The 1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent PresidentGrover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won his birth state by a very narrow margin of 2.35%.
The Republican nominee would not win the White House without New Jersey again for until 2000, 112 years later, when Al Gore won New Jersey by a landslide but lost the election.
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1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey[1]