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Election in Mississippi
The 1888 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election . Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Mississippi voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland , over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison . Cleveland won the state by a margin of 47.81%.
Results [ edit ]
Results by county [ edit ]
County
Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic
Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican
Clinton Bowen Fisk[3] Prohibition
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
793
28.59%
1,981
71.41%
0
0.00%
-1,188
-42.83%
2,774
Alcorn
1,094
70.85%
447
28.95%
3
0.19%
647
41.90%
1,544
Amite
1,399
78.73%
375
21.10%
3
0.17%
1,024
57.63%
1,777
Attala
1,924
67.49%
927
32.51%
0
0.00%
997
34.97%
2,851
Benton
814
62.91%
479
37.02%
1
0.08%
335
25.89%
1,294
Bolivar
907
34.45%
1,726
65.55%
0
0.00%
-819
-31.11%
2,633
Calhoun
1,163
91.14%
108
8.46%
5
0.39%
1,055
82.68%
1,276
Carroll
1,052
94.27%
60
5.38%
4
0.36%
992
88.89%
1,116
Chickasaw
1,264
74.44%
432
25.44%
2
0.12%
832
49.00%
1,698
Choctaw
743
99.60%
3
0.40%
0
0.00%
740
99.20%
746
Claiborne
599
97.72%
14
2.28%
0
0.00%
585
95.43%
613
Clarke
1,510
74.83%
496
24.58%
12
0.59%
1,014
50.25%
2,018
Clay
1,508
86.57%
234
13.43%
0
0.00%
1,274
73.13%
1,742
Coahoma
612
27.78%
1,591
72.22%
0
0.00%
-979
-44.44%
2,203
Copiah
2,207
82.72%
461
17.28%
0
0.00%
1,746
65.44%
2,668
Covington
638
99.38%
4
0.62%
0
0.00%
634
98.75%
642
De Soto
2,083
68.45%
960
31.55%
0
0.00%
1,123
36.90%
3,043
Franklin
776
78.54%
203
20.55%
9
0.91%
573
58.00%
988
Greene
381
85.81%
63
14.19%
0
0.00%
318
71.62%
444
Grenada
708
73.67%
253
26.33%
0
0.00%
455
47.35%
961
Hancock
725
67.69%
313
29.23%
33
3.08%
412
38.47%
1,071
Harrison
850
62.96%
478
35.41%
22
1.63%
372
27.56%
1,350
Hinds
2,201
69.45%
956
30.17%
12
0.38%
1,245
39.29%
3,169
Holmes
1,664
69.83%
717
30.09%
2
0.08%
947
39.74%
2,383
Issaquena
487
46.16%
568
53.84%
0
0.00%
-81
-7.68%
1,055
Itawamba
1,360
96.45%
50
3.55%
0
0.00%
1,310
92.91%
1,410
Jackson
833
57.17%
616
42.28%
8
0.55%
217
14.89%
1,457
Jasper
1,045
62.95%
611
36.81%
4
0.24%
434
26.14%
1,660
Jefferson
683
65.30%
363
34.70%
0
0.00%
320
30.59%
1,046
Jones
671
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
671
100.00%
671
Kemper
1,213
78.87%
325
21.13%
0
0.00%
888
57.74%
1,538
Lafayette
1,687
77.60%
487
22.40%
0
0.00%
1,200
55.20%
2,174
Lauderdale
2,150
86.17%
332
13.31%
13
0.52%
1,818
72.87%
2,495
Lawrence
836
99.52%
2
0.24%
2
0.24%
834
99.29%
840
Leake
1,200
85.17%
209
14.83%
0
0.00%
991
70.33%
1,409
Lee
1,508
98.24%
27
1.76%
0
0.00%
1,481
96.48%
1,535
Leflore
825
99.64%
1
0.12%
2
0.24%
823[a]
99.40%
828
Lincoln
1,097
63.48%
631
36.52%
0
0.00%
466
26.97%
1,728
Lowndes
1,122
98.33%
17
1.49%
2
0.18%
1,105
96.84%
1,141
Madison
2,032
85.49%
344
14.47%
1
0.04%
1,688
71.01%
2,377
Marion
826
98.80%
5
0.60%
5
0.60%
821
98.21%
836
Marshall
2,264
61.45%
1,420
38.55%
0
0.00%
844
22.91%
3,684
Monroe
2,962
87.76%
413
12.24%
0
0.00%
2,549
75.53%
3,375
Montgomery
989
89.34%
118
10.66%
0
0.00%
871
78.68%
1,107
Neshoba
884
99.66%
3
0.34%
0
0.00%
881
99.32%
887
Newton
1,875
93.24%
135
6.71%
1
0.05%
1,740
86.52%
2,011
Noxubee
846
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
846
100.00%
846
Oktibbeha
1,342
76.60%
399
22.77%
11
0.63%
943
53.82%
1,752
Panola
1,650
59.55%
1,121
40.45%
0
0.00%
529
19.09%
2,771
Perry
547
91.47%
17
2.84%
34
5.69%
513[a]
85.79%
598
Pike
1,518
71.98%
585
27.74%
6
0.28%
933
44.24%
2,109
Pontotoc
967
65.34%
509
34.39%
4
0.27%
458
30.95%
1,480
Prentiss
1,231
81.42%
281
18.58%
0
0.00%
950
62.83%
1,512
Quitman
105
38.60%
167
61.40%
0
0.00%
-62
-22.79%
272
Rankin
1,545
75.40%
504
24.60%
0
0.00%
1,041
50.81%
2,049
Scott
1,056
90.03%
112
9.55%
5
0.43%
944
80.48%
1,173
Sharkey
228
27.44%
599
72.08%
4
0.48%
-371
-44.65%
831
Simpson
750
79.45%
193
20.44%
1
0.11%
557
59.00%
944
Smith
1,082
99.63%
2
0.18%
2
0.18%
1,080
99.45%
1,086
Sunflower
365
96.31%
14
3.69%
0
0.00%
351
92.61%
379
Tallahatchie
1,021
97.33%
28
2.67%
0
0.00%
993
94.66%
1,049
Tate
1,931
81.55%
437
18.45%
0
0.00%
1,494
63.09%
2,368
Tippah
1,301
72.89%
483
27.06%
1
0.06%
818
45.83%
1,785
Tishomingo
810
84.46%
144
15.02%
5
0.52%
666
69.45%
959
Tunica
509
34.74%
956
65.26%
0
0.00%
-447
-30.51%
1,465
Union
1,409
77.85%
397
21.93%
4
0.22%
1,012
55.91%
1,810
Warren
2,364
71.16%
958
28.84%
0
0.00%
1,406
42.32%
3,322
Washington
1,850
58.16%
1,322
41.56%
9
0.28%
528
16.60%
3,181
Wayne
690
58.08%
494
41.58%
4
0.34%
196
16.50%
1,188
Webster
725
81.64%
161
18.13%
2
0.23%
564
63.51%
888
Wilkinson
495
93.05%
37
6.95%
0
0.00%
458
86.09%
532
Winston
708
99.72%
0
0.00%
2
0.28%
706[a]
99.44%
710
Yalobusha
1,046
83.21%
211
16.79%
0
0.00%
835
66.43%
1,257
Yazoo
1,196
99.42%
7
0.58%
0
0.00%
1,189
98.84%
1,203
Totals
85,451
73.80%
30,096
25.99%
240
0.21%
55,355
47.81%
115,787
See also [ edit ]
^ a b c In this county where Fisk ran second ahead of Harrison, margin given is Cleveland vote minus Fisk vote and percentage margin Cleveland percentage minus Fisk percentage.
References [ edit ]