See main article: article and 1888 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1888 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Flag Year: | 1902 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1884 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1884 |
| Next Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| 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: | 23 |
| Popular Vote1: | 416,054 |
| Percentage1: | 49.51% |
| Nominee2: | Grover Cleveland |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Allen G. Thurman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 396,455 |
| Percentage2: | 47.18% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Ohio was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose 23 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was narrowly won by Republican Party candidate, Benjamin Harrison, with 49.51% of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, garnered 47.18% of the popular vote.[1]
| 1888 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 416,054 | 49.51% | 23 | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | 396,455 | 47.18% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Clinton Fisk | 24,356 | 2.90% | 0 | |
| Union Labor | Alson Streeter | 3,496 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Totals | 840,361 | 100.0% | 23 | ||
| County | Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition | Alson Jenness Streeter Union Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 2,870 | 47.71% | 3,022 | 50.24% | 123 | 2.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -152 | -2.53% | 6,015 | ||||||||||||
| Allen | 3,761 | 41.07% | 5,123 | 55.94% | 240 | 2.62% | 34 | 0.37% | -1,362 | -14.87% | 9,158 | ||||||||||||
| Ashland | 2,445 | 42.32% | 3,152 | 54.56% | 180 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -707 | -12.24% | 5,777 | ||||||||||||
| Ashtabula | 7,164 | 67.39% | 2,675 | 25.16% | 758 | 7.13% | 34 | 0.32% | 4,489 | 42.23% | 10,631 | ||||||||||||
| Athens | 4,570 | 69.58% | 1,612 | 24.54% | 339 | 5.16% | 47 | 0.72% | 2,958 | 45.04% | 6,568 | ||||||||||||
| Auglaize | 2,212 | 35.55% | 3,928 | 63.12% | 82 | 1.32% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,716 | -27.58% | 6,223 | ||||||||||||
| Belmont | 6,615 | 51.55% | 5,778 | 45.02% | 435 | 3.39% | 5 | 0.04% | 837 | 6.52% | 12,833 | ||||||||||||
| Brown | 3,055 | 40.95% | 4,237 | 56.79% | 169 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,182 | -15.84% | 7,461 | ||||||||||||
| Butler | 4,143 | 34.77% | 7,454 | 62.55% | 262 | 2.20% | 57 | 0.48% | -3,311 | -27.79% | 11,916 | ||||||||||||
| Carroll | 2,405 | 55.81% | 1,746 | 40.52% | 130 | 3.02% | 28 | 0.65% | 659 | 15.29% | 4,309 | ||||||||||||
| Champaign | 3,933 | 53.58% | 3,049 | 41.53% | 351 | 4.78% | 8 | 0.11% | 884 | 12.04% | 7,341 | ||||||||||||
| Clark | 7,128 | 51.79% | 5,860 | 42.58% | 761 | 5.53% | 13 | 0.09% | 1,268 | 9.21% | 13,762 | ||||||||||||
| Clermont | 4,097 | 48.17% | 4,180 | 49.15% | 207 | 2.43% | 21 | 0.25% | -83 | -0.98% | 8,505 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton | 3,816 | 59.53% | 2,305 | 35.96% | 289 | 4.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,511 | 23.57% | 6,410 | ||||||||||||
