1888 United States presidential election in Vermont
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1888 United States presidential election in Vermont 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.
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
November 6, 1888
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won Vermont by a margin of 43.40%.
With 69.05% of the popular vote, Vermont would be Harrison's strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote.[1]
Vice President-elect Levi P. Morton was born in Shoreham, Vermont.
Results
| 1888 United States presidential election in Vermont[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi Parsons Morton of New York | 45,192 | 69.05% | 4 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent) | Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio | 16,788 | 25.65% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Union Labor | Alson Jenness Streetcar of Illinois | Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas | 1,977 | 3.02% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey | John Anderson Brooks of Missouri | 1,460 | 2.23% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 35 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 65,452 | 100.00% | 4 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Benjamin Harrison[3] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[3] Democratic |
Alson Jenness Streeter[4] Union Labor[note 1] |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[4] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Addison | 4,036 | 82.77% | 618 | 12.67% | 58 | 1.19% | 164 | 3.36% | 3,418 | 70.10% | 4,876 |
| Bennington | 2,497 | 60.72% | 1,128 | 27.43% | 396 | 9.63% | 91 | 2.21% | 1,369 | 33.29% | 4,112 |
| Caledonia | 3,083 | 65.82% | 1,249 | 26.67% | 190 | 4.06% | 162 | 3.46% | 1,834 | 39.15% | 4,684 |
| Chittenden | 4,149 | 65.59% | 1,940 | 30.67% | 131 | 2.07% | 106 | 1.68% | 2,209 | 34.92% | 6,326 |
| Essex | 907 | 61.62% | 502 | 34.10% | 38 | 2.58% | 25 | 1.70% | 405 | 27.51% | 1,472 |
| Franklin | 3,121 | 67.34% | 1,343 | 28.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 171 | 3.69% | 1,778 | 38.36% | 4,635 |
| Grand Isle | 465 | 71.76% | 180 | 27.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.46% | 285 | 43.98% | 648 |
| Lamoille | 1,797 | 74.10% | 543 | 22.39% | 19 | 0.78% | 66 | 2.72% | 1,254 | 51.71% | 2,425 |
| Orange | 2,786 | 62.56% | 1,277 | 28.68% | 276 | 6.20% | 114 | 2.56% | 1,509 | 43.88% | 4,453 |
| Orleans | 3,036 | 73.55% | 724 | 17.54% | 265 | 6.42% | 103 | 2.50% | 2,312 | 56.01% | 4,128 |
| Rutland | 6,088 | 68.57% | 2,417 | 27.22% | 220 | 2.48% | 153 | 1.72% | 3,671 | 41.35% | 8,878 |
| Washington | 3,715 | 64.70% | 1,892 | 32.95% | 32 | 0.56% | 103 | 1.79% | 1,823 | 31.75% | 5,742 |
| Windham | 4,344 | 69.75% | 1,518 | 24.37% | 244 | 3.92% | 122 | 1.96% | 2,826 | 45.38% | 6,228 |
| Windsor | 5,163 | 75.48% | 1,457 | 21.30% | 143 | 2.09% | 77 | 1.13% | 3,706 | 54.18% | 6,840 |
| Totals | 45,187 | 69.04% | 16,788 | 25.65% | 2,012 | 3.07% | 1,460 | 2.23% | 28,399 | 43.39% | 65,447 |
See also
Notes
- The Streeter total include 35 write-in votes, whose data were not compiled separately from the actual Streeter vote by Géoelections.
