1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas

November 6, 1888


Nominee	Grover Cleveland	Benjamin Harrison	Alson Streeter
Party	Democratic	Republican	Labor
Home state	New York	Indiana	Illinois
Running mate	Allen G. Thurman	Levi P. Morton	Charles E. Cunningham
Electoral vote	7	0	0
Popular vote	86,062	59,752	10,630
Percentage	54.80%	38.04%	6.77%

County Results

Cleveland

40-50%

50-60%

60-70%

70-80%

80-90%

Harrison

40-50%

50-60%

60-70%

70-80%

80-90%

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

Benjamin Harrison
Republican

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The 1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arkansas voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a margin of 16.76%.

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Campaign

The Union Labor Party held its convention in Little Rock, on April 30, 1888.^[1]

Arkansas had the third-highest percentage for Streeter. Charles Norwood, the Union Labor gubernatorial candidate, narrowly lost in the concurrent election while Lewis P. Featherstone was elected to the United States House of Representatives.^[2]^[3]

Results

1888 United States presidential election in Arkansas^[4]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland of New York	Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio	86,062	54.80%	7	100.00%
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison of Indiana	Levi Parsons Morton of New York	59,752	38.04%	0	0.00%
	Labor	Alson Streeter of Illinois	Charles E. Cunningham of Arkansas	10,630	6.77%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Clinton Fisk of New Jersey	John A. Brooks of Missouri	614	0.39%	0	0.00%
Total				157,058	100.00%	7	100.00%

Notes

References

^ Hild 2004, p. 32.
^ Hild 2004, p. 35.
^ Hild 2020, p. 61.
^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

Works cited

Hild, Matthew (2020). "The Knights of Labor in Arkansas: A Research Note". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 79 (1). Arkansas Historical Association: 59–63. doi:10.2307/26924945. JSTOR 26924945.
Hild, Matthew (2004). "Labor, Third-Party Politics, and New South Democracy in Arkansas, 1884-1896". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 63 (1). Arkansas Historical Association: 24–43. doi:10.2307/40019008. JSTOR 40019008.

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U.S. President	1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
U.S. Senate	Class 2: 1833 1839–40 1848 S 1853 1859 1868 S 1870 1876 1883 1885 S 1889 1895 1901 1907 1913 S 1913 1918 1924 1930 1936 1937 S 1942 1948 1954 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 Class 3: 1837 1843 1845 S 1849 1855 1861 1867 1873 1879 1881 S 1885 1891 1897 1903 1909 1914 1916 S 1920 1926 1932 S 1932 1938 1944 1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022
U.S. House	1837 1838 1840 1842 1844 1846 1848 1851 1853 1854 1856 1858 1860 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 (4th S) 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 (6th S) 1962 1964 1966 (4th S) 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
'S,' denotes special election; 'U,' denotes election under Federal (Union) military occupation See also: Political party strength in Arkansas

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