Benjamin Harrison
Republican
Record
| Year | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | 233 of 401 | 5,440,216 47.8% | Won |
| 1892 | 145 of 444 | 5,176,106 42.9% | Lost |
Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.
Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1888, 1892 . How these figures were compiled
SourcesThe World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 . How these figures were compiled
Election by election
1888
- ConnecticutCleveland by 336 · 0.2 pts
- West VirginiaCleveland by 506 · 0.3 pts
- VirginiaCleveland by 1,539 · 0.5 pts
Margins computed for 38 of 38 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Harrison.
SourceThe World Almanac 1891 . How these figures were compiled
1892
- CaliforniaCleveland by 144 · 0.05 pts
- North DakotaWeaver by 181 · 0.5 pts
- IndianaCleveland by 7,125 · 1.3 pts
Margins computed for 43 of 44 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Harrison.
SourceThe World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 . How these figures were compiled
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