1888 United States presidential election in Kansas
The 1888 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 18.14%.
With 55.23% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Harrison's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nevada and Maine.[1]
Results
| 1888 United States presidential election in Kansas[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi Parsons Morton of New York | 182,904 | 55.23% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York | Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio | 102,745 | 31.03% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Labor | Alson Streeter of Illinois | Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas | 37,788 | 11.41% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey | John Anderson Brooks of Missouri | 6,779 | 2.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 933 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 331,149 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Benjamin Harrison[3] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[3] Democratic |
Alson Jenness Streeter[4] Union Labor |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[4] Prohibition |
Various candidates[4] Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 1,886 | 56.62% | 1,036 | 31.10% | 332 | 9.97% | 77 | 2.31% | 850 | 25.52% | 3,331 | ||
| Anderson | 1,843 | 55.13% | 960 | 28.72% | 369 | 11.04% | 171 | 5.12% | 883 | 26.41% | 3,343 | ||
| Atchison | 3,219 | 52.10% | 2,603 | 42.13% | 332 | 5.37% | 25 | 0.40% | 616 | 9.97% | 6,179 | ||
| Barber | 977 | 48.80% | 710 | 35.46% | 304 | 15.18% | 11 | 0.55% | 267 | 13.34% | 2,002 | ||
| Barton | 1,353 | 49.16% | 1,228 | 44.62% | 101 | 3.67% | 70 | 2.54% | 125 | 4.54% | 2,752 | ||
| Bourbon | 3,569 | 57.07% | 1,831 | 29.28% | 805 | 12.87% | 49 | 0.78% | 1,738 | 27.79% | 6,254 | ||
| Brown | 2,696 | 55.58% | 1,803 | 37.17% | 235 | 4.84% | 117 | 2.41% | 893 | 18.41% | 4,851 | ||
| Butler | 3,172 | 55.36% | 1,616 | 28.20% | 721 | 12.58% | 221 | 3.86% | 1,556 | 27.16% | 5,730 | ||
| Chase | 1126 | 54.11% | 593 | 28.50% | 326 | 15.67% | 36 | 1.73% | 533 | 25.61% | 2,081 | ||
| Chautauqua | 1,590 | 57.57% | 694 | 25.13% | 466 | 16.87% | 12 | 0.43% | 896 | 32.44% | 2,762 | ||
| Cherokee | 2,935 | 45.62% | 2,038 | 31.68% | 1,269 | 19.72% | 192 | 2.98% | 897 | 13.94% | 6,434 | ||
| Cheyenne | 779 | 63.08% | 420 | 34.01% | 22 | 1.78% | 14 | 1.13% | 359 | 29.07% | 1,235 | ||
| Clark | 473 | 51.30% | 349 | 37.85% | 98 | 10.63% | 2 | 0.22% | 124 | 13.45% | 922 | ||
| Clay | 1,914 | 50.80% | 920 | 24.42% | 794 | 21.07% | 140 | 3.72% | 994 | 26.38% | 3,768 | ||
| Cloud | 2,542 | 59.55% | 1,052 | 24.64% | 557 | 13.05% | 118 | 2.76% | 1,490 | 34.90% | 4,269 | ||
| Coffey | 1,970 | 52.59% | 1,227 | 32.75% | 440 | 11.75% | 109 | 2.91% | 743 | 19.83% | 3,746 | ||
| Comanche | 490 | 50.67% | 384 | 39.71% | 93 | 9.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 106 | 10.96% | 967 | ||
| Cowley | 4,112 | 53.41% | 1,933 | 25.11% | 1,533 | 19.91% | 120 | 1.56% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,179 | 28.30% | 7,699 |
| Crawford | 3,156 | 48.46% | 1,875 | 28.79% | 1,362 | 20.91% | 120 | 1.84% | 1,281 | 19.67% | 6,513 | ||
