1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia
← 1884 November 6, 1888 1892 →
Turnout25.78% of the total population Increase 4.41 pp[1]
 
Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Allen Thurman Levi P. Morton
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 78,677 78,171
Percentage 49.35% 49.03%
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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 West Virginia took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]

West Virginia was won by the incumbent President Grover Cleveland (D–New York), running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G. Thurman, with 49.35 percent of the popular vote, against former Senator Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), running with Levi P. Morton, the 31st governor of New York, with 49.03 percent of the vote.[2] Cleveland's razor-thin 0.32 percentage point margin of victory in the Mountain State remains West Virginia's closest presidential election result in history.

The Union Labor Party chose Alson Streeter, a former Illinois state representative, and Charles E. Cunningham as their presidential and vice-presidential candidates and received 0.95 percent of the vote. The Prohibition Party ran brigadier general Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks and received 0.68 percent of the vote.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Grover Cleveland (incumbent) 78,677 49.35%
Republican Benjamin Harrison 78,171 49.03%
Labor Alson Streeter 1,508 0.95%
Prohibition Clinton Fisk 1,084 0.68%
Total votes 159,440 100.00%

Results by county

1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[3][4]
County Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		Benjamin Harrison
Republican 		Alson Jenness Streeter
Union Labor 		Clinton Bowen Fisk
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Barbour 1,508 50.40% 1,473 49.23% 9 0.30% 2 0.07% 35 1.17% 2,992
Berkeley 2,011 47.89% 2,183 51.99% 0 0.00% 5 0.12% -172 -4.10% 4,199
Boone 741 58.62% 520 41.14% 2 0.16% 1 0.08% 221 17.48% 1,264
Braxton 1,688 61.27% 1,062 38.55% 0 0.00% 5 0.18% 626 22.72% 2,755
Brooke 804 50.16% 788 49.16% 0 0.00% 11 0.69% 16 1.00% 1,603
Cabell 2,427 55.01% 1,947 44.13% 8 0.18% 30 0.68% 480 10.88% 4,412
Calhoun 935 59.55% 623 39.68% 11 0.70% 1 0.06% 312 19.87% 1,570
Clay 414 46.73% 464 52.37% 8 0.90% 0 0.00% -50 -5.64% 886
Doddridge 1,151 45.08% 1,393 54.56% 6 0.24% 3 0.12% -242 -9.48% 2,553
Fayette 1,923 40.45% 2,616 55.03% 189 3.98% 26 0.55% -693 -14.58% 4,754
Gilmer 1,179 58.60% 833 41.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 346 17.20% 2,012
Grant 378 26.69% 1,027 72.53% 2 0.14% 9 0.64% -649 -45.83% 1,416
Greenbrier 2,121 60.22% 1,393 39.55% 0 0.00% 8 0.23% 728 20.67% 3,522
Hampshire 1,907 78.38% 519 21.33% 0 0.00% 7 0.29% 1,388 57.05% 2,433
Hancock 489 40.45% 675 55.83% 33 2.73% 12 0.99% -186 -15.38% 1,209
Hardy 1,153 72.20% 439 27.49% 0 0.00% 5 0.31% 714 44.71% 1,597
Harrison 2,161 43.84% 2,628 53.32% 118 2.39% 22 0.45% -467 -9.47% 4,929
