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Election 1888 Results

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1888 Indiana governor election

Alvin P. Hovey (Republican) beat Courtland Cushing Matson (Democrat) in Indiana in 1888, 49.0% to 48.6%, a margin of 0.4 points and 2,200 votes.

Indiana changed party: in 1884 it went Democratic, for Isaac P. Gray.

Republicans led in 49 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 43. The largest, Marion, cast 35,097 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.7 points. The closest was Daviess, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Alvin P. Hovey won	Republican	263,194	49.0%
Courtland Cushing Matson	Democratic	260,994	48.6%
All other candidates		12,628	2.4%
Total		536,816

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	17,619 50.2%	17,021 48.5%	457	35,097	D+1.7
Allen	9,685 62.9%	5,443 35.4%	262	15,390	D+27.6
Vigo	6,106 48.5%	6,265 49.8%	207	12,578	R+1.3
Vanderburgh	5,846 48.7%	6,109 50.9%	57	12,012	R+2.2
St. Joseph	5,256 50.5%	4,921 47.3%	222	10,399	D+3.2
Wayne	3,651 36.2%	6,132 60.9%	291	10,074	R+24.6
Elkhart	4,449 45.5%	4,962 50.7%	377	9,788	R+5.2
Tippecanoe	4,287 45.2%	5,058 53.3%	147	9,492	R+8.1
La Porte	4,587 54.4%	3,746 44.4%	106	8,439	D+10.0
Cass	4,206 51.1%	3,818 46.4%	213	8,237	D+4.7
Montgomery	3,773 47.8%	4,006 50.8%	114	7,893	R+3.0
Clay	3,771 48.7%	3,743 48.3%	232	7,746	D+0.4
Madison	3,928 51.8%	3,436 45.3%	223	7,587	D+6.5
Kosciusko	3,080 41.5%	4,139 55.7%	206	7,425	R+14.3
Grant	2,982 40.9%	3,918 53.8%	387	7,287	R+12.8
Huntington	3,474 48.1%	3,567 49.3%	187	7,228	R+1.3
Randolph	2,249 31.7%	4,628 65.1%	228	7,105	R+33.5
Clark	3,794 53.9%	3,202 45.5%	46	7,042	D+8.4
Boone	3,320 47.2%	3,441 48.9%	271	7,032	R+1.7
Clinton	3,276 47.0%	3,518 50.5%	174	6,968	R+3.5
Floyd	3,834 55.8%	2,938 42.8%	99	6,871	D+13.0
Wabash	2,558 37.5%	3,985 58.4%	284	6,827	R+20.9
Delaware	2,371 34.9%	4,220 62.1%	202	6,793	R+27.2
Miami	3,495 52.1%	3,032 45.2%	182	6,709	D+6.9
Knox	3,627 54.1%	2,913 43.5%	162	6,702	D+10.7
Shelby	3,412 52.7%	2,879 44.4%	189	6,480	D+8.2
Hamilton	2,404 37.4%	3,595 55.9%	427	6,426	R+18.5
Henry	2,284 35.7%	3,844 60.0%	278	6,406	R+24.4
Dearborn	3,534 56.4%	2,645 42.2%	88	6,267	D+14.2
De Kalb	3,148 50.6%	2,875 46.2%	194	6,217	D+4.4
Noble	2,993 48.6%	3,011 48.9%	152	6,156	R+0.3
Howard	2,197 35.9%	3,599 58.8%	324	6,120	R+22.9
Jefferson	2,708 44.8%	3,313 54.8%	29	6,050	R+10.0
Gibson	2,723 45.9%	2,946 49.7%	261	5,930	R+3.8
Bartholomew	3,113 52.6%	2,730 46.1%	79	5,922	D+6.5
Marshall	3,190 54.0%	2,587 43.8%	131	5,908	D+10.2
Jay	2,741 47.3%	2,810 48.5%	245	5,796	R+1.2
Putnam	3,024 53.2%	2,555 45.0%	105	5,684	D+8.3
