% | 140 | 1.61% | 1,924 | 22.11% | 8,700 | ||||||||||||
| Houghton | 3,012 | 51.12% | 2,696 | 45.76% | 184 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 316 | 5.36% | 5,892 | ||||||||||||
| Huron | 1,608 | 34.51% | 1,988 | 42.67% | 206 | 4.42% | 857 | 18.39% | -380 | -8.16% | 4,659 | ||||||||||||
| Ingham | 4,547 | 45.71% | 4,782 | 48.07% | 507 | 5.10% | 112 | 1.13% | -235 | -2.36% | 9,948 | ||||||||||||
| Ionia | 4,436 | 50.95% | 3,779 | 43.41% | 482 | 5.54% | 9 | 0.10% | 657 | 7.55% | 8,706 | ||||||||||||
| Iosco | 1,505 | 45.45% | 1,639 | 49.50% | 114 | 3.44% | 53 | 1.60% | -134 | -4.05% | 3,311 | ||||||||||||
| Iron | 598 | 53.39% | 520 | 46.43% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 6.96% | 1,120 | ||||||||||||
| Isabella | 2,154 | 51.46% | 1,841 | 43.98% | 175 | 4.18% | 16 | 0.38% | 313 | 7.48% | 4,186 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 5,646 | 48.82% | 5,170 | 44.70% | 586 | 5.07% | 164 | 1.42% | 476 | 4.12% | 11,566 | ||||||||||||
| Kalamazoo | 5,437 | 54.66% | 3,950 | 39.71% | 522 | 5.25% | 38 | 0.38% | 1,487 | 14.95% | 9,947 | ||||||||||||
| Kalkaska | 798 | 62.34% | 400 | 31.25% | 77 | 6.02% | 5 | 0.39% | 398 | 31.09% | 1,280 | ||||||||||||
| Kent | 12,811 | 49.41% | 11,864 | 45.76% | 1,252 | 4.83% | 2 | 0.01% | 947 | 3.65% | 25,929 | ||||||||||||
| Keweenaw | 411 | 68.50% | 185 | 30.83% | 4 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 37.67% | 600 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 1,061 | 54.24% | 807 | 41.26% | 86 | 4.40% | 2 | 0.10% | 254 | 12.99% | 1,956 | ||||||||||||
| Lapeer | 3,662 | 53.36% | 2,914 | 42.46% | 262 | 3.82% | 25 | 0.36% | 748 | 10.90% | 6,863 | ||||||||||||
| Leelanau | 899 | 55.49% | 673 | 41.54% | 48 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 13.95% | 1,620 | ||||||||||||
| Lenawee | 6,475 | 49.49% | 5,671 | 43.35% | 916 | 7.00% | 21 | 0.16% | 804 | 6.15% | 13,083 | ||||||||||||
| Livingston | 2,706 | 44.99% | 2,842 | 47.25% | 348 | 5.79% | 119 | 1.98% | -136 | -2.26% | 6,015 | ||||||||||||
| Luce | 212 | 53.54% | 172 | 43.43% | 12 | 3.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 40 | 10.10% | 396 | ||||||||||||
| Mackinac | 625 | 40.24% | 913 | 58.79% | 15 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | -288 | -18.54% | 1,553 | ||||||||||||
| Macomb | 3,245 | 45.24% | 3,708 | 51.69% | 217 | 3.03% | 3 | 0.04% | -463 | -6.45% | 7,173 | ||||||||||||
| Manistee | 1,668 | 39.23% | 2,328 | 54.75% | 212 | 4.99% | 44 | 1.03% | -660 | -15.52% | 4,252 | ||||||||||||
| Manitou | 3 | 2.08% | 141 | 97.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -138 | -95.83% | 144 | ||||||||||||
| Marquette | 4,512 | 65.76% | 2,105 | 30.68% | 244 | 3.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,407 | 35.08% | 6,861 | ||||||||||||
| Mason | 1,697 | 50.79% | 1,573 | 47.08% | 67 | 2.01% | 4 | 0.12% | 124 | 3.71% | 3,341 | ||||||||||||
| Mecosta | 2,604 | 54.94% | 1,793 | 37.83% | 333 | 7.03% | 10 | 0.21% | 811 | 17.11% | 4,740 | ||||||||||||
| Menominee | 3,156 | 57.09% | 2,228 | 40.30% | 96 | 1.74% | 48 | 0.87% | 928 | 16.79% | 5,528 | ||||||||||||
| Midland | 1,336 | 49.59% | 1,148 | 42.61% | 127 | 4.71% | 83 | 3.08% | 188 | 6.98% | 2,694 | ||||||||||||
