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| Elections in Michigan |
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The 1888 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Michigan voted for Republican nominees Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Levi P. Morton of New York over Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 236,387 | 49.73% | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | 213,469 | 44.91% | |
| Prohibition | Clinton B. Fisk | 20,945 | 4.41% | |
| Union Labor | Alson Streeter | 4,555 | 0.96% | |
| Total votes | 475,356 | 100% | ||
| County | Benjamin Harrison[3] Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland[3] Democratic |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[4] Prohibition |
Alson Jenness Streeter[4] Union Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 645 | 55.60% | 502 | 43.28% | 7 | 0.60% | 6 | 0.52% | 143 | 12.33% | 1,160 |
| Alger | 284 | 62.28% | 162 | 35.53% | 10 | 2.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 26.75% | 456 |
| Allegan | 5,078 | 52.01% | 3,829 | 39.22% | 721 | 7.39% | 135 | 1.38% | 1,249 | 12.79% | 9,763 |
| Alpena | 1,486 | 47.14% | 1,504 | 47.72% | 118 | 3.74% | 44 | 1.40% | -18 | -0.57% | 3,152 |
| Antrim | 1,305 | 56.74% | 881 | 38.30% | 114 | 4.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 424 | 18.43% | 2,300 |
| Arenac | 357 | 31.85% | 261 | 23.28% | 41 | 3.66% | 462 | 41.21% | -105[a] | -9.37% | 1,121 |
| Baraga | 389 | 48.69% | 406 | 50.81% | 4 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -17 | -2.13% | 799 |
| Barry | 3,212 | 49.83% | 2,676 | 41.51% | 391 | 6.07% | 167 | 2.59% | 536 | 8.32% | 6,446 |
| Bay | 4,378 | 43.73% | 5,386 | 53.80% | 121 | 1.21% | 127 | 1.27% | -1,008 | -10.07% | 10,012 |
| Benzie | 710 | 57.58% | 412 | 33.41% | 94 | 7.62% | 17 | 1.38% | 298 | 24.17% | 1,233 |
| Berrien | 5,128 | 49.72% | 4,689 | 45.46% | 468 | 4.54% | 29 | 0.28% | 439 | 4.26% | 10,314 |
| Branch | 4,098 | 55.36% | 2,739 | 37.00% | 503 | 6.79% | 63 | 0.85% | 1,359 | 18.36% | 7,403 |
| Calhoun | 5,732 | 52.77% | 4,358 | 40.12% | 613 | 5.64% | 159 | 1.46% | 1,374 | 12.65% | 10,862 |
| Cass | 2,929 | 50.62% | 2,564 | 44.31% | 282 | 4.87% | 11 | 0.19% | 365 | 6.31% | 5,786 |
| Charlevoix | 1,270 | 56.70% | 874 | 39.02% | 95 | 4.24% | 1 | 0.04% | 396 | 17.68% | 2,240 |
| Cheboygan | 1,110 | 45.66% | 1,237 | 50.88% | 76 | 3.13% | 8 | 0.33% | -127 | -5.22% | 2,431 |
| Chippewa | 1,055 | 51.56% | 909 | 44.43% | 82 | 4.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 7.14% | 2,046 |
| Clare | 905 | 47.99% | 912 | 48.36% | 57 | 3.02% | 12 | 0.64% | -7 | -0.37% | 1,886 |
| Clinton | 3,493 | 48.65% | 3,248 | 45.24% | 348 | 4.85% | 91 | 1.27% | 245 | 3.41% | 7,180 |
| Crawford | 436 | 47.14% | 479 | 51.78% | 9 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.11% | -43 | -4.65% | 925 |
| Delta | 1,587 | 54.16% | 1,332 | 45.46% | 11 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 8.70% | 2,930 |
| Eaton | 4,624 | 52.11% | 3,266 | 36.81% | 607 | 6.84% | 376 | 4.24% | 1,358 | 15.30% | 8,873 |
| Emmet | 946 | 44.88% | 1,056 | 50.09% | 106 | 5.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -110 | -5.22% | 2,108 |
