# 1888 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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The 1888 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Republican Party candidate Benjamin Harrison won Wisconsin with 49.69% of the popular vote, winning the state's eleven electoral votes. Wisconsin voted Republican for the ninth consecutive election; this streak would end with the next election.
In this election, Marquette County began a streak of voting for the statewide winner that lasted until 1936.

## Results
### Results by county

| County | Benjamin Harrison Republican | Benjamin Harrison Republican | Grover Cleveland Democratic | Grover Cleveland Democratic | Clinton B. Fisk Prohibition | Clinton B. Fisk Prohibition | Alson Streeter Union Labor | Alson Streeter Union Labor | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Adams | 1,102 | 71.14% | 426 | 27.50% | 16 | 1.03% | 5 | 0.32% | 676 | 43.64% | 1,549 |
| Ashland | 2,868 | 55.64% | 2,233 | 43.32% | 54 | 1.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 635 | 12.32% | 5,155 |
| Barron | 1,800 | 60.52% | 885 | 29.76% | 283 | 9.52% | 6 | 0.20% | 915 | 30.77% | 2,974 |
| Bayfield | 1,205 | 62.11% | 708 | 36.49% | 27 | 1.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 497 | 25.62% | 1,940 |
| Brown | 2,655 | 41.23% | 3,556 | 55.22% | 133 | 2.07% | 96 | 1.49% | -901 | -13.99% | 6,440 |
| Buffalo | 1,755 | 54.42% | 1,331 | 41.27% | 88 | 2.73% | 1 | 0.03% | 424 | 13.15% | 3,225 |
| Burnett | 490 | 62.10% | 69 | 8.75% | 230 | 29.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 260 | 32.95% | 789 |
| Calumet | 952 | 30.47% | 1,984 | 63.51% | 46 | 1.47% | 142 | 4.55% | -1,032 | -33.03% | 3,124 |
| Chippewa | 2,685 | 49.05% | 2,506 | 45.78% | 283 | 5.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 3.27% | 5,474 |
| Clark | 2,260 | 60.64% | 1,297 | 34.80% | 148 | 3.97% | 22 | 0.59% | 963 | 25.84% | 3,727 |
| Columbia | 3,509 | 53.45% | 2,650 | 40.37% | 393 | 5.99% | 13 | 0.20% | 859 | 13.08% | 6,565 |
| Crawford | 1,799 | 51.89% | 1,564 | 45.11% | 62 | 1.79% | 42 | 1.21% | 235 | 6.78% | 3,467 |
| Dane | 6,828 | 47.60% | 6,426 | 44.80% | 1,082 | 7.54% | 9 | 0.06% | 402 | 2.80% | 14,345 |
| Dodge | 3,187 | 33.60% | 6,046 | 63.74% | 212 | 2.24% | 40 | 0.42% | -2,859 | -30.14% | 9,485 |
| Door | 1,688 | 61.07% | 1,018 | 36.83% | 55 | 1.99% | 2 | 0.07% | 670 | 24.24% | 2,764 |
| Douglas | 1,183 | 59.66% | 778 | 39.23% | 19 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.15% | 405 | 20.42% | 1,983 |
| Dunn | 2,531 | 54.41% | 1,299 | 27.92% | 277 | 5.95% | 91 | 1.96% | 1,232 | 26.48% | 4,652 |
| Eau Claire | 3,203 | 51.08% | 2,412 | 38.47% | 493 | 7.86% | 162 | 2.58% | 791 | 12.62% | 6,270 |
| Florence | 321 | 57.12% | 227 | 40.39% | 3 | 0.53% | 11 | 1.96% | 94 | 16.73% | 562 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,511 | 45.94% | 4,910 | 50.01% | 297 | 3.02% | 101 | 1.03% | -399 | -4.06% | 9,819 |
| Forest | 234 | 50.87% | 217 | 47.17% | 9 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 17 | 3.70% | 460 |
| Grant | 4,242 | 51.74% | 3,413 | 41.63% | 449 | 5.48% | 94 | 1.15% | 829 | 10.11% | 8,198 |
| Green | 2,660 | 49.12% | 2,098 | 38.74% | 440 | 8.13% | 217 | 4.01% | 562 | 10.38% | 5,415 |
| Green Lake | 1,702 | 52.42% | 1,415 | 43.58% | 125 | 3.85% | 5 | 0.15% | 287 | 8.84% | 3,247 |
| Iowa | 2,483 | 47.73% | 2,257 | 43.39% | 462 | 8.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 4.34% | 5,202 |
| Jackson | 2,090 | 62.57% | 995 | 29.79% | 255 | 7.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,095 | 32.78% | 3,340 |
| Jefferson | 2,993 | 39.94% | 4,282 | 57.15% | 205 | 2.74% | 13 | 0.17% | -1,289 | -17.20% | 7,493 |
| Juneau | 2,067 | 52.64% | 1,666 | 42.42% | 183 | 4.66% | 11 | 0.28% | 401 | 10.21% | 3,927 |
| Kenosha | 1,684 | 48.56% | 1,681 | 48.47% | 102 | 2.94% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,468 |
| Kewaunee | 849 | 29.01% | 2,077 | 70.96% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,228 | -41.95% | 2,927 |
| La Crosse | 4,128 | 48.25% | 3,901 | 45.59% | 394 | 4.60% | 133 | 1.55% | 227 | 2.65% | 8,556 |
