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Election 1888 Results

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1888 Minnesota governor election

William R. Merriam (Republican) beat Eugene M. Wilson (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1888, 51.3% to 42.1%, a margin of 9.2 points and 24,104 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1886, when Andrew R. McGill won.

Republicans led in 61 of the 79 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Hennepin, cast 37,823 votes and went to the Republican by 9.8 points. The closest was Cook, where 5 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William R. Merriam won Republican 134,355 51.3%
Eugene M. Wilson Democratic 110,251 42.1%
Hugh G. Harrison Prohibition 17,026 6.5%
All other candidates 457 0.2%
Total262,089

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 15,999 42.3% 19,696 52.1% 2,128 37,823 R+9.8
Ramsey 13,886 53.8% 10,875 42.1% 1,042 25,803 D+11.7
St. Louis 2,176 30.0% 4,763 65.8% 303 7,242 R+35.7
Stearns 4,982 70.4% 1,870 26.4% 220 7,072 D+44.0
Winona 3,789 53.7% 3,127 44.3% 146 7,062 D+9.4
Blue Earth 2,838 44.0% 3,191 49.4% 428 6,457 R+5.5
Otter Tail 2,170 34.2% 3,368 53.1% 809 6,347 R+18.9
Goodhue 1,800 30.6% 3,708 63.0% 374 5,882 R+32.4
Fillmore 1,938 34.4% 3,329 59.1% 363 5,630 R+24.7
Polk 1,711 31.3% 3,073 56.3% 674 5,458 R+25.0
Wright 2,178 40.7% 2,824 52.8% 351 5,353 R+12.1
Rice 2,264 45.3% 2,425 48.6% 304 4,993 R+3.2
Washington 2,132 43.5% 2,635 53.8% 129 4,896 R+10.3
Olmsted 2,138 45.8% 2,398 51.3% 135 4,671 R+5.6
Dakota 2,413 56.7% 1,584 37.2% 261 4,258 D+19.5
Le Sueur 2,224 53.8% 1,688 40.8% 223 4,135 D+13.0
Wabasha 2,026 52.2% 1,672 43.1% 181 3,879 D+9.1
Mower 1,371 35.4% 2,305 59.5% 197 3,873 R+24.1
Freeborn 986 26.1% 2,393 63.4% 395 3,774 R+37.3
Faribault 1,074 30.6% 2,116 60.2% 324 3,514 R+29.7
Carver 1,996 58.3% 1,366 39.9% 62 3,424 D+18.4
Meeker 1,278 39.0% 1,730 52.9% 265 3,273 R+13.8
McLeod 1,846 56.8% 1,282 39.4% 124 3,252 D+17.3
Renville 1,149 36.5% 1,761 56.0% 237 3,147 R+19.4
Houston 1,382 44.9% 1,589 51.6% 108 3,079 R+6.7
Scott 2,116 71.7% 780 26.4% 56 2,952 D+45.3
Brown 1,574 54.4% 1,212 41.9% 110 2,896 D+12.5
Sibley 1,537 53.5% 1,281 44.6% 55 2,873 D+8.9
Waseca 1,231 43.3% 1,414 49.8% 196 2,841 R+6.4
Steele 1,216 43.0% 1,471 52.0% 143 2,830 R+9.0
Kandiyohi 505 18.0% 1,896 67.7% 399 2,800 R+49.7
Douglas 748 27.0% 1,632 59.0% 388 2,768 R+31.9
Clay 1,009 37.2% 1,442 53.2% 262 2,713 R+16.0
Nicollet 1,230 45.7% 1,312 48.8% 149 2,691 R+3.0
Dodge 812 31.8% 1,505 59.0% 235 2,552 R+27.2
Morrison 1,484 59.5% 951 38.1% 59 2,494 D+21.4
Todd 907 36.6% 1,437 58.0% 134 2,478 R+21.4
Anoka 817 35.6% 1,305 56.8% 175 2,297 R+21.2
Becker 523 24.3% 1,310 60.8% 322 2,155 R+36.5
Chisago 431 20.8% 1,459 70.4% 181 2,071 R+49.6
Swift 805 40.7% 1,046 52.9% 126 1,977 R+12.2
Norman 367 18.6% 1,093 55.3% 515 1,975 R+36.8
Lac Qui Parle 581 30.0% 1,240 64.0% 115 1,936 R+34.0
Crow Wing 743 38.8% 1,087 56.8% 84 1,914 R+18.0
Pope 461 24.3% 1,160 61.0% 280 1,901 R+36.8
Lyon 485 26.7% 1,098 60.4% 234 1,817 R+33.7
Martin 495 27.3% 1,112 61.4% 205 1,812 R+34.1
Redwood 552 31.3% 987 56.0% 222 1,761 R+24.7
Nobles 710 41.1% 859 49.7% 159 1,728 R+8.6
Marshall 439 26.4% 1,091 65.6% 134 1,664 R+39.2
Yellow Medicine 422 25.7% 1,102 67.2% 116 1,640 R+41.5
Jackson 519 33.0% 932 59.3% 120 1,571 R+26.3
Chippewa 576 38.2% 738 49.0% 192 1,506 R+10.8
Rock 330 23.4% 982 69.5% 101 1,413 R+46.1
Carlton 606 42.9% 756 53.6% 49 1,411 R+10.6
Isanti 180 12.8% 903 64.4% 320 1,403 R+51.5
Grant 550 39.9% 665 48.2% 165 1,380 R+8.3
Murray 507 36.8% 759 55.2% 110 1,376 R+18.3
Watonwan 335 25.0% 912 68.0% 95 1,342 R+43.0
Benton 831 63.0% 400 30.3% 88 1,319 D+32.7
Sherburne 513 40.0% 701 54.6% 69 1,283 R+14.7
Stevens 525 42.7% 613 49.9% 91 1,229 R+7.2
Big Stone 535 44.8% 548 45.9% 111 1,194 R+1.1
Cottonwood 277 24.6% 744 66.2% 103 1,124 R+41.5
Lincoln 414 39.2% 575 54.5% 67 1,056 R+15.2
Kittson 381 36.7% 577 55.6% 79 1,037 R+18.9
Traverse 506 48.9% 488 47.1% 41 1,035 D+1.7
Pipestone 321 31.8% 647 64.1% 41 1,009 R+32.3
Wadena 350 34.7% 516 51.2% 142 1,008 R+16.5
Pine 500 51.7% 402 41.6% 65 967 D+10.1
Wilkin 362 38.0% 533 55.9% 58 953 R+17.9
Cass 235 32.8% 474 66.2% 7 716 R+33.4
Aitkin 205 31.0% 414 62.5% 43 662 R+31.6
Mille Lacs 237 35.8% 402 60.7% 23 662 R+24.9
Hubbard 189 51.4% 175 47.6% 4 368 D+3.8
Kanabec 90 24.9% 155 42.9% 116 361 R+18.0
Lake 95 30.4% 215 68.7% 3 313 R+38.3
Itasca 107 62.2% 55 32.0% 10 172 D+30.2
Cook 29 54.7% 24 45.3% 53 D+9.4