| Decatur | 1224 | 57.17% | 731 | 34.14% | 140 | 6.54% | 46 | 2.15% | 493 | 23.03% | 2,141 | ||
| Dickinson | 2,746 | 54.15% | 1,695 | 33.43% | 473 | 9.33% | 157 | 3.10% | 1,051 | 20.73% | 5,071 | ||
| Doniphan | 2,245 | 66.52% | 1,109 | 32.86% | 14 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,136 | 33.66% | 3,375 | ||
| Douglas | 3,189 | 60.02% | 1,669 | 31.41% | 217 | 4.08% | 238 | 4.48% | 1,520 | 28.61% | 5,313 | ||
| Edwards | 541 | 53.62% | 334 | 33.10% | 114 | 11.30% | 20 | 1.98% | 207 | 20.52% | 1,009 | ||
| Elk | 1,566 | 53.70% | 696 | 23.87% | 600 | 20.58% | 50 | 1.71% | 4 | 0.14% | 870 | 29.84% | 2,916 |
| Ellis | 690 | 44.43% | 756 | 48.68% | 105 | 6.76% | 2 | 0.13% | -66 | -4.25% | 1,553 | ||
| Ellsworth | 1,159 | 56.51% | 831 | 40.52% | 39 | 1.90% | 22 | 1.07% | 328 | 15.99% | 2,051 | ||
| Finney | 694 | 62.86% | 348 | 31.52% | 51 | 4.62% | 11 | 1.00% | 346 | 31.34% | 1,104 | ||
| Ford | 882 | 52.47% | 630 | 37.48% | 119 | 7.08% | 50 | 2.97% | 252 | 14.99% | 1,681 | ||
| Franklin | 2,422 | 50.47% | 1,113 | 23.19% | 1,056 | 22.00% | 208 | 4.33% | 1,309 | 27.28% | 4,799 | ||
| Garfield | 225 | 62.15% | 129 | 35.64% | 3 | 0.83% | 5 | 1.38% | 96 | 26.52% | 362 | ||
| Geary | 1027 | 54.31% | 756 | 39.98% | 98 | 5.18% | 10 | 0.53% | 271 | 14.33% | 1,891 | ||
| Gove | 586 | 65.84% | 278 | 31.24% | 7 | 0.79% | 19 | 2.13% | 308 | 34.61% | 890 | ||
| Graham | 797 | 49.35% | 342 | 21.18% | 245 | 15.17% | 4 | 0.25% | 227 | 14.06% | 455 | 28.17% | 1,615 |
| Grant | 390 | 50.45% | 245 | 31.69% | 51 | 6.60% | 6 | 0.78% | 81 | 10.48% | 145 | 18.76% | 773 |
| Gray | 417 | 53.81% | 268 | 34.58% | 48 | 6.19% | 33 | 4.26% | 9 | 1.16% | 149 | 19.23% | 775 |
| Greeley | 422 | 59.02% | 180 | 25.17% | 105 | 14.69% | 8 | 1.12% | 242 | 33.85% | 715 | ||
| Greenwood | 2,242 | 56.89% | 1,110 | 28.17% | 542 | 13.75% | 47 | 1.19% | 1,132 | 28.72% | 3,941 | ||
| Hamilton | 480 | 59.11% | 295 | 36.33% | 28 | 3.45% | 9 | 1.11% | 185 | 22.78% | 812 | ||
| Harper | 1,490 | 48.79% | 940 | 30.78% | 587 | 19.22% | 37 | 1.21% | 550 | 18.01% | 3,054 | ||
| Harvey | 2,145 | 54.25% | 1,065 | 26.93% | 676 | 17.10% | 68 | 1.72% | 1,080 | 27.31% | 3,954 | ||
| Haskell | 291 | 55.01% | 197 | 37.24% | 21 | 3.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 3.78% | 94 | 17.77% | 529 |
| Hodgeman | 563 | 63.98% | 220 | 25.00% | 83 | 9.43% | 14 | 1.59% | 343 | 38.98% | 880 | ||
| Jackson | 1,979 | 59.90% | 1,220 | 36.92% | 13 | 0.39% | 92 | 2.78% | 759 | 22.97% | 3,304 | ||
| Jefferson | 2,268 | 57.00% | 1,601 | 40.24% | 11 | 0.28% | 99 | 2.49% | 667 | 16.76% | 3,979 | ||
| Jewell | 2,285 | 54.81% | 999 | 23.96% | 757 | 18.16% | 128 | 3.07% | 1,286 | 30.85% | 4,169 | ||
| Johnson | 2,164 | 53.13% | 1,435 | 35.23% | 303 | 7.44% | 171 | 4.20% | 729 | 17.90% | 4,073 | ||
| Kearny | 367 | 59.39% | 248 | 40.13% | 1 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.32% | 119 | 19.26% | 618 | ||
| Kingman | 1,413 | 50.16% | 622 | 22.08% | 756 | 26.84% | 24 | 0.85% | 2 | 0.07% | 657[lower-alpha 1] | 23.32% | 2,817 |
| Kiowa | 525 | 50.34% | 381 | 36.53% | 107 | 10.26% | 30 | 2.88% | 144 | 13.81% | 1,043 | ||
