1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
| country = New Hampshire
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1884 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
| previous_year = 1884
| next_election = 1892 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
| next_year = 1892
| election_date = November 6, 1888
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg
| nominee1 = Benjamin Harrison
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state1 = Indiana
| running_mate1 = Levi P. Morton
| electoral_vote1 = 4
| popular_vote1 = 45,728
| percentage1 = 50.34%
| image2 = StephenGroverCleveland.jpg
| nominee2 = Grover Cleveland
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state2 = New York
| running_mate2 = Allen G. Thurman
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 43,456
| percentage2 = 47.84%
| map = {{switcher
|County Results
|Municipality Results}}
| map_size = 295px
| map_caption = County Results
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{{col-2}}
Harrison
{{legend|#f2b3be|40-50%}}
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
{{legend|#d40000|70-80%}}
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Cleveland
{{legend|#b9d7ff|40-50%}}
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
{{legend|#1666cb|70-80%}}
{{legend|#0645b4|80-90%}}
{{legend|#002b84|90-100%}}
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| title = President
| before_election = Grover Cleveland
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Benjamin Harrison
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Elections in New Hampshire sidebar}}
The 1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 2.50%.
This would be the last election when bellwether Coös County in the far north voted for a losing presidential candidate until voting for Hubert Humphrey over Richard Nixon in 1968. It would also be the last election when a Democratic presidential candidate carried Merrimack and Rockingham Counties until 1912, when the Republican Party was divided between Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and conservative incumbent Taft, and the last when those two gave a majority to the Democrat until Lyndon Johnson in 1964.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 257 {{ISBN|0786422173}} Harrison was the first Republican to ever win without Rockingham County.
Results
{{Election box runningmate begin | title=1888 United States presidential election in New Hampshire{{cite web|title=1888 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1888&fips=33&f=1&off=0&elect=0|publisher=U.S. Election Atlas|access-date=23 December 2013}}}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Benjamin Harrison
|homestate = Indiana
|vp_name = Levi Parsons Morton
|vp_state = New York
|votes = 45,728
|percentage = 50.34%
|ev = 4
|evprct = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Grover Cleveland
|homestate = New York (incumbent)
|vp_name = Allen Granberry Thurman
|vp_state = Ohio
|votes = 43,456
|percentage = 47.84%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Prohibition Party
|candidate = Clinton Bowen Fisk
|homestate = New Jersey
|vp_name = John Anderson Brooks
|vp_state = Missouri
|votes = 1,593
|percentage = 1.75%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate|
|party = N/A
|candidate = Others
|vp_name = Others
|votes = 58
|percentage = 0.06%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election runningmate box total|
|votes = 90,835
|percentage = 100.00%
|ev = 4
|evprct = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Results by county=
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Benjamin HarrisonGéoelections; [http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1888.htm Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote] (xlsx file for €15) ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Stephen Grover Cleveland ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Clinton Bowen FiskGéoelections; [http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1888fisk.htm Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk] (xlsx file for €15) ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Various candidates ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="1"| Total votes cast{{efn|These figures differ somewhat from those in Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.}} |
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| align=center | County
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Belknap | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,687 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 50.32% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,540 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47.57% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 113 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 2.12% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Republican}}| 147 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2.75% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,340 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Carroll | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,338 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.39% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,434 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49.33% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 162 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 3.28% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -96 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -1.95% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,934 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Cheshire | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,118 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.70% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,165 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.81% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 110 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1.49% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Republican}}| 953 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 12.89% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,393 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Coös | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,298 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.18% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,744 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 53.95% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 44 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.87% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -446 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -8.77% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,086 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Grafton | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,210 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 49.73% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,075 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 48.44% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 191 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1.82% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Republican}}| 135 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1.29% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,476 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Hillsborough | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,460 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 52.07% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,440 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46.46% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 268 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1.48% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,020 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5.61% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 18,168 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Merrimack | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,004 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 48.14% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,121 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49.08% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 346 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 2.77% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -117 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -0.94% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12,471 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Rockingham | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,451 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 48.86% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,552 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49.63% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 200 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1.51% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -101 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -0.76% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 13,203 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Strafford | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,580 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 51.28% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,271 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47.82% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 80 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.90% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Republican}}| 309 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3.46% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,931 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Sullivan | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,588 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 54.95% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,040 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.31% | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 82 | {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1.74% | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Others}}| | {{party shading/Republican}}| 548 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 11.63% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,710 |
| style="text-align:center;"
!Totals!!45,734!!50.38%!!43,382!!47.79%!!1,596!!1.76%!!58{{efn|These votes are not separated by county in the Géoelections data.}}!!0.06%!!2,352!!2.59%!!90,770 |
See also
Notes
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References
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{{New Hampshire elections}}
{{State Results of the 1888 U.S. presidential election}}