Who won Minnesota in the 1888 presidential election?

Harrison (Republican) carried Minnesota in 1888, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Minnesota have in 1888?

Minnesota cast 7 electoral votes in the 1888 presidential election.

Did Minnesota vote for the national winner in 1888?

Yes. Minnesota backed Benjamin Harrison, who won the presidency that year.

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1888

Minnesota: Harrison carries 7 EV.

Minnesota cast its 7 electoral votes for Harrison (Republican). National winner: Benjamin Harrison (Republican) — Minnesota voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Minnesota, 1888

In 1888, Minnesota awarded its 7 electoral votes to Harrison of the Republican party. Minnesota ended up on the winning side — Benjamin Harrison captured the White House that year.

It marked the 9th consecutive election in which Minnesota backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Minnesota did not move alone — neighboring North Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin broke the same way in 1888. Across the 43 presidential elections Minnesota has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 times). The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, Benjamin Harrison took 233 of the 401 electoral votes, against Grover Cleveland's 168. Though Benjamin Harrison won the Electoral College, Grover Cleveland drew more of the national popular vote — 48.63% to 47.8%.

The 1888 national map

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