| Labette | 2,870 | 47.38% | 976 | 16.11% | 2,125 | 35.08% | 85 | 1.40% | 1 | 0.02% | 745[lower-alpha 1] | 12.30% | 6,057 |
| Lane | 459 | 57.74% | 267 | 33.58% | 49 | 6.16% | 20 | 2.52% | 192 | 24.15% | 795 | ||
| Leavenworth | 3,272 | 45.48% | 3,516 | 48.87% | 335 | 4.66% | 71 | 0.99% | -244 | -3.39% | 7,194 | ||
| Lincoln | 1069 | 50.19% | 617 | 28.97% | 349 | 16.38% | 59 | 2.77% | 36 | 1.69% | 452 | 21.22% | 2,130 |
| Linn | 2,166 | 52.51% | 802 | 19.44% | 1,119 | 27.13% | 38 | 0.92% | 1,047[lower-alpha 1] | 25.38% | 4,125 | ||
| Logan | 609 | 65.84% | 283 | 30.59% | 33 | 3.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 326 | 35.24% | 925 | ||
| Lyon | 3,014 | 60.10% | 1,377 | 27.46% | 469 | 9.35% | 155 | 3.09% | 1,637 | 32.64% | 5,015 | ||
| Marion | 2,375 | 60.16% | 1,283 | 32.50% | 219 | 5.55% | 71 | 1.80% | 1,092 | 27.66% | 3,948 | ||
| Marshall | 2,547 | 48.33% | 1,815 | 34.44% | 835 | 15.84% | 73 | 1.39% | 732 | 13.89% | 5,270 | ||
| McPherson | 2,279 | 51.70% | 829 | 18.81% | 1,181 | 26.79% | 119 | 2.70% | 1,098[lower-alpha 1] | 24.91% | 4,408 | ||
| Meade | 578 | 56.78% | 342 | 33.60% | 91 | 8.94% | 7 | 0.69% | 236 | 23.18% | 1,018 | ||
| Miami | 2,170 | 51.30% | 1,600 | 37.83% | 360 | 8.51% | 100 | 2.36% | 570 | 13.48% | 4,230 | ||
| Mitchell | 1,676 | 55.90% | 880 | 29.35% | 337 | 11.24% | 105 | 3.50% | 796 | 26.55% | 2,998 | ||
| Montgomery | 2,871 | 52.43% | 1,863 | 34.02% | 709 | 12.95% | 33 | 0.60% | 1,008 | 18.41% | 5,476 | ||
| Morris | 1,612 | 58.72% | 840 | 30.60% | 258 | 9.40% | 35 | 1.28% | 772 | 28.12% | 2,745 | ||
| Morton | 333 | 58.01% | 205 | 35.71% | 29 | 5.05% | 7 | 1.22% | 128 | 22.30% | 574 | ||
| Nemaha | 2,515 | 56.54% | 1,682 | 37.81% | 81 | 1.82% | 93 | 2.09% | 77 | 1.73% | 833 | 18.73% | 4,448 |
| Neosho | 2,134 | 49.66% | 1,144 | 26.62% | 982 | 22.85% | 37 | 0.86% | 990 | 23.04% | 4,297 | ||
| Ness | 891 | 57.26% | 470 | 30.21% | 124 | 7.97% | 71 | 4.56% | 421 | 27.06% | 1,556 | ||
| Norton | 1,471 | 56.60% | 631 | 24.28% | 466 | 17.93% | 31 | 1.19% | 840 | 32.32% | 2,599 | ||
| Osage | 3,442 | 57.49% | 1,380 | 23.05% | 1,001 | 16.72% | 164 | 2.74% | 2,062 | 34.44% | 5,987 | ||
| Osborne | 1,680 | 64.62% | 686 | 26.38% | 183 | 7.04% | 45 | 1.73% | 6 | 0.23% | 994 | 38.23% | 2,600 |
| Ottawa | 1,569 | 56.08% | 769 | 27.48% | 366 | 13.08% | 94 | 3.36% | 800 | 28.59% | 2,798 | ||
| Pawnee | 895 | 61.94% | 303 | 20.97% | 209 | 14.46% | 38 | 2.63% | 592 | 40.97% | 1,445 | ||
| Phillips | 1,681 | 53.86% | 763 | 24.45% | 592 | 18.97% | 35 | 1.12% | 50 | 1.60% | 918 | 29.41% | 3,121 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,419 | 58.94% | 1,471 | 35.84% | 162 | 3.95% | 52 | 1.27% | 948 | 23.10% | 4,104 | ||
| Pratt | 1115 | 50.18% | 652 | 29.34% | 370 | 16.65% | 85 | 3.83% | 463 | 20.84% | 2,222 | ||
| Rawlins | 1023 | 57.31% | 633 | 35.46% | 127 | 7.11% | 2 | 0.11% | 390 | 21.85% | 1,785 | ||
| Reno | 3,398 | 56.61% | 1,841 | 30.67% | 366 | 6.10% | 158 | 2.63% | 239 | 3.98% | 1,557 | 25.94% | 6,002 |
| Republic | 2,595 | 63.77% | 1,205 | 29.61% | 110 | 2.70% | 159 | 3.91% | 1,390 | 34.16% | 4,069 | ||
| Rice | 1,851 | 57.79% | 934 | 29.16% | 284 | 8.87% | 134 | 4.18% | 917 | 28.63% | 3,203 | ||
