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The1888 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Iowa voted for theRepublican nominee,Benjamin Harrison, over theDemocratic nominee, incumbentPresidentGrover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a margin of 7.85%.
| 1888 United States presidential election in Iowa[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison ofIndiana | Levi Parsons Morton ofNew York | 211,603 | 52.36% | 13 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland ofNew York (incumbent) | Allen Granberry Thurman ofOhio | 179,877 | 44.51% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Union Labor | Alson Streeter ofIllinois | Charles E. Cunningham ofArkansas | 9,105 | 2.25% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk ofNew Jersey | John Anderson Brooks ofMissouri | 3,550 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 404,135 | 100.00% | 13 | 100.00% | ||||
| County[2] | Benjamin Harrison Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Alson Jenness Streeter[3] Union Labor | Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition | Various candidates[3] Write-ins | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,883 | 59.25% | 1,178 | 37.07% | 108 | 3.40% | 9 | 0.28% | 705 | 22.18% | 3,178 | ||
| Adams | 1,387 | 51.41% | 1,146 | 42.48% | 112 | 4.15% | 53 | 1.96% | 241 | 8.93% | 2,698 | ||
| Allamakee | 1,903 | 47.93% | 2,023 | 50.96% | 43 | 1.08% | 1 | 0.03% | -120 | -3.02% | 3,970 | ||
| Appanoose | 2,103 | 52.02% | 1,837 | 45.44% | 44 | 1.09% | 59 | 1.46% | 266 | 6.58% | 4,043 | ||
| Audubon | 1,366 | 51.35% | 1,210 | 45.49% | 67 | 2.52% | 17 | 0.64% | 156 | 5.86% | 2,660 | ||
| Benton | 2,768 | 50.46% | 2,646 | 48.24% | 39 | 0.71% | 32 | 0.58% | 122 | 2.22% | 5,485 | ||
| Black Hawk | 3,106 | 58.50% | 2,127 | 40.06% | 56 | 1.05% | 18 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.04% | 979 | 18.44% | 5,309 |
| Boone | 2,768 | 58.45% | 1,847 | 39.00% | 105 | 2.22% | 16 | 0.34% | 921 | 19.45% | 4,736 | ||
| Bremer | 1,613 | 47.43% | 1,728 | 50.81% | 39 | 1.15% | 21 | 0.62% | -115 | -3.38% | 3,401 | ||
| Buchanan | 2,343 | 54.37% | 1,880 | 43.63% | 52 | 1.21% | 34 | 0.79% | 463 | 10.74% | 4,309 | ||
| Buena Vista | 1,693 | 65.04% | 857 | 32.92% | 26 | 1.00% | 27 | 1.04% | 836 | 32.12% | 2,603 | ||
| Butler | 2,038 | 62.38% | 1,204 | 36.85% | 10 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.46% | 834 | 25.53% | 3,267 | ||
| Calhoun | 1,729 | 66.78% | 828 | 31.98% | 10 | 0.39% | 22 | 0.85% | 901 | 34.80% | 2,589 | ||
| Carroll | 1,593 | 42.79% | 2,052 | 55.12% | 64 | 1.72% | 14 | 0.38% | -459 | -12.33% | 3,723 | ||
| Cass | 2,372 | 53.88% | 1,722 | 39.12% | 221 | 5.02% | 15 | 0.34% | 72 | 1.64% | 650 | 14.77% | 4,402 |
| Cedar | 2,137 | 49.12% | 2,134 | 49.05% | 11 | 0.25% | 68 | 1.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 4,351 |
| Cerro Gordo | 1,866 | 63.30% | 1,004 | 34.06% | 7 | 0.24% | 71 | 2.41% | 862 | 29.24% | 2,948 | ||
