1888 United States presidential election in Indiana

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of Indiana's own junior U.S. senator Benjamin Harrison and the former U.S. ambassador to France Levi P. Morton defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president Grover Cleveland and the former U.S. senator from Ohio Allen G. Thurman. Harrison defeated Cleveland in the national election with 233 electoral votes.

This was the last presidential election held in Indiana using the party ticket system. Following this election, allegations of widespread fraud and abuse associated with the use of tickets printed and distributed by the parties led to the adoption of the Australian ballot for future contests.

General election Summary Indiana chose 15 electors in a statewide general election. Nineteenth-century presidential elections used a form of block voting that allowed voters to modify the electoral list nominated by a political party before submitting their ballots. Because voters elected each member of the Electoral College individually, electors nominated by the same party often received differing numbers of votes as a consequence of voter rolloff, split-ticket voting, or electoral fusion. This table reflects the statewide popular vote as calculated by Walter Dean Burnham in his influential study, Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892, as corrected by the secretary of state of Indiana. Svend Petersen finds four more votes for Cleveland in Indiana.

Results + 1888 United States presidential election in Indiana Party Electors for Candidate Votes Republican Thomas H. Nelson 263,361 Republican James M. Shackelford 263,356 Republican Thomas J. Brooks 263,340 Republican Cicero Buchanan 263,340 Republican John O. Cravens 263,340 Republican David E. Beem 263,338 Republican John C. Chaney 263,337 Republican Winfield T. Durbin 263,336 Republican Leander P. Mitchell 263,335 Republican David W. Voyles 263,334 Republican David C. Suell 263,332 Republican William L. Penfield 263,325 Republican William H. Trammel 263,325 Republican Frank Swigart 263,321 Republican Hiram S. Biggs 263,316 Democratic Samuel B. Vance 261,009 Democratic Cutler S. Dobbins 261,008 Democratic John N. Turner 261,004 Democratic Andrew G. Wood 261,004 Democratic Nicholas Cornet 260,995 Democratic John F. McHugh 260,991 Democratic Thomas J. Study 260,989 Democratic David D. Dykeman 260,988 Democratic George H. D. Gibson 260,987 Democratic John H. Bass 260,983 Democratic John R. East 260,983 Democratic David S. Gooding 260,978 Democratic Samuel D. Puett 260,974 Democratic Thomas R. Cobb 260,969 Democratic John E. Lamb 260,882 Prohibition Jesse T. Hutchens 9,945 Prohibition Augustus Bradley 9,941 Prohibition John Brazelton 9,941 Prohibition Milton Hayward 9,941 Prohibition Rena M. Julian 9,941 Prohibition Felix McWhirter 9,941 Prohibition Charles L. Murray 9,941 Prohibition William M. Ross 9,941 Prohibition James T. Williams 9,940 Prohibition George W. Terry 9,940 Prohibition Daniel W. Thomas 9,940 Prohibition Calvin J. Winch 9,940 Prohibition Henry W. Bullock 9,939 Prohibition Leander M. Crist 9,938 Prohibition Leroy H. Albert 9,823 Union Labor Hugh Marlin 2,694 Union Labor Jason H. Allen 2,693 Union Labor James D. Hudson 2,693 Union Labor Charlton Bull 2,692 Union Labor Wesley Glover 2,691 Union Labor Albert A. Bender 2,684 Union Labor Edward Sanford 2,684 Union Labor Claborn J. Smoot 2,670 Union Labor John S. Bender 2,668 Union Labor R. H. Davis 2,604 Union Labor Moses Smith 2,585 Union Labor Abram Williams 2,536 Union Labor Adam C. Ford 2,605 Union Labor William Austell 2,346

