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The 1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[citation needed]
South Carolina voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland won the state by a landslide margin of 65.11 percentage points.[citation needed]
Results
| 1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York | Allen Granberry Thurman of Ohio | 65,824 | 82.28% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Benjamin Harrison of Indiana | Levi Parsons Morton of New York | 13,736 | 17.17% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 437 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 79,997 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic |
Benjamin Harrison[2] Republican |
Various candidates[2] Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Abbeville | 2,985 | 97.39% | 74 | 2.41% | 6 | 0.20% | 2,911 | 94.98% | 3,065 |
| Aiken | 2,532 | 86.24% | 404 | 13.76% | 2,128 | 72.48% | 2,936 | ||
| Anderson | 2,045 | 94.28% | 124 | 5.72% | 1,921 | 88.57% | 2,169 | ||
| Barnwell | 2,905 | 78.51% | 613 | 16.57% | 182 | 4.92% | 2,292 | 61.95% | 3,700 |
| Beaufort | 509 | 22.34% | 1,769 | 77.66% | -1,260 | -55.31% | 2,278 | ||
| Berkeley | 1,611 | 55.00% | 1,318 | 45.00% | 293 | 10.00% | 2,929 | ||
| Charleston | 2,652 | 85.16% | 435 | 13.97% | 27 | 0.87% | 2,217 | 71.19% | 3,114 |
| Chester | 1,735 | 97.42% | 42 | 2.36% | 4 | 0.22% | 1,693 | 95.06% | 1,781 |
| Chesterfield | 1,871 | 91.36% | 177 | 8.64% | 1,694 | 82.71% | 2,048 | ||
| Clarendon | 1,452 | 81.44% | 331 | 18.56% | 1,121 | 62.87% | 1,783 | ||
| Colleton | 2,805 | 79.94% | 704 | 20.06% | 2,101 | 59.87% | 3,509 | ||
| Darlington | 1,852 | 86.30% | 294 | 13.70% | 1,558 | 72.60% | 2,146 | ||
| Edgefield | 3,142 | 98.31% | 54 | 1.69% | 3,088 | 96.62% | 3,196 | ||
| Fairfield | 1,389 | 99.07% | 5 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.57% | 1,384 | 98.72% | 1,402 |
| Georgetown | 703 | 52.82% | 628 | 47.18% | 75 | 5.63% | 1,331 | ||
| Greenville | 3,305 | 87.53% | 456 | 12.08% | 15 | 0.40% | 2,849 | 75.45% | 3,776 |
| Hampton | 1,398 | 79.75% | 324 | 18.48% | 31 | 1.77% | 1,074 | 61.27% | 1,753 |
| Horry | 1,241 | 77.37% | 363 | 22.63% | 878 | 54.74% | 1,604 | ||
| Kershaw | 1,258 | 88.10% | 170 | 11.90% | 1,088 | 76.19% | 1,428 | ||
| Lancaster | 1,740 | 88.37% | 221 | 11.22% | 8 | 0.41% | 1,519 | 77.15% | 1,969 |
| Laurens | 1,451 | 96.60% | 36 | 2.40% | 15 | 1.00% | 1,415 | 94.21% | 1,502 |
| Lexington | 1,903 | 94.77% | 91 | 4.53% | 14 | 0.70% | 1,812 | 90.24% | 2,008 |
| Marion | 2,417 | 76.29% | 705 | 22.25% | 46 | 1.45% | 1,712 | 54.04% | 3,168 |
| Marlboro | 1,231 | 99.03% | 12 | 0.97% | 1,219 | 98.07% | 1,243 | ||
| Newberry | 1,729 | 96.65% | 58 | 3.24% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,671 | 93.40% | 1,789 |
| Oconee | 1,212 | 83.88% | 231 | 15.99% | 2 | 0.14% | 981 | 67.89% | 1,445 |
| Orangeburg | 3,044 | 72.32% | 1,165 | 27.68% | 1,879 | 44.64% | 4,209 | ||
| Pickens | 858 | 90.03% | 95 | 9.97% | 763 | 80.06% | 953 | ||
| Richland | 1,912 | 81.02% | 443 | 18.77% | 5 | 0.21% | 1,469 | 62.25% | 2,360 |
| Spartanburg | 3,344 | 86.61% | 502 | 13.00% | 15 | 0.39% | 2,842 | 73.61% | 3,861 |
| Sumter | 1,735 | 64.76% | 944 | 35.24% | 791 | 29.53% | 2,679 | ||
| Union | 1,920 | 98.46% | 30 | 1.54% | 1,890 | 96.92% | 1,950 | ||
| Williamsburg | 1,634 | 66.78% | 813 | 33.22% | 821 | 33.55% | 2,447 | ||
| York | 2,305 | 95.64% | 105 | 4.36% | 2,200 | 91.29% | 2,410 | ||
| Totals | 65,825 | 82.34% | 13,736 | 17.18% | 380 | 0.48% | 52,089 | 65.16% | 79,941 |
References
- ^ "1888 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Presidential election of 1888 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
