1888
Reading the 1888 result in Missouri
Missouri backed Cleveland (Democratic) in the 1888 presidential election, casting 16 electoral votes for the ticket. The presidency went elsewhere: Benjamin Harrison (Republican) won nationally, while Missouri had backed a different ticket.
Missouri stayed in the Democratic column for the 5th straight cycle, extending a run that began in 1872. The region divided — Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas joined Missouri for the Democratic ticket, while Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and Nebraska did not. Over its 52 recorded presidential cycles, Missouri has backed the Democratic party more than any other — 33 times in all. The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.
Nationally, Benjamin Harrison finished with 233 of the 401 electoral votes to 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%.
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