| Elections in Michigan |
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The 1888 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Michigan voted for Republican nominees Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and his running mate Levi P. Morton of New York over Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland.
Results
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Joseph W. French | 236,387 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Junius E. Beal | 236,386 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Isaac Cappon | 236,385 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Perry Hannah | 236,383 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Harry P. Merrill | 236,383 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Edward Burk | 236,382 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Elliot F. Grabilt | 236,381 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Don J. Leathers | 236,380 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | John S. Thompson | 236,380 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Richard Kingman | 236,378 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | James M. Turner | 236,373 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Wellington W. Cummer | 236,372 | |
| Republican Party | Benjamin Harrison | Russell A. Alger | 236,370 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Charles H. Dewey | 213,469 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | S. Dow Elwood | 213,469 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Thomas M. Crocker | 213,466 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Alva W. Nichols | 213,466 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | William Killefer | 213,462 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | William D. Thompson | 213,460 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Joseph M. Sterling | 213,459 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Josiah W. Begole | 213,453 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | William McArthur | 213,453 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John C. Blanchard | 213,450 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | George Goodsell | 213,450 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | William J. Ryan | 213,404 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Rokus Kanters | 213,307 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Jacob Sagendorph | 20,945 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Russell D. May | 20,943 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | John M. Gordon | 20,942 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Carlton H. Mills | 20,942 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Arthur D. Power | 20,942 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | John F. A. Raider | 20,942 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Wilson C. Edsell | 20,941 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Silas H. Lane | 20,941 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Noah W. Cheever | 20,934 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Charles Mosher | 20,934 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Salmon Steele | 20,927 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | Thomas Merrill | 20,904 | |
| Prohibition Party | Clinton B. Fisk | David A. Graham | 20,794 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | William T. Aniba | 4,555 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | John Heffron | 4,555 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | Alonzo B. Allen | 4,543 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | David Geddes | 4,542 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | Valentine A. Saph | 4,542 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | Arthur H. Wells | 4,542 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | James E. G. Allen | 4,541 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | Charles Southland | 4,540 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | George Drury | 4,539 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | John M. DeWitt | 4,514 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | Samuel Edison | 4,437 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | Jeremiah Lamoreaux | 4,348 | |
| Union Labor Party | Alson Streeter | William Hull | 4,331 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 475,356 | |||
Results by county
| County[1][2] | Benjamin Harrison Republican |
Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Clinton B. Fisk Prohibition |
Alson Streeter Union Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast[a] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 645 | 55.60% | 502 | 43.28% | 7 | 0.60% | 6 | 0.52% | 143 | 12.33% | 1,160 |
| Alger | 284 | 62.28% | 162 | 35.53% | 10 | 2.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 26.75% | 456 |
| Allegan | 5,078 | 52.01% | 3,829 | 39.22% | 721 | 7.39% | 135 | 1.38% | 1,249 | 12.79% | 9,763 |
| Alpena | 1,486 | 47.14% | 1,504 | 47.72% | 118 | 3.74% | 44 | 1.40% | -18 | -0.57% | 3,152 |
| Antrim | 1,305 | 56.74% | 881 | 38.30% | 114 | 4.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 424 | 18.43% | 2,300 |
| Arenac | 357 | 31.85% | 261 | 23.28% | 41 | 3.66% | 462 | 41.21% | -105[b] | -9.37% | 1,121 |
| Baraga | 389 | 48.69% | 406 | 50.81% | 4 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -17 | -2.13% | 799 |
| Barry | 3,212 | 49.83% | 2,676 | 41.51% | 391 | 6.07% | 167 | 2.59% | 536 | 8.32% | 6,446 |
| Bay | 4,378 | 43.73% | 5,386 | 53.80% | 121 | 1.21% | 127 | 1.27% | -1,008 | -10.07% | 10,012 |
| Benzie | 710 | 57.58% | 412 | 33.41% | 94 | 7.62% | 17 | 1.38% | 298 | 24.17% | 1,233 |
| Berrien | 5,128 | 49.72% | 4,689 | 45.46% | 468 | 4.54% | 29 | 0.28% | 439 | 4.26% | 10,314 |
| Branch | 4,098 | 55.36% | 2,739 | 37.00% | 503 | 6.79% | 63 | 0.85% | 1,359 | 18.36% | 7,403 |
| Calhoun | 5,732 | 52.77% | 4,358 | 40.12% | 613 | 5.64% | 159 | 1.46% | 1,374 | 12.65% | 10,862 |
| Cass | 2,929 | 50.62% | 2,564 | 44.31% | 282 | 4.87% | 11 | 0.19% | 365 | 6.31% | 5,786 |
| Charlevoix | 1,270 | 56.70% | 874 | 39.02% | 95 | 4.24% | 1 | 0.04% | 396 | 17.68% | 2,240 |
| Cheboygan | 1,110 | 45.66% | 1,237 | 50.88% | 76 | 3.13% | 8 | 0.33% | -127 | -5.22% | 2,431 |
| Chippewa | 1,055 | 51.56% | 909 | 44.43% | 82 | 4.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 7.14% | 2,046 |
| Clare | 905 | 47.99% | 912 | 48.36% | 57 | 3.02% | 12 | 0.64% | -7 | -0.37% | 1,886 |
| Clinton | 3,493 | 48.65% | 3,248 | 45.24% | 348 | 4.85% | 91 | 1.27% | 245 | 3.41% | 7,180 |
| Crawford | 436 | 47.14% | 479 | 51.78% | 9 | 0.97% | 1 | 0.11% | -43 | -4.65% | 925 |
| Delta | 1,587 | 54.16% | 1,332 | 45.46% | 11 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 8.70% | 2,930 |
| Eaton | 4,624 | 52.11% | 3,266 | 36.81% | 607 | 6.84% | 376 | 4.24% | 1,358 | 15.30% | 8,873 |
| Emmet | 946 | 44.88% | 1,056 | 50.09% | 106 | 5.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -110 | -5.22% | 2,108 |
| Genesee | 5,404 | 53.17% | 3,904 | 38.41% | 836 | 8.23% | 20 | 0.20% | 1,500 | 14.76% | 10,164 |
| Gladwin | 525 | 58.79% | 357 | 39.98% | 9 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.22% | 168 | 18.81% | 893 |
| Gogebic | 1,367 | 54.35% | 1,112 | 44.21% | 36 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 10.14% | 2,515 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,859 | 63.10% | 925 | 31.40% | 154 | 5.23% | 8 | 0.27% | 934 | 31.70% | 2,946 |
| Gratiot | 3,667 | 52.35% | 2,854 | 40.74% | 416 | 5.94% | 68 | 0.97% | 813 | 11.61% | 7,005 |
| Hillsdale | 4,959 | 57.00% | 3,035 | 34.89% | 566 | 6.51% | 140 | 1.61% | 1,924 | 22.11% | 8,700 |
| Houghton | 3,012 | 51.12% | 2,696 | 45.76% | 184 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 316 | 5.36% | 5,892 |
| Huron | 1,608 | 34.51% | 1,988 | 42.67% | 206 | 4.42% | 857 | 18.39% | -380 | -8.16% | 4,659 |
| Ingham | 4,547 | 45.71% | 4,782 | 48.07% | 507 | 5.10% | 112 | 1.13% | -235 | -2.36% | 9,948 |
| Ionia | 4,436 | 50.95% | 3,779 | 43.41% | 482 | 5.54% | 9 | 0.10% | 657 | 7.55% | 8,706 |
| Iosco | 1,505 | 45.45% | 1,639 | 49.50% | 114 | 3.44% | 53 | 1.60% | -134 | -4.05% | 3,311 |
| Iron | 598 | 53.39% | 520 | 46.43% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 6.96% | 1,120 |
| Isabella | 2,154 | 51.46% | 1,841 | 43.98% | 175 | 4.18% | 16 | 0.38% | 313 | 7.48% | 4,186 |
| Jackson | 5,646 | 48.82% | 5,170 | 44.70% | 586 | 5.07% | 164 | 1.42% | 476 | 4.12% | 11,566 |
| Kalamazoo | 5,437 | 54.66% | 3,950 | 39.71% | 522 | 5.25% | 38 | 0.38% | 1,487 | 14.95% | 9,947 |
| Kalkaska | 798 | 62.34% | 400 | 31.25% | 77 | 6.02% | 5 | 0.39% | 398 | 31.09% | 1,280 |
| Kent | 12,811 | 49.41% | 11,864 | 45.76% | 1,252 | 4.83% | 2 | 0.01% | 947 | 3.65% | 25,929 |
| Keweenaw | 411 | 68.50% | 185 | 30.83% | 4 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 37.67% | 600 |
| Lake | 1,061 | 54.24% | 807 | 41.26% | 86 | 4.40% | 2 | 0.10% | 254 | 12.99% | 1,956 |
| Lapeer | 3,662 | 53.36% | 2,914 | 42.46% | 262 | 3.82% | 25 | 0.36% | 748 | 10.90% | 6,863 |
| Leelanau | 899 | 55.49% | 673 | 41.54% | 48 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 13.95% | 1,620 |
| Lenawee | 6,475 | 49.49% | 5,671 | 43.35% | 916 | 7.00% | 21 | 0.16% | 804 | 6.15% | 13,083 |
| Livingston | 2,706 | 44.99% | 2,842 | 47.25% | 348 | 5.79% | 119 | 1.98% | -136 | -2.26% | 6,015 |
| Luce | 212 | 53.54% | 172 | 43.43% | 12 | 3.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 40 | 10.10% | 396 |
| Mackinac | 625 | 40.24% | 913 | 58.79% | 15 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | -288 | -18.54% | 1,553 |
| Macomb | 3,245 | 45.24% | 3,708 | 51.69% | 217 | 3.03% | 3 | 0.04% | -463 | -6.45% | 7,173 |
| Manistee | 1,668 | 39.23% | 2,328 | 54.75% | 212 | 4.99% | 44 | 1.03% | -660 | -15.52% | 4,252 |
| Manitou | 3 | 2.08% | 141 | 97.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -138 | -95.83% | 144 |
| Marquette | 4,512 | 65.76% | 2,105 | 30.68% | 244 | 3.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,407 | 35.08% | 6,861 |
| Mason | 1,697 | 50.79% | 1,573 | 47.08% | 67 | 2.01% | 4 | 0.12% | 124 | 3.71% | 3,341 |
| Mecosta | 2,604 | 54.94% | 1,793 | 37.83% | 333 | 7.03% | 10 | 0.21% | 811 | 17.11% | 4,740 |
| Menominee | 3,156 | 57.09% | 2,228 | 40.30% | 96 | 1.74% | 48 | 0.87% | 928 | 16.79% | 5,528 |
| Midland | 1,336 | 49.59% | 1,148 | 42.61% | 127 | 4.71% | 83 | 3.08% | 188 | 6.98% | 2,694 |
| Missaukee | 632 | 50.44% | 572 | 45.65% | 47 | 3.75% | 2 | 0.16% | 60 | 4.79% | 1,253 |
| Monroe | 3,430 | 45.33% | 3,940 | 52.07% | 182 | 2.41% | 15 | 0.20% | -510 | -6.74% | 7,567 |
| Montcalm | 4,480 | 53.38% | 3,495 | 41.64% | 372 | 4.43% | 46 | 0.55% | 985 | 11.74% | 8,393 |
| Montmorency | 235 | 48.86% | 237 | 49.27% | 9 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -2 | -0.42% | 481 |
| Muskegon | 4,521 | 52.44% | 3,514 | 40.76% | 396 | 4.59% | 191 | 2.22% | 1,007 | 11.68% | 8,622 |
| Newaygo | 2,448 | 51.85% | 1,932 | 40.92% | 241 | 5.10% | 100 | 2.12% | 516 | 10.93% | 4,721 |
| Oakland | 5,389 | 47.31% | 5,410 | 47.50% | 589 | 5.17% | 2 | 0.02% | -21 | -0.18% | 11,390 |
| Oceana | 1,726 | 47.82% | 1,426 | 39.51% | 434 | 12.03% | 23 | 0.64% | 300 | 8.31% | 3,609 |
| Ogemaw | 620 | 48.44% | 579 | 45.23% | 32 | 2.50% | 49 | 3.83% | 41 | 3.20% | 1,280 |
| Ontonagon | 308 | 36.15% | 542 | 63.62% | 2 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -234 | -27.46% | 852 |
| Osceola | 1,882 | 57.01% | 1,090 | 33.02% | 320 | 9.69% | 9 | 0.27% | 792 | 23.99% | 3,301 |
| Oscoda | 277 | 47.19% | 299 | 50.94% | 11 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -22 | -3.75% | 587 |
| Otsego | 573 | 52.81% | 434 | 40.00% | 64 | 5.90% | 14 | 1.29% | 139 | 12.81% | 1,085 |
| Ottawa | 4,302 | 55.03% | 3,191 | 40.82% | 268 | 3.43% | 57 | 0.73% | 1,111 | 14.21% | 7,818 |
| Presque Isle | 408 | 45.18% | 484 | 53.60% | 11 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -76 | -8.42% | 903 |
| Roscommon | 360 | 50.00% | 358 | 49.72% | 1 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.28% | 720 |
| Saginaw | 6,723 | 41.95% | 8,923 | 55.68% | 325 | 2.03% | 54 | 0.34% | -2,200 | -13.73% | 16,025 |
| Sanilac | 2,940 | 51.66% | 2,434 | 42.77% | 245 | 4.31% | 72 | 1.27% | 506 | 8.89% | 5,691 |
| Schoolcraft | 590 | 47.81% | 589 | 47.73% | 55 | 4.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,234 |
| Shiawassee | 4,007 | 51.91% | 3,187 | 41.29% | 513 | 6.65% | 12 | 0.16% | 820 | 10.62% | 7,719 |
| St. Clair | 5,419 | 49.04% | 5,286 | 47.83% | 326 | 2.95% | 20 | 0.18% | 133 | 1.20% | 11,051 |
| St. Joseph | 3,372 | 48.36% | 3,217 | 46.14% | 180 | 2.58% | 203 | 2.91% | 155 | 2.22% | 6,972 |
| Tuscola | 3,888 | 52.78% | 3,112 | 42.24% | 295 | 4.00% | 72 | 0.98% | 776 | 10.53% | 7,367 |
| Van Buren | 4,783 | 58.05% | 2,986 | 36.24% | 458 | 5.56% | 13 | 0.16% | 1,797 | 21.81% | 8,240 |
| Washtenaw | 4,549 | 42.96% | 5,482 | 51.78% | 543 | 5.13% | 14 | 0.13% | -933 | -8.81% | 10,588 |
| Wayne | 21,326 | 44.23% | 25,986 | 53.90% | 877 | 1.82% | 23 | 0.05% | -4,660 | -9.67% | 48,212 |
| Wexford | 1,437 | 53.96% | 1,065 | 39.99% | 160 | 6.01% | 1 | 0.04% | 372 | 13.97% | 2,663 |
| Totals | 236,387 | 49.73% | 213,469 | 44.91% | 20,945 | 4.41% | 4,555 | 0.96% | 22,918 | 4.82% | 475,356 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Union Labor
See also
Notes
References
- 1 2 "Presidential Electors". The State Republican. Vol. 34, no. 3390. Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey. December 3, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
- ↑ Osmun, Gilbert R. (1889). Official Directory and Legislative Manual of the State of Michigan for the Years 1889-1890. Lansing: Darius D. Thorp, State Printer and Binder. pp. 372–374. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
