The 1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]
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| Turnout | 20.40% of the total population  1.24 pp[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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North Carolina was won by the incumbent President Grover Cleveland (D–New York), running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G. Thurman, with 51.79% of the popular vote, against former Senator Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), running with Levi P. Morton, the 31st governor of New York, with 47.20% of the vote.[2]
The Union Labor Party chose Alson Streeter, a former Illinois state representative, and Charles E. Cunningham as their presidential and vice-presidential candidates and received 0.01% of the vote. The Prohibition Party ran brigadier general Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks and received 0.99% of the vote.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | 147,902 | 51.79% | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 134,784 | 47.20% | |
| Prohibition | Clinton Fisk | 2,840 | 0.99% | |
| Labor | Alson Streeter | 37 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 285,563 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Stephen Grover Cleveland[3] Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison[3] Republican |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[4] Prohibition |
Alson Jenness Streeter[4] Write-in |
Margin | |||||
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| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Catawba | 73.22% | 2,349 | 23.85% | 765 | 2.93% | 94 | 49.38% | 1,584 | ||
| Cleveland | 74.04% | 2,264 | 24.92% | 762 | 1.05% | 32 | 49.12% | 1,502 | ||
| Onslow | 72.21% | 1,177 | 27.79% | 453 | 0.00% | 0 | 44.42% | 724 | ||
| Union | 69.78% | 2,067 | 29.68% | 879 | 0.54% | 16 | 40.11% | 1,188 | ||
| Columbus | 69.59% | 2,078 | 29.91% | 893 | 0.50% | 15 | 39.69% | 1,185 | ||
| Currituck | 68.19% | 1,001 | 31.40% | 461 | 0.41% | 6 | 36.78% | 540 | ||
| Rowan | 67.22% | 2,732 | 31.35% | 1,274 | 1.43% | 58 | 35.88% | 1,458 | ||
| Anson | 67.15% | 2,157 | 32.85% | 1,055 | 0.00% | 0 | 34.31% | 1,102 | ||
| Duplin | 66.00% | 2,209 | 33.91% | 1,135 | 0.09% | 3 | 32.09% | 1,074 | ||
| Cabarrus | 62.07% | 1,659 | 34.90% | 933 | 3.03% | 81 | 27.16% | 726 | ||
| Caldwell | 63.47% | 1,258 | 36.48% | 723 | 0.05% | 1 | 26.99% | 535 | ||
| Alexander | 62.12% | 943 | 36.10% | 548 | 1.78% | 27 | 26.02% | 395 | ||
| Alleghany | 62.57% | 687 | 37.07% | 407 | 0.36% | 4 | 25.50% | 280 | ||
| Carteret | 59.16% | 1,082 | 39.04% | 714 | 1.80% | 33 | 20.12% | 368 | ||
| Sampson | 59.68% | 2,390 | 40.15% | 1,608 | 0.17% | 7 | 19.53% | 782 | ||
| Jackson | 58.88% | 902 | 39.95% | 612 | 1.17% | 18 | 18.93% | 290 | ||
| Robeson | 58.88% | 2,879 | 40.29% | 1,970 | 0.84% | 41 | 18.59% | 909 | ||
| Graham | 59.29% | 284 | 40.71% | 195 | 0.00% | 0 | 18.58% | 89 | ||
| Iredell | 58.03% | 2,720 | 40.41% | 1,894 | 1.56% | 73 | 17.62% | 826 | ||
