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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Tennessee

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Tennessee in 1888, 52.3% to 45.8%, a margin of 6.5 points and 19,721 votes.

Tennessee voted 5.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.8.

The Democratic hold continued from 1884, when Grover Cleveland also won.

Democrats led in 58 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 37. The largest, Shelby, cast 20,209 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.1 points. The closest was McNairy, where 14 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Grover Cleveland won Democratic 158,699 52.3%
Benjamin Harrison Republican 138,978 45.8%
All other candidates 6,017 2.0%
Total303,694

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 11,932 59.0% 8,277 41.0% 20,209 D+18.1
Davidson 9,715 51.0% 9,321 49.0% 19,036 D+2.1
Hamilton 3,906 38.4% 6,264 61.6% 10,170 R+23.2
Knox 3,929 39.1% 6,123 60.9% 10,052 R+21.8
Maury 3,658 56.3% 2,836 43.7% 6,494 D+12.7
Rutherford 3,302 57.1% 2,479 42.9% 5,781 D+14.2
Gibson 3,763 66.5% 1,893 33.5% 5,656 D+33.1
Giles 3,181 60.2% 2,100 39.8% 5,281 D+20.5
Greene 2,195 44.6% 2,722 55.4% 4,917 R+10.7
Fayette 3,813 79.6% 980 20.4% 4,793 D+59.1
Montgomery 2,628 54.8% 2,164 45.2% 4,792 D+9.7
Madison 3,206 68.4% 1,479 31.6% 4,685 D+36.9
Weakley 2,764 61.0% 1,764 39.0% 4,528 D+22.1
Bedford 2,475 55.5% 1,988 44.5% 4,463 D+10.9
Lincoln 3,285 75.2% 1,082 24.8% 4,367 D+50.4
Carroll 1,875 44.3% 2,356 55.7% 4,231 R+11.4
Wilson 2,518 60.0% 1,676 40.0% 4,194 D+20.1
Obion 2,987 71.9% 1,167 28.1% 4,154 D+43.8
Sumner 2,778 69.3% 1,228 30.7% 4,006 D+38.7
Hawkins 1,624 41.8% 2,260 58.2% 3,884 R+16.4
Williamson 2,358 61.3% 1,491 38.7% 3,849 D+22.5
Tipton 2,351 61.3% 1,486 38.7% 3,837 D+22.5
Sullivan 2,255 59.8% 1,513 40.2% 3,768 D+19.7
Haywood 1,962 53.2% 1,724 46.8% 3,686 D+6.5
Washington 1,534 43.3% 2,008 56.7% 3,542 R+13.4
Sevier 489 14.7% 2,830 85.3% 3,319 R+70.5
Henry 2,103 63.7% 1,197 36.3% 3,300 D+27.5
Henderson 1,512 46.0% 1,772 54.0% 3,284 R+7.9
Lauderdale 1,838 56.2% 1,433 43.8% 3,271 D+12.4
McMinn 1,364 41.8% 1,901 58.2% 3,265 R+16.4
Blount 1,009 31.1% 2,237 68.9% 3,246 R+37.8
Smith 2,108 65.7% 1,102 34.3% 3,210 D+31.3
Robertson 2,203 69.8% 952 30.2% 3,155 D+39.7
Jefferson 806 25.6% 2,348 74.4% 3,154 R+48.9
Marshall 2,291 74.5% 786 25.5% 3,077 D+48.9
Franklin 2,362 77.8% 674 22.2% 3,036 D+55.6
McNairy 1,525 50.2% 1,511 49.8% 3,036 D+0.5
