# 1888 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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The 1888 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 30 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won Pennsylvania by a margin of 7.97%.

## Results

1888 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | Benjamin Harrison | 526,091 | 52.74% | 30 |
| | Democratic | Grover Cleveland (incumbent) | 446,633 | 44.77% | 0 |
| | Prohibition | Clinton Fisk | 20,947 | 2.10% | 0 |
| | Union Labor | Alson Streeter | 3,873 | 0.39% | 0 |
| | American | James Curtis | 24 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 997,568 | 100.0% | 30 |

### Results by county

| County | Benjamin Harrison Republican | Benjamin Harrison Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | Clinton Bowen Fisk Prohibition | Clinton Bowen Fisk Prohibition | Alson Jenness Streeter Union Labor | Alson Jenness Streeter Union Labor | James Curtis American | James Curtis American | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Adams | 3,371 | 46.54% | 3,794 | 52.38% | 76 | 1.05% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -423 | -5.84% | 7,243 |
| Allegheny | 45,118 | 63.58% | 24,710 | 34.82% | 1,117 | 1.57% | 5 | 0.01% | 16 | 0.02% | 20,408 | 28.76% | 70,966 |
| Armstrong | 5,030 | 55.89% | 3,763 | 41.81% | 193 | 2.14% | 14 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,267 | 14.08% | 9,000 |
| Beaver | 5,552 | 58.23% | 3,706 | 38.87% | 242 | 2.54% | 34 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,846 | 19.36% | 9,534 |
| Bedford | 4,287 | 52.19% | 3,822 | 46.52% | 82 | 1.00% | 24 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 465 | 5.66% | 8,215 |
| Berks | 10,626 | 36.65% | 18,105 | 62.45% | 252 | 0.87% | 9 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -7,479 | -25.80% | 28,992 |
| Blair | 7,311 | 56.95% | 5,175 | 40.31% | 316 | 2.46% | 35 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,136 | 16.64% | 12,837 |
| Bradford | 8,762 | 63.00% | 4,552 | 32.73% | 536 | 3.85% | 58 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,210 | 30.27% | 13,908 |
| Bucks | 8,584 | 49.11% | 8,642 | 49.44% | 253 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -58 | -0.33% | 17,479 |
| Butler | 5,358 | 53.84% | 3,986 | 40.06% | 434 | 4.36% | 169 | 1.70% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,372 | 13.79% | 9,951 |
| Cambria | 5,517 | 47.11% | 5,948 | 50.79% | 237 | 2.02% | 9 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -431 | -3.68% | 11,711 |
| Cameron | 782 | 58.14% | 551 | 40.97% | 12 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 231 | 17.17% | 1,345 |
| Carbon | 3,279 | 45.69% | 3,665 | 51.07% | 180 | 2.51% | 53 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -386 | -5.38% | 7,177 |
| Centre | 4,574 | 48.29% | 4,712 | 49.75% | 173 | 1.83% | 12 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -138 | -1.46% | 9,471 |
| Chester | 11,578 | 58.51% | 7,541 | 38.11% | 666 | 3.37% | 3 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,037 | 20.40% | 19,788 |
| Clarion | 2,950 | 41.71% | 3,880 | 54.86% | 117 | 1.65% | 126 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | -930 | -13.15% | 7,073 |
| Clearfield | 5,297 | 44.51% | 6,266 | 52.66% | 337 | 2.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -969 | -8.14% | 11,900 |
| Clinton | 2,756 | 45.38% | 3,204 | 52.76% | 80 | 1.32% | 33 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | -448 | -7.38% | 6,073 |
| Columbia | 2,484 | 33.38% | 4,676 | 62.84% | 258 | 3.47% | 23 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,192 | -29.46% | 7,441 |
| Crawford | 8,040 | 53.59% | 5,964 | 39.75% | 747 | 4.98% | 252 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,076 | 13.84% | 15,003 |
| Cumberland | 4,693 | 45.36% | 5,386 | 52.05% | 256 | 2.47% | 12 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -693 | -6.70% | 10,347 |
| Dauphin | 10,852 | 57.66% | 7,684 | 40.82% | 286 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,168 | 16.83% | 18,822 |
| Delaware | 8,791 | 62.04% | 5,028 | 35.48% | 346 | 2.44% | 5 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,763 | 26.56% | 14,170 |
| Elk | 1,321 | 41.09% | 1,824 | 56.73% | 52 | 1.62% | 18 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -503 | -15.65% | 3,215 |
| Erie | 9,372 | 54.23% | 7,111 | 41.15% | 710 | 4.11% | 88 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,261 | 13.08% | 17,281 |
| Fayette | 7,034 | 49.17% | 6,951 | 48.59% | 278 | 1.94% | 43 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 | 0.58% | 14,306 |
| Forest | 917 | 57.24% | 612 | 38.20% | 72 | 4.49% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 305 | 19.04% | 1,602 |
| Franklin | 5,772 | 52.27% | 5,082 | 46.02% | 174 | 1.58% | 14 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 690 | 6.25% | 11,042 |
| Fulton | 951 | 42.93% | 1,230 | 55.53% | 34 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -279 | -12.60% | 2,215 |
| Greene | 2,373 | 35.79% | 4,116 | 62.08% | 141 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,743 | -26.29% | 6,630 |
