1888 United States presidential election in Oregon

The 1888 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1888 United States presidential election in Oregon

November 6, 1888

Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Party Republican Democratic Home state Indiana New York Running mate Levi P. Morton Allen G. Thurman Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 33,291 26,522 Percentage 53.82% 42.88%

County Results Harrison   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Cleveland   40-50%   50-60%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President Benjamin Harrison Republican

Oregon voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 10.94%.

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Oregon[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Parsons Morton of New York	33,291	53.82%	3	100.00%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York	Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio	26,522	42.88%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Clinton Bowen Fisk of New Jersey	John Anderson Brooks of Missouri	1,677	2.71%	0	0.00%
	United Labor Party	Robert Cowdrey	William Wakefield	363	0.59%	0	0.00%
Total				61,853	100.00%	3	100.00%

Results by county

County	Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic		Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition		Robert Cowdrey[3] United Labor Party		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Baker	843	52.46%	747	46.48%	9	0.56%	8	0.50%	96	5.97%	1,607
Benton	1,206	53.36%	969	42.88%	66	2.92%	19	0.84%	237	10.49%	2,260
Clackamas	1,527	56.39%	1,005	37.11%	56	2.07%	120	4.43%	522	19.28%	2,708
Clatsop	1,060	60.30%	647	36.80%	51	2.90%	0	0.00%	413	23.49%	1,758
Columbia	611	63.71%	335	34.93%	8	0.83%	5	0.52%	276	28.78%	959
Coos	906	50.42%	779	43.35%	83	4.62%	29	1.61%	127	7.07%	1,797
Crook	438	44.83%	522	53.43%	17	1.74%	0	0.00%	-84	-8.60%	977
Curry	234	62.07%	143	37.93%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	91	24.14%	377
Douglas	1,305	51.72%	1,117	44.27%	97	3.84%	4	0.16%	188	7.45%	2,523
Gilliam	601	56.97%	440	41.71%	8	0.76%	6	0.57%	161	15.26%	1,055
Grant	971	50.13%	933	48.17%	29	1.50%	4	0.21%	38	1.96%	1,937
Jackson	1,181	45.81%	1,320	51.20%	64	2.48%	13	0.50%	-139	-5.39%	2,578
Josephine	535	50.09%	528	49.44%	4	0.37%	1	0.09%	7	0.66%	1,068
Klamath	315	43.03%	405	55.33%	10	1.37%	2	0.27%	-90	-12.30%	732
Lake	358	48.58%	371	50.34%	8	1.09%	0	0.00%	-13	-1.76%	737
Lane	1,593	51.60%	1,368	44.31%	89	2.88%	37	1.20%	225	7.29%	3,087
Linn	1,603	47.51%	1,633	48.40%	128	3.79%	10	0.30%	-30	-0.89%	3,374
Malheur	330	49.40%	303	45.36%	14	2.10%	21	3.14%	27	4.04%	668
Marion	2,235	54.08%	1,567	37.91%	329	7.96%	2	0.05%	668	16.16%	4,133
Morrow	598	53.44%	479	42.81%	35	3.13%	7	0.63%	119	10.63%	1,119
Multnomah	6,250	59.83%	3,996	38.25%	125	1.20%	76	0.73%	2,254	21.58%	10,447
Polk	785	49.53%	729	45.99%	71	4.48%	0	0.00%	56	3.53%	1,585
Tillamook	393	62.28%	220	34.87%	18	2.85%	0	0.00%	173	27.42%	631
Umatilla	1,523	47.52%	1,551	48.39%	102	3.18%	29	0.90%	-28	-0.87%	3,205
Union	1,303	51.10%	1,223	47.96%	24	0.94%	0	0.00%	80	3.14%	2,550
Wallowa	455	58.71%	306	39.48%	14	1.81%	0	0.00%	149	19.23%	775
Wasco	1,595	58.53%	1,054	38.68%	72	2.64%	4	0.15%	541	19.85%	2,725
Washington	1,249	57.93%	838	38.87%	66	3.06%	3	0.14%	411	19.06%	2,156
Yamhill	1,298	54.33%	994	41.61%	79	3.31%	18	0.75%	304	12.72%	2,389
Totals	33,301	53.78%	26,522	42.83%	1,676	2.71%	418	0.68%	6,779	10.95%	61,917

Notes

References

1. "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (.xlsx file for €15)