| Cherokee | 1,960 | 60.14% | 1,162 | 35.66% | 75 | 2.30% | 62 | 1.90% | 798 | 24.49% | 3,259 | ||
| Chickasaw | 1,561 | 48.33% | 1,604 | 49.66% | 55 | 1.70% | 10 | 0.31% | -43 | -1.33% | 3,230 | ||
| Clarke | 1,395 | 56.14% | 910 | 36.62% | 157 | 6.32% | 23 | 0.93% | 485 | 19.52% | 2,485 | ||
| Clay | 1,438 | 73.07% | 494 | 25.10% | 2 | 0.10% | 34 | 1.73% | 944 | 47.97% | 1,968 | ||
| Clayton | 2,576 | 43.19% | 3,311 | 55.52% | 42 | 0.70% | 35 | 0.59% | -735 | -12.32% | 5,964 | ||
| Clinton | 3,599 | 40.80% | 5,106 | 57.89% | 58 | 0.66% | 31 | 0.35% | 26 | 0.29% | -1,507 | -17.09% | 8,820 |
| Crawford | 1,658 | 43.63% | 2,123 | 55.87% | 6 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.34% | -465 | -12.24% | 3,800 | ||
| Dallas | 2,538 | 57.12% | 1,579 | 35.54% | 249 | 5.60% | 77 | 1.73% | 959 | 21.58% | 4,443 | ||
| Davis | 1,428 | 41.56% | 1,626 | 47.32% | 334 | 9.72% | 48 | 1.40% | -198 | -5.76% | 3,436 | ||
| Decatur | 1,753 | 50.36% | 1,497 | 43.00% | 165 | 4.74% | 66 | 1.90% | 256 | 7.35% | 3,481 | ||
| Delaware | 2,247 | 58.08% | 1,570 | 40.58% | 14 | 0.36% | 36 | 0.93% | 2 | 0.05% | 677 | 17.50% | 3,869 |
| Des Moines | 3,368 | 43.65% | 4,291 | 55.61% | 23 | 0.30% | 34 | 0.44% | -923 | -11.96% | 7,716 | ||
| Dickinson | 672 | 74.17% | 225 | 24.83% | 1 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.88% | 447 | 49.34% | 906 | ||
| Dubuque | 3,060 | 31.09% | 5,948 | 60.43% | 385 | 3.91% | 58 | 0.59% | 392 | 3.98% | -2,888 | -29.34% | 9,843 |
| Emmet | 573 | 71.71% | 206 | 25.78% | 14 | 1.75% | 6 | 0.75% | 367 | 45.93% | 799 | ||
| Fayette | 2,781 | 52.38% | 2,182 | 41.10% | 287 | 5.41% | 59 | 1.11% | 599 | 11.28% | 5,309 | ||
| Floyd | 1,982 | 58.95% | 1,288 | 38.31% | 68 | 2.02% | 24 | 0.71% | 694 | 20.64% | 3,362 | ||
| Franklin | 1,609 | 65.19% | 848 | 34.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 0.45% | 761 | 30.83% | 2,468 | ||
| Fremont | 1,851 | 48.20% | 1,866 | 48.59% | 84 | 2.19% | 39 | 1.02% | -15 | -0.39% | 3,840 | ||
| Greene | 2,113 | 60.20% | 1,300 | 37.04% | 52 | 1.48% | 45 | 1.28% | 813 | 23.16% | 3,510 | ||
| Grundy | 1,372 | 54.12% | 1,132 | 44.65% | 4 | 0.16% | 27 | 1.07% | 240 | 9.47% | 2,535 | ||
| Guthrie | 2,218 | 58.34% | 1,405 | 36.95% | 147 | 3.87% | 32 | 0.84% | 813 | 21.38% | 3,802 | ||
| Hamilton | 1,778 | 63.34% | 1,007 | 35.87% | 17 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.18% | 771 | 27.47% | 2,807 | ||
| Hancock | 892 | 59.55% | 561 | 37.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.93% | 31 | 2.07% | 331 | 22.10% | 1,498 |
| Hardin | 2,522 | 65.12% | 1,287 | 33.23% | 18 | 0.46% | 46 | 1.19% | 1,235 | 31.89% | 3,873 | ||
| Harrison | 2,381 | 48.41% | 2,247 | 45.69% | 220 | 4.47% | 70 | 1.42% | 134 | 2.72% | 4,918 | ||
| Henry | 2,485 | 57.48% | 1,729 | 40.00% | 46 | 1.06% | 63 | 1.46% | 756 | 17.49% | 4,323 | ||
| Howard | 1,233 | 54.37% | 1,012 | 44.62% | 10 | 0.44% | 13 | 0.57% | 221 | 9.74% | 2,268 | ||
