1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Flag of Arkansas.svg
  1884 November 6, 1888 1892  
  StephenGroverCleveland.png Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg AlsonStreeter.png
Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Alson Streeter
Party Democratic Republican Labor
Home state New York Indiana Illinois
Running mate Allen G. Thurman Levi P. Morton Charles E. Cunningham
Electoral vote700
Popular vote86,06259,75210,630
Percentage54.80%38.04%6.77%

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

Contents

Arkansas voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 16.76%.

Campaign

The Union Labor Party held its convention in Little Rock, on April 30, 1888. [1]

Arkansas had the third-highest percentage for Streeter. Charles Norwood, the Union Labor gubernatorial candidate, narrowly lost in the concurrent election while Lewis P. Featherstone was elected to the United States House of Representatives. [2] [3]

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas [4]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 86,06254.80%7100.00%
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 59,75238.04%00.00%
Labor Alson Streeter of Illinois Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas 10,6306.77%00.00%
Prohibition Clinton Fisk of New Jersey John A. Brooks of Missouri 6140.39%00.00%
Total157,058100.00%7100.00%

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    References

    1. Hild 2004, p. 32.
    2. Hild 2004, p. 35.
    3. Hild 2020, p. 61.
    4. "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

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