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1888 United States presidential election in California
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Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 124,816 117,729
Percentage 49.66% 46.84%
County Results

Harrison

  40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

Cleveland

  40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

Tie

  49.70% Harrison & Cleveland

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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The 1888 United States presidential election in California was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. As was standard practice at the time, voters chose the electors directly on a general ticket.

California narrowly voted for the Republican challenger, former Indiana Senator Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic incumbent, Grover Cleveland.

Results

General Election Results
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison George A. Knight 124,816
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Henry M. Streeter 124,809
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Lansing B. Mizner 124,802
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Thomas L. Carothers 124,789
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison Samuel M. Shortridge 124,781
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison W. H. L. Barnes 124,754
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison John F. Swift 124,754
Republican Party Benjamin Harrison George W. Schell 124,751
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland A. Caminetti 117,729
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland C. P. Berry 117,698
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Frederick Berringer 117,697
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland B. D. Murphy 117,676
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Byron Water 117,675
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland N. Bowden 117,640
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland P. J. Murphy 117,634
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Charles A. Jenkins 117,626
Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk John Bidwell 5,761
Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk R. H. McDonald 5,760
Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk J. F. Wilson 5,748
Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk C. W. Pedlar 5,746
Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk W. H. Briggs 5,745
Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk H. H. Luse 5,744
Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk A. J. Gregg 5,737
Prohibition Party Clinton B. Fisk A. D. Boren 5,736
American Party James Curtis F. M. Pixley 1,591
American Party James Curtis Louis A. Garrett 1,555
American Party James Curtis Alexander Duncan 1,535
American Party James Curtis Daniel Inmann 1,545
American Party James Curtis D. Lambert 1,544
American Party James Curtis N. M. Orr 1,539
American Party James Curtis J. D. Lyons 1,340
Write-in Alfred Dagget 801
American Party James Curtis C. N. Wilson 696
Write-in P. D. Wigginton 161
Write-in Scattering 480
Votes cast 251,339