Results by county + 1888 United States presidential election in Indiana by county County Benjamin HarrisonRepublican Grover ClevelandDemocratic Clinton B. FiskProhibition Alson StreeterUnion Labor Margin Total Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Votes Percent Adams 1,277 29.27% 2,936 67.29% 141 3.23% 9 0.21% -1,659 -38.02% 4,363 Allen 5,455 35.41% 9,692 62.92% 162 1.05% 95 0.62% -4,237 -27.51% 15,404 Bartholomew 2,742 46.27% 3,109 52.46% 69 1.16% 6 0.10% -367 -6.19% 5,926 Benton 1,626 52.18% 1,425 45.73% 62 1.99% 3 0.10% 201 6.45% 3,116 Blackford 1,141 46.57% 1,232 50.29% 59 2.41% 18 0.73% -91 -3.71% 2,450 Boone 3,441 48.95% 3,324 47.29% 104 1.48% 160 2.28% 117 1.66% 7,029 Brown 661 29.08% 1,538 67.66% 63 2.77% 11 0.48% -877 -38.58% 2,273 Carroll 2,607 48.96% 2,560 48.08% 130 2.44% 28 0.53% 47 0.88% 5,325 Cass 3,822 46.34% 4,221 51.18% 162 1.96% 43 0.52% -399 -4.84% 8,248 Clark 3,206 45.52% 3,788 53.78% 46 0.65% 3 0.04% -582 -8.26% 7,043 Clay 3,711 48.12% 3,773 48.92% 130 1.69% 98 1.27% -62 -0.80% 7,712 Clinton 3,519 50.50% 3,278 47.04% 137 1.97% 34 0.49% 241 3.46% 6,968 Crawford 1,445 46.54% 1,628 52.43% 22 0.71% 10 0.32% -183 -5.89% 3,105 Daviess 2,691 49.60% 2,689 49.57% 6 0.11% 39 0.72% 2 0.04% 5,425 De Kalb 2,879 46.28% 3,160 50.80% 141 2.27% 41 0.66% -281 -4.52% 6,221 Dearborn 2,648 42.25% 3,531 56.33% 57 0.91% 32 0.51% -883 -14.09% 6,268 Decatur 2,663 51.86% 2,400 46.74% 67 1.30% 5 0.10% 263 5.12% 5,135 Delaware 4,227 62.23% 2,368 34.86% 181 2.66% 17 0.25% 1,859 27.37% 6,793 Dubois 1,220 28.88% 2,986 70.67% 17 0.40% 2 0.05% -1,766 -41.80% 4,225 Elkhart 4,955 50.62% 4,464 45.61% 322 3.29% 47 0.48% 491 5.01% 9,788 Fayette 1,953 56.64% 1,471 42.66% 24 0.70% 0 0.00% 482 13.98% 3,448 Floyd 2,947 42.88% 3,824 55.65% 86 1.25% 15 0.22% -877 -12.76% 6,872 Fountain 2,608 49.41% 2,525 47.84% 31 0.59% 114 2.16% 83 1.57% 5,278 Franklin 1,712 37.05% 2,872 62.15% 37 0.80% 0 0.00% -1,160 -25.10% 4,621 Fulton 2,053 47.79% 2,163 50.35% 76 1.77% 4 0.09% -110 -2.56% 4,296 Gibson 2,953 49.74% 2,721 45.83% 238 4.01% 25 0.42% 232 3.91% 5,937 Grant 3,929 53.87% 2,990 41.00% 373 5.11% 1 0.01% 939 12.88% 7,293 Greene 2,934 51.96% 2,659 47.09% 36 0.64% 18 0.32% 275 4.87% 5,647 Hamilton 3,599 56.04% 2,412 37.56% 390 6.07% 21 0.33% 1,187 18.48% 6,422 Hancock 1,986 44.68% 2,376 53.45% 75 1.69% 8 0.18% -390 -8.77% 4,445 Harrison 2,133 44.76% 2,529 53.07% 26 0.55% 77 1.62% -396 -8.31% 4,765 Hendricks 3,297 58.62% 2,083 37.04% 241 4.29% 3 0.05% 1,214 21.59% 5,624 Henry 3,849 60.07% 2,277 35.54% 230 3.59% 51 0.80% 1,572 24.52% 6,407 Howard 3,604 58.87% 2,202 35.97% 227 3.71% 89 1.45% 1,402 22.90% 6,122 Huntington 3,559 49.23% 3,481 48.15% 186 2.57% 3 0.04% 78 1.08% 7,229 Jackson 2,263 40.89% 3,235 58.45% 19 0.34% 18 0.33% -972 -17.56% 5,535 Jasper 1,604 59.30% 1,003 37.08% 78 2.88% 20 0.74% 601 22.22% 2,705 Jay 2,811 48.42% 2,741 47.22% 181 3.12% 72 1.24% 70 1.20% 5,805 Jefferson 3,321 54.87% 2,700 44.61% 31 0.51% 0 0.00% 621 10.26% 6,052 Jennings 2,057 55.55% 1,598 43.15% 25 0.68% 23 0.62% 459 12.40% 3,703 Johnson 2,168 43.45% 2,594 51.98% 66 1.32% 162 3.25% -426 -8.54% 4,990 Knox 2,922 43.57% 3,621 53.99% 161 2.40% 3 0.04% -699 -10.42% 6,707 Kosciusko 4,147 55.81% 3,081 41.46% 197 2.65% 6 0.08% 1,066 14.35% 7,431 La Porte 3,722 44.11% 4,607 54.60% 93 1.10% 16 0.19% -885 -10.49% 8,438 Lagrange 2,262 57.32% 1,516 38.42% 133 3.37% 35 0.89% 746 18.91% 3,946 