| Lafayette | 2,564 | 50.16% | 2,275 | 44.50% | 268 | 5.24% | 5 | 0.10% | 289 | 5.65% | 5,112 |
| Langlade | 774 | 37.54% | 1,192 | 57.81% | 96 | 4.66% | 0 | 0.00% | -418 | -20.27% | 2,062 |
| Lincoln | 1,137 | 47.59% | 1,032 | 43.20% | 107 | 4.48% | 113 | 4.73% | 105 | 4.40% | 2,389 |
| Manitowoc | 2,703 | 38.25% | 4,218 | 59.69% | 19 | 0.27% | 127 | 1.80% | -1,515 | -21.44% | 7,067 |
| Marathon | 2,122 | 36.38% | 3,365 | 57.69% | 42 | 0.72% | 304 | 5.21% | -1,243 | -21.31% | 5,833 |
| Marinette | 1,775 | 45.59% | 1,767 | 45.39% | 224 | 5.75% | 127 | 3.26% | 8 | 0.21% | 3,893 |
| Marquette | 1,119 | 51.95% | 1,005 | 46.66% | 26 | 1.21% | 4 | 0.19% | 114 | 5.29% | 2,154 |
| Milwaukee | 21,393 | 49.14% | 17,305 | 39.75% | 339 | 0.78% | 4,495 | 10.33% | 4,088 | 9.39% | 43,532 |
| Monroe | 2,695 | 52.85% | 2,138 | 41.93% | 266 | 5.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 557 | 10.92% | 5,099 |
| Oconto | 1,315 | 52.45% | 1,148 | 45.79% | 37 | 1.48% | 7 | 0.28% | 167 | 6.66% | 2,507 |
| Oneida | 771 | 46.87% | 868 | 52.77% | 6 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -97 | -5.90% | 1,645 |
| Outagamie | 2,759 | 39.05% | 4,000 | 56.61% | 187 | 2.65% | 120 | 1.70% | -1,241 | -17.56% | 7,066 |
| Ozaukee | 750 | 26.18% | 2,025 | 70.68% | 4 | 0.14% | 86 | 3.00% | -1,275 | -44.50% | 2,865 |
| Pepin | 926 | 59.28% | 461 | 29.51% | 175 | 11.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 465 | 29.77% | 1,562 |
| Pierce | 2,477 | 58.65% | 1,158 | 27.42% | 542 | 12.83% | 46 | 1.09% | 1,319 | 31.23% | 4,223 |
| Polk | 1,703 | 63.88% | 631 | 23.67% | 332 | 12.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,072 | 40.21% | 2,666 |
| Portage | 2,603 | 50.90% | 2,322 | 45.40% | 167 | 3.27% | 22 | 0.43% | 281 | 5.49% | 5,114 |
| Price | 914 | 55.94% | 619 | 37.88% | 101 | 6.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 295 | 18.05% | 1,634 |
| Racine | 3,947 | 49.37% | 3,325 | 41.59% | 440 | 5.50% | 283 | 3.54% | 622 | 7.78% | 7,995 |
| Richland | 2,467 | 54.58% | 1,740 | 38.50% | 292 | 6.46% | 21 | 0.46% | 727 | 16.08% | 4,520 |
| Rock | 6,225 | 60.93% | 3,501 | 34.27% | 478 | 4.68% | 13 | 0.13% | 2,724 | 26.66% | 10,217 |
| Sauk | 3,410 | 51.44% | 2,648 | 39.95% | 539 | 8.13% | 32 | 0.48% | 762 | 11.49% | 6,629 |
| Sawyer | 542 | 51.28% | 511 | 48.34% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 31 | 2.93% | 1,057 |
| Shawano | 1,775 | 51.23% | 1,636 | 47.22% | 31 | 0.89% | 23 | 0.66% | 139 | 4.01% | 3,465 |
| Sheboygan | 3,729 | 43.49% | 4,320 | 50.38% | 76 | 0.89% | 449 | 5.24% | -591 | -6.89% | 8,574 |
| St. Croix | 2,759 | 50.47% | 2,130 | 38.96% | 529 | 9.68% | 49 | 0.90% | 629 | 11.51% | 5,467 |
| Taylor | 792 | 51.90% | 719 | 47.12% | 15 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 4.78% | 1,526 |
| Trempealeau | 2,261 | 55.58% | 1,571 | 38.62% | 236 | 5.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 690 | 16.96% | 4,068 |
| Vernon | 3,316 | 64.15% | 1,540 | 29.79% | 268 | 5.18% | 45 | 0.87% | 1,776 | 34.36% | 5,169 |
| Walworth | 4,473 | 62.50% | 2,028 | 28.34% | 563 | 7.87% | 93 | 1.30% | 2,445 | 34.16% | 7,157 |
| Washburn | 514 | 49.47% | 363 | 34.94% | 106 | 10.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 151 | 14.53% | 1,039 |
| Washington | 1,869 | 39.32% | 2,872 | 60.42% | 12 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,003 | -21.10% | 4,753 |
| Waukesha | 3,839 | 50.35% | 3,456 | 45.32% | 297 | 3.90% | 33 | 0.43% | 383 | 5.02% | 7,625 |
| Waupaca | 3,385 | 62.95% | 1,769 | 32.90% | 167 | 3.11% | 56 | 1.04% | 1,616 | 30.05% | 5,377 |
| Waushara | 2,245 | 72.42% | 663 | 21.39% | 159 | 5.13% | 33 | 1.06% | 1,582 | 51.03% | 3,100 |
| Winnebago | 4,939 | 46.45% | 4,611 | 43.36% | 401 | 3.77% | 682 | 6.41% | 328 | 3.08% | 10,633 |
| Wood | 1,904 | 47.58% | 1,984 | 49.58% | 41 | 1.02% | 73 | 1.82% | -80 | -2.00% | 4,002 |
| Total | 176,555 | 49.69% | 155,243 | 43.69% | 14,415 | 4.06% | 8,561 | 2.41% | 21,312 | 6.00% | 355,338 |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Crawford
* Dane
* Marquette
* Shawano
* Waukesha