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United States presidential election of 1888
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The election results of 1888 Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland Map of the United States showing the results of the 1888 presidential election by state. States won by Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison are shaded in blue, and states won by Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland are shaded in red. Electoral vote counts are displayed within each state, with Harrison receiving 233 electoral votes and Cleveland 168.
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Richard Pallardy
Richard Pallardy received a B.A. in English from Illinois State University in 2005. He was a research editor with Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. from 2008 to 2016 and worked on Britannica Blog from 2010...
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United States presidential election of 1888, American presidential election held on November 6, 1888, in which Republican Benjamin Harrison defeated Democratic incumbent Grover Cleveland, winning in the electoral college 233–168 despite losing the popular vote. It was the second time in American history (1876 being the first) that a presidential candidate had won a majority of the electoral vote while losing the popular vote—a circumstance that would not happen again until the election of 2000....

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