1888 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 108,425 80,552
Percentage 53.51% 39.75%
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The 1888 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nebraska voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 13.76%.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Nebraska[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 108,425 53.51% 5 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 80,552 39.75% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 9,429 4.65% 0 0.00%
Labor Alson Streeter of Illinois Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas 4,226 2.09% 0 0.00%
Total 202,632 100.00% 5 100.00%

Results by county

County[2] Benjamin Harrison
Republican 		Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		Clinton Bowen Fisk[3]
Prohibition 		Alson Jenness Streeter[3]
Union Labor 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,929 50.55% 1,282 33.60% 375 9.83% 230 6.03% 647 16.95% 3,816
Antelope 1,412 61.82% 584 25.57% 153 6.70% 135 5.91% 828 36.25% 2,284
Blaine 146 54.07% 96 35.56% 11 4.07% 17 6.30% 50 18.52% 270
Boone 1,188 64.43% 598 32.43% 58 3.15% 0 0.00% 590 32.00% 1,844
Box Butte 718 54.27% 556 42.03% 46 3.48% 3 0.23% 162 12.24% 1,323
Brown 1,075 59.72% 542 30.11% 45 2.50% 138 7.67% 533 29.61% 1,800
Buffalo 2,324 59.20% 1,375 35.02% 172 4.38% 55 1.40% 949 24.17% 3,926
Burt 1,627 68.13% 613 25.67% 112 4.69% 36 1.51% 1,014 42.46% 2,388
Butler 1,478 45.53% 1,495 46.06% 226 6.96% 47 1.45% -17 -0.52% 3,246
Cass 3,041 48.94% 2,913 46.88% 141 2.27% 119 1.92% 128 2.06% 6,214
Cedar 586 44.90% 640 49.04% 16 1.23% 63 4.83% -54 -4.14% 1,305
Chase 734 60.56% 417 34.41% 49 4.04% 12 0.99% 317 26.16% 1,212
Cherry 749 53.96% 540 38.90% 44 3.17% 55 3.96% 209 15.06% 1,388
Cheyenne 1,689 57.33% 1,114 37.81% 94 3.19% 49 1.66% 575 19.52% 2,946
Clay 2,090 61.47% 995 29.26% 303 8.91% 12 0.35% 1,095 32.21% 3,400
Colfax 829 42.36% 1,040 53.14% 83 4.24% 5 0.26% -211 -10.78% 1,957
Cuming 1,038 41.99% 1,316 53.24% 96 3.88% 22 0.89% -278 -11.25% 2,472
Custer 2,778 59.38% 1,501 32.09% 195 4.17% 204 4.36% 1,277 27.30% 4,678
Dakota 706 43.69% 896 55.45% 6 0.37% 8 0.50% -190 -11.76% 1,616
Dawes 1,128 63.23% 656 36.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 472 26.46% 1,784
Dawson 1,087 61.31% 614 34.63% 72 4.06% 0 0.00% 473 26.68% 1,773
Dixon 888 54.55% 627 38.51% 112 6.88% 1 0.06% 261 16.03% 1,628
Dodge 1,853 43.27% 2,245 52.43% 178 4.16% 6 0.14% -392 -9.15% 4,282
Douglas 10,237 47.53% 10,810 50.19% 430 2.00% 63 0.29% -573 -2.66% 21,540
Dundy 546 59.22% 290 31.45% 66 7.16% 20 2.17% 256 27.77% 922
Fillmore 1,923 56.49% 1,313 38.57% 140 4.11% 28 0.82% 610 17.92% 3,404
Franklin 890 55.87% 558 35.03% 106 6.65% 39 2.45% 332 20.84% 1,593
Frontier 1,043 61.14% 587 34.41% 68 3.99% 8 0.47% 456 26.73% 1,706
Furnas 1,317 62.71% 647 30.81% 85 4.05% 51 2.43% 670 31.90% 2,100
Gage 3,563 56.69% 2,347 37.34% 327 5.20% 48 0.76% 1,216 19.35% 6,285
Garfield 235 59.19% 122 30.73% 6 1.51% 34 8.56% 113 28.46% 397
Gosper 668 62.90% 368 34.65% 24 2.26% 2 0.19% 300 28.25% 1,062
Grant 42 43.75% 49 51.04% 0 0.00% 5 5.21% -7 -7.29% 96
Greeley 519 47.48% 569 52.06% 1 0.09% 4 0.37% -50 -4.57% 1,093
Hall 1,907 53.75% 1,509 42.53% 99 2.79% 33 0.93% 398 11.22% 3,548
