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 President William Howard Taft, and the last when those two gave a majority to the Democrat until Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 257 Harrison was the first Republican to ever win without Rockingham County.

Results

Results by county Benjamin HarrisonGéoelections; Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)Republican Grover ClevelandDemocratic Clinton B. FiskGéoelections; Popular Vote for Clinton Fisk (xlsx file for €15)Prohibition Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescast County # % # % # % # % # % # Belknap 2,687 50.32% 2,540 47.57% 113 2.12% 147 2.75% 5,340 Carroll 2,338 47.39% 2,434 49.33% 162 3.28% -96 -1.95% 4,934 Cheshire 4,118 55.70% 3,165 42.81% 110 1.49% 953 12.89% 7,393 Coös 2,298 45.18% 2,744 53.95% 44 0.87% -446 -8.77% 5,086 Grafton 5,210 49.73% 5,075 48.44% 191 1.82% 135 1.29% 10,476 Hillsborough 9,460 52.07% 8,440 46.46% 268 1.48% 1,020 5.61% 18,168 Merrimack 6,004 48.14% 6,121 49.08% 346 2.77% -117 -0.94% 12,471 Rockingham 6,451 48.86% 6,552 49.63% 200 1.51% -101 -0.76% 13,203 Strafford 4,580 51.28% 4,271 47.82% 80 0.90% 309 3.46% 8,931 Sullivan 2,588 54.95% 2,040 43.31% 82 1.74% 548 11.63% 4,710Totals45,73450.38%43,38247.79%1,5961.76%580.06%2,3522.59%90,770

See also United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

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