1888 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1888 U.S. Presidential Election?
Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 U.S. Presidential Election. Benjamin Harrison received 5,439,853 popular votes (47.8%) and 233 electoral votes. The main challenger was Grover Cleveland (48.6%).
See the full head-to-head between Harrison and Cleveland
Cleveland +0.8 pts · led by 100,456 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.6% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.