| Columbiana | 7,700 | 57.08% | 5,154 | 38.21% | 473 | 3.51% | 163 | 1.21% | 2,546 | 18.87% | 13,490 | ||||||||||||
| Coshocton | 2,768 | 42.21% | 3,567 | 54.39% | 223 | 3.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -799 | -12.18% | 6,558 | ||||||||||||
| Crawford | 2,681 | 33.58% | 5,085 | 63.68% | 185 | 2.32% | 34 | 0.43% | -2,404 | -30.11% | 7,985 | ||||||||||||
| Cuyahoga | 25,994 | 50.92% | 23,949 | 46.92% | 719 | 1.41% | 384 | 0.75% | 2,045 | 4.01% | 51,046 | ||||||||||||
| Darke | 4,267 | 41.84% | 5,495 | 53.88% | 424 | 4.16% | 13 | 0.13% | -1,228 | -12.04% | 10,199 | ||||||||||||
| Defiance | 2,245 | 37.23% | 3,567 | 59.15% | 176 | 2.92% | 42 | 0.70% | -1,322 | -21.92% | 6,030 | ||||||||||||
| Delaware | 3,432 | 49.66% | 3,004 | 43.47% | 450 | 6.51% | 25 | 0.36% | 428 | 6.19% | 6,911 | ||||||||||||
| Erie | 3,721 | 45.49% | 4,322 | 52.84% | 119 | 1.45% | 17 | 0.21% | -601 | -7.35% | 8,179 | ||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 3,058 | 37.64% | 4,846 | 59.65% | 220 | 2.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,788 | -22.01% | 8,124 | ||||||||||||
| Fayette | 3,316 | 58.44% | 2,192 | 38.63% | 164 | 2.89% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,124 | 19.81% | 5,674 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 13,453 | 47.59% | 14,126 | 49.97% | 603 | 2.13% | 89 | 0.31% | -673 | -2.38% | 28,271 | ||||||||||||
| Fulton | 2,901 | 55.72% | 1,997 | 38.36% | 288 | 5.53% | 20 | 0.38% | 904 | 17.36% | 5,206 | ||||||||||||
| Gallia | 3,651 | 61.33% | 2,216 | 37.22% | 86 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,435 | 24.11% | 5,953 | ||||||||||||
| Geauga | 2,712 | 71.80% | 843 | 22.32% | 216 | 5.72% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,869 | 49.48% | 3,777 | ||||||||||||
| Greene | 4,893 | 61.70% | 2,682 | 33.82% | 353 | 4.45% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,211 | 27.88% | 7,930 | ||||||||||||
| Guernsey | 3,560 | 54.40% | 2,520 | 38.51% | 450 | 6.88% | 14 | 0.21% | 1,040 | 15.89% | 6,544 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 41,507 | 51.50% | 37,661 | 46.73% | 470 | 0.58% | 953 | 1.18% | 3,846 | 4.77% | 80,591 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 4,634 | 48.49% | 4,539 | 47.49% | 351 | 3.67% | 33 | 0.35% | 95 | 0.99% | 9,557 | ||||||||||||
| Hardin | 3,611 | 49.54% | 3,339 | 45.81% | 331 | 4.54% | 8 | 0.11% | 272 | 3.73% | 7,289 | ||||||||||||
| Harrison | 2,763 | 54.93% | 1,927 | 38.31% | 335 | 6.66% | 5 | 0.10% | 836 | 16.62% | 5,030 | ||||||||||||
| Henry | 2,047 | 35.29% | 3,583 | 61.77% | 168 | 2.90% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,536 | -26.48% | 5,801 | ||||||||||||
| Highland | 3,576 | 48.61% | 3,489 | 47.42% | 283 | 3.85% | 9 | 0.12% | 87 | 1.18% | 7,357 | ||||||||||||
| Hocking | 2,113 | 43.47% | 2,541 | 52.27% | 153 | 3.15% | 54 | 1.11% | -428 | -8.80% | 4,861 | ||||||||||||
| Holmes | 1,241 | 25.81% | 3,388 | 70.45% | 180 | 3.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,147 | -44.65% | 4,809 | ||||||||||||
