Who won Oregon in the 1888 presidential election?

Harrison (Republican) carried Oregon in 1888, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Oregon have in 1888?

Oregon cast 3 electoral votes in the 1888 presidential election.

Did Oregon vote for the national winner in 1888?

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

Gilded AgeOR · 3 EV

1888

Oregon: Harrison carries 3 EV.

Oregon cast its 3 electoral votes for Harrison (Republican). National winner: Benjamin Harrison (Republican) — Oregon voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Oregon, 1888

In 1888, Oregon awarded its 3 electoral votes to Harrison of the Republican party. Oregon ended up on the winning side — Benjamin Harrison captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Oregon backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1884. Oregon did not move alone — neighboring Nevada and California broke the same way in 1888. Across the 42 presidential elections Oregon has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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