| Genesee | 5,404 | 53.17% | 3,904 | 38.41% | 836 | 8.23% | 20 | 0.20% | 1,500 | 14.76% | 10,164 |
| Gladwin | 525 | 58.79% | 357 | 39.98% | 9 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.22% | 168 | 18.81% | 893 |
| Gogebic | 1,367 | 54.35% | 1,112 | 44.21% | 36 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 10.14% | 2,515 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,859 | 63.10% | 925 | 31.40% | 154 | 5.23% | 8 | 0.27% | 934 | 31.70% | 2,946 |
| Gratiot | 3,667 | 52.35% | 2,854 | 40.74% | 416 | 5.94% | 68 | 0.97% | 813 | 11.61% | 7,005 |
| Hillsdale | 4,959 | 57.00% | 3,035 | 34.89% | 566 | 6.51% | 140 | 1.61% | 1,924 | 22.11% | 8,700 |
| Houghton | 3,012 | 51.12% | 2,696 | 45.76% | 184 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 316 | 5.36% | 5,892 |
| Huron | 1,608 | 34.51% | 1,988 | 42.67% | 206 | 4.42% | 857 | 18.39% | -380 | -8.16% | 4,659 |
| Ingham | 4,547 | 45.71% | 4,782 | 48.07% | 507 | 5.10% | 112 | 1.13% | -235 | -2.36% | 9,948 |
| Ionia | 4,436 | 50.95% | 3,779 | 43.41% | 482 | 5.54% | 9 | 0.10% | 657 | 7.55% | 8,706 |
| Iosco | 1,505 | 45.45% | 1,639 | 49.50% | 114 | 3.44% | 53 | 1.60% | -134 | -4.05% | 3,311 |
| Iron | 598 | 53.39% | 520 | 46.43% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 6.96% | 1,120 |
| Isabella | 2,154 | 51.46% | 1,841 | 43.98% | 175 | 4.18% | 16 | 0.38% | 313 | 7.48% | 4,186 |
| Jackson | 5,646 | 48.82% | 5,170 | 44.70% | 586 | 5.07% | 164 | 1.42% | 476 | 4.12% | 11,566 |
| Kalamazoo | 5,437 | 54.66% | 3,950 | 39.71% | 522 | 5.25% | 38 | 0.38% | 1,487 | 14.95% | 9,947 |
| Kalkaska | 798 | 62.34% | 400 | 31.25% | 77 | 6.02% | 5 | 0.39% | 398 | 31.09% | 1,280 |
| Kent | 12,811 | 49.41% | 11,864 | 45.76% | 1,252 | 4.83% | 2 | 0.01% | 947 | 3.65% | 25,929 |
| Keweenaw | 411 | 68.50% | 185 | 30.83% | 4 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 37.67% | 600 |
| Lake | 1,061 | 54.24% | 807 | 41.26% | 86 | 4.40% | 2 | 0.10% | 254 | 12.99% | 1,956 |
| Lapeer | 3,662 | 53.36% | 2,914 | 42.46% | 262 | 3.82% | 25 | 0.36% | 748 | 10.90% | 6,863 |
| Leelanau | 899 | 55.49% | 673 | 41.54% | 48 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 13.95% | 1,620 |
| Lenawee | 6,475 | 49.49% | 5,671 | 43.35% | 916 | 7.00% | 21 | 0.16% | 804 | 6.15% | 13,083 |
| Livingston | 2,706 | 44.99% | 2,842 | 47.25% | 348 | 5.79% | 119 | 1.98% | -136 | -2.26% | 6,015 |
| Luce | 212 | 53.54% | 172 | 43.43% | 12 | 3.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 40 | 10.10% | 396 |
| Mackinac | 625 | 40.24% | 913 | 58.79% | 15 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | -288 | -18.54% | 1,553 |
| Macomb | 3,245 | 45.24% | 3,708 | 51.69% | 217 | 3.03% | 3 | 0.04% | -463 | -6.45% | 7,173 |
| Manistee | 1,668 | 39.23% | 2,328 | 54.75% | 212 | 4.99% | 44 | 1.03% | -660 | -15.52% | 4,252 |
| Manitou | 3 | 2.08% | 141 | 97.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -138 | -95.83% | 144 |
| Marquette | 4,512 | 65.76% | 2,105 | 30.68% | 244 | 3.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,407 | 35.08% | 6,861 |
| Mason | 1,697 | 50.79% | 1,573 | 47.08% | 67 | 2.01% | 4 | 0.12% | 124 | 3.71% | 3,341 |