| Huron | 4,392 | 53.35% | 3,438 | 41.76% | 356 | 4.32% | 46 | 0.56% | 954 | 11.59% | 8,232 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 3,570 | 53.67% | 2,628 | 39.51% | 249 | 3.74% | 205 | 3.08% | 942 | 14.16% | 6,652 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 5,106 | 58.08% | 3,293 | 37.46% | 385 | 4.38% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,813 | 20.62% | 8,791 | ||||||||||||
| Knox | 3,588 | 48.68% | 3,528 | 47.86% | 248 | 3.36% | 7 | 0.09% | 60 | 0.81% | 7,371 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 2,987 | 68.37% | 1,157 | 26.48% | 184 | 4.21% | 41 | 0.94% | 1,830 | 41.89% | 4,369 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 4,713 | 59.54% | 3,068 | 38.76% | 135 | 1.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,645 | 20.78% | 7,916 | ||||||||||||
| Licking | 4,867 | 43.04% | 6,199 | 54.82% | 204 | 1.80% | 37 | 0.33% | -1,332 | -11.78% | 11,307 | ||||||||||||
| Logan | 4,115 | 59.34% | 2,533 | 36.52% | 283 | 4.08% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,582 | 22.81% | 6,935 | ||||||||||||
| Lorain | 5,235 | 57.32% | 3,311 | 36.25% | 583 | 6.38% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,924 | 21.07% | 9,133 | ||||||||||||
| Lucas | 9,443 | 51.29% | 8,638 | 46.92% | 290 | 1.58% | 41 | 0.22% | 805 | 4.37% | 18,412 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 2,708 | 50.71% | 2,376 | 44.49% | 255 | 4.78% | 1 | 0.02% | 332 | 6.22% | 5,340 | ||||||||||||
| Mahoning | 6,162 | 51.31% | 5,337 | 44.44% | 439 | 3.66% | 72 | 0.60% | 825 | 6.87% | 12,010 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 2,521 | 41.38% | 3,297 | 54.12% | 274 | 4.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -776 | -12.74% | 6,092 | ||||||||||||
| Medina | 3,333 | 58.08% | 2,181 | 38.00% | 224 | 3.90% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,152 | 20.07% | 5,739 | ||||||||||||
| Meigs | 3,989 | 60.41% | 2,413 | 36.54% | 195 | 2.95% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,576 | 23.87% | 6,603 | ||||||||||||
| Mercer | 1,841 | 30.01% | 4,146 | 67.58% | 134 | 2.18% | 14 | 0.23% | -2,305 | -37.57% | 6,135 | ||||||||||||
| Miami | 5,312 | 53.04% | 4,258 | 42.51% | 426 | 4.25% | 20 | 0.20% | 1,054 | 10.52% | 10,016 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,621 | 29.04% | 3,886 | 69.63% | 74 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,265 | -40.58% | 5,581 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 12,491 | 47.89% | 13,142 | 50.38% | 431 | 1.65% | 20 | 0.08% | -651 | -2.50% | 26,084 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 2,531 | 53.97% | 1,974 | 42.09% | 183 | 3.90% | 2 | 0.04% | 557 | 11.88% | 4,690 | ||||||||||||
| Morrow | 2,514 | 51.02% | 2,068 | 41.97% | 306 | 6.21% | 39 | 0.79% | 446 | 9.05% | 4,927 | ||||||||||||
| Muskingum | 6,234 | 49.97% | 5,884 | 47.17% | 337 | 2.70% | 20 | 0.16% | 350 | 2.81% | 12,475 | ||||||||||||
| Noble | 2,515 | 53.18% | 2,087 | 44.13% | 90 | 1.90% | 37 | 0.78% | 428 | 9.05% | 4,729 | ||||||||||||
| Ottawa | 1,730 | 35.73% | 3,065 | 63.30% | 43 | 0.89% | 4 | 0.08% | -1,335 | -27.57% | 4,842 | ||||||||||||
| Paulding | 2,975 | 50.51% | 2,781 | 47.22% | 133 | 2.26% | 1 | 0.02% | 194 | 3.29% | 5,890 | ||||||||||||