| Humboldt | 1,237 | 64.60% | 641 | 33.47% | 3 | 0.16% | 34 | 1.78% | 596 | 31.12% | 1,915 | ||
| Ida | 1,269 | 53.32% | 1,087 | 45.67% | 12 | 0.50% | 12 | 0.50% | 182 | 7.65% | 2,380 | ||
| Iowa | 1,664 | 44.86% | 1,978 | 53.33% | 50 | 1.35% | 17 | 0.46% | -314 | -8.47% | 3,709 | ||
| Jackson | 2,029 | 39.54% | 3,029 | 59.02% | 42 | 0.82% | 32 | 0.62% | -1,000 | -19.49% | 5,132 | ||
| Jasper | 3,137 | 53.16% | 2,341 | 39.67% | 354 | 6.00% | 69 | 1.17% | 796 | 13.49% | 5,901 | ||
| Jefferson | 2,046 | 54.97% | 1,588 | 42.67% | 29 | 0.78% | 59 | 1.59% | 458 | 12.31% | 3,722 | ||
| Johnson | 2,051 | 40.15% | 3,038 | 59.48% | 10 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.18% | -987 | -19.32% | 5,108 | ||
| Jones | 2,428 | 52.05% | 2,187 | 46.88% | 13 | 0.28% | 37 | 0.79% | 241 | 5.17% | 4,665 | ||
| Keokuk | 2,690 | 49.36% | 2,635 | 48.35% | 80 | 1.47% | 45 | 0.83% | 55 | 1.01% | 5,450 | ||
| Kossuth | 1,451 | 57.58% | 1,026 | 40.71% | 36 | 1.43% | 6 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.04% | 425 | 16.87% | 2,520 |
| Lee | 3,820 | 44.44% | 4,650 | 54.10% | 99 | 1.15% | 26 | 0.30% | -830 | -9.66% | 8,595 | ||
| Linn | 5,247 | 53.19% | 4,373 | 44.33% | 79 | 0.80% | 165 | 1.67% | 874 | 8.86% | 9,864 | ||
| Louisa | 1,836 | 62.26% | 1,012 | 34.32% | 68 | 2.31% | 33 | 1.12% | 824 | 27.94% | 2,949 | ||
| Lucas | 1,891 | 58.62% | 1,225 | 37.97% | 94 | 2.91% | 16 | 0.50% | 666 | 20.64% | 3,226 | ||
| Lyon | 952 | 58.26% | 676 | 41.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.37% | 276 | 16.89% | 1,634 | ||
| Madison | 1,870 | 51.77% | 1,346 | 37.26% | 373 | 10.33% | 23 | 0.64% | 524 | 14.51% | 3,612 | ||
| Mahaska | 3,700 | 55.17% | 2,703 | 40.30% | 208 | 3.10% | 96 | 1.43% | 997 | 14.87% | 6,707 | ||
| Marion | 2,374 | 47.30% | 2,322 | 46.26% | 295 | 5.88% | 28 | 0.56% | 52 | 1.04% | 5,019 | ||
| Marshall | 3,365 | 61.77% | 1,933 | 35.48% | 103 | 1.89% | 47 | 0.86% | 1,432 | 26.28% | 5,448 | ||
| Mills | 1,625 | 50.61% | 1,461 | 45.50% | 101 | 3.15% | 24 | 0.75% | 164 | 5.11% | 3,211 | ||
| Mitchell | 1,683 | 61.02% | 1,028 | 37.27% | 15 | 0.54% | 31 | 1.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 655 | 23.75% | 2,758 |
| Monona | 1,590 | 53.21% | 1,088 | 36.41% | 286 | 9.57% | 24 | 0.80% | 1,304 | 43.64% | 2,988 | ||
| Monroe | 1,442 | 50.21% | 1,233 | 42.93% | 175 | 6.09% | 16 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.21% | 209 | 7.28% | 2,872 |
| Montgomery | 2,260 | 63.84% | 1,228 | 34.69% | 24 | 0.68% | 28 | 0.79% | 1,032 | 29.15% | 3,540 | ||
| Muscatine | 2,654 | 48.27% | 2,767 | 50.33% | 54 | 0.98% | 21 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.04% | -113 | -2.06% | 5,498 |
| O'Brien | 1,671 | 60.17% | 1,085 | 39.07% | 2 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.54% | 586 | 21.10% | 2,777 |
| Osceola | 695 | 65.88% | 354 | 33.55% | 4 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.19% | 341 | 32.32% | 1,055 | ||