| Riley | 1,856 | 62.49% | 772 | 25.99% | 285 | 9.60% | 56 | 1.89% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,084 | 36.50% | 2,970 |
| Rooks | 1112 | 58.31% | 412 | 21.60% | 350 | 18.35% | 33 | 1.73% | 700 | 36.71% | 1,907 | ||
| Rush | 681 | 58.71% | 424 | 36.55% | 26 | 2.24% | 29 | 2.50% | 257 | 22.16% | 1,160 | ||
| Russell | 953 | 60.82% | 571 | 36.44% | 24 | 1.53% | 15 | 0.96% | 4 | 0.26% | 382 | 24.38% | 1,567 |
| Saline | 2,263 | 57.97% | 1,186 | 30.38% | 329 | 8.43% | 126 | 3.23% | 1,077 | 27.59% | 3,904 | ||
| Scott | 294 | 54.65% | 182 | 33.83% | 49 | 9.11% | 13 | 2.42% | 112 | 20.82% | 538 | ||
| Sedgwick | 6,071 | 55.51% | 4,025 | 36.80% | 618 | 5.65% | 223 | 2.04% | 2,046 | 18.71% | 10,937 | ||
| Seward | 400 | 61.16% | 207 | 31.65% | 43 | 6.57% | 4 | 0.61% | 193 | 29.51% | 654 | ||
| Shawnee | 7,672 | 68.48% | 3,143 | 28.05% | 117 | 1.04% | 271 | 2.42% | 4,529 | 40.43% | 11,203 | ||
| Sheridan | 623 | 61.99% | 337 | 33.53% | 37 | 3.68% | 8 | 0.80% | 286 | 28.46% | 1,005 | ||
| Sherman | 803 | 55.69% | 481 | 33.36% | 146 | 10.12% | 12 | 0.83% | 322 | 22.33% | 1,442 | ||
| Smith | 1,726 | 51.71% | 777 | 23.28% | 699 | 20.94% | 71 | 2.13% | 65 | 1.95% | 949 | 28.43% | 3,338 |
| Stafford | 975 | 47.51% | 483 | 23.54% | 505 | 24.61% | 89 | 4.34% | 470[lower-alpha 1] | 22.90% | 2,052 | ||
| Stanton | 298 | 52.84% | 197 | 34.93% | 41 | 7.27% | 3 | 0.53% | 25 | 4.43% | 101 | 17.91% | 564 |
| Stevens | 307 | 40.99% | 268 | 35.78% | 61 | 8.14% | 21 | 2.80% | 92 | 12.28% | 39 | 5.21% | 749 |
| Sumner | 3,499 | 49.72% | 2,139 | 30.39% | 1,301 | 18.49% | 99 | 1.41% | 1,360 | 19.32% | 7,038 | ||
| Thomas | 751 | 55.02% | 486 | 35.60% | 121 | 8.86% | 6 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.07% | 265 | 19.41% | 1,365 |
| Trego | 477 | 63.86% | 220 | 29.45% | 25 | 3.35% | 24 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.13% | 257 | 34.40% | 747 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,708 | 62.43% | 960 | 35.09% | 35 | 1.28% | 33 | 1.21% | 748 | 27.34% | 2,736 | ||
| Wallace | 412 | 65.50% | 198 | 31.48% | 14 | 2.23% | 5 | 0.79% | 214 | 34.02% | 629 | ||
| Washington | 2,999 | 62.28% | 1,511 | 31.38% | 260 | 5.40% | 45 | 0.93% | 1,488 | 30.90% | 4,815 | ||
| Wichita | 438 | 59.35% | 207 | 28.05% | 78 | 10.57% | 15 | 2.03% | 231 | 31.30% | 738 | ||
| Wilson | 2,191 | 55.48% | 1,035 | 26.21% | 671 | 16.99% | 47 | 1.19% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,156 | 29.27% | 3,949 |
| Woodson | 1,149 | 51.97% | 595 | 26.91% | 363 | 16.42% | 104 | 4.70% | 554 | 25.06% | 2,211 | ||
| Wyandotte | 5,430 | 55.41% | 4,155 | 42.40% | 190 | 1.94% | 25 | 0.26% | 1,275 | 13.01% | 9,800 | ||
| Totals | 182,903 | 48.40% | 102,745 | 31.06% | 37,506 | 11.34% | 6,697 | 2.02% | 947 | 0.29% | 19,807 | 17.34% | 330,798 |
Notes
- In this county where Streeter finished second behind Harrison but ahead of Cleveland, margin given is Harrison vote minus Streeter vote and percentage margin Harrison percentage minus Streeter percentage.
References
- "1888 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- "1888 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)
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