Jackson 1,942 46.28% 2,234 53.24% 0 0.00% 20 0.48% -292 -6.96% 4,196
Jefferson 2,357 67.11% 1,132 32.23% 16 0.46% 7 0.20% 1,225 34.88% 3,512
Kanawha 3,089 37.19% 4,541 54.66% 582 7.01% 95 1.14% -1,452 -17.48% 8,307
Lewis 1,642 51.39% 1,527 47.79% 4 0.13% 22 0.69% 115 3.60% 3,195
Lincoln 1,147 54.46% 950 45.11% 9 0.43% 0 0.00% 197 9.35% 2,106
Logan 1,533 79.60% 393 20.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,140 59.19% 1,926
Marion 2,256 48.96% 2,233 48.46% 69 1.50% 50 1.09% 23 0.50% 4,608
Marshall 1,837 39.90% 2,676 58.12% 0 0.00% 91 1.98% -839 -18.22% 4,604
Mason 2,321 46.29% 2,646 52.77% 0 0.00% 47 0.94% -325 -6.48% 5,014
McDowell 409 41.27% 582 58.73% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -173 -17.46% 991
Mercer 1,374 49.26% 1,402 50.27% 7 0.25% 6 0.22% -28 -1.00% 2,789
Mineral 1,209 48.36% 1,251 50.04% 9 0.36% 31 1.24% -42 -1.68% 2,500
Monongalia 1,361 37.82% 2,208 61.35% 0 0.00% 30 0.83% -847 -23.53% 3,599
Monroe 1,338 51.72% 1,222 47.24% 0 0.00% 27 1.04% 116 4.48% 2,587
Morgan 539 37.46% 877 60.95% 0 0.00% 23 1.60% -338 -23.49% 1,439
Nicholas 1,016 54.98% 779 42.15% 13 0.70% 40 2.16% 237 12.82% 1,848
Ohio 4,855 50.07% 4,749 48.98% 0 0.00% 92 0.95% 106 1.09% 9,696
Pendleton 1,012 56.47% 779 43.47% 0 0.00% 1 0.06% 233 13.00% 1,792
Pleasants 803 53.18% 693 45.89% 7 0.46% 7 0.46% 110 7.28% 1,510
Pocahontas 891 60.04% 587 39.56% 0 0.00% 6 0.40% 304 20.49% 1,484
Preston 1,403 31.32% 2,998 66.92% 35 0.78% 44 0.98% -1,595 -35.60% 4,480
Putnam 1,390 45.59% 1,521 49.89% 128 4.20% 10 0.33% -131 -4.30% 3,049
Raleigh 924 52.80% 806 46.06% 0 0.00% 20 1.14% 118 6.74% 1,750
Randolph 1,426 64.88% 772 35.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 654 29.75% 2,198
Ritchie 1,408 40.23% 1,960 56.00% 32 0.91% 100 2.86% -552 -15.77% 3,500
Roane 1,636 52.93% 1,449 46.88% 3 0.10% 3 0.10% 187 6.05% 3,091
Summers 1,353 51.25% 1,272 48.18% 0 0.00% 15 0.57% 81 3.07% 2,640
Taylor 1,219 43.06% 1,580 55.81% 2 0.07% 30 1.06% -361 -12.75% 2,831
Tucker 680 51.52% 628 47.58% 6 0.45% 6 0.45% 52 3.94% 1,320
Tyler 1,137 41.89% 1,562 57.55% 1 0.04% 14 0.52% -425 -15.66% 2,714
Upshur 841 32.32% 1,716 65.95% 21 0.81% 24 0.92% -875 -33.63% 2,602
Wayne 2,058 59.26% 1,412 40.66% 0 0.00% 3 0.09% 646 18.60% 3,473
Webster 658 69.05% 295 30.95% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 363 38.09% 953
Wetzel 2,295 61.68% 1,385 37.22% 34 0.91% 7 0.19% 910 24.46% 3,721
Wirt 1,054 53.02% 921 46.33% 10 0.50% 3 0.15% 133 6.69% 1,988
Wood 2,803 44.82% 3,255 52.05% 134 2.14% 62 0.99% -452 -7.23% 6,254
Wyoming 471 44.10% 596 55.81% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% -125 -11.70% 1,068
Totals 78,677 49.35% 78,172 49.03% 1,508 0.95% 1,084 0.68% 505 0.32% 159,441

References

  1. ^ "1888 Presidential Election Results — West Virginia: Total Population Turnout".
  2. ^ a b c "1888 Presidential Election Results — West Virginia".
  3. ^ "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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