Hamilton 1,730 60.49% 988 34.55% 140 4.90% 2 0.07% 742 25.94% 2,860
Harlan 1,010 56.14% 431 23.96% 200 11.12% 158 8.78% 579 32.18% 1,799
Hayes 516 58.77% 320 36.45% 7 0.80% 35 3.99% 196 22.32% 878
Hitchcock 826 61.46% 436 32.44% 28 2.08% 54 4.02% 390 29.02% 1,344
Holt 1,990 53.18% 1,532 40.94% 170 4.54% 50 1.34% 458 12.24% 3,742
Howard 916 47.98% 963 50.45% 30 1.57% 0 0.00% -47 -2.46% 1,909
Jefferson 1,742 60.42% 1,001 34.72% 120 4.16% 20 0.69% 741 25.70% 2,883
Johnson 1,252 52.32% 947 39.57% 116 4.85% 78 3.26% 305 12.75% 2,393
Kearney 1,056 54.07% 667 34.15% 113 5.79% 117 5.99% 389 19.92% 1,953
Keith 319 50.08% 263 41.29% 21 3.30% 34 5.34% 56 8.79% 637
Keya Paha 636 59.49% 338 31.62% 56 5.24% 39 3.65% 298 27.88% 1,069
Knox 1,038 54.72% 706 37.22% 69 3.64% 84 4.43% 332 17.50% 1,897
Lancaster 5,677 56.97% 3,508 35.20% 780 7.83% 0 0.00% 2,169 21.77% 9,965
Lincoln 1,154 60.45% 726 38.03% 18 0.94% 11 0.58% 428 22.42% 1,909
Logan 206 57.70% 149 41.74% 1 0.28% 1 0.28% 57 15.97% 357
Loup 204 75.56% 58 21.48% 1 0.37% 7 2.59% 146 54.07% 270
Madison 1,392 51.27% 1,154 42.50% 100 3.68% 69 2.54% 238 8.77% 2,715
Merrick 1,136 55.28% 639 31.09% 273 13.28% 7 0.34% 497 24.18% 2,055
Nance 645 57.23% 369 32.74% 98 8.70% 15 1.33% 276 24.49% 1,127
Nemaha 1,427 51.59% 1,094 39.55% 132 4.77% 113 4.09% 333 12.04% 2,766
Nuckolls 1,251 56.81% 742 33.70% 167 7.58% 42 1.91% 509 23.12% 2,202
Otoe 2,039 44.87% 2,137 47.03% 351 7.72% 17 0.37% -98 -2.16% 4,544
Pawnee 1,297 58.19% 645 28.94% 148 6.64% 139 6.24% 652 29.25% 2,229
Perkins 645 56.98% 402 35.51% 17 1.50% 68 6.01% 243 21.47% 1,132
Phelps 1,238 66.88% 355 19.18% 185 9.99% 73 3.94% 883 47.70% 1,851
Pierce 428 46.67% 447 48.75% 22 2.40% 20 2.18% -19 -2.07% 917
Platte 1,240 41.92% 1,627 55.00% 91 3.08% 0 0.00% -387 -13.08% 2,958
Polk 951 47.67% 480 24.06% 175 8.77% 389 19.50% 471 23.61% 1,995
Red Willow 1,155 55.74% 565 27.27% 64 3.09% 288 13.90% 590 28.47% 2,072
Richardson 2,084 50.28% 1,888 45.55% 128 3.09% 45 1.09% 196 4.73% 4,145
Saline 2,109 50.84% 1,746 42.09% 293 7.06% 0 0.00% 363 8.75% 4,148
Sarpy 658 41.00% 875 54.52% 71 4.42% 1 0.06% -217 -13.52% 1,605
Saunders 2,141 48.96% 1,806 41.30% 369 8.44% 57 1.30% 335 7.66% 4,373
Seward 1,804 50.42% 1,658 46.34% 104 2.91% 12 0.34% 146 4.08% 3,578
Sheridan 1,008 54.43% 699 37.74% 81 4.37% 64 3.46% 309 16.68% 1,852
Sherman 706 53.89% 561 42.82% 42 3.21% 1 0.08% 145 11.07% 1,310
Sioux 286 46.28% 292 47.25% 6 0.97% 34 5.50% -6 -0.97% 618
Stanton 442 47.07% 467 49.73% 9 0.96% 21 2.24% -25 -2.66% 939
Thayer 1,391 53.36% 1,060 40.66% 83 3.18% 73 2.80% 331 12.70% 2,607
Thomas 80 48.19% 78 46.99% 3 1.81% 5 3.01% 2 1.20% 166
Valley 829 54.04% 525 34.22% 132 8.60% 48 3.13% 304 19.82% 1,534
Washington 1,302 52.61% 971 39.23% 147 5.94% 55 2.22% 331 13.37% 2,475
Wayne 616 50.57% 433 35.55% 31 2.55% 138 11.33% 183 15.02% 1,218
Webster 1,316 57.12% 749 32.51% 123 5.34% 116 5.03% 567 24.61% 2,304
Wheeler 293 68.14% 126 29.30% 2 0.47% 9 2.09% 167 38.84% 430
York 2,253 62.44% 1,111 30.79% 179 4.96% 65 1.80% 1,142 31.65% 3,608
Totals 108,417 53.50% 80,558 39.76% 9,435 4.66% 4,226 2.09% 27,859 13.75% 202,636

See also

References

  1. ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)
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