1888 United States presidential election in Iowa
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The 1888 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Iowa voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 7.85%.
Results
[edit]| 1888 United States presidential election in Iowa[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi Parsons Morton of New York | 211,603 | 52.36% | 13 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent) | Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio | 179,877 | 44.51% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Labor | Alson Streeter of Illinois | Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas | 9,105 | 2.25% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey | John Anderson Brooks of Missouri | 3,550 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 404,135 | 100.00% | 13 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
[edit]| County[2] | Benjamin Harrison Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Alson Jenness Streeter[3] Union Labor |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition |
Various candidates[3] Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,883 | 59.25% | 1,178 | 37.07% | 108 | 3.40% | 9 | 0.28% | 705 | 22.18% | 3,178 | ||
| Adams | 1,387 | 51.41% | 1,146 | 42.48% | 112 | 4.15% | 53 | 1.96% | 241 | 8.93% | 2,698 | ||
| Allamakee | 1,903 | 47.93% | 2,023 | 50.96% | 43 | 1.08% | 1 | 0.03% | -120 | -3.02% | 3,970 | ||
| Appanoose | 2,103 | 52.02% | 1,837 | 45.44% | 44 | 1.09% | 59 | 1.46% | 266 | 6.58% | 4,043 | ||
| Audubon | 1,366 | 51.35% | 1,210 | 45.49% | 67 | 2.52% | 17 | 0.64% | 156 | 5.86% | 2,660 | ||
| Benton | 2,768 | 50.46% | 2,646 | 48.24% | 39 | 0.71% | 32 | 0.58% | 122 | 2.22% | 5,485 | ||
| Black Hawk | 3,106 | 58.50% | 2,127 | 40.06% | 56 | 1.05% | 18 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.04% | 979 | 18.44% | 5,309 |
| Boone | 2,768 | 58.45% | 1,847 | 39.00% | 105 | 2.22% | 16 | 0.34% | 921 | 19.45% | 4,736 | ||
| Bremer | 1,613 | 47.43% | 1,728 | 50.81% | 39 | 1.15% | 21 | 0.62% | -115 | -3.38% | 3,401 | ||
| Buchanan | 2,343 | 54.37% | 1,880 | 43.63% | 52 | 1.21% | 34 | 0.79% | 463 | 10.74% | 4,309 | ||
| Buena Vista | 1,693 | 65.04% | 857 | 32.92% | 26 | 1.00% | 27 | 1.04% | 836 | 32.12% | 2,603 | ||
| Butler | 2,038 | 62.38% | 1,204 | 36.85% | 10 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.46% | 834 | 25.53% | 3,267 | ||
| Calhoun | 1,729 | 66.78% | 828 | 31.98% | 10 | 0.39% | 22 | 0.85% | 901 | 34.80% | 2,589 | ||
| Carroll | 1,593 | 42.79% | 2,052 | 55.12% | 64 | 1.72% | 14 | 0.38% | -459 | -12.33% | 3,723 | ||
| Cass | 2,372 | 53.88% | 1,722 | 39.12% | 221 | 5.02% | 15 | 0.34% | 72 | 1.64% | 650 | 14.77% | 4,402 |
| Cedar | 2,137 | 49.12% | 2,134 | 49.05% | 11 | 0.25% | 68 | 1.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 4,351 |
| Cerro Gordo | 1,866 | 63.30% | 1,004 | 34.06% | 7 | 0.24% | 71 | 2.41% | 862 | 29.24% | 2,948 | ||
