Presidential election · 1888
1888 electoral map
Benjamin Harrison (Republican) won the 1888 presidential election with 233 electoral votes to Grover Cleveland's 168. Harrison carried 20 of the 38 states that took part.
Winner
Benjamin Harrison
233
Democratic
Grover Cleveland
168
201 needed to win · official Electoral College count
DemocraticRepublicanNot a state yet / did not vote
Good to know
- Benjamin Harrison won the Electoral College while Grover Cleveland won the national popular vote.
States won in 1888
Grover Cleveland· Democratic
18 statesElectoral College in 1888
38 states held 401 electoral votes in 1888; a majority was 201. The largest prize was New York with 36 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1888 election article.