The 1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey 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.
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New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won his birth state by a very narrow margin of 2.35%.
A Republican would not win the White House without New Jersey again until 112 years later in 2000, when Al Gore won New Jersey by a landslide but narrowly lost the national election.
Results
edit1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey[1] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York (incumbent) | Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio | 151,508 | 49.87% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
Republican | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi Parsons Morton of New York | 144,360 | 47.52% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey | John Anderson Brooks of Missouri | 7,933 | 2.61% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 303,801 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% |
Results by county
editCounty | Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican |
Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition |
Various candidates[3] Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Atlantic | 2,560 | 43.74% | 3,030 | 51.77% | 263 | 4.49% | -470 | -8.03% | 5,853 | ||
Bergen | 4,898 | 53.00% | 4,239 | 45.87% | 104 | 1.13% | 659 | 7.13% | 9,241 | ||
Burlington | 6,969 | 46.43% | 7,479 | 49.83% | 561 | 3.74% | -510 | -3.40% | 15,009 | ||
Camden | 7,899 | 41.86% | 10,490 | 55.59% | 481 | 2.55% | -2,591 | -13.73% | 18,870 | ||
Cape May | 1,100 | 40.31% | 1,464 | 53.65% | 165 | 6.05% | -364 | -13.34% | 2,729 | ||
Cumberland | 4,353 | 40.55% | 5,542 | 51.63% | 840 | 7.82% | -1,189 | -11.08% | 10,735 | ||
Essex | 25,183 | 49.14% | 25,300 | 49.36% | 768 | 1.50% | -117 | -0.23% | 51,251 | ||
Gloucester | 3,093 | 41.92% | 3,969 | 53.79% | 317 | 4.30% | -876 | -11.87% | 7,379 | ||
Hudson | 27,609 | 58.32% | 19,442 | 41.07% | 289 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.00% | 8,167 | 17.25% | 47,341 |
Hunterdon | 5,530 | 57.47% | 3,554 | 36.93% | 537 | 5.58% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,976 | 20.53% | 9,623 |
Mercer | 8,214 | 45.52% | 9,455 | 52.40% | 373 | 2.07% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,241 | -6.88% | 18,043 |
Middlesex | 7,209 | 53.25% | 6,061 | 44.77% | 268 | 1.98% | 1,148 | 8.48% | 13,538 | ||
Monmouth | 8,509 | 51.53% | 7,357 | 44.55% | 648 | 3.92% | 1,152 | 6.98% | 16,514 | ||
Morris | 5,580 | 46.73% | 5,826 | 48.79% | 536 | 4.49% | -246 | -2.06% | 11,942 | ||
Ocean | 1,465 | 37.63% | 2,315 | 59.47% | 113 | 2.90% | -850 | -21.83% | 3,893 | ||
Passaic | 8,950 | 46.57% | 9,984 | 51.95% | 273 | 1.42% | 10 | 0.05% | -1,034 | -5.38% | 19,217 |
Salem | 3,185 | 46.76% | 3,353 | 49.23% | 273 | 4.01% | -168 | -2.47% | 6,811 | ||
Somerset | 3,294 | 49.68% | 3,141 | 47.38% | 195 | 2.94% | 153 | 2.31% | 6,630 | ||
Sussex | 3,310 | 56.94% | 2,343 | 40.31% | 160 | 2.75% | 967 | 16.64% | 5,813 | ||
Union | 7,570 | 52.27% | 6,658 | 45.97% | 254 | 1.75% | 912 | 6.30% | 14,482 | ||
Warren | 5,078 | 56.79% | 3,358 | 37.55% | 505 | 5.65% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,720 | 19.24% | 8,942 |
Totals | 151,558 | 49.88% | 144,360 | 47.51% | 7,923 | 2.61% | 15 | 0.00% | 7,198 | 2.37% | 303,856 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results — New Jersey". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ a b "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b "Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)