| Page | 2,571 | 58.14% | 1,468 | 33.20% | 183 | 4.14% | 200 | 4.52% | 1,103 | 24.94% | 4,422 | ||
| Palo Alto | 840 | 47.67% | 850 | 48.24% | 64 | 3.63% | 8 | 0.45% | -10 | -0.57% | 1,762 | ||
| Plymouth | 1,755 | 43.72% | 2,140 | 53.31% | 61 | 1.52% | 58 | 1.44% | -385 | -9.59% | 4,014 | ||
| Pocahontas | 999 | 55.72% | 746 | 41.61% | 1 | 0.06% | 40 | 2.23% | 7 | 0.39% | 253 | 14.11% | 1,793 |
| Polk | 7,049 | 57.48% | 4,966 | 40.50% | 142 | 1.16% | 106 | 0.86% | 2,083 | 16.99% | 12,263 | ||
| Pottawattamie | 4,591 | 47.81% | 4,881 | 50.83% | 90 | 0.94% | 41 | 0.43% | -290 | -3.02% | 9,603 | ||
| Poweshiek | 2,347 | 54.24% | 1,779 | 41.11% | 167 | 3.86% | 34 | 0.79% | 568 | 13.13% | 4,327 | ||
| Ringgold | 1,766 | 59.86% | 1,040 | 35.25% | 62 | 2.10% | 82 | 2.78% | 726 | 24.61% | 2,950 | ||
| Sac | 1,832 | 61.15% | 1,102 | 36.78% | 7 | 0.23% | 55 | 1.84% | 730 | 24.37% | 2,996 | ||
| Scott | 2,832 | 32.82% | 5,692 | 65.97% | 53 | 0.61% | 51 | 0.59% | -2,860 | -33.15% | 8,628 | ||
| Shelby | 1,714 | 47.17% | 1,762 | 48.49% | 150 | 4.13% | 8 | 0.22% | -48 | -1.32% | 3,634 | ||
| Sioux | 1,905 | 56.87% | 1,408 | 42.03% | 11 | 0.33% | 15 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.33% | 497 | 14.84% | 3,350 |
| Story | 2,420 | 67.13% | 1,050 | 29.13% | 98 | 2.72% | 37 | 1.03% | 1,370 | 38.00% | 3,605 | ||
| Tama | 2,305 | 48.77% | 2,294 | 48.54% | 98 | 2.07% | 29 | 0.61% | 11 | 0.23% | 4,726 | ||
| Taylor | 2,015 | 56.03% | 1,322 | 36.76% | 230 | 6.40% | 29 | 0.81% | 693 | 19.27% | 3,596 | ||
| Union | 1,833 | 49.13% | 1,414 | 37.90% | 460 | 12.33% | 24 | 0.64% | 419 | 11.23% | 3,731 | ||
| Van Buren | 2,028 | 52.04% | 1,775 | 45.55% | 20 | 0.51% | 72 | 1.85% | 2 | 0.05% | 253 | 6.49% | 3,897 |
| Wapello | 3,282 | 48.77% | 3,101 | 46.08% | 344 | 5.11% | 3 | 0.04% | 181 | 2.69% | 6,730 | ||
| Warren | 2,289 | 55.97% | 1,523 | 37.24% | 215 | 5.26% | 63 | 1.54% | 766 | 18.73% | 4,090 | ||
| Washington | 2,345 | 52.89% | 1,980 | 44.65% | 76 | 1.71% | 33 | 0.74% | 365 | 8.23% | 4,434 | ||
| Wayne | 1,781 | 51.76% | 1,570 | 45.63% | 61 | 1.77% | 29 | 0.84% | 211 | 6.13% | 3,441 | ||
| Webster | 2,353 | 53.36% | 1,809 | 41.02% | 239 | 5.42% | 9 | 0.20% | 544 | 12.34% | 4,410 | ||
| Winnebago | 894 | 78.77% | 218 | 19.21% | 3 | 0.26% | 20 | 1.76% | 676 | 59.56% | 1,135 | ||
| Winneshiek | 2,559 | 55.02% | 2,043 | 43.93% | 19 | 0.41% | 30 | 0.65% | 516 | 11.09% | 4,651 | ||
| Woodbury | 4,169 | 52.87% | 3,588 | 45.50% | 87 | 1.10% | 42 | 0.53% | 581 | 7.37% | 7,886 | ||
| Worth | 1,063 | 65.06% | 542 | 33.17% | 7 | 0.43% | 22 | 1.35% | 521 | 31.88% | 1,634 | ||
| Wright | 1,677 | 66.34% | 831 | 32.87% | 1 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.75% | 846 | 33.47% | 2,528 | ||
| Totals | 211,602 | 52.29% | 179,867 | 44.45% | 9,105 | 2.25% | 3,550 | 0.88% | 571 | 0.14% | 31,735 | 7.84% | 404,695 |
State and district results of the1888 United States presidential election | ||
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