Greene	2,665 47.2%	2,930 51.9%	52	5,647	R+4.7
Hendricks	2,079 37.0%	3,286 58.6%	247	5,612	R+21.5
Jackson	3,235 58.4%	2,264 40.9%	36	5,535	D+17.5
Spencer	2,684 49.3%	2,736 50.3%	23	5,443	R+1.0
Daviess	2,689 49.6%	2,692 49.6%	41	5,422	R+0.1
Sullivan	3,377 63.1%	1,905 35.6%	66	5,348	D+27.5
Carroll	2,560 48.1%	2,608 49.0%	157	5,325	R+0.9
Fountain	2,526 47.6%	2,610 49.2%	170	5,306	R+1.6
Parke	2,151 41.5%	2,772 53.5%	260	5,183	R+12.0
Wells	2,939 56.8%	1,915 37.0%	318	5,172	D+19.8
Posey	2,641 51.1%	2,411 46.6%	118	5,170	D+4.4
Rush	2,299 44.6%	2,700 52.3%	160	5,159	R+7.8
Decatur	2,398 46.7%	2,660 51.8%	75	5,133	R+5.1
Warrick	2,551 50.8%	2,375 47.3%	93	5,019	D+3.5
Johnson	2,602 52.4%	2,159 43.4%	209	4,970	D+8.9
Ripley	2,381 49.3%	2,404 49.8%	43	4,828	R+0.5
Harrison	2,526 53.0%	2,134 44.8%	104	4,764	D+8.2
Morgan	2,080 44.6%	2,488 53.4%	91	4,659	R+8.8
Lake	2,072 44.8%	2,544 55.0%	7	4,623	R+10.2
Whitley	2,320 50.2%	2,129 46.1%	174	4,623	D+4.1
Franklin	2,874 62.2%	1,713 37.1%	35	4,622	D+25.1
Porter	2,011 43.8%	2,427 52.8%	155	4,593	R+9.1
Tipton	2,373 52.2%	2,038 44.8%	137	4,548	D+7.4
Hancock	2,380 53.5%	1,985 44.6%	82	4,447	D+8.9
Pike	2,091 47.6%	2,209 50.2%	97	4,397	R+2.7
Adams	2,929 67.1%	1,284 29.4%	153	4,366	D+37.7
Fulton	2,162 50.3%	2,048 47.7%	85	4,295	D+2.7
Washington	2,397 56.2%	1,847 43.3%	21	4,265	D+12.9
Dubois	2,984 70.6%	1,221 28.9%	19	4,224	D+41.7
Lawrence	1,813 44.4%	2,255 55.3%	12	4,080	R+10.8
White	2,021 50.0%	1,943 48.0%	82	4,046	D+1.9
Monroe	1,819 45.6%	2,050 51.4%	118	3,987	R+5.8
Perry	2,007 50.3%	1,976 49.6%	4	3,987	D+0.8
Lagrange	1,506 38.2%	2,256 57.3%	178	3,940	R+19.0
Steuben	1,347 35.0%	2,351 61.1%	150	3,848	R+26.1
Jennings	1,603 43.3%	2,051 55.4%	48	3,702	R+12.1
Owen	1,923 53.1%	1,625 44.9%	71	3,619	D+8.2
Fayette	1,476 42.8%	1,948 56.5%	25	3,449	R+13.7
Orange	1,656 48.1%	1,778 51.7%	8	3,442	R+3.5
Vermillion	1,435 43.4%	1,733 52.5%	136	3,304	R+9.0
Switzerland	1,629 50.0%	1,562 47.9%	69	3,260	D+2.1
Benton	1,424 45.7%	1,629 52.2%	66	3,119	R+6.6
Crawford	1,628 52.4%	1,447 46.6%	31	3,106	D+5.8
Martin	1,555 52.5%	1,394 47.1%	11	2,960	D+5.4
Warren	1,019 35.0%	1,845 63.3%	49	2,913	R+28.4
Pulaski	1,446 53.1%	1,220 44.8%	56	2,722	D+8.3
Jasper	1,002 37.1%	1,602 59.3%	99	2,703	R+22.2
Blackford	1,233 50.4%	1,138 46.5%	77	2,448	D+3.9
Brown	1,534 67.6%	662 29.2%	74	2,270	D+38.4
Newton	861 38.7%	1,282 57.6%	84	2,227	R+18.9
Union	864 42.7%	1,103 54.5%	56	2,023	R+11.8
Scott	1,030 57.3%	742 41.2%	27	1,799	D+16.0
Starke	904 51.2%	833 47.2%	28	1,765	D+4.0
Ohio	588 44.7%	725 55.1%	3	1,316	R+10.4

Counties as they stood in 1888; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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