| Cherokee | 1,960 | 60.14% | 1,162 | 35.66% | 75 | 2.30% | 62 | 1.90% | 798 | 24.49% | 3,259 | ||
| Chickasaw | 1,561 | 48.33% | 1,604 | 49.66% | 55 | 1.70% | 10 | 0.31% | -43 | -1.33% | 3,230 | ||
| Clarke | 1,395 | 56.14% | 910 | 36.62% | 157 | 6.32% | 23 | 0.93% | 485 | 19.52% | 2,485 | ||
| Clay | 1,438 | 73.07% | 494 | 25.10% | 2 | 0.10% | 34 | 1.73% | 944 | 47.97% | 1,968 | ||
| Clayton | 2,576 | 43.19% | 3,311 | 55.52% | 42 | 0.70% | 35 | 0.59% | -735 | -12.32% | 5,964 | ||
| Clinton | 3,599 | 40.80% | 5,106 | 57.89% | 58 | 0.66% | 31 | 0.35% | 26 | 0.29% | -1,507 | -17.09% | 8,820 |
| Crawford | 1,658 | 43.63% | 2,123 | 55.87% | 6 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.34% | -465 | -12.24% | 3,800 | ||
| Dallas | 2,538 | 57.12% | 1,579 | 35.54% | 249 | 5.60% | 77 | 1.73% | 959 | 21.58% | 4,443 | ||
| Davis | 1,428 | 41.56% | 1,626 | 47.32% | 334 | 9.72% | 48 | 1.40% | -198 | -5.76% | 3,436 | ||
| Decatur | 1,753 | 50.36% | 1,497 | 43.00% | 165 | 4.74% | 66 | 1.90% | 256 | 7.35% | 3,481 | ||
| Delaware | 2,247 | 58.08% | 1,570 | 40.58% | 14 | 0.36% | 36 | 0.93% | 2 | 0.05% | 677 | 17.50% | 3,869 |
| Des Moines | 3,368 | 43.65% | 4,291 | 55.61% | 23 | 0.30% | 34 | 0.44% | -923 | -11.96% | 7,716 | ||
| Dickinson | 672 | 74.17% | 225 | 24.83% | 1 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.88% | 447 | 49.34% | 906 | ||
| Dubuque | 3,060 | 31.09% | 5,948 | 60.43% | 385 | 3.91% | 58 | 0.59% | 392 | 3.98% | -2,888 | -29.34% | 9,843 |
| Emmet | 573 | 71.71% | 206 | 25.78% | 14 | 1.75% | 6 | 0.75% | 367 | 45.93% | 799 | ||
| Fayette | 2,781 | 52.38% | 2,182 | 41.10% | 287 | 5.41% | 59 | 1.11% | 599 | 11.28% | 5,309 | ||
| Floyd | 1,982 | 58.95% | 1,288 | 38.31% | 68 | 2.02% | 24 | 0.71% | 694 | 20.64% | 3,362 | ||
| Franklin | 1,609 | 65.19% | 848 | 34.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.45% | 761 | 30.83% | 2,468 | ||
| Fremont | 1,851 | 48.20% | 1,866 | 48.59% | 84 | 2.19% | 39 | 1.02% | -15 | -0.39% | 3,840 | ||
| Greene | 2,113 | 60.20% | 1,300 | 37.04% | 52 | 1.48% | 45 | 1.28% | 813 | 23.16% | 3,510 | ||
| Grundy | 1,372 | 54.12% | 1,132 | 44.65% | 4 | 0.16% | 27 | 1.07% | 240 | 9.47% | 2,535 | ||
| Guthrie | 2,218 | 58.34% | 1,405 | 36.95% | 147 | 3.87% | 32 | 0.84% | 813 | 21.38% | 3,802 | ||
| Hamilton | 1,778 | 63.34% | 1,007 | 35.87% | 17 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.18% | 771 | 27.47% | 2,807 | ||
| Hancock | 892 | 59.55% | 561 | 37.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.93% | 31 | 2.07% | 331 | 22.10% | 1,498 |
| Hardin | 2,522 | 65.12% | 1,287 | 33.23% | 18 | 0.46% | 46 | 1.19% | 1,235 | 31.89% | 3,873 | ||
| Harrison | 2,381 | 48.41% | 2,247 | 45.69% | 220 | 4.47% | 70 | 1.42% | 134 | 2.72% | 4,918 | ||
| Henry | 2,485 | 57.48% | 1,729 | 40.00% | 46 | 1.06% | 63 | 1.46% | 756 | 17.49% | 4,323 | ||
| Howard | 1,233 | 54.37% | 1,012 | 44.62% | 10 | 0.44% | 13 | 0.57% | 221 | 9.74% | 2,268 | ||
| Humboldt | 1,237 | 64.60% | 641 | 33.47% | 3 | 0.16% | 34 | 1.78% | 596 | 31.12% | 1,915 | ||
