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| Elections in Wisconsin |
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The 1888 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1888 as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Republican Party candidate Benjamin Harrison won Wisconsin with 49.79 percent of the popular vote, winning the state's eleven electoral votes.[1]
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi P. Morton | Republican | 11 | 176,553 | 49.79% |
| Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | Allen G. Thurman | Democratic | 0 | 155,232 | 43.77% |
| Clinton B. Fisk | John A. Brooks | Prohibition | 0 | 14,277 | 4.03% |
| Alson Streeter | Charles E. Cunningham | Union Labor | 0 | 8,552 | 2.41% |
| County | Benjamin Harrison Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Clinton Bowen Fisk Prohibition |
Alson Jenness Streeter Union Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,102 | 71.14% | 426 | 27.50% | 16 | 1.03% | 5 | 0.32% | 676 | 43.64% | 1,549 |
| Ashland | 2,868 | 55.61% | 2,233 | 43.30% | 56 | 1.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 635 | 12.31% | 5,157 |
| Barron | 1,800 | 60.52% | 885 | 29.76% | 283 | 9.52% | 6 | 0.20% | 915 | 30.77% | 2,974 |
| Bayfield | 1,205 | 62.11% | 708 | 36.49% | 27 | 1.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 497 | 25.62% | 1,940 |
| Brown | 2,655 | 41.24% | 3,554 | 55.20% | 133 | 2.07% | 96 | 1.49% | -899 | -13.96% | 6,438 |
| Buffalo | 1,754 | 55.26% | 1,331 | 41.93% | 88 | 2.77% | 1 | 0.03% | 423 | 13.33% | 3,174 |
| Burnett | 490 | 62.10% | 69 | 8.75% | 230 | 29.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 260[a] | 32.95% | 789 |
| Calumet | 952 | 30.47% | 1,984 | 63.51% | 46 | 1.47% | 142 | 4.55% | -1,032 | -33.03% | 3,124 |
| Chippewa | 2,685 | 49.05% | 2,506 | 45.78% | 283 | 5.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 3.27% | 5,474 |
| Clark | 2,260 | 60.70% | 1,297 | 34.84% | 144 | 3.87% | 22 | 0.59% | 963 | 25.87% | 3,723 |
| Columbia | 3,509 | 53.45% | 2,650 | 40.37% | 393 | 5.99% | 13 | 0.20% | 859 | 13.08% | 6,565 |
| Crawford | 1,799 | 51.89% | 1,564 | 45.11% | 62 | 1.79% | 42 | 1.21% | 235 | 6.78% | 3,467 |
| Dane | 6,827 | 47.60% | 6,426 | 44.81% | 1,082 | 7.54% | 6 | 0.04% | 401 | 2.80% | 14,341 |
| Dodge | 3,186 | 33.59% | 6,046 | 63.75% | 212 | 2.24% | 40 | 0.42% | -2,860 | -30.16% | 9,484 |
| Door | 1,688 | 61.09% | 1,018 | 36.84% | 55 | 1.99% | 2 | 0.07% | 670 | 24.25% | 2,763 |
| Douglas | 1,183 | 59.66% | 778 | 39.23% | 19 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.15% | 405 | 20.42% | 1,983 |
| Dunn | 2,531 | 63.74% | 1,299 | 32.71% | 50 | 1.26% | 91 | 2.29% | 1,232 | 31.02% | 3,971 |
| Eau Claire | 3,203 | 51.08% | 2,412 | 38.47% | 493 | 7.86% | 162 | 2.58% | 791 | 12.62% | 6,270 |
| Florence | 321 | 57.12% | 227 | 40.39% | 3 | 0.53% | 11 | 1.96% | 94 | 16.73% | 562 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,511 | 45.94% | 4,910 | 50.01% | 297 | 3.02% | 101 | 1.03% | -399 | -4.06% | 9,819 |
| Forest | 234 | 50.87% | 217 | 47.17% | 9 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 17 | 3.70% | 460 |
| Grant | 4,242 | 51.74% | 3,414 | 41.64% | 449 | 5.48% | 94 | 1.15% | 828 | 10.10% | 8,199 |
| Green | 2,659 | 49.11% | 2,098 | 38.75% | 440 | 8.13% | 217 | 4.01% | 561 | 10.36% | 5,414 |
| Green Lake | 1,702 | 52.42% | 1,415 | 43.58% | 125 | 3.85% | 5 | 0.15% | 287 | 8.84% | 3,247 |
| Iowa | 2,484 | 47.75% | 2,257 | 43.39% | 461 | 8.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 227 | 4.36% | 5,202 |
| Jackson | 2,090 | 62.74% | 986 | 29.60% | 255 | 7.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,104 | 33.14% | 3,331 |
| Jefferson | 2,994 | 39.96% | 4,282 | 57.15% | 204 | 2.72% | 13 | 0.17% | -1,288 | -17.19% | 7,493 |
| Juneau | 2,066 | 52.62% | 1,666 | 42.44% | 183 | 4.66% | 11 | 0.28% | 400 | 10.19% | 3,926 |
| Kenosha | 1,684 | 48.56% | 1,681 | 48.47% | 102 | 2.94% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,468 |
| Kewaunee | 849 | 29.01% | 2,077 | 70.96% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,228 | -41.95% | 2,927 |