Hardeman 1,913 63.5% 1,099 36.5% 3,012 D+27.0
Hardin 1,208 40.4% 1,785 59.6% 2,993 R+19.3
Dyer 2,013 68.5% 925 31.5% 2,938 D+37.0
Roane 844 29.2% 2,042 70.8% 2,886 R+41.5
Monroe 1,457 51.0% 1,399 49.0% 2,856 D+2.0
Cocke 842 30.2% 1,947 69.8% 2,789 R+39.6
Dekalb 1,462 52.7% 1,310 47.3% 2,772 D+5.5
Marion 1,198 44.7% 1,483 55.3% 2,681 R+10.6
Hickman 1,509 57.0% 1,137 43.0% 2,646 D+14.1
Warren 1,975 75.6% 636 24.4% 2,611 D+51.3
Rhea 1,177 45.4% 1,414 54.6% 2,591 R+9.1
Bradley 991 39.5% 1,518 60.5% 2,509 R+21.0
Anderson 733 29.6% 1,740 70.4% 2,473 R+40.7
Campbell 559 23.3% 1,845 76.7% 2,404 R+53.5
Coffee 1,818 77.1% 539 22.9% 2,357 D+54.3
Claiborne 959 40.8% 1,392 59.2% 2,351 R+18.4
Grainger 931 39.7% 1,416 60.3% 2,347 R+20.7
Crockett 1,253 53.7% 1,080 46.3% 2,333 D+7.4
Dickson 1,511 66.4% 765 33.6% 2,276 D+32.8
Carter 453 20.1% 1,797 79.9% 2,250 R+59.7
Putnam 1,361 62.5% 817 37.5% 2,178 D+25.0
Jackson 1,585 74.4% 545 25.6% 2,130 D+48.8
Hamblen 891 42.2% 1,219 57.8% 2,110 R+15.5
White 1,634 78.4% 449 21.6% 2,083 D+56.9
Union 523 25.8% 1,501 74.2% 2,024 R+48.3
Macon 879 44.0% 1,120 56.0% 1,999 R+12.1
Wayne 772 39.1% 1,204 60.9% 1,976 R+21.9
Humphreys 1,443 78.5% 395 21.5% 1,838 D+57.0
Stewart 1,277 70.4% 536 29.6% 1,813 D+40.9
Overton 1,188 65.9% 614 34.1% 1,802 D+31.9
Cannon 1,104 62.7% 658 37.3% 1,762 D+25.3
Loudon 530 30.2% 1,226 69.8% 1,756 R+39.6
Lawrence 1,089 63.2% 633 36.8% 1,722 D+26.5
Benton 1,075 62.7% 640 37.3% 1,715 D+25.4
Hancock 480 28.3% 1,216 71.7% 1,696 R+43.4
Decatur 862 53.2% 757 46.8% 1,619 D+6.5
Scott 164 10.4% 1,418 89.6% 1,582 R+79.3
Johnson 180 11.8% 1,347 88.2% 1,527 R+76.4
Perry 849 61.7% 527 38.3% 1,376 D+23.4
Cheatham 1,063 77.7% 305 22.3% 1,368 D+55.4
Meigs 740 55.7% 589 44.3% 1,329 D+11.4
Polk 679 51.7% 635 48.3% 1,314 D+3.3
Morgan 369 30.0% 860 70.0% 1,229 R+40.0
Clay 749 61.0% 479 39.0% 1,228 D+22.0
Bledsoe 482 42.5% 653 57.5% 1,135 R+15.1
Grundy 901 80.7% 216 19.3% 1,117 D+61.3
Trousdale 792 71.5% 316 28.5% 1,108 D+43.0
Moore 980 90.6% 102 9.4% 1,082 D+81.1
Cumberland 422 40.0% 632 60.0% 1,054 R+19.9
Houston 745 74.2% 259 25.8% 1,004 D+48.4
James (Ext) 308 34.4% 587 65.6% 895 R+31.2
Fentress 249 29.3% 602 70.7% 851 R+41.5
Pickett 362 47.0% 409 53.0% 771 R+6.1
Unicoi 85 11.6% 645 88.4% 730 R+76.7
Sequatchie 350 66.0% 180 34.0% 530 D+32.1
Van Buren 423 80.4% 103 19.6% 526 D+60.8
Lake 450 88.4% 59 11.6% 509 D+76.8
Lewis 254 65.8% 132 34.2% 386 D+31.6

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.

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9