1888 United States presidential election in Texas

1888 United States presidential election in Texas

← 1884 November 6, 1888 1892 →
Turnout22.27% of the total population Increase 2.09 pp[1]
 
Nominee Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Alson Streeter
Party Democratic Republican Labor
Home state New York Indiana Illinois
Running mate Allen Thurman Levi P. Morton Charles E. Cunningham
Electoral vote 13 0 0
Popular vote 234,883 88,422 29,459
Percentage 65.70% 24.73% 8.24%

County Results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

The 1888 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]

Texas was won by the incumbent President Grover Cleveland (DNew York), running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G. Thurman, with 65.70% of the popular vote, against former Senator Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), running with Levi P. Morton, the 31st governor of New York, with 24.73% of the vote and former Illinois state representative Alson Streeter (LIllinois), running with Charles E. Cunningham, with 8.24% of the vote.[2]

The Prohibition Party ran brigadier general Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks and received 1.33% of the vote.

  1. ^ "1888 Presidential Election Results Texas Total Population Turnout".
  2. ^ a b "1888 Presidential Election Results Texas".

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