| Mecosta | 2,604 | 54.94% | 1,793 | 37.83% | 333 | 7.03% | 10 | 0.21% | 811 | 17.11% | 4,740 |
| Menominee | 3,156 | 57.09% | 2,228 | 40.30% | 96 | 1.74% | 48 | 0.87% | 928 | 16.79% | 5,528 |
| Midland | 1,336 | 49.59% | 1,148 | 42.61% | 127 | 4.71% | 83 | 3.08% | 188 | 6.98% | 2,694 |
| Missaukee | 632 | 50.44% | 572 | 45.65% | 47 | 3.75% | 2 | 0.16% | 60 | 4.79% | 1,253 |
| Monroe | 3,430 | 45.33% | 3,940 | 52.07% | 182 | 2.41% | 15 | 0.20% | -510 | -6.74% | 7,567 |
| Montcalm | 4,480 | 53.38% | 3,495 | 41.64% | 372 | 4.43% | 46 | 0.55% | 985 | 11.74% | 8,393 |
| Montmorency | 235 | 48.86% | 237 | 49.27% | 9 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -2 | -0.42% | 481 |
| Muskegon | 4,521 | 52.44% | 3,514 | 40.76% | 396 | 4.59% | 191 | 2.22% | 1,007 | 11.68% | 8,622 |
| Newaygo | 2,448 | 51.85% | 1,932 | 40.92% | 241 | 5.10% | 100 | 2.12% | 516 | 10.93% | 4,721 |
| Oakland | 5,389 | 47.31% | 5,410 | 47.50% | 589 | 5.17% | 2 | 0.02% | -21 | -0.18% | 11,390 |
| Oceana | 1,726 | 47.82% | 1,426 | 39.51% | 434 | 12.03% | 23 | 0.64% | 300 | 8.31% | 3,609 |
| Ogemaw | 620 | 48.44% | 579 | 45.23% | 32 | 2.50% | 49 | 3.83% | 41 | 3.20% | 1,280 |
| Ontonagon | 308 | 36.15% | 542 | 63.62% | 2 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -234 | -27.46% | 852 |
| Osceola | 1,882 | 57.01% | 1,090 | 33.02% | 320 | 9.69% | 9 | 0.27% | 792 | 23.99% | 3,301 |
| Oscoda | 277 | 47.19% | 299 | 50.94% | 11 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -22 | -3.75% | 587 |
| Otsego | 573 | 52.81% | 434 | 40.00% | 64 | 5.90% | 14 | 1.29% | 139 | 12.81% | 1,085 |
| Ottawa | 4,302 | 55.03% | 3,191 | 40.82% | 268 | 3.43% | 57 | 0.73% | 1,111 | 14.21% | 7,818 |
| Presque Isle | 408 | 45.18% | 484 | 53.60% | 11 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -76 | -8.42% | 903 |
| Roscommon | 360 | 50.00% | 358 | 49.72% | 1 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.28% | 720 |
| Saginaw | 6,723 | 41.95% | 8,923 | 55.68% | 325 | 2.03% | 54 | 0.34% | -2,200 | -13.73% | 16,025 |
| Sanilac | 2,940 | 51.66% | 2,434 | 42.77% | 245 | 4.31% | 72 | 1.27% | 506 | 8.89% | 5,691 |
| Schoolcraft | 590 | 47.81% | 589 | 47.73% | 55 | 4.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,234 |
| Shiawassee | 4,007 | 51.91% | 3,187 | 41.29% | 513 | 6.65% | 12 | 0.16% | 820 | 10.62% | 7,719 |
| St. Clair | 5,419 | 49.04% | 5,286 | 47.83% | 326 | 2.95% | 20 | 0.18% | 133 | 1.20% | 11,051 |
| St. Joseph | 3,372 | 48.36% | 3,217 | 46.14% | 180 | 2.58% | 203 | 2.91% | 155 | 2.22% | 6,972 |
| Tuscola | 3,888 | 52.78% | 3,112 | 42.24% | 295 | 4.00% | 72 | 0.98% | 776 | 10.53% | 7,367 |
| Van Buren | 4,783 | 58.05% | 2,986 | 36.24% | 458 | 5.56% | 13 | 0.16% | 1,797 | 21.81% | 8,240 |
| Washtenaw | 4,549 | 42.96% | 5,482 | 51.78% | 543 | 5.13% | 14 | 0.13% | -933 | -8.81% | 10,588 |
| Wayne | 21,326 | 44.23% | 25,986 | 53.90% | 877 | 1.82% | 23 | 0.05% | -4,660 | -9.67% | 48,212 |
| Wexford | 1,437 | 53.96% | 1,065 | 39.99% | 160 | 6.01% | 1 | 0.04% | 372 | 13.97% | 2,663 |
| Totals[b] | 236,387 | 49.73% | 213,469 | 44.91% | 20,945 | 4.41% | 4,555 | 0.96% | 22,918 | 4.82% | 475,356 |