| Gates | 58.56% | 1,146 | 41.29% | 808 | 0.15% | 3 | 17.27% | 338 | ||
| Johnston | 58.35% | 2,992 | 41.52% | 2,129 | 0.14% | 7 | 16.83% | 863 | ||
| Clay | 57.29% | 401 | 41.43% | 290 | 1.29% | 9 | 15.86% | 111 | ||
| Harnett | 57.66% | 1,498 | 42.34% | 1,100 | 0.00% | 0 | 15.32% | 398 | ||
| Wilson | 57.41% | 2,130 | 42.59% | 1,580 | 0.00% | 0 | 14.82% | 550 | ||
| Haywood | 56.67% | 1,325 | 42.39% | 991 | 0.94% | 22 | 14.29% | 334 | ||
| Stanly | 56.32% | 1,021 | 42.80% | 776 | 0.88% | 16 | 13.51% | 245 | ||
| Lincoln | 56.26% | 1,205 | 43.04% | 922 | 0.42% | 9 | 0.28% | 6 | 13.21% | 283 |
| Mecklenburg | 55.69% | 4,206 | 43.07% | 3,253 | 1.23% | 93 | 12.62% | 953 | ||
| Martin | 55.97% | 1,663 | 44.03% | 1,308 | 0.00% | 0 | 11.95% | 355 | ||
| Nash | 55.92% | 2,181 | 44.08% | 1,719 | 0.00% | 0 | 11.85% | 462 | ||
| Chatham | 54.47% | 2,581 | 42.78% | 2,027 | 2.74% | 130 | 11.69% | 554 | ||
| Tyrrell | 55.73% | 472 | 44.16% | 374 | 0.12% | 1 | 11.57% | 98 | ||
| Gaston | 54.10% | 1,589 | 42.90% | 1,260 | 2.62% | 77 | 0.37% | 11 | 11.20% | 329 |
| Cumberland | 55.44% | 2,523 | 44.56% | 2,028 | 0.00% | 0 | 10.88% | 495 | ||
| Orange | 54.73% | 1,613 | 44.08% | 1,299 | 1.19% | 35 | 10.65% | 314 | ||
| Pamlico | 54.32% | 730 | 45.01% | 605 | 0.67% | 9 | 9.30% | 125 | ||
| Swain | 52.54% | 527 | 45.16% | 453 | 2.29% | 23 | 7.38% | 74 | ||
| Yancey | 53.58% | 929 | 46.42% | 805 | 0.00% | 0 | 7.15% | 124 | ||
| Jones | 53.40% | 706 | 46.37% | 613 | 0.23% | 3 | 7.03% | 93 | ||
| McDowell | 53.10% | 1,002 | 46.32% | 874 | 0.58% | 11 | 6.78% | 128 | ||
| Durham | 51.91% | 1,835 | 45.77% | 1,618 | 2.32% | 82 | 6.14% | 217 | ||
| Lenoir | 52.14% | 1,598 | 46.56% | 1,427 | 1.31% | 40 | 5.58% | 171 | ||
| Alamance | 50.35% | 1,716 | 45.31% | 1,544 | 4.34% | 148 | 5.05% | 172 | ||
| Beaufort | 50.93% | 2,033 | 45.92% | 1,833 | 3.16% | 126 | 5.01% | 200 | ||
| Bladen | 52.50% | 1,520 | 47.50% | 1,375 | 0.00% | 0 | 5.01% | 145 | ||
| Franklin | 52.34% | 2,218 | 47.64% | 2,019 | 0.02% | 1 | 4.70% | 199 | ||
| Bertie | 52.23% | 1,218 | 47.56% | 1,109 | 0.21% | 5 | 4.67% | 109 | ||
| Hyde | 52.04% | 843 | 47.59% | 771 | 0.37% | 6 | 4.44% | 72 | ||
| Pitt | 51.43% | 2,569 | 47.21% | 2,358 | 1.36% | 68 | 4.22% | 211 | ||
| Rockingham | 51.43% | 2,351 | 47.60% | 2,176 | 0.96% | 44 | 3.83% | 175 | ||
| Burke | 51.65% | 1,249 | 48.06% | 1,162 | 0.29% | 7 | 3.60% | 87 | ||
| Moore | 50.87% | 1,955 | 47.51% | 1,826 | 1.09% | 42 | 0.52% | 20 | 3.36% | 129 |
| Macon | 50.31% | 805 | 47.13% | 754 | 2.56% | 41 | 3.19% | 51 | ||
| Brunswick | 51.36% | 1,023 | 48.44% | 965 | 0.20% | 4 | 2.91% | 58 | ||
| Person | 51.45% | 1,369 | 48.55% | 1,292 | 0.00% | 0 | 2.89% | 77 | ||
| Stokes | 51.28% | 1,442 | 48.47% | 1,363 | 0.25% | 7 | 2.81% | 79 | ||
| Hertford | 51.20% | 1,107 | 48.80% | 1,055 | 0.00% | 0 | 2.41% | 52 | ||
| Wayne | 50.71% | 2,748 | 48.51% | 2,629 | 0.78% | 42 | 2.20% | 119 | ||
| Polk | 50.70% | 436 | 48.60% | 418 | 0.70% | 6 | 2.09% | 18 | ||