| Huntingdon | 4,217 | 58.56% | 2,789 | 38.73% | 117 | 1.62% | 78 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,428 | 19.83% | 7,201 |
| Indiana | 5,084 | 62.83% | 2,231 | 27.57% | 294 | 3.63% | 483 | 5.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,853 | 35.26% | 8,092 |
| Jefferson | 4,090 | 53.48% | 3,257 | 42.59% | 178 | 2.33% | 123 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 833 | 10.89% | 7,648 |
| Juniata | 1,760 | 47.58% | 1,842 | 49.80% | 96 | 2.60% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -82 | -2.22% | 3,699 |
| Lackawanna | 10,279 | 48.50% | 9,858 | 46.51% | 1,058 | 4.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 421 | 1.99% | 21,195 |
| Lancaster | 21,976 | 66.56% | 10,495 | 31.79% | 525 | 1.59% | 16 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.01% | 11,481 | 34.77% | 33,016 |
| Lawrence | 4,342 | 62.56% | 2,113 | 30.44% | 437 | 6.30% | 49 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,229 | 32.11% | 6,941 |
| Lebanon | 6,096 | 61.61% | 3,670 | 37.09% | 119 | 1.20% | 10 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,426 | 24.52% | 9,895 |
| Lehigh | 6,977 | 43.35% | 8,927 | 55.47% | 167 | 1.04% | 23 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,950 | -12.12% | 16,094 |
| Luzerne | 15,543 | 49.25% | 15,218 | 48.22% | 790 | 2.50% | 7 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 1.03% | 31,558 |
| Lycoming | 6,591 | 45.34% | 7,467 | 51.37% | 303 | 2.08% | 175 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | -876 | -6.03% | 14,536 |
| McKean | 4,066 | 52.74% | 2,922 | 37.90% | 426 | 5.53% | 295 | 3.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,144 | 14.84% | 7,709 |
| Mercer | 6,428 | 53.91% | 4,806 | 40.31% | 556 | 4.66% | 133 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,622 | 13.60% | 11,923 |
| Mifflin | 2,321 | 51.46% | 2,084 | 46.21% | 105 | 2.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 237 | 5.25% | 4,510 |
| Monroe | 1,107 | 24.95% | 3,274 | 73.79% | 56 | 1.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,167 | -48.84% | 4,437 |
| Montgomery | 13,445 | 50.90% | 12,582 | 47.63% | 379 | 1.43% | 11 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 863 | 3.27% | 26,417 |
| Montour | 1,289 | 39.91% | 1,865 | 57.74% | 41 | 1.27% | 35 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -576 | -17.83% | 3,230 |
| Northampton | 6,785 | 39.67% | 10,027 | 58.63% | 192 | 1.12% | 99 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,242 | -18.96% | 17,103 |
| Northumberland | 6,288 | 48.96% | 6,257 | 48.72% | 231 | 1.80% | 66 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 31 | 0.24% | 12,842 |
| Perry | 3,168 | 53.04% | 2,738 | 45.84% | 66 | 1.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 430 | 7.20% | 5,973 |
| Philadelphia | 111,358 | 54.20% | 92,786 | 45.16% | 1,225 | 0.60% | 75 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 18,572 | 9.04% | 205,444 |
| Pike | 559 | 30.38% | 1,265 | 68.75% | 16 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -706 | -38.37% | 1,840 |
| Potter | 2,570 | 55.68% | 1,692 | 36.66% | 172 | 3.73% | 182 | 3.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 878 | 19.02% | 4,616 |
| Schuylkill | 12,522 | 48.20% | 13,054 | 50.25% | 211 | 0.81% | 193 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -532 | -2.05% | 25,980 |
| Snyder | 2,360 | 60.36% | 1,493 | 38.18% | 57 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 867 | 22.17% | 3,910 |
| Somerset | 4,825 | 65.36% | 2,319 | 31.41% | 238 | 3.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,506 | 33.95% | 7,382 |
| Sullivan | 946 | 40.95% | 1,260 | 54.55% | 48 | 2.08% | 56 | 2.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -314 | -13.59% | 2,310 |
| Susquehanna | 5,019 | 55.30% | 3,328 | 36.67% | 717 | 7.90% | 12 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,691 | 18.63% | 9,076 |
| Tioga | 7,808 | 69.23% | 2,972 | 26.35% | 254 | 2.25% | 245 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,836 | 42.88% | 11,279 |
| Union | 2,448 | 59.85% | 1,582 | 38.68% | 50 | 1.22% | 10 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 866 | 21.17% | 4,090 |
| Venango | 4,424 | 50.49% | 3,475 | 39.66% | 688 | 7.85% | 175 | 2.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 949 | 10.83% | 8,762 |
| Warren | 4,329 | 55.76% | 2,640 | 34.00% | 676 | 8.71% | 119 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,689 | 21.75% | 7,764 |
| Washington | 7,801 | 54.83% | 5,847 | 41.10% | 571 | 4.01% | 8 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,954 | 13.73% | 14,227 |
| Wayne | 2,939 | 46.47% | 3,010 | 47.60% | 375 | 5.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -1.12% | 6,324 |
| Westmoreland | 9,926 | 49.37% | 9,602 | 47.76% | 430 | 2.14% | 147 | 0.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 324 | 1.61% | 20,105 |
| Wyoming | 2,086 | 51.43% | 1,841 | 45.39% | 125 | 3.08% | 4 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 245 | 6.04% | 4,056 |
| York | 9,047 | 41.68% | 12,359 | 56.94% | 301 | 1.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,312 | -15.26% | 21,707 |
| Totals | 526,151 | 52.74% | 446,633 | 44.77% | 20,947 | 2.10% | 3,873 | 0.39% | 24 | 0.00% | 79,518 | 7.97% | 997,628 |