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1888 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1888, won by Benjamin Harrison with 233 electoral votes.

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Benjamin Harrison's Cabinet

President: Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)

Vice President: Levi P. Morton (1889-1893)

Secretary of State: James G. Blaine (1889-1892), John W. Foster (1892-1893)

Secretary of the Treasury: William Windom (1889-1891), Charles Foster (1891-1893)

Secretary of War: Redfield Proctor (1889-1891), Stephen B. Elkins (1891-1893)

Attorney General: William H. H. Miller (1889-1893)

Postmaster General: John Wanamaker (1889-1893)

Secretary of the Navy: Benjamin F. Tracy (1889-1893)

Secretary of the Interior: John Willock Noble (1889-1893)

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1888 Candidate Electoral Votes

168

Grover Cleveland

233

Benjamin Harrison

202 to win

5,539,118 popular votes (48.6%)
Running Mate: Allen G. Thurman

5,449,825 popular votes (47.8%)
Running Mate: Levi P. Morton

One of only 5 elections (1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, 2016) where the popular vote winner was defeated.

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