1888 Michigan gubernatorial election
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November 6, 1888
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The 1888 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1888. Republican nominee Cyrus G. Luce defeated Fusion candidate Wellington R. Burt with 49.20% of the vote.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Major party candidates
- Cyrus G. Luce, Republican
- Wellington R. Burt, Democratic[a][1]
Other candidates
- Amherst B. Cheney, Prohibition
- Wildman Mills, Union Labor
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Cyrus G. Luce (inc.) | 233,595 | 49.20% | +1.55% | |
| Fusion | Wellington R. Burt | 216,450 | 45.59% | −0.11% | |
| Prohibition | Amherst B. Cheney | 20,342 | 4.28% | −2.36% | |
| Union Labor | Wildman Mills | 4,388 | 0.92% | ||
| Scattering | 17 | 0.00% | |||
| Plurality | 17,145 | 3.61% | |||
| Total votes | 474,792 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +1.66% | |||
Results by county
[edit]After this election, Oscoda County would not vote Democratic again until 1978.
| County[2][3][4] | Cyrus G. Luce Republican |
Wellington R. Burt Fusion |
Amherst B. Cheney Prohibition |
Wildman Mills Union Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 650 | 56.03% | 498 | 42.93% | 6 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.52% | 152 | 13.10% | 1,160 |
| Alger | 269 | 58.99% | 177 | 38.82% | 10 | 2.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 92 | 20.18% | 456 |
| Allegan | 5,084 | 52.06% | 3,833 | 39.25% | 722 | 7.39% | 126 | 1.29% | 1,251 | 12.81% | 9,765 |
| Alpena | 1,497 | 47.51% | 1,500 | 47.60% | 111 | 3.52% | 43 | 1.36% | -3 | -0.10% | 3,151 |
| Antrim | 1,310 | 56.93% | 879 | 38.20% | 112 | 4.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 431 | 18.73% | 2,301 |
| Arenac | 350 | 31.25% | 272 | 24.29% | 40 | 3.57% | 458 | 40.89% | -108[b] | -9.64% | 1,120 |
| Baraga | 384 | 48.00% | 412 | 51.50% | 4 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -28 | -3.50% | 800 |
| Barry | 3,246 | 50.34% | 2,679 | 41.55% | 370 | 5.74% | 153 | 2.37% | 567 | 8.79% | 6,448 |
| Bay | 4,364 | 43.57% | 5,422 | 54.13% | 114 | 1.14% | 116 | 1.16% | -1,058 | -10.56% | 10,016 |
| Benzie | 720 | 58.44% | 406 | 32.95% | 90 | 7.31% | 16 | 1.30% | 314 | 25.49% | 1,232 |
| Berrien | 5,100 | 49.43% | 4,725 | 45.80% | 462 | 4.48% | 29 | 0.28% | 375 | 3.63% | 10,317[c] |
| Branch | 4,070 | 55.34% | 2,787 | 37.89% | 451 | 6.13% | 47 | 0.64% | 1,283 | 17.44% | 7,355 |
| Calhoun | 5,770 | 53.13% | 4,372 | 40.26% | 568 | 5.23% | 150 | 1.38% | 1,398 | 12.87% | 10,860 |
| Cass | 2,927 | 50.58% | 2,572 | 44.44% | 279 | 4.82% | 9 | 0.16% | 355 | 6.13% | 5,787 |
| Charlevoix | 1,285 | 57.31% | 862 | 38.45% | 94 | 4.19% | 1 | 0.04% | 423 | 18.87% | 2,242 |
| Cheboygan | 1,100 | 45.30% | 1,245 | 51.28% | 76 | 3.13% | 7 | 0.29% | -145 | -5.97% | 2,428 |
| Chippewa | 1,062 | 51.96% | 903 | 44.18% | 79 | 3.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 159 | 7.78% | 2,044 |
| Clare | 915 | 48.80% | 906 | 48.32% | 44 | 2.35% | 10 | 0.53% | 9 | 0.48% | 1,875 |
| Clinton | 3,507 | 48.86% | 3,246 | 45.23% | 336 | 4.68% | 88 | 1.23% | 261 | 3.64% | 7,177 |
| Crawford | 437 | 47.29% | 478 | 51.73% | 8 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.11% | -41 | -4.44% | 924 |
| Delta | 1,582 | 54.03% | 1,335 | 45.59% | 11 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 247 | 8.44% | 2,928 |
| Eaton | 4,649 | 52.44% | 3,279 | 36.98% | 588 | 6.63% | 350 | 3.95% | 1,370 | 15.45% | 8,866 |
| Emmet | 961 | 45.65% | 1,042 | 49.50% | 102 | 4.85% | 0 | 0.00% | -81 | -3.85% | 2,105 |
| Genesee | 5,408 | 53.24% | 3,913 | 38.52% | 817 | 8.04% | 20 | 0.20% | 1,495 | 14.72% | 10,158 |