Lake 2,543 54.21% 2,068 44.08% 77 1.64% 3 0.06% 475 10.13% 4,691 Lawrence 2,256 55.24% 1,814 44.42% 9 0.22% 5 0.12% 442 10.82% 4,084 Madison 3,436 45.26% 3,928 51.74% 199 2.62% 29 0.38% -492 -6.48% 7,592 Marion 17,139 48.82% 17,515 49.89% 399 1.14% 57 0.16% -376 -1.07% 35,110 Marshall 2,582 43.70% 3,188 53.96% 101 1.71% 37 0.63% -606 -10.26% 5,908 Martin 1,391 46.99% 1,558 52.64% 8 0.27% 3 0.10% -167 -5.64% 2,960 Miami 3,042 45.30% 3,492 52.00% 145 2.16% 36 0.54% -450 -6.70% 6,715 Monroe 2,054 51.50% 1,815 45.51% 84 2.11% 35 0.88% 239 5.99% 3,988 Montgomery 4,011 50.82% 3,763 47.68% 89 1.13% 29 0.37% 248 3.14% 7,892 Morgan 2,500 53.58% 2,077 44.51% 76 1.63% 13 0.28% 423 9.07% 4,666 Newton 1,283 57.66% 860 38.65% 68 3.06% 14 0.63% 423 19.01% 2,225 Noble 3,026 49.16% 2,979 48.39% 137 2.23% 14 0.23% 47 0.76% 6,156 Ohio 726 55.25% 585 44.52% 2 0.15% 1 0.08% 141 10.73% 1,314 Orange 1,779 51.67% 1,654 48.04% 10 0.29% 0 0.00% 125 3.63% 3,443 Owen 1,632 45.08% 1,918 52.98% 70 1.93% 0 0.00% -286 -7.90% 3,620 Parke 2,764 53.28% 2,159 41.62% 178 3.43% 87 1.68% 605 11.66% 5,188 Perry 1,974 49.54% 2,007 50.36% 3 0.08% 1 0.03% -33 -0.83% 3,985 Pike 2,197 50.02% 2,098 47.77% 19 0.43% 78 1.78% 99 2.25% 4,392 Porter 2,427 52.82% 2,018 43.92% 143 3.11% 7 0.15% 409 8.90% 4,595 Posey 2,369 45.70% 2,684 51.77% 99 1.91% 32 0.62% -315 -6.08% 5,184 Pulaski 1,223 44.95% 1,446 53.14% 37 1.36% 15 0.55% -223 -8.20% 2,721 Putnam 2,570 45.12% 3,016 52.95% 96 1.69% 14 0.25% -446 -7.83% 5,696 Randolph 4,629 65.11% 2,256 31.73% 180 2.53% 45 0.63% 2,373 33.38% 7,110 Ripley 2,404 49.77% 2,381 49.30% 40 0.83% 5 0.10% 23 0.48% 4,830 Rush 2,713 52.46% 2,292 44.32% 146 2.82% 21 0.41% 421 8.14% 5,172 Scott 743 41.28% 1,030 57.22% 27 1.50% 0 0.00% -287 -15.94% 1,800 Shelby 2,877 44.41% 3,409 52.62% 180 2.78% 12 0.19% -532 -8.21% 6,478 Spencer 2,733 50.22% 2,685 49.34% 20 0.37% 4 0.07% 48 0.88% 5,442 St. Joseph 4,929 47.40% 5,257 50.56% 198 1.90% 14 0.13% -328 -3.15% 10,398 Starke 834 47.23% 904 51.19% 26 1.47% 2 0.11% -70 -3.96% 1,766 Steuben 2,352 61.12% 1,348 35.03% 118 3.07% 30 0.78% 1,004 26.09% 3,848 Sullivan 1,902 35.56% 3,382 63.24% 38 0.71% 26 0.49% -1,480 -27.67% 5,348 Switzerland 1,560 47.87% 1,637 50.23% 5 0.15% 57 1.75% -77 -2.36% 3,259 Tippecanoe 5,072 53.39% 4,281 45.06% 120 1.26% 27 0.28% 791 8.33% 9,500 Tipton 2,042 44.93% 2,370 52.14% 109 2.40% 24 0.53% -328 -7.21% 4,545 Union 1,108 54.74% 868 42.89% 42 2.08% 6 0.30% 240 11.86% 2,024 Vanderburgh 6,027 50.23% 5,889 49.08% 65 0.54% 17 0.14% 138 1.15% 11,998 Vermillion 1,730 52.36% 1,438 43.52% 49 1.48% 87 2.63% 292 8.84% 3,304 Vigo 6,273 49.84% 6,102 48.48% 51 0.40% 160 1.27% 171 1.36% 12,586 Wabash 3,986 58.41% 2,555 37.44% 261 3.82% 22 0.32% 1,431 20.97% 6,824 Warren 1,847 63.32% 1,017 34.86% 38 1.30% 15 0.51% 830 28.45% 2,917 Warrick 2,361 47.05% 2,557 50.96% 62 1.24% 38 0.76% -196 -3.91% 5,018 Washington 1,847 43.38% 2,389 56.12% 14 0.33% 8 0.19% -542 -12.74% 4,258 Wayne 6,138 60.91% 3,653 36.25% 266 2.64% 20 0.20% 2,485 24.66% 10,077 Wells 1,926 37.17% 2,942 56.77% 286 5.52% 28 0.54% -1,016 -19.61% 5,182 White 1,942 48.01% 2,017 49.86% 69 1.71% 17 0.42% -75 -1.85% 4,045 Whitley 2,133 46.18% 2,325 50.34% 148 3.20% 13 0.28% -192 -4.16% 4,619Totals263,36149.04%261,00948.60%9,9451.85%2,6930.50%2,3520.44%537,008

See also United States presidential elections in Indiana

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