| Surry | 50.70% | 1,672 | 48.85% | 1,611 | 0.45% | 15 | 1.85% | 61 | ||
| Buncombe | 49.68% | 2,956 | 48.29% | 2,873 | 2.03% | 121 | 1.39% | 83 | ||
| Rutherford | 49.78% | 1,678 | 49.51% | 1,669 | 0.71% | 24 | 0.27% | 9 | ||
| Richmond | 49.67% | 1,729 | 50.07% | 1,743 | 0.26% | 9 | -0.40% | -14 | ||
| Camden | 48.92% | 588 | 51.08% | 614 | 0.00% | 0 | -2.16% | -26 | ||
| Pender | 48.89% | 725 | 51.11% | 758 | 0.00% | 0 | -2.23% | -33 | ||
| Dare | 48.78% | 321 | 51.22% | 337 | 0.00% | 0 | -2.43% | -16 | ||
| Ashe | 48.26% | 1,416 | 51.74% | 1,518 | 0.00% | 0 | -3.48% | -102 | ||
| Watauga | 48.12% | 908 | 51.72% | 976 | 0.16% | 3 | -3.60% | -68 | ||
| Transylvania | 48.07% | 523 | 51.93% | 565 | 0.00% | 0 | -3.86% | -42 | ||
| Greene | 47.97% | 994 | 52.03% | 1,078 | 0.00% | 0 | -4.05% | -84 | ||
| Granville | 47.66% | 2,399 | 52.15% | 2,625 | 0.20% | 10 | -4.49% | -226 | ||
| Chowan | 47.61% | 738 | 52.13% | 808 | 0.26% | 4 | -4.52% | -70 | ||
| Randolph | 44.92% | 2,121 | 49.53% | 2,339 | 5.55% | 262 | -4.62% | -218 | ||
| Guilford | 44.41% | 2,462 | 49.08% | 2,721 | 6.51% | 361 | -4.67% | -259 | ||
| Wake | 46.85% | 4,511 | 52.23% | 5,029 | 0.92% | 89 | -5.38% | -518 | ||
| Halifax | 46.46% | 2,488 | 53.54% | 2,867 | 0.00% | 0 | -7.08% | -379 | ||
| Davidson | 45.30% | 2,023 | 52.53% | 2,346 | 2.17% | 97 | -7.23% | -323 | ||
| Forsyth | 45.64% | 2,238 | 53.28% | 2,613 | 1.08% | 53 | -7.65% | -375 | ||
| Northampton | 45.69% | 1,684 | 54.15% | 1,996 | 0.16% | 6 | -8.46% | -312 | ||
| Davie | 45.32% | 1,008 | 53.91% | 1,199 | 0.76% | 17 | -8.59% | -191 | ||
| Caswell | 45.20% | 1,351 | 54.43% | 1,627 | 0.37% | 11 | -9.23% | -276 | ||
| Montgomery | 45.05% | 992 | 54.81% | 1,207 | 0.14% | 3 | -9.76% | -215 | ||
| Perquimans | 43.87% | 783 | 55.24% | 986 | 0.90% | 16 | -11.37% | -203 | ||
| Cherokee | 43.11% | 673 | 56.89% | 888 | 0.00% | 0 | -13.77% | -215 | ||
| Yadkin | 41.91% | 1,065 | 56.32% | 1,431 | 1.77% | 45 | -14.40% | -366 | ||
| Washington | 42.17% | 775 | 57.18% | 1,051 | 0.65% | 12 | -15.02% | -276 | ||
| Wilkes | 42.29% | 1,691 | 57.31% | 2,292 | 0.40% | 16 | -15.03% | -601 | ||
| Vance | 41.79% | 1,385 | 58.21% | 1,929 | 0.00% | 0 | -16.42% | -544 | ||
| Henderson | 41.37% | 915 | 58.63% | 1,297 | 0.00% | 0 | -17.27% | -382 | ||
| Pasquotank | 39.86% | 826 | 58.93% | 1,221 | 1.21% | 25 | -19.06% | -395 | ||
| New Hanover | 39.57% | 1,870 | 60.43% | 2,856 | 0.00% | 0 | -20.86% | -986 | ||
| Warren | 38.45% | 549 | 61.55% | 879 | 0.00% | 0 | -23.11% | -330 | ||
| Madison | 37.81% | 1,158 | 62.06% | 1,901 | 0.13% | 4 | -24.26% | -743 | ||
| Edgecombe | 34.32% | 1,331 | 65.55% | 2,542 | 0.13% | 5 | -31.23% | -1,211 | ||
| Craven | 34.12% | 1,359 | 65.73% | 2,618 | 0.15% | 6 | -31.61% | -1,259 | ||
| Mitchell | 29.98% | 679 | 70.02% | 1,586 | 0.00% | 0 | -40.04% | -907 | ||
References
edit- ^ "1888 Presidential Election Results North Carolina Total Population Turnout".
- ^ a b c "1888 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".
- ^ a b "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)