See main article: 1888 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire |
| Country: | New Hampshire |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1884 United States presidential election in New Hampshire |
| Previous Year: | 1884 |
| Next Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in New Hampshire |
| 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: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 45,728 |
| Percentage1: | 50.34% |
| Nominee2: | Grover Cleveland |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Allen G. Thurman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 43,456 |
| Percentage2: | 47.84% |
| Map Size: | 295px |
| 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 New Hampshire took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 2.50%.
This would be the last election when bellwether Coös County in the far north voted for a losing presidential candidate until voting for Hubert Humphrey over Richard Nixon in 1968. It would also be the last election when a Democratic presidential candidate carried Merrimack and Rockingham Counties until 1912, when the Republican Party was divided between Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and conservative incumbent Taft, and the last when those two gave a majority to the Democrat until Lyndon Johnson in 1964.[1] Harrison was the first Republican to ever win without Rockingham County.
| Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | County | % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Belknap | 2,687 | 50.32% | 2,540 | 47.57% | 113 | 2.12% | 147 | 2.75% | 5,340 | ||||||||||||||
| Carroll | 2,338 | 47.39% | 2,434 | 49.33% | 162 | 3.28% | -96 | -1.95% | 4,934 | ||||||||||||||
| Cheshire | 4,118 | 55.70% | 3,165 | 42.81% | 110 | 1.49% | 953 | 12.89% | 7,393 | ||||||||||||||
| Coös | 2,298 | 45.18% | 2,744 | 53.95% | 44 | 0.87% | -446 | -8.77% | 5,086 | ||||||||||||||
| Grafton | 5,210 | 49.73% | 5,075 | 48.44% | 191 | 1.82% | 135 | 1.29% | 10,476 | ||||||||||||||
| Hillsborough | 9,460 | 52.07% | 8,440 | 46.46% | 268 | 1.48% | 1,020 | 5.61% | 18,168 | ||||||||||||||
| Merrimack | 6,004 | 48.14% | 6,121 | 49.08% | 346 | 2.77% | -117 | -0.94% | 12,471 | ||||||||||||||
| Rockingham | 6,451 | 48.86% | 6,552 | 49.63% | 200 | 1.51% | -101 | -0.76% | 13,203 | ||||||||||||||
| Strafford | 4,580 | 51.28% | 4,271 | 47.82% | 80 | 0.90% | 309 | 3.46% | 8,931 | ||||||||||||||
| Sullivan | 2,588 | 54.95% | 2,040 | 43.31% | 82 | 1.74% | 548 | 11.63% | 4,710 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 45,734 | 50.38% | 43,382 | 47.79% | 1,596 | 1.76% | 58 | 0.06% | 2,352 | 2.59% | 90,770 | ||||||||||||