| Missaukee | 632 | 50.44% | 572 | 45.65% | 47 | 3.75% | 2 | 0.16% | 60 | 4.79% | 1,253 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 3,430 | 45.33% | 3,940 | 52.07% | 182 | 2.41% | 15 | 0.20% | -510 | -6.74% | 7,567 | ||||||||||||
| Montcalm | 4,480 | 53.38% | 3,495 | 41.64% | 372 | 4.43% | 46 | 0.55% | 985 | 11.74% | 8,393 | ||||||||||||
| Montmorency | 235 | 48.86% | 237 | 49.27% | 9 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -2 | -0.42% | 481 | ||||||||||||
| Muskegon | 4,521 | 52.44% | 3,514 | 40.76% | 396 | 4.59% | 191 | 2.22% | 1,007 | 11.68% | 8,622 | ||||||||||||
| Newaygo | 2,448 | 51.85% | 1,932 | 40.92% | 241 | 5.10% | 100 | 2.12% | 516 | 10.93% | 4,721 | ||||||||||||
| Oakland | 5,389 | 47.31% | 5,410 | 47.50% | 589 | 5.17% | 2 | 0.02% | -21 | -0.18% | 11,390 | ||||||||||||
| Oceana | 1,726 | 47.82% | 1,426 | 39.51% | 434 | 12.03% | 23 | 0.64% | 300 | 8.31% | 3,609 | ||||||||||||
| Ogemaw | 620 | 48.44% | 579 | 45.23% | 32 | 2.50% | 49 | 3.83% | 41 | 3.20% | 1,280 | ||||||||||||
| Ontonagon | 308 | 36.15% | 542 | 63.62% | 2 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -234 | -27.46% | 852 | ||||||||||||
| Osceola | 1,882 | 57.01% | 1,090 | 33.02% | 320 | 9.69% | 9 | 0.27% | 792 | 23.99% | 3,301 | ||||||||||||
| Oscoda | 277 | 47.19% | 299 | 50.94% | 11 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -22 | -3.75% | 587 | ||||||||||||
| Otsego | 573 | 52.81% | 434 | 40.00% | 64 | 5.90% | 14 | 1.29% | 139 | 12.81% | 1,085 | ||||||||||||
| Ottawa | 4,302 | 55.03% | 3,191 | 40.82% | 268 | 3.43% | 57 | 0.73% | 1,111 | 14.21% | 7,818 | ||||||||||||
| Presque Isle | 408 | 45.18% | 484 | 53.60% | 11 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -76 | -8.42% | 903 | ||||||||||||
| Roscommon | 360 | 50.00% | 358 | 49.72% | 1 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.28% | 720 | ||||||||||||
| Saginaw | 6,723 | 41.95% | 8,923 | 55.68% | 325 | 2.03% | 54 | 0.34% | -2,200 | -13.73% | 16,025 | ||||||||||||
| Sanilac | 2,940 | 51.66% | 2,434 | 42.77% | 245 | 4.31% | 72 | 1.27% | 506 | 8.89% | 5,691 | ||||||||||||
| Schoolcraft | 590 | 47.81% | 589 | 47.73% | 55 | 4.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,234 | ||||||||||||
| Shiawassee | 4,007 | 51.91% | 3,187 | 41.29% | 513 | 6.65% | 12 | 0.16% | 820 | 10.62% | 7,719 | ||||||||||||
| St. Clair | 5,419 | 49.04% | 5,286 | 47.83% | 326 | 2.95% | 20 | 0.18% | 133 | 1.20% | 11,051 | ||||||||||||
| St. Joseph | 3,372 | 48.36% | 3,217 | 46.14% | 180 | 2.58% | 203 | 2.91% | 155 | 2.22% | 6,972 | ||||||||||||
| Tuscola | 3,888 | 52.78% | 3,112 | 42.24% | 295 | 4.00% | 72 | 0.98% | 776 | 10.53% | 7,367 | ||||||||||||
| Van Buren | 4,783 | 58.05% | 2,986 | 36.24% | 458 | 5.56% | 13 | 0.16% | 1,797 | 21.81% | 8,240 | ||||||||||||
| Washtenaw | 4,549 | 42.96% | 5,482 | 51.78% | 543 | 5.13% | 14 | 0.13% | -933 | -8.81% | 10,588 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 21,326 | 44.23% | 25,986 | 53.90% | 877 | 1.82% | 23 | 0.05% | -4,660 | -9.67% | 48,212 | ||||||||||||
| Wexford | 1,437 | 53.96% | 1,065 | 39.99% | 160 | 6.01% | 1 | 0.04% | 372 | 13.97% | 2,663 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 236,387 | 49.73% | 213,469 | 44.91% | 20,945 | 4.41% | 4,555 | 0.96% | 22,918 | 4.82% | 475,356 | ||||||||||||