National Election Statistics

178,098,000
Voting Age Population
51.4%
Turnout by VAP

1988 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1988, won by George Bush with 426 electoral votes.

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George H. W. Bush's Cabinet

President: George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)

Vice President: Dan Quayle (1989-1993)

Secretary of State: James Baker (1989-1992), Lawrence Eagleburger (1992-1993)

Secretary of the Treasury: Nicholas F. Brady (1988-1993)

Secretary of Defense: Dick Cheney (1989-1993)

Attorney General: Dick Thornburgh (1988-1991), William Barr (1991-1993)

Secretary of the Interior: Manuel Lujan Jr. (1989-1993)

Secretary of Agriculture: Clayton Yeutter (1989-1991), Ed Madigan (1991-1993)

Secretary of Commerce: Robert Mosbacher (1989-1992), Barbara Franklin (1992-1993)

Secretary of Labor: Elizabeth Dole (1989-1990), Lynn M. Martin (1991-1993)

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Louis W. Sullivan (1989-1993)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Jack Kemp (1989-1993)

Secretary of Transportation: Samuel K. Skinner (1989-1991), Andrew Card (1992-1993)

Secretary of Energy: James D. Watkins (1989-1993)

Secretary of Education: Lauro Cavazos (1988-1990), Lamar Alexander (1991-1993)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Ed Derwinski (1989-1992)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Richard Darman (1989-1993)

United States Trade Representative: Carla Anderson Hills (1989-1993)

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1988 National Election

270 to win
41,809,074 votes (45.6%)
Running Mate: Lloyd Bentsen
48,886,097 votes (53.4%)
Running Mate: Dan Quayle

Bush became the first incumbent Vice President of the United States to win a presidential election in 152 years, since Martin Van Buren in 1836.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

9

Alaska

3

Arizona

7

Arkansas

6

California

47

Colorado

8

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

3

Florida

21

Georgia

12

Hawaii

4

Idaho

4

Illinois

24

Indiana

12

Iowa

8

Kansas

7

Kentucky

9

Louisiana

10

Maine

4

Maryland

10

Massachusetts

13

Michigan

20

Minnesota

10

Mississippi

7

Missouri

11

Montana

4

Nebraska

5

Nevada

4

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

16

New Mexico

5

New York

36

North Carolina

13

North Dakota

3

Ohio

23

Oklahoma

8

Oregon

7

Pennsylvania

25

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

3

Tennessee

11

Texas

29

Utah

5

Vermont

3

Virginia

12

Washington

10

West Virginia

6

Wisconsin

11

Wyoming

3