| Ida | 1,269 | 53.32% | 1,087 | 45.67% | 12 | 0.50% | 12 | 0.50% | 182 | 7.65% | 2,380 | ||
| Iowa | 1,664 | 44.86% | 1,978 | 53.33% | 50 | 1.35% | 17 | 0.46% | -314 | -8.47% | 3,709 | ||
| Jackson | 2,029 | 39.54% | 3,029 | 59.02% | 42 | 0.82% | 32 | 0.62% | -1,000 | -19.49% | 5,132 | ||
| Jasper | 3,137 | 53.16% | 2,341 | 39.67% | 354 | 6.00% | 69 | 1.17% | 796 | 13.49% | 5,901 | ||
| Jefferson | 2,046 | 54.97% | 1,588 | 42.67% | 29 | 0.78% | 59 | 1.59% | 458 | 12.31% | 3,722 | ||
| Johnson | 2,051 | 40.15% | 3,038 | 59.48% | 10 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.18% | -987 | -19.32% | 5,108 | ||
| Jones | 2,428 | 52.05% | 2,187 | 46.88% | 13 | 0.28% | 37 | 0.79% | 241 | 5.17% | 4,665 | ||
| Keokuk | 2,690 | 49.36% | 2,635 | 48.35% | 80 | 1.47% | 45 | 0.83% | 55 | 1.01% | 5,450 | ||
| Kossuth | 1,451 | 57.58% | 1,026 | 40.71% | 36 | 1.43% | 6 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.04% | 425 | 16.87% | 2,520 |
| Lee | 3,820 | 44.44% | 4,650 | 54.10% | 99 | 1.15% | 26 | 0.30% | -830 | -9.66% | 8,595 | ||
| Linn | 5,247 | 53.19% | 4,373 | 44.33% | 79 | 0.80% | 165 | 1.67% | 874 | 8.86% | 9,864 | ||
| Louisa | 1,836 | 62.26% | 1,012 | 34.32% | 68 | 2.31% | 33 | 1.12% | 824 | 27.94% | 2,949 | ||
| Lucas | 1,891 | 58.62% | 1,225 | 37.97% | 94 | 2.91% | 16 | 0.50% | 666 | 20.64% | 3,226 | ||
| Lyon | 952 | 58.26% | 676 | 41.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.37% | 276 | 16.89% | 1,634 | ||
| Madison | 1,870 | 51.77% | 1,346 | 37.26% | 373 | 10.33% | 23 | 0.64% | 524 | 14.51% | 3,612 | ||
| Mahaska | 3,700 | 55.17% | 2,703 | 40.30% | 208 | 3.10% | 96 | 1.43% | 997 | 14.87% | 6,707 | ||
| Marion | 2,374 | 47.30% | 2,322 | 46.26% | 295 | 5.88% | 28 | 0.56% | 52 | 1.04% | 5,019 | ||
| Marshall | 3,365 | 61.77% | 1,933 | 35.48% | 103 | 1.89% | 47 | 0.86% | 1,432 | 26.28% | 5,448 | ||
| Mills | 1,625 | 50.61% | 1,461 | 45.50% | 101 | 3.15% | 24 | 0.75% | 164 | 5.11% | 3,211 | ||
| Mitchell | 1,683 | 61.02% | 1,028 | 37.27% | 15 | 0.54% | 31 | 1.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 655 | 23.75% | 2,758 |
| Monona | 1,590 | 53.21% | 1,088 | 36.41% | 286 | 9.57% | 24 | 0.80% | 1,304 | 43.64% | 2,988 | ||
| Monroe | 1,442 | 50.21% | 1,233 | 42.93% | 175 | 6.09% | 16 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.21% | 209 | 7.28% | 2,872 |
| Montgomery | 2,260 | 63.84% | 1,228 | 34.69% | 24 | 0.68% | 28 | 0.79% | 1,032 | 29.15% | 3,540 | ||
| Muscatine | 2,654 | 48.27% | 2,767 | 50.33% | 54 | 0.98% | 21 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.04% | -113 | -2.06% | 5,498 |
| O'Brien | 1,671 | 60.17% | 1,085 | 39.07% | 2 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.54% | 586 | 21.10% | 2,777 |
| Osceola | 695 | 65.88% | 354 | 33.55% | 4 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.19% | 341 | 32.32% | 1,055 | ||
| Page | 2,571 | 58.14% | 1,468 | 33.20% | 183 | 4.14% | 200 | 4.52% | 1,103 | 24.94% | 4,422 | ||
