The 1888 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the concurrent Presidential election in which all thirty-eight contemporary states participated. Alabama voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.
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 County results
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Alabama was won easily by the Democratic nominee, former President and Governor of New York Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, former Indiana Senator Benjamin Harrison. Increasing intimidation of African Americans who attempted to vote[1] meant that Cleveland increased his margin of 22% in 1884 to 34.51%. Increasingly blatant electoral fraud in the region against the Republican Party – associated at this state with the memories of Reconstruction – meant that Cleveland carried every Black Belt county,[2] and lost only five counties in North Alabama that were unfavourable to his Bourbon Democrat policies and image.
Results
edit| 1888 United States presidential election in Alabama[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | 117,314 | 67.00% | 10 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 57,177 | 32.66% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Clinton B. Fisk | 594 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| Totals | 175,085 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Grover Cleveland[4] Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison[4] Republican |
Clinton B. Fisk[5] Prohibition |
Various candidates[5] Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 893 | 63.24% | 519 | 36.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 374 | 26.49% | 1,412 | ||
| Baldwin | 724 | 56.96% | 547 | 43.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 177 | 13.93% | 1,271 | ||
| Barbour | 3,530 | 88.65% | 452 | 11.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,078 | 77.30% | 3,982 | ||
| Bibb | 960 | 59.04% | 657 | 40.41% | 9 | 0.55% | 303 | 18.63% | 1,626 | ||
| Blount | 1,873 | 83.06% | 375 | 16.63% | 7 | 0.31% | 1,498 | 66.43% | 2,255 | ||
| Bullock | 716 | 60.63% | 465 | 39.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 251 | 21.25% | 1,181 | ||
| Butler | 1,905 | 58.13% | 1,347 | 41.10% | 25 | 0.76% | 558 | 17.03% | 3,277 | ||
| Calhoun | 2,680 | 73.87% | 938 | 25.85% | 10 | 0.28% | 1,742 | 48.02% | 3,628 | ||
| Chambers | 2,115 | 57.04% | 1,593 | 42.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 522 | 14.08% | 3,708 | ||
| Cherokee | 1,686 | 82.65% | 333 | 16.32% | 19 | 0.93% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,353 | 66.32% | 2,040 |
| Chilton | 1,101 | 71.59% | 437 | 28.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 664 | 43.17% | 1,538 | ||
| Choctaw | 1,389 | 68.83% | 629 | 31.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 760 | 37.66% | 2,018 | ||
| Clarke | 1,566 | 55.91% | 1,235 | 44.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 331 | 11.82% | 2,801 | ||
| Clay | 1,278 | 77.08% | 376 | 22.68% | 4 | 0.24% | 902 | 54.40% | 1,658 | ||
| Cleburne | 940 | 77.24% | 276 | 22.68% | 1 | 0.08% | 664 | 54.56% | 1,217 | ||
| Coffee | 1,124 | 99.38% | 7 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,117 | 98.76% | 1,131 | ||
| Colbert | 1,274 | 49.08% | 1,315 | 50.65% | 7 | 0.27% | -41 | -1.58% | 2,596 | ||
| Conecuh | 1,347 | 64.30% | 748 | 35.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 599 | 28.59% | 2,095 | ||
| Coosa | 1,329 | 64.26% | 739 | 35.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 590 | 28.53% | 2,068 | ||
| Covington | 1,058 | 95.49% | 50 | 4.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,008 | 90.97% | 1,108 | ||
| Crenshaw | 1,923 | 90.71% | 197 | 9.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,726 | 81.42% | 2,120 | ||
| Cullman | 920 | 72.33% | 350 | 27.52% | 2 | 0.16% | 570 | 44.81% | 1,272 | ||
| Dale | 1,266 | 98.83% | 15 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,251 | 97.66% | 1,281 | ||
| Dallas | 5,302 | 71.69% | 2,090 | 28.26% | 4 | 0.05% | 3,212 | 43.43% | 7,396 | ||
| DeKalb | 1,326 | 68.49% | 593 | 30.63% | 17 | 0.88% | 733 | 37.86% | 1,936 | ||
| Elmore | 1,717 | 52.80% | 1,535 | 47.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 182 | 5.60% | 3,252 | ||
| Escambia | 694 | 58.47% | 484 | 40.78% | 9 | 0.76% | 210 | 17.69% | 1,187 | ||
| Etowah | 1,912 | 68.09% | 841 | 29.95% | 55 | 1.96% | 1,071 | 38.14% | 2,808 | ||
