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1888 United States presidential election in California

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Field	Value
election_name	1888 United States presidential election in California
country	California
flag_year	1846
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1884 United States presidential election in California
previous_year	1884
next_election	1892 United States presidential election in California
next_year	1892
election_date	November 6, 1888
image_size	x200px
image1	Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg
nominee1	Benjamin Harrison
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Indiana
running_mate1	Levi P. Morton
electoral_vote1	8
popular_vote1	124,816
percentage1	49.66%
image2	StephenGroverCleveland.jpg
nominee2	Grover Cleveland
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	New York
running_mate2	Allen G. Thurman
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	117,729
percentage2	46.84%
map_image	California Presidential Election Results 1888.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	Grover Cleveland
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Benjamin Harrison
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 1888 United States presidential election

Harrison Cleveland Tie

The 1888 United States presidential election in California was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. As was standard practice at the time, voters chose the electors directly on a general ticket.

California narrowly voted for the Republican challenger, former Indiana Senator Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic incumbent, Grover Cleveland.

Results

Party	Elector	Votes	Votes cast	251,339
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	George A. Knight	124,816
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Henry M. Streeter	124,809
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Lansing B. Mizner	124,802
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Thomas L. Carothers	124,789
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	Samuel M. Shortridge	124,781
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	W. H. L. Barnes	124,754
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	John F. Swift	124,754
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Benjamin Harrison	George W. Schell	124,751
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	A. Caminetti	117,729
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	C. P. Berry	117,698
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Frederick Berringer	117,697
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	B. D. Murphy	117,676
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Byron Water	117,675
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	N. Bowden	117,640
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	P. J. Murphy	117,634
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Charles A. Jenkins	117,626
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	Clinton B. Fisk	John Bidwell	5,761
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	Clinton B. Fisk	R. H. McDonald	5,760
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	Clinton B. Fisk	J. F. Wilson	5,748
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	Clinton B. Fisk	C. W. Pedlar	5,746
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	Clinton B. Fisk	W. H. Briggs	5,745
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	Clinton B. Fisk	H. H. Luse	5,744
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	Clinton B. Fisk	A. J. Gregg	5,737
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	Clinton B. Fisk	A. D. Boren	5,736
American Party}}"	American Party	James Curtis	F. M. Pixley	1,591
American Party}}"	American Party	James Curtis	Louis A. Garrett	1,555
American Party}}"	American Party	James Curtis	Alexander Duncan	1,535
American Party}}"	American Party	James Curtis	Daniel Inmann	1,545
American Party}}"	American Party	James Curtis	D. Lambert	1,544
American Party}}"	American Party	James Curtis	N. M. Orr	1,539
American Party}}"	American Party	James Curtis	J. D. Lyons	1,340
Independent}}"	Write-in		Alfred Dagget	801
American Party}}"	American Party	James Curtis	C. N. Wilson	696
Independent}}"	Write-in		P. D. Wigginton	161
Independent}}"	Write-in		Scattering	480