| La Crosse | 4,128 | 48.25% | 3,901 | 45.59% | 394 | 4.60% | 133 | 1.55% | 227 | 2.65% | 8,556 |
| Lafayette | 2,564 | 50.16% | 2,275 | 44.50% | 268 | 5.24% | 5 | 0.10% | 289 | 5.65% | 5,112 |
| Langlade | 774 | 37.54% | 1,192 | 57.81% | 96 | 4.66% | 0 | 0.00% | -418 | -20.27% | 2,062 |
| Lincoln | 1,138 | 47.62% | 1,032 | 43.18% | 107 | 4.48% | 113 | 4.73% | 106 | 4.44% | 2,390 |
| Manitowoc | 2,703 | 38.25% | 4,218 | 59.69% | 19 | 0.27% | 127 | 1.80% | -1,515 | -21.44% | 7,067 |
| Marathon | 2,122 | 36.38% | 3,365 | 57.69% | 42 | 0.72% | 304 | 5.21% | -1,243 | -21.31% | 5,833 |
| Marinette | 1,775 | 45.59% | 1,767 | 45.39% | 224 | 5.75% | 127 | 3.26% | 8 | 0.21% | 3,893 |
| Marquette | 1,119 | 51.95% | 1,005 | 46.66% | 26 | 1.21% | 4 | 0.19% | 114 | 5.29% | 2,154 |
| Milwaukee | 21,394 | 49.15% | 17,302 | 39.75% | 339 | 0.78% | 4,494 | 10.32% | 4,092 | 9.40% | 43,529 |
| Monroe | 2,695 | 52.85% | 2,138 | 41.93% | 266 | 5.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 557 | 10.92% | 5,099 |
| Oconto | 1,315 | 52.45% | 1,148 | 45.79% | 37 | 1.48% | 7 | 0.28% | 167 | 6.66% | 2,507 |
| Oneida | 771 | 46.87% | 868 | 52.77% | 6 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -97 | -5.90% | 1,645 |
| Outagamie | 2,759 | 39.06% | 4,000 | 56.63% | 187 | 2.65% | 118 | 1.67% | -1,241 | -17.57% | 7,064 |
| Ozaukee | 750 | 26.17% | 2,026 | 70.69% | 4 | 0.14% | 86 | 3.00% | -1,276 | -44.52% | 2,866 |
| Pepin | 926 | 59.28% | 461 | 29.51% | 175 | 11.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 465 | 29.77% | 1,562 |
| Pierce | 2,477 | 58.65% | 1,158 | 27.42% | 542 | 12.83% | 46 | 1.09% | 1,319 | 31.23% | 4,223 |
| Polk | 1,703 | 63.88% | 631 | 23.67% | 332 | 12.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,072 | 40.21% | 2,666 |
| Portage | 2,603 | 50.90% | 2,322 | 45.40% | 167 | 3.27% | 22 | 0.43% | 281 | 5.49% | 5,114 |
| Price | 914 | 55.94% | 619 | 37.88% | 101 | 6.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 295 | 18.05% | 1,634 |
| Racine | 3,947 | 48.78% | 3,326 | 41.10% | 536 | 6.62% | 283 | 3.50% | 621 | 7.67% | 8,092 |
| Richland | 2,467 | 54.58% | 1,740 | 38.50% | 292 | 6.46% | 21 | 0.46% | 727 | 16.08% | 4,520 |
| Rock | 6,225 | 60.93% | 3,501 | 34.27% | 478 | 4.68% | 13 | 0.13% | 2,724 | 26.66% | 10,217 |
| Sauk | 3,410 | 51.45% | 2,648 | 39.95% | 538 | 8.12% | 32 | 0.48% | 762 | 11.50% | 6,628 |
| Sawyer | 542 | 51.42% | 511 | 48.48% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 31 | 2.94% | 1,054 |
| Shawano | 1,775 | 51.23% | 1,636 | 47.22% | 31 | 0.89% | 23 | 0.66% | 139 | 4.01% | 3,465 |
| Sheboygan | 3,729 | 43.51% | 4,320 | 50.40% | 73 | 0.85% | 449 | 5.24% | -591 | -6.90% | 8,571 |
| St. Croix | 2,759 | 50.47% | 2,130 | 38.96% | 529 | 9.68% | 49 | 0.90% | 629 | 11.51% | 5,467 |
| Taylor | 792 | 51.90% | 719 | 47.12% | 15 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 4.78% | 1,526 |
| Trempealeau | 2,261 | 55.58% | 1,571 | 38.62% | 236 | 5.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 690 | 16.96% | 4,068 |
| Vernon | 3,316 | 64.15% | 1,540 | 29.79% | 268 | 5.18% | 45 | 0.87% | 1,776 | 34.36% | 5,169 |
| Walworth | 4,473 | 62.50% | 2,028 | 28.34% | 563 | 7.87% | 93 | 1.30% | 2,445 | 34.16% | 7,157 |
| Washburn | 514 | 52.29% | 363 | 36.93% | 106 | 10.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 151 | 15.36% | 983 |
| Washington | 1,869 | 39.32% | 2,872 | 60.42% | 12 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,003 | -21.10% | 4,753 |
| Waukesha | 3,839 | 50.35% | 3,456 | 45.32% | 297 | 3.90% | 33 | 0.43% | 383 | 5.02% | 7,625 |
| Waupaca | 3,385 | 62.99% | 1,769 | 32.92% | 167 | 3.11% | 53 | 0.99% | 1,616 | 30.07% | 5,374 |
| Waushara | 2,245 | 72.42% | 663 | 21.39% | 159 | 5.13% | 33 | 1.06% | 1,582 | 51.03% | 3,100 |
| Winnebago | 4,938 | 46.44% | 4,611 | 43.36% | 402 | 3.78% | 682 | 6.41% | 327 | 3.08% | 10,633 |
| Wood | 1,904 | 47.58% | 1,984 | 49.58% | 41 | 1.02% | 73 | 1.82% | -80 | -2.00% | 4,002 |
| Totals | 176,553 | 49.79% | 155,232 | 43.77% | 14,277 | 4.03% | 8,552 | 2.41% | 21,321 | 6.01% | 354,614 |