| Fayette | 864 | 72.85% | 315 | 26.56% | 7 | 0.59% | 549 | 46.29% | 1,186 | ||
| Franklin | 784 | 76.86% | 236 | 23.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 548 | 53.73% | 1,020 | ||
| Geneva | 794 | 99.37% | 5 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 789 | 98.75% | 799 | ||
| Greene | 1,401 | 64.24% | 778 | 35.67% | 2 | 0.09% | 623 | 28.56% | 2,181 | ||
| Hale | 2,914 | 66.23% | 1,478 | 33.59% | 8 | 0.18% | 1,436 | 32.64% | 4,400 | ||
| Henry | 1,947 | 99.85% | 2 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,945 | 99.74% | 1,950 | ||
| Jackson | 2,304 | 68.45% | 1,022 | 30.36% | 40 | 1.19% | 1,282 | 38.09% | 3,366 | ||
| Jefferson | 5,508 | 63.95% | 3,001 | 34.84% | 104 | 1.21% | 2,507 | 29.11% | 8,613 | ||
| Lamar | 1,133 | 82.28% | 243 | 17.65% | 1 | 0.07% | 890 | 64.63% | 1,377 | ||
| Lauderdale | 1,637 | 59.35% | 1,120 | 40.61% | 1 | 0.04% | 517 | 18.75% | 2,758 | ||
| Lawrence | 1,449 | 49.54% | 1,457 | 49.81% | 19 | 0.65% | -8 | -0.27% | 2,925 | ||
| Lee | 1,991 | 58.11% | 1,432 | 41.80% | 3 | 0.09% | 559 | 16.32% | 3,426 | ||
| Limestone | 1,489 | 55.29% | 1,183 | 43.93% | 21 | 0.78% | 306 | 11.36% | 2,693 | ||
| Lowndes | 2,105 | 58.91% | 1,468 | 41.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 637 | 17.83% | 3,573 | ||
| Macon | 931 | 77.65% | 268 | 22.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 663 | 55.30% | 1,199 | ||
| Madison | 2,136 | 45.08% | 2,595 | 54.77% | 6 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.02% | -459 | -9.69% | 4,738 |
| Marengo | 3,426 | 63.93% | 1,933 | 36.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,493 | 27.86% | 5,359 | ||
| Marion | 721 | 72.54% | 273 | 27.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 448 | 45.07% | 994 | ||
| Marshall | 1,166 | 79.43% | 248 | 16.89% | 20 | 1.36% | 34 | 2.32% | 918 | 62.53% | 1,468 |
| Mobile | 3,109 | 55.02% | 2,542 | 44.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 567 | 10.03% | 5,651 | ||
| Monroe | 1,445 | 65.33% | 767 | 34.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 678 | 30.65% | 2,212 | ||
| Montgomery | 3,712 | 55.58% | 2,966 | 44.41% | 1 | 0.01% | 746 | 11.17% | 6,679 | ||
| Morgan | 1,707 | 76.65% | 507 | 22.77% | 13 | 0.58% | 1,200 | 53.88% | 2,227 | ||
| Perry | 2,729 | 77.55% | 790 | 22.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,939 | 55.10% | 3,519 | ||
| Pickens | 1,326 | 98.66% | 17 | 1.26% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,309 | 97.40% | 1,344 | ||
| Pike | 2,623 | 74.67% | 890 | 25.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,733 | 49.33% | 3,513 | ||
| Randolph | 1,023 | 57.93% | 733 | 41.51% | 8 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.11% | 290 | 16.42% | 1,766 |
| Russell | 1,970 | 64.42% | 1,088 | 35.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 882 | 28.84% | 3,058 | ||
| Shelby | 1,626 | 60.65% | 1,037 | 38.68% | 18 | 0.67% | 589 | 21.97% | 2,681 | ||
| St. Clair | 1,489 | 69.26% | 640 | 29.77% | 21 | 0.98% | 849 | 39.49% | 2,150 | ||
| Sumter | 2,060 | 71.28% | 819 | 28.34% | 11 | 0.38% | 1,241 | 42.94% | 2,890 | ||
| Talladega | 1,983 | 46.64% | 2,179 | 51.25% | 90 | 2.12% | -196 | -4.61% | 4,252 | ||
| Tallapoosa | 2,385 | 76.05% | 751 | 23.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,634 | 52.10% | 3,136 | ||
| Tuscaloosa | 2,214 | 67.09% | 1,057 | 32.03% | 28 | 0.85% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,157 | 35.06% | 3,300 |
| Walker | 1,126 | 51.82% | 1,047 | 48.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 3.64% | 2,173 | ||
| Washington | 508 | 69.97% | 217 | 29.89% | 1 | 0.14% | 291 | 40.08% | 726 | ||
| Wilcox | 4,811 | 88.80% | 607 | 11.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,204 | 77.59% | 5,418 | ||
| Winston | 220 | 40.52% | 323 | 59.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -103 | -18.97% | 543 | ||
| Totals | 117,094 | 67.07% | 56,854 | 32.57% | 594 | 0.34% | 40 | 0.02% | 60,240 | 34.51% | 174,582 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ See Summers, Mark Wahlgren; Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion: The Making of a President, 1884, p. 33 ISBN 0807875112
- ^ Perman, Michael; Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908, p. 6 ISBN 0807860255
- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results – Alabama". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (xlsx file for €15)