| Perry | 3,528 | 49.16% | 3,474 | 48.40% | 145 | 2.02% | 30 | 0.42% | 54 | 0.75% | 7,177 | ||||||||||||
| Pickaway | 3,046 | 43.40% | 3,831 | 54.58% | 142 | 2.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -785 | -11.18% | 7,019 | ||||||||||||
| Pike | 1,769 | 43.90% | 2,162 | 53.65% | 91 | 2.26% | 8 | 0.20% | -393 | -9.75% | 4,030 | ||||||||||||
| Portage | 3,880 | 52.36% | 3,260 | 43.99% | 249 | 3.36% | 21 | 0.28% | 620 | 8.37% | 7,410 | ||||||||||||
| Preble | 3,157 | 49.06% | 2,966 | 46.09% | 312 | 4.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 191 | 2.97% | 6,435 | ||||||||||||
| Putnam | 2,355 | 34.61% | 4,261 | 62.62% | 169 | 2.48% | 20 | 0.29% | -1,906 | -28.01% | 6,805 | ||||||||||||
| Richland | 4,188 | 43.43% | 5,198 | 53.90% | 246 | 2.55% | 12 | 0.12% | -1,010 | -10.47% | 9,644 | ||||||||||||
| Ross | 4,942 | 50.70% | 4,584 | 47.03% | 217 | 2.23% | 4 | 0.04% | 358 | 3.67% | 9,747 | ||||||||||||
| Sandusky | 3,218 | 44.10% | 3,917 | 53.68% | 112 | 1.53% | 50 | 0.69% | -699 | -9.58% | 7,297 | ||||||||||||
| Scioto | 4,070 | 55.02% | 3,075 | 41.57% | 156 | 2.11% | 96 | 1.30% | 995 | 13.45% | 7,397 | ||||||||||||
| Seneca | 4,165 | 43.08% | 5,232 | 54.12% | 213 | 2.20% | 58 | 0.60% | -1,067 | -11.04% | 9,668 | ||||||||||||
| Shelby | 2,447 | 39.67% | 3,597 | 58.32% | 119 | 1.93% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,150 | -18.64% | 6,168 | ||||||||||||
| Stark | 8,763 | 47.29% | 9,094 | 49.07% | 543 | 2.93% | 131 | 0.71% | -331 | -1.79% | 18,531 | ||||||||||||
| Summit | 6,455 | 51.43% | 5,495 | 43.78% | 499 | 3.98% | 103 | 0.82% | 960 | 7.65% | 12,552 | ||||||||||||
| Trumbull | 6,299 | 62.47% | 3,177 | 31.51% | 573 | 5.68% | 34 | 0.34% | 3,122 | 30.96% | 10,083 | ||||||||||||
| Tuscarawas | 4,730 | 45.23% | 5,484 | 52.44% | 228 | 2.18% | 15 | 0.14% | -754 | -7.21% | 10,457 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 3,468 | 58.53% | 2,224 | 37.54% | 219 | 3.70% | 14 | 0.24% | 1,244 | 21.00% | 5,925 | ||||||||||||
| Van Wert | 3,411 | 48.18% | 3,398 | 48.00% | 269 | 3.80% | 1 | 0.01% | 13 | 0.18% | 7,079 | ||||||||||||
| Vinton | 1,832 | 48.93% | 1,865 | 49.81% | 43 | 1.15% | 4 | 0.11% | -33 | -0.88% | 3,744 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 4,173 | 59.78% | 2,598 | 37.22% | 209 | 2.99% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,575 | 22.56% | 6,981 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 4,921 | 51.24% | 4,446 | 46.29% | 218 | 2.27% | 19 | 0.20% | 475 | 4.95% | 9,604 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 4,161 | 43.77% | 4,888 | 51.41% | 448 | 4.71% | 10 | 0.11% | -727 | -7.65% | 9,507 | ||||||||||||
| Williams | 3,071 | 48.99% | 2,977 | 47.50% | 172 | 2.74% | 48 | 0.77% | 94 | 1.50% | 6,268 | ||||||||||||
| Wood | 5,199 | 51.68% | 4,431 | 44.05% | 380 | 3.78% | 50 | 0.50% | 768 | 7.63% | 10,060 | ||||||||||||
| Wyandot | 2,256 | 41.64% | 2,981 | 55.02% | 177 | 3.27% | 4 | 0.07% | -725 | -13.38% | 5,418 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 416,055 | 49.57% | 395,456 | 47.11% | 24,356 | 2.90% | 3,491 | 0.42% | 20,599 | 2.45% | 839,358 | ||||||||||||