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The 1888 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1888.
Republican nominee Joseph W. Fifer defeated Democratic nominee John M. Palmer with 49.15% of the vote.
The Democratic state convention was held on May 23, 1888, at Springfield.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Palmer | 567 | 72.78 | |
Democratic | William A. J. Sparks | 210 | 26.96 | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson I | 1 | 0.13 | |
Democratic | Murray F. Tuley | 1 | 0.13 | |
Total votes | 779 | 100.00 |
Palmer's nomination was then made unanimous.
The Republican state convention was held on May 2, 1888, at Springfield.
The results of the balloting were as follows:[4][5][6][7]
Gubernatorial Ballot | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||||||
Joseph W. Fifer | 288 | 349 | 398 | 606 | |||||
John McNulta | 136 | 133 | 144 | 111 | |||||
Clark E. Carr | 115 | 110 | 97 | 9 | |||||
James A. Connolly | 100 | 96 | 89 | 58 | |||||
John I. Rinaker | 98 | 77 | 62 | 32 | |||||
John C. Smith | 58 | 45 | 36 | 17 | |||||
Francis M. Wright | 48 | 33 | 21 | 14 | |||||
Richard J. Oglesby | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph W. Fifer | 606 | 71.55 | |
Republican | John McNulta | 111 | 13.11 | |
Republican | James A. Connolly | 58 | 6.85 | |
Republican | John I. Rinaker | 32 | 3.78 | |
Republican | John C. Smith | 17 | 2.01 | |
Republican | Francis M. Wright | 14 | 1.65 | |
Republican | Clark E. Carr | 9 | 1.06 | |
Total votes | 847 | 100.00 |
Fifer's nomination was then made unanimous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joseph W. Fifer | 367,860 | 49.15% | ||
Democratic | John M. Palmer | 355,313 | 47.47% | ||
Prohibition | David H. Harts | 18,874 | 2.52% | ||
Union Labor Party | Willis W. Jones | 6,394 | 0.85% | ||
Scattering | 6 | 0.00% | |||
Majority | 12,547 | 1.68% | |||
Turnout | 748,447 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |