United States presidential election in Kansas, 1888

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United States presidential election in Kansas, 1888

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Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Alson Streeter
Party Republican Democratic Labor
Home state Indiana New York Illinois
Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman Charles E. Cunningham
Electoral vote 9 0 0
Popular vote 182,904 102,745 37,788
Percentage 55.23% 31.03% 11.41%

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1888 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 18.14 percent.

With 55.23% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Harrison's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nevada and Maine[1].

Results

United States presidential election in Kansas, 1888[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Benjamin Harrison of Indiana Levi Parsons Morton of New York 182,904 55.23% 9 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio 102,745 31.03% 0 0.00%
style="background-color: Template:Labor Party (United States, 19th century)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | Labor Alson Streeter of Illinois Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas 37,788 11.41% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey John Anderson Brooks of Missouri 6,779 2.05% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 933 0.28% 0 0.00%
Total 331,149 100.00% 9 100.00%

References

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