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The1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
New Jersey voted for theDemocratic nominee, incumbentPresidentGrover Cleveland, over theRepublican 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 in2000, whenAl Gore won New Jersey by a landslide but narrowly lost the national election.
| 1888 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 ofNew York(incumbent) | Allen Granberry Thurman ofOhio | 151,508 | 49.87% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison ofIndiana | Levi Parsons Morton ofNew York | 144,360 | 47.52% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk ofNew Jersey | John Anderson Brooks ofMissouri | 7,933 | 2.61% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 303,801 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Benjamin Harrison Republican | Clinton Bowen Fisk Prohibition | Various candidates Write-ins | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
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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 |
State and district results of the1888 United States presidential election | ||
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