1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey
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Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Allen G. Thurman Levi P. Morton
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 151,508 144,360
Percentage 49.87% 47.52%
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President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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

New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won his birth state by a very narrow margin of 2.35%.

A Republican would not win the White House without New Jersey again until 112 years later in 2000, when Al Gore won New Jersey by a landslide but narrowly lost the national election.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 151,508 49.87% 9 100.00%
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 144,360 47.52% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 7,933 2.61% 0 0.00%
Total 303,801 100.00% 9 100.00%

Results by county

County Stephen Grover Cleveland[2]
Democratic 		Benjamin Harrison[2]
Republican 		Clinton Bowen Fisk[3]
Prohibition 		Various candidates[3]
Write-ins 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Atlantic 2,560 43.74% 3,030 51.77% 263 4.49% -470 -8.03% 5,853
Bergen 4,898 53.00% 4,239 45.87% 104 1.13% 659 7.13% 9,241
Burlington 6,969 46.43% 7,479 49.83% 561 3.74% -510 -3.40% 15,009
Camden 7,899 41.86% 10,490 55.59% 481 2.55% -2,591 -13.73% 18,870
Cape May 1,100 40.31% 1,464 53.65% 165 6.05% -364 -13.34% 2,729
Cumberland 4,353 40.55% 5,542 51.63% 840 7.82% -1,189 -11.08% 10,735
Essex 25,183 49.14% 25,300 49.36% 768 1.50% -117 -0.23% 51,251
Gloucester 3,093 41.92% 3,969 53.79% 317 4.30% -876 -11.87% 7,379
Hudson 27,609 58.32% 19,442 41.07% 289 0.61% 1 0.00% 8,167 17.25% 47,341
Hunterdon 5,530 57.47% 3,554 36.93% 537 5.58% 2 0.02% 1,976 20.53% 9,623
Mercer 8,214 45.52% 9,455 52.40% 373 2.07% 1 0.01% -1,241 -6.88% 18,043
Middlesex 7,209 53.25% 6,061 44.77% 268 1.98% 1,148 8.48% 13,538
Monmouth 8,509 51.53% 7,357 44.55% 648 3.92% 1,152 6.98% 16,514
Morris 5,580 46.73% 5,826 48.79% 536 4.49% -246 -2.06% 11,942
Ocean 1,465 37.63% 2,315 59.47% 113 2.90% -850 -21.83% 3,893
Passaic 8,950 46.57% 9,984 51.95% 273 1.42% 10 0.05% -1,034 -5.38% 19,217
Salem 3,185 46.76% 3,353 49.23% 273 4.01% -168 -2.47% 6,811
Somerset 3,294 49.68% 3,141 47.38% 195 2.94% 153 2.31% 6,630
Sussex 3,310 56.94% 2,343 40.31% 160 2.75% 967 16.64% 5,813
Union 7,570 52.27% 6,658 45.97% 254 1.75% 912 6.30% 14,482
Warren 5,078 56.79% 3,358 37.55% 505 5.65% 1 0.01% 1,720 19.24% 8,942
Totals 151,558 49.88% 144,360 47.51% 7,923 2.61% 15 0.00% 7,198 2.37% 303,856

See also

References

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


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