Results by county

County Benjamin Harrison
Republican 		Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		Clinton Bowen Fisk
Prohibition 		James Curtis
American 		Scattering
Write-in 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 8,840 57.18% 5,693 36.82% 359 2.32% 300 1.94% 269 1.74% 3,147 20.35% 15,461
Alpine 53 66.25% 27 33.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 26 32.50% 80
Amador 1,373 47.48% 1,429 49.41% 79 2.73% 11 0.38% 0 0.00% -56 -1.94% 2,892
Butte 2,191 48.25% 2,215 48.78% 127 2.80% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% -24 -0.53% 4,541
Calaveras 1,441 52.17% 1,305 47.25% 12 0.43% 2 0.07% 2 0.07% 136 4.92% 2,762
Colusa 1,116 35.14% 2,010 63.29% 41 1.29% 9 0.28% 0 0.00% -894 -28.15% 3,176
Contra Costa 1,518 55.04% 1,177 42.68% 53 1.92% 10 0.36% 0 0.00% 341 12.36% 2,758
Del Norte 244 42.29% 294 50.95% 14 2.43% 24 4.16% 1 0.17% -50 -8.67% 577
El Dorado 1,350 47.02% 1,456 50.71% 61 2.12% 1 0.03% 3 0.10% -106 -3.69% 2,871
Fresno 2,461 44.81% 2,822 51.38% 173 3.15% 18 0.33% 18 0.33% -361 -6.57% 5,492
Humboldt 2,772 55.93% 2,014 40.64% 75 1.51% 53 1.07% 42 0.85% 758 15.29% 4,956
Inyo 437 58.66% 273 36.64% 13 1.74% 21 2.82% 1 0.13% 164 22.01% 745
Kern 910 41.46% 1,229 55.99% 24 1.09% 32 1.46% 0 0.00% -319 -14.53% 2,195
Lake 731 44.87% 867 53.22% 27 1.66% 3 0.18% 1 0.06% -136 -8.35% 1,629
Lassen 488 46.79% 535 51.29% 16 1.53% 2 0.19% 2 0.19% -47 -4.51% 1,043
Los Angeles 13,805 54.64% 10,110 40.02% 1,266 5.01% 83 0.33% 0 0.00% 3,695 14.63% 25,264
Marin 936 52.76% 802 45.21% 16 0.90% 17 0.96% 3 0.17% 134 7.55% 1,774
Mariposa 526 43.54% 664 54.97% 1 0.08% 3 0.25% 14 1.16% -138 -11.42% 1,208
Mendocino 1,711 44.78% 2,006 52.50% 90 2.36% 14 0.37% 0 0.00% -295 -7.72% 3,821
Merced 773 43.04% 972 54.12% 19 1.06% 32 1.78% 0 0.00% -199 -11.08% 1,796
Modoc 552 43.19% 679 53.13% 46 3.60% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% -127 -9.94% 1,278
Mono 347 59.72% 215 37.01% 9 1.55% 10 1.72% 0 0.00% 132 22.72% 581
Monterey 1,875 48.55% 1,866 48.32% 113 2.93% 8 0.21% 0 0.00% 9 0.23% 3,862
Napa 1,763 53.20% 1,496 45.14% 42 1.27% 13 0.39% 0 0.00% 267 8.06% 3,314
Nevada 2,167 51.69% 1,923 45.87% 95 2.27% 7 0.17% 0 0.00% 244 5.82% 4,192
Placer 1,761 52.35% 1,547 45.99% 50 1.49% 6 0.18% 0 0.00% 214 6.36% 3,364
Plumas 648 52.55% 570 46.23% 9 0.73% 3 0.24% 3 0.24% 78 6.33% 1,233
Sacramento 4,769 56.37% 3,447 40.74% 108 1.28% 76 0.90% 60 0.71% 1,322 15.63% 8,460
San Benito 664 42.76% 797 51.32% 90 5.80% 2 0.13% 0 0.00% -133 -8.56% 1,553
San Bernardino 3,059 53.50% 2,388 41.76% 263 4.60% 8 0.14% 0 0.00% 671 11.73% 5,718
San Diego 4,661 56.88% 3,189 38.92% 322 3.93% 11 0.13% 11 0.13% 1,472 17.96% 8,194
San Francisco 25,708 46.14% 28,699 51.51% 0 0.00% 437 0.78% 873 1.57% -2,991 -5.37% 55,717
San Joaquin 2,829 47.30% 2,822 47.18% 286 4.78% 44 0.74% 0 0.00% 7 0.12% 5,981
San Luis Obispo 1,689 49.68% 1,585 46.62% 121 3.56% 5 0.15% 0 0.00% 104 3.06% 3,400
San Mateo 1,121 52.95% 980 46.29% 14 0.66% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 141 6.66% 2,117
Santa Barbara 1,684 49.20% 1,565 45.72% 161 4.70% 8 0.23% 5 0.15% 119 3.48% 3,423
Santa Clara 4,457 49.94% 3,972 44.51% 402 4.50% 93 1.04% 0 0.00% 485 5.43% 8,924
Santa Cruz 1,996 50.66% 1,750 44.42% 193 4.90% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 246 6.24% 3,940
Shasta 1,490 50.70% 1,394 47.43% 51 1.74% 2 0.07% 2 0.07% 96 3.27% 2,939
Sierra 1,004 59.23% 689 40.65% 0 0.00% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% 315 18.58% 1,695
Siskiyou 1,361 47.84% 1,459 51.28% 20 0.70% 5 0.18% 0 0.00% -98 -3.44% 2,845
Solano 2,231 49.67% 2,158 48.04% 94 2.09% 9 0.20% 0 0.00% 73 1.63% 4,492
Sonoma 3,293 46.97% 3,394 48.41% 154 2.20% 93 1.33% 77 1.10% -101 -1.44% 7,011
Stanislaus 903 39.02% 1,315 56.83% 91 3.93% 5 0.22% 0 0.00% -412 -17.80% 2,314
Sutter 722 48.95% 698 47.32% 53 3.59% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 24 1.63% 1,475
Tehama 1,181 47.09% 1,290 51.44% 34 1.36% 2 0.08% 1 0.04% -109 -4.35% 2,508
Trinity 489 49.64% 490 49.75% 2 0.20% 4 0.41% 0 0.00% -1 -0.10% 985
Tulare 2,275 43.82% 2,637 50.79% 244 4.70% 36 0.69% 0 0.00% -362 -6.97% 5,192
Tuolumne 854 41.16% 1,159 55.86% 55 2.65% 7 0.34% 0 0.00% -305 -14.70% 2,075
Ventura 1,107 53.84% 906 44.07% 41 1.99% 2 0.10% 0 0.00% 201 9.78% 2,056
Yolo 1,350 44.66% 1,580 52.27% 91 3.01% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% -230 -7.61% 3,023
Yuba 1,130 46.37% 1,170 48.01% 41 1.68% 48 1.97% 48 1.97% -40 -1.64% 2,437
Total 124,816 49.66% 117,729 46.84% 5,761 2.29% 1,591 0.63% 1,442 0.57% 7,087 2.82% 251,339

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. Appears to have replaced C. N. Wilson on some American ballots
  2. Appears to have replaced J. D. Lyons on some American ballots
  3. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  4. Based on the highest elector on each ticket
  5. The electors on the Republican ticket received 490 votes each except for the highest statewide elector, Knight, who only received 489 votes
  6. Using the highest statewide elector on each ticket results in Cleveland carrying Trinity County

References

  1. Original Manuscript Returns, California State Archives
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