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.

Minnesota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tim Walz (D) D+7.7
2018 Tim Walz (D) D+11.4
2014 Mark Dayton (D) D+5.6
2010 Mark Dayton (D) D+0.4
2006 Tim Pawlenty (R) R+1.0
2002 Tim Pawlenty (R) R+7.9
1998 Jesse Ventura (other)
1994 Arne Carlson (R) R+29.2
1990 Arne Carlson (R) R+3.3
1986 Rudy Perpich (D) D+13.0
1982 Rudy Perpich (D) D+18.6
1978 Albert H. Quie (R) R+7.0
1974 Wendell R. Anderson (D) D+33.4
1970 Wendell R. Anderson (D) D+8.5
1966 Harold Levander (R) R+5.6
1962 Karl F. Rolvaag (D) level
1960 Elmer L. Andersen (R) R+1.5
1958 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+14.4
1956 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+3.2
1954 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+5.9
1952 C. Elmer Anderson (R) R+11.3
1950 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+22.5
1948 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+8.1
1946 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+19.3
1944 Edward John Thye (R) R+23.8
1942 Harold Stassen (R) R+42.1
1940 Harold Stassen (R) R+40.9
1938 Harold Stassen (R) R+54.1
1936 Elmer Austin Benson (other)
1934 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1932 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1930 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1928 Theodore Christianson (R) R+33.6
1926 Theodore Christianson (R) R+51.1
1924 Theodore Christianson (R) R+42.8
1922 J. A. O. Preus (R) R+33.5
1920 J. A. O. Preus (R) R+42.7
1918 J. A. A. Burnquist (R) R+24.3
1916 J. A. A. Burnquist (R) R+39.1
1914 Winfield Scott Hammond (D) D+3.7
1912 Adolph Olson Eberhart (R) R+9.4
1910 Adolph O. Eberhart (R) R+20.5
1908 John Albert Johnson (D) D+8.0
1906 John A. Johnson (D) D+26.2
1904 John A. Johnson (D) D+2.6
1902 Samuel R. Van Sant (R) R+20.9
1900 Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (R) R+0.7
1898 John Lind (D) D+8.0
1896 David M. Clough (R) R+1.1
1894 Knute Nelson (R) R+31.9
1892 Knute Nelson (R) R+5.7
1890 William R. Merriam (R) R+0.9
1888 William R. Merriam (R) R+9.2
1886 Andrew R. McGill (R) R+1.1
1883 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) R+10.5
1881 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) R+26.4
1879 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+14.7
1877 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+17.9
1875 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+14.1
1873 Cushman K. Davis (R) R+7.1
1871 Horace Austin (R) R+21.2
1869 Horace Austin (R) R+3.7
1867 William R. Marshall (R) R+8.2
1865 William R. Marshall (R) R+11.2