Election in Alabama
Main article: 1888 United States presidential election
1888 United States presidential election in Alabama
Nominee
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
New York
Indiana
Running mate
Allen G. Thurman
Levi P. Morton
Electoral vote
10
0
Popular vote
117,314
57,177
Percentage
67.00%
32.66%
County results
Cleveland
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90-100%
Harrison
40–50%
50–60%
President before election
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
Elected President
Benjamin Harrison
Republican
The 1888 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the concurrent Presidential election in which all thirty-eight contemporary states participated. Alabama voters chose ten electors, or representatives to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice-President .
Alabama was won easily by the Democratic nominee, former President and Governor of New York Grover Cleveland , over the Republican nominee, former Indiana Senator Benjamin Harrison . Increasing intimidation of African Americans who attempted to vote[1] meant that Cleveland increased his margin of 22% in 1884 to 34.51%. Increasingly blatant electoral fraud in the region against the Republican Party – associated at this state with the memories of Reconstruction – meant that Cleveland carried every Black Belt county,[2] and lost only five counties in North Alabama that were unfavourable to his Bourbon Democrat policies and image.
Results [ ]
1888 United States presidential election in Alabama[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Grover Cleveland (incumbent)
117,314
67.00%
10
Republican
Benjamin Harrison
57,177
32.66%
0
Prohibition
Clinton B. Fisk
594
0.34%
0
Totals
175,085
100.0%
10
Results by county [ ]
County
Grover Cleveland[4] Democratic
Benjamin Harrison[4] Republican
Clinton B. Fisk[5] Prohibition
Various candidates[5] Write-ins
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Autauga
893
63.24%
519
36.76%
0
0.00%
374
26.49%
1,412
Baldwin
724
56.96%
547
43.04%
0
0.00%
177
13.93%
1,271
Barbour
3,530
88.65%
452
11.35%
0
0.00%
3,078
77.30%
3,982
Bibb
960
59.04%
657
40.41%
9
0.55%
303
18.63%
1,626
Blount
1,873
83.06%
375
16.63%
7
0.31%
1,498
66.43%
2,255
Bullock
716
60.63%
465
39.37%
0
0.00%
251
21.25%
1,181
Butler
1,905
58.13%
1,347
41.10%
25
0.76%
558
17.03%
3,277
Calhoun
2,680
73.87%
938
25.85%
10
0.28%
1,742
48.02%
3,628
Chambers
2,115
57.04%
1,593
42.96%
0
0.00%
522
14.08%
3,708
Cherokee
1,686
82.65%
333
16.32%
19
0.93%
2
0.10%
1,353
66.32%
2,040
Chilton
1,101
71.59%
437
28.41%
0
0.00%
664
43.17%
1,538
Choctaw
1,389
68.83%
629
31.17%
0
0.00%
760
37.66%
2,018
Clarke
1,566
55.91%
1,235
44.09%
0
0.00%
331
11.82%
2,801
Clay
1,278
77.08%
376
22.68%
4
0.24%
902
54.40%
1,658
Cleburne
940
77.24%
276
22.68%
1
0.08%
664
54.56%
1,217
Coffee
1,124
99.38%
7
0.62%
0
0.00%
1,117
98.76%
1,131
Colbert
1,274
49.08%
1,315
50.65%
7
0.27%
-41
-1.58%
2,596
Conecuh
1,347
64.30%
748
35.70%
0
0.00%
599
28.59%
2,095
