1888 United States presidential election in Maryland

November 6, 1888


Nominee	Grover Cleveland	Benjamin Harrison
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	New York	Indiana
Running mate	Allen G. Thurman	Levi P. Morton
Electoral vote	8	0
Popular vote	106,188	99,986
Percentage	50.34%	47.40%

County Results

Cleveland

40-50%

50-60%

Harrison

40-50%

50-60%

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Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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Question P

The 1888 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a narrow margin of 2.94%. Despite the narrow margin, Maryland was still 2.11% more Democratic than the nation at large.^[1]

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Maryland^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York	Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio	106,188	50.34%	8	100.00%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Parsons Morton of New York	99,986	47.40%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey	John Anderson Brooks of Missouri	4,767	2.26%	0	0.00%
Total				210,941	100.00%	8	100.00%

Results by county


County	Grover Cleveland Democratic		Benjamin Harrison Republican		Clinton Bowen Fisk Prohibition		Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[3]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[3]
Allegany	3,299	43.76%	4,072	54.02%	167	2.22%	-773	-10.26%	7,538
Anne Arundel	2,979	48.96%	2,992	49.17%	114	1.87%	-13	-0.21%	6,085
Baltimore (City)	44,604	52.22%	39,559	46.31%	1,252	1.47%	5,045	5.91%	85,415
Baltimore (County)	6,464	53.28%	5,224	43.06%	443	3.65%	1240	10.22%	12,131
Calvert	933	43.42%	1,163	54.12%	53	2.47%	-230	-10.70%	2,149
Caroline	1,420	46.97%	1,490	49.29%	113	3.74%	-70	-2.32%	3,023
Carroll	3,772	49.53%	3,674	48.24%	170	2.23%	98	1.29%	7,616
Cecil	2,970	50.01%	2,879	48.48%	90	2.23%	91	1.53%	5,939
Charles	1,430	49.77%	1,431	49.81%	12	1.52%	-1	-0.04%	2,873
Dorchester	2,114	43.58%	2,602	53.64%	135	2.78%	-488	-10.06%	4,851
Frederick	5,385	47.07%	5,822	50.89%	233	2.04%	-437	-3.82%	11,440
Garrett	1,239	44.38%	1,533	54.91%	20	0.72%	-294	-10.53%	2,792
Harford	3,408	53.14%	2,830	44.13%	175	2.73%	578	9.01%	6,413
Howard	1,774	52.80%	1,521	45.27%	65	1.93%	253	7.53%	3,360
Kent	2,062	49.24%	2,037	48.64%	89	2.13%	25	0.60%	4,188
Montgomery	3,272	53.41%	2,712	44.27%	142	2.32%	560	9.14%	6,126
Prince George's	3,081	50.33%	3,019	49.32%	21	0.34%	62	1.01%	6,121
Queen Anne's	2,286	54.47%	1,738	41.41%	173	4.12%	548	13.06%	4,197
St. Mary's	1,551	46.20%	1,772	52.79%	173	1.01%	-221	-6.59%	3,357
Somerset	1,625	39.92%	2,072	50.90%	374	9.19%	-447	-10.98%	4,071
Talbot	2,120	47.01%	2,282	50.60%	108	2.39%	-162	-3.59%	4,510
Washington	4,254	46.71%	4,648	51.04%	205	2.25%	-394	-4.33%	9,107
Wicomico	2,210	56.86%	1,441	37.07%	236	6.07%	769	19.79%	3,887
Worcester	1,916	51.34%	1,473	39.47%	343	9.19%	443	11.87%	3,732
Total	106,188	50.34%	99,986	47.40%	4,767	2.26%	6,202	2.94%	210,941

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

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(← 1884) 1888 United States presidential election (1892 →)

Republican Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: Benjamin Harrison Vice President: Levi P. Morton
Other candidates	John Sherman Russell A. Alger William B. Allison Chauncey Depew John J. Ingalls Jeremiah M. Rusk William W. Phelps Edwin H. Fitler James G. Blaine

Democratic Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: Grover Cleveland (incumbent) Vice President: Allen G. Thurman

Third party and independent candidates
Prohibition Party	Nominee: Clinton B. Fisk VP nominee: John A. Brooks
Union Labor Party	Nominee: Alson Streeter VP nominee: Charles E. Cunningham
United Labor Party	Nominee: Robert H. Cowdrey VP nominee: William H. T. Wakefield
American Party	Nominee: James L. Curtis VP nominee: Peter D. Wigginton
National Equal Rights Party	Nominee: Belva Ann Lockwood VP nominee: Alfred H. Love

Other 1888 elections: House
Senate

v t e Elections in Maryland
General	1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1982 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Governor	1857 1861 1864 1867 1871 1875 1879 1883 1887 1891 1895 1899 1903 1907 1911 1915 1919 1923 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 (sp) 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
State Senate	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
House of Delegates	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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U.S. Senate	1788 1790 1791 1793 1793 (sp) 1795 1796 1796 (sp) 1797 (sp) 1800 (sp) 1801 (sp) 1802 1806 1806 (sp) 1808 1809 1813 (sp) 1816 (sp) 1819 1819 (sp) 1821 1822 (sp) 1825 1826 (sp) 1827 1831 1833 1835 (sp) 1836 (sp) 1837 1838 (sp) 1839 1839 (sp) 1841 (sp) 1843 1849 1850 (sp) 1851 1855 1861 1864 (sp) 1865 (sp) 1868 (sp) 1874 1880 1884 1886 1890 1892 1892 (sp) 1896 1898 1902 1904 1908 1908 (sp) 1910 1913 (sp) 1914 1916 1920 1922 1926 1928 1932 1934 1938 1940 1944 1946 1950 1952 1956 1958 1962 1964 1968 1970 1974 1976 1980 1982 1986 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2016 2018 2022 2024
U.S. House	1789 1790 1792 1794 1798 1803 1806 1822 1826 1829 1831 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1844 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Attorney General	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Comptroller	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County Executive	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County offices	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
See also: Political party strength in Maryland

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References