| Palo Alto | 840 | 47.67% | 850 | 48.24% | 64 | 3.63% | 8 | 0.45% | -10 | -0.57% | 1,762 | ||
| Plymouth | 1,755 | 43.72% | 2,140 | 53.31% | 61 | 1.52% | 58 | 1.44% | -385 | -9.59% | 4,014 | ||
| Pocahontas | 999 | 55.72% | 746 | 41.61% | 1 | 0.06% | 40 | 2.23% | 7 | 0.39% | 253 | 14.11% | 1,793 |
| Polk | 7,049 | 57.48% | 4,966 | 40.50% | 142 | 1.16% | 106 | 0.86% | 2,083 | 16.99% | 12,263 | ||
| Pottawattamie | 4,591 | 47.81% | 4,881 | 50.83% | 90 | 0.94% | 41 | 0.43% | -290 | -3.02% | 9,603 | ||
| Poweshiek | 2,347 | 54.24% | 1,779 | 41.11% | 167 | 3.86% | 34 | 0.79% | 568 | 13.13% | 4,327 | ||
| Ringgold | 1,766 | 59.86% | 1,040 | 35.25% | 62 | 2.10% | 82 | 2.78% | 726 | 24.61% | 2,950 | ||
| Sac | 1,832 | 61.15% | 1,102 | 36.78% | 7 | 0.23% | 55 | 1.84% | 730 | 24.37% | 2,996 | ||
| Scott | 2,832 | 32.82% | 5,692 | 65.97% | 53 | 0.61% | 51 | 0.59% | -2,860 | -33.15% | 8,628 | ||
| Shelby | 1,714 | 47.17% | 1,762 | 48.49% | 150 | 4.13% | 8 | 0.22% | -48 | -1.32% | 3,634 | ||
| Sioux | 1,905 | 56.87% | 1,408 | 42.03% | 11 | 0.33% | 15 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.33% | 497 | 14.84% | 3,350 |
| Story | 2,420 | 67.13% | 1,050 | 29.13% | 98 | 2.72% | 37 | 1.03% | 1,370 | 38.00% | 3,605 | ||
| Tama | 2,305 | 48.77% | 2,294 | 48.54% | 98 | 2.07% | 29 | 0.61% | 11 | 0.23% | 4,726 | ||
| Taylor | 2,015 | 56.03% | 1,322 | 36.76% | 230 | 6.40% | 29 | 0.81% | 693 | 19.27% | 3,596 | ||
| Union | 1,833 | 49.13% | 1,414 | 37.90% | 460 | 12.33% | 24 | 0.64% | 419 | 11.23% | 3,731 | ||
| Van Buren | 2,028 | 52.04% | 1,775 | 45.55% | 20 | 0.51% | 72 | 1.85% | 2 | 0.05% | 253 | 6.49% | 3,897 |
| Wapello | 3,282 | 48.77% | 3,101 | 46.08% | 344 | 5.11% | 3 | 0.04% | 181 | 2.69% | 6,730 | ||
| Warren | 2,289 | 55.97% | 1,523 | 37.24% | 215 | 5.26% | 63 | 1.54% | 766 | 18.73% | 4,090 | ||
| Washington | 2,345 | 52.89% | 1,980 | 44.65% | 76 | 1.71% | 33 | 0.74% | 365 | 8.23% | 4,434 | ||
| Wayne | 1,781 | 51.76% | 1,570 | 45.63% | 61 | 1.77% | 29 | 0.84% | 211 | 6.13% | 3,441 | ||
| Webster | 2,353 | 53.36% | 1,809 | 41.02% | 239 | 5.42% | 9 | 0.20% | 544 | 12.34% | 4,410 | ||
| Winnebago | 894 | 78.77% | 218 | 19.21% | 3 | 0.26% | 20 | 1.76% | 676 | 59.56% | 1,135 | ||
| Winneshiek | 2,559 | 55.02% | 2,043 | 43.93% | 19 | 0.41% | 30 | 0.65% | 516 | 11.09% | 4,651 | ||
| Woodbury | 4,169 | 52.87% | 3,588 | 45.50% | 87 | 1.10% | 42 | 0.53% | 581 | 7.37% | 7,886 | ||
| Worth | 1,063 | 65.06% | 542 | 33.17% | 7 | 0.43% | 22 | 1.35% | 521 | 31.88% | 1,634 | ||
| Wright | 1,677 | 66.34% | 831 | 32.87% | 1 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.75% | 846 | 33.47% | 2,528 | ||
| Totals | 211,602 | 52.29% | 179,867 | 44.45% | 9,105 | 2.25% | 3,550 | 0.88% | 571 | 0.14% | 31,735 | 7.84% | 404,695 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1888 (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b c Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton B. Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)