Coosa
1,329
64.26%
739
35.74%
0
0.00%
590
28.53%
2,068
Covington
1,058
95.49%
50
4.51%
0
0.00%
1,008
90.97%
1,108
Crenshaw
1,923
90.71%
197
9.29%
0
0.00%
1,726
81.42%
2,120
Cullman
920
72.33%
350
27.52%
2
0.16%
570
44.81%
1,272
Dale
1,266
98.83%
15
1.17%
0
0.00%
1,251
97.66%
1,281
Dallas
5,302
71.69%
2,090
28.26%
4
0.05%
3,212
43.43%
7,396
DeKalb
1,326
68.49%
593
30.63%
17
0.88%
733
37.86%
1,936
Elmore
1,717
52.80%
1,535
47.20%
0
0.00%
182
5.60%
3,252
Escambia
694
58.47%
484
40.78%
9
0.76%
210
17.69%
1,187
Etowah
1,912
68.09%
841
29.95%
55
1.96%
1,071
38.14%
2,808
Fayette
864
72.85%
315
26.56%
7
0.59%
549
46.29%
1,186
Franklin
784
76.86%
236
23.14%
0
0.00%
548
53.73%
1,020
Geneva
794
99.37%
5
0.63%
0
0.00%
789
98.75%
799
Greene
1,401
64.24%
778
35.67%
2
0.09%
623
28.56%
2,181
Hale
2,914
66.23%
1,478
33.59%
8
0.18%
1,436
32.64%
4,400
Henry
1,947
99.85%
2
0.10%
1
0.05%
1,945
99.74%
1,950
Jackson
2,304
68.45%
1,022
30.36%
40
1.19%
1,282
38.09%
3,366
Jefferson
5,508
63.95%
3,001
34.84%
104
1.21%
2,507
29.11%
8,613
Lamar
1,133
82.28%
243
17.65%
1
0.07%
890
64.63%
1,377
Lauderdale
1,637
59.35%
1,120
40.61%
1
0.04%
517
18.75%
2,758
Lawrence
1,449
49.54%
1,457
49.81%
19
0.65%
-8
-0.27%
2,925
Lee
1,991
58.11%
1,432
41.80%
3
0.09%
559
16.32%
3,426
Limestone
1,489
55.29%
1,183
43.93%
21
0.78%
306
11.36%
2,693
Lowndes
2,105
58.91%
1,468
41.09%
0
0.00%
637
17.83%
3,573
Macon
931
77.65%
268
22.35%
0
0.00%
663
55.30%
1,199
Madison
2,136
45.08%
2,595
54.77%
6
0.13%
1
0.02%
-459
-9.69%
4,738
Marengo
3,426
63.93%
1,933
36.07%
0
0.00%
1,493
27.86%
5,359
Marion
721
72.54%
273
27.46%
0
0.00%
448
45.07%
994
Marshall
1,166
79.43%
248
16.89%
20
1.36%
34
2.32%
918
62.53%
1,468
Mobile
3,109
55.02%
2,542
44.98%
0
0.00%
567
10.03%
5,651
Monroe
1,445
65.33%
767
34.67%
0
0.00%
678
30.65%
2,212
Montgomery
3,712
55.58%
2,966
44.41%
1
0.01%
746
11.17%
6,679
Morgan
1,707
76.65%
507
22.77%
13
0.58%
1,200
53.88%
2,227
Perry
2,729
77.55%
790
22.45%
0
0.00%
1,939
55.10%
3,519
Pickens
1,326
98.66%
17
1.26%
1
0.07%
1,309
97.40%
1,344
Pike
2,623
74.67%
890
25.33%
0
0.00%
1,733
49.33%
3,513
Randolph
1,023
57.93%
733
41.51%
8
0.45%
2
0.11%
290
16.42%
1,766
Russell
1,970
64.42%
1,088
35.58%
0
0.00%
882
28.84%
3,058
Shelby
1,626
60.65%
1,037
38.68%
18
0.67%
589
21.97%
2,681
St. Clair
1,489
69.26%
640
29.77%
21
0.98%
849
39.49%
2,150
Sumter
2,060
71.28%
819
28.34%
11
0.38%
1,241
42.94%
2,890
Talladega
1,983
46.64%
2,179
51.25%
90
2.12%
-196
-4.61%
4,252
Tallapoosa
2,385
76.05%
751
23.95%
0
0.00%
1,634
52.10%
3,136
Tuscaloosa
2,214
67.09%
1,057
32.03%
28
0.85%
1
0.03%
1,157
35.06%
3,300
Walker
1,126
51.82%
1,047
48.18%
0
0.00%
79
3.64%
2,173
Washington
508
69.97%
217
29.89%
1
0.14%
291
40.08%
726
Wilcox
4,811
88.80%
607
11.20%
0
0.00%
4,204
77.59%
5,418
Winston
220
40.52%
323
59.48%
0
0.00%
-103
-18.97%
543
Totals
117,094
67.07%
56,854
32.57%
594
0.34%
40
0.02%
60,240
34.51%
174,582
See also [ ]
References [ ]
State and district results of the 1888 United States presidential election