Results by county

County	Benjamin Harrison
Republican	Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic	Clinton Bowen Fisk
Prohibition	James Curtis
American	Scattering
Write-in	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	124,816	49.66%	117,729	46.84%	5,761	2.29%	1,591	0.63%	1,442	0.57%	7,087	2.82%	251,339
Alameda	8,840	57.18%	5,693	36.82%	359	2.32%	300	1.94%	269	1.74%	3,147	20.35%	15,461
Alpine	53	66.25%	27	33.75%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	26	32.50%	80
Amador	1,373	47.48%	1,429	49.41%	79	2.73%	11	0.38%	0	0.00%	-56	-1.94%	2,892
Butte	2,191	48.25%	2,215	48.78%	127	2.80%	4	0.09%	4	0.09%	-24	-0.53%	4,541
Calaveras	1,441	52.17%	1,305	47.25%	12	0.43%	2	0.07%	2	0.07%	136	4.92%	2,762
Colusa	1,116	35.14%	2,010	63.29%	41	1.29%	9	0.28%	0	0.00%	-894	-28.15%	3,176
Contra Costa	1,518	55.04%	1,177	42.68%	53	1.92%	10	0.36%	0	0.00%	341	12.36%	2,758
Del Norte	244	42.29%	294	50.95%	14	2.43%	24	4.16%	1	0.17%	-50	-8.67%	577
El Dorado	1,350	47.02%	1,456	50.71%	61	2.12%	1	0.03%	3	0.10%	-106	-3.69%	2,871
Fresno	2,461	44.81%	2,822	51.38%	173	3.15%	18	0.33%	18	0.33%	-361	-6.57%	5,492
Humboldt	2,772	55.93%	2,014	40.64%	75	1.51%	53	1.07%	42	0.85%	758	15.29%	4,956
Inyo	437	58.66%	273	36.64%	13	1.74%	21	2.82%	1	0.13%	164	22.01%	745
Kern	910	41.46%	1,229	55.99%	24	1.09%	32	1.46%	0	0.00%	-319	-14.53%	2,195
Lake	731	44.87%	867	53.22%	27	1.66%	3	0.18%	1	0.06%	-136	-8.35%	1,629
Lassen	488	46.79%	535	51.29%	16	1.53%	2	0.19%	2	0.19%	-47	-4.51%	1,043
Los Angeles	13,805	54.64%	10,110	40.02%	1,266	5.01%	83	0.33%	0	0.00%	3,695	14.63%	25,264
Marin	936	52.76%	802	45.21%	16	0.90%	17	0.96%	3	0.17%	134	7.55%	1,774
Mariposa	526	43.54%	664	54.97%	1	0.08%	3	0.25%	14	1.16%	-138	-11.42%	1,208
Mendocino	1,711	44.78%	2,006	52.50%	90	2.36%	14	0.37%	0	0.00%	-295	-7.72%	3,821
Merced	773	43.04%	972	54.12%	19	1.06%	32	1.78%	0	0.00%	-199	-11.08%	1,796
Modoc	552	43.19%	679	53.13%	46	3.60%	1	0.08%	0	0.00%	-127	-9.94%	1,278
Mono	347	59.72%	215	37.01%	9	1.55%	10	1.72%	0	0.00%	132	22.72%	581
Monterey	1,875	48.55%	1,866	48.32%	113	2.93%	8	0.21%	0	0.00%	9	0.23%	3,862
Napa	1,763	53.20%	1,496	45.14%	42	1.27%	13	0.39%	0	0.00%	267	8.06%	3,314
Nevada	2,167	51.69%	1,923	45.87%	95	2.27%	7	0.17%	0	0.00%	244	5.82%	4,192
Placer	1,761	52.35%	1,547	45.99%	50	1.49%	6	0.18%	0	0.00%	214	6.36%	3,364
Plumas	648	52.55%	570	46.23%	9	0.73%	3	0.24%	3	0.24%	78	6.33%	1,233
Sacramento	4,769	56.37%	3,447	40.74%	108	1.28%	76	0.90%	60	0.71%	1,322	15.63%	8,460
San Benito	664	42.76%	797	51.32%	90	5.80%	2	0.13%	0	0.00%	-133	-8.56%	1,553
San Bernardino	3,059	53.50%	2,388	41.76%	263	4.60%	8	0.14%	0	0.00%	671	11.73%	5,718
San Diego	4,661	56.88%	3,189	38.92%	322	3.93%	11	0.13%	11	0.13%	1,472	17.96%	8,194
San Francisco	25,708	46.14%	28,699	51.51%	0	0.00%	437	0.78%	873	1.57%	-2,991	-5.37%	55,717
San Joaquin	2,829	47.30%	2,822	47.18%	286	4.78%	44	0.74%	0	0.00%	7	0.12%	5,981
San Luis Obispo	1,689	49.68%	1,585	46.62%	121	3.56%	5	0.15%	0	0.00%	104	3.06%	3,400
San Mateo	1,121	52.95%	980	46.29%	14	0.66%	1	0.05%	1	0.05%	141	6.66%	2,117
Santa Barbara	1,684	49.20%	1,565	45.72%	161	4.70%	8	0.23%	5	0.15%	119	3.48%	3,423
Santa Clara	4,457	49.94%	3,972	44.51%	402	4.50%	93	1.04%	0	0.00%	485	5.43%	8,924
Santa Cruz	1,996	50.66%	1,750	44.42%	193	4.90%	1	0.03%	0	0.00%	246	6.24%	3,940
Shasta	1,490	50.70%	1,394	47.43%	51	1.74%	2	0.07%	2	0.07%	96	3.27%	2,939
Sierra	1,004	59.23%	689	40.65%	0	0.00%	2	0.12%	0	0.00%	315	18.58%	1,695
Siskiyou	1,361	47.84%	1,459	51.28%	20	0.70%	5	0.18%	0	0.00%	-98	-3.44%	2,845
Solano	2,231	49.67%	2,158	48.04%	94	2.09%	9	0.20%	0	0.00%	73	1.63%	4,492
Sonoma	3,293	46.97%	3,394	48.41%	154	2.20%	93	1.33%	77	1.10%	-101	-1.44%	7,011
Stanislaus	903	39.02%	1,315	56.83%	91	3.93%	5	0.22%	0	0.00%	-412	-17.80%	2,314
Sutter	722	48.95%	698	47.32%	53	3.59%	1	0.07%	1	0.07%	24	1.63%	1,475
Tehama	1,181	47.09%	1,290	51.44%	34	1.36%	2	0.08%	1	0.04%	-109	-4.35%	2,508
Trinity	489	49.64%	490	49.75%	2	0.20%	4	0.41%	0	0.00%	-1	-0.10%	985
Tulare	2,275	43.82%	2,637	50.79%	244	4.70%	36	0.69%	0	0.00%	-362	-6.97%	5,192
Tuolumne	854	41.16%	1,159	55.86%	55	2.65%	7	0.34%	0	0.00%	-305	-14.70%	2,075
Ventura	1,107	53.84%	906	44.07%	41	1.99%	2	0.10%	0	0.00%	201	9.78%	2,056
Yolo	1,350	44.66%	1,580	52.27%	91	3.01%	2	0.07%	0	0.00%	-230	-7.61%	3,023
Yuba	1,130	46.37%	1,170	48.01%	41	1.68%	48	1.97%	48	1.97%	-40	-1.64%	2,437

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Butte
Del Norte
San Francisco
Sonoma
Trinity
Tuolumne
Yuba

Notes

References

Original Manuscript Returns, California State Archives

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