1888 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1888 United States presidential election in Maryland
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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 vote80
Popular vote106,18899,986
Percentage50.34%47.40%
Maryland Presidential Election Results 1888.svg
County Results
President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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

Contents

Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a narrow margin of 2.94%. Despite the narrow margin, Maryland was still 2.11% more Democratic than the nation at large. [1]

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Maryland [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 106,18850.34%8100.00%
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 99,98647.40%00.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 4,7672.26%00.00%
Total210,941100.00%8100.00%

Results by county

CountyGrover Cleveland

Democratic

Benjamin Harrison

Republican

Clinton Bowen Fisk

Prohibition

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast [3]

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 3,29943.76%4,07254.02%1672.22%-773-10.26%7,538
Anne Arundel 2,97948.96%2,99249.17%1141.87%-13-0.21%6,085
Baltimore (City) 44,60452.22%39,55946.31%1,2521.47%5,0455.91%85,415
Baltimore (County) 6,46453.28%5,22443.06%4433.65%124010.22%12,131
Calvert 93343.42%1,16354.12%532.47%-230-10.70%2,149
Caroline 1,42046.97%1,49049.29%1133.74%-70-2.32%3,023
Carroll 3,77249.53%3,67448.24%1702.23%981.29%7,616
Cecil 2,97050.01%2,87948.48%902.23%911.53%5,939
Charles 1,43049.77%1,43149.81%121.52%-1-0.04%2,873
Dorchester 2,11443.58%2,60253.64%1352.78%-488-10.06%4,851
Frederick 5,38547.07%5,82250.89%2332.04%-437-3.82%11,440
Garrett 1,23944.38%1,53354.91%200.72%-294-10.53%2,792
Harford 3,40853.14%2,83044.13%1752.73%5789.01%6,413
Howard 1,77452.80%1,52145.27%651.93%2537.53%3,360
Kent 2,06249.24%2,03748.64%892.13%250.60%4,188
Montgomery 3,27253.41%2,71244.27%1422.32%5609.14%6,126
Prince George's 3,08150.33%3,01949.32%210.34%621.01%6,121
Queen Anne's 2,28654.47%1,73841.41%1734.12%54813.06%4,197
St. Mary's 1,55146.20%1,77252.79%1731.01%-221-6.59%3,357
Somerset 1,62539.92%2,07250.90%3749.19%-447-10.98%4,071
Talbot 2,12047.01%2,28250.60%1082.39%-162-3.59%4,510
Washington 4,25446.71%4,64851.04%2052.25%-394-4.33%9,107
Wicomico 2,21056.86%1,44137.07%2366.07%76919.79%3,887
Worcester 1,91651.34%1,47339.47%3439.19%44311.87%3,732
Total106,18850.34%99,98647.40%4,7672.26%6,2022.94%210,941

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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