| Gladwin | 515 | 57.67% | 367 | 41.10% | 9 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.22% | 148 | 16.57% | 893 |
| Gogebic | 1,361 | 54.16% | 1,116 | 44.41% | 36 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 245 | 9.75% | 2,513 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,856 | 63.06% | 926 | 31.46% | 154 | 5.23% | 7 | 0.24% | 930 | 31.60% | 2,943 |
| Gratiot | 3,710 | 52.89% | 2,854 | 40.69% | 389 | 5.55% | 61 | 0.87% | 856 | 12.20% | 7,014 |
| Hillsdale | 4,952 | 56.81% | 3,068 | 35.20% | 562 | 6.45% | 135 | 1.55% | 1,884 | 21.61% | 8,717 |
| Houghton | 2,961 | 50.33% | 2,741 | 46.59% | 181 | 3.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 220 | 3.74% | 5,883 |
| Huron | 1,666 | 35.74% | 1,935 | 41.51% | 191 | 4.10% | 867 | 18.60% | -269 | -5.77% | 4,661[d] |
| Ingham | 4,591 | 46.09% | 4,767 | 47.85% | 496 | 4.98% | 108 | 1.08% | -176 | -1.77% | 9,962 |
| Ionia | 4,447 | 51.11% | 3,780 | 43.45% | 467 | 5.37% | 6 | 0.07% | 667 | 7.67% | 8,700 |
| Iosco | 1,501 | 45.37% | 1,642 | 49.64% | 114 | 3.45% | 51 | 1.54% | -141 | -4.26% | 3,308 |
| Iron | 605 | 53.45% | 524 | 46.29% | 2 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.09% | 81 | 7.16% | 1,132 |
| Isabella | 2,156 | 51.44% | 1,846 | 44.05% | 173 | 4.13% | 16 | 0.38% | 310 | 7.40% | 4,191 |
| Jackson | 5,650 | 48.88% | 5,241 | 45.34% | 525 | 4.54% | 144 | 1.25% | 409 | 3.54% | 11,560 |
| Kalamazoo | 5,408 | 54.40% | 3,981 | 40.04% | 520 | 5.23% | 33 | 0.33% | 1,427 | 14.35% | 9,942 |
| Kalkaska | 790 | 61.62% | 407 | 31.75% | 79 | 6.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 383 | 29.88% | 1,282[e] |
| Kent | 12,798 | 49.41% | 11,816 | 45.62% | 1,283 | 4.95% | 1 | 0.00% | 982 | 3.79% | 25,900[d] |
| Keweenaw | 414 | 69.00% | 182 | 30.33% | 4 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 232 | 38.67% | 600 |
| Lake | 1,046 | 53.45% | 822 | 42.00% | 87 | 4.45% | 2 | 0.10% | 224 | 11.45% | 1,957 |
| Lapeer | 3,693 | 53.79% | 2,904 | 42.30% | 246 | 3.58% | 22 | 0.32% | 789 | 11.49% | 6,865 |
| Leelanau | 898 | 55.67% | 666 | 41.29% | 49 | 3.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 232 | 14.38% | 1,613 |
| Lenawee | 6,448 | 49.34% | 5,688 | 43.52% | 910 | 6.96% | 22 | 0.17% | 760 | 5.82% | 13,069[c] |
| Livingston | 2,697 | 44.83% | 2,857 | 47.49% | 343 | 5.70% | 119 | 1.98% | -160 | -2.66% | 6,016 |
| Luce | 213 | 53.79% | 171 | 43.18% | 12 | 3.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 42 | 10.61% | 396 |
| Mackinac | 627 | 40.69% | 901 | 58.47% | 13 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | -274 | -17.78% | 1,541 |
| Macomb | 3,202 | 44.73% | 3,739 | 52.24% | 214 | 2.99% | 3 | 0.04% | -537 | -7.50% | 7,158 |
| Manistee | 1,675 | 39.64% | 2,308 | 54.61% | 200 | 4.73% | 43 | 1.02% | -633 | -14.98% | 4,226 |
| Manitou | 3 | 2.44% | 120 | 97.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -117 | -95.12% | 123 |
| Marquette | 4,398 | 64.24% | 2,204 | 32.19% | 244 | 3.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,194 | 32.05% | 6,846 |
| Mason | 1,706 | 51.05% | 1,575 | 47.13% | 58 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 131 | 3.92% | 3,342[f] |
| Mecosta | 2,631 | 55.55% | 1,777 | 37.52% | 321 | 6.78% | 7 | 0.15% | 854 | 18.03% | 4,736 |
| Menominee | 3,151 | 57.01% | 2,235 | 40.44% | 93 | 1.68% | 48 | 0.87% | 916 | 16.57% | 5,527 |
| Midland | 1,270 | 48.55% | 1,153 | 44.07% | 117 | 4.47% | 76 | 2.91% | 117 | 4.47% | 2,616 |
| Missaukee | 636 | 50.60% | 573 | 45.58% | 46 | 3.66% | 2 | 0.16% | 63 | 5.01% | 1,257 |
| Monroe | 3,382 | 44.74% | 3,976 | 52.59% | 187 | 2.47% | 15 | 0.20% | -594 | -7.86% | 7,560 |
| Montcalm | 4,491 | 53.53% | 3,491 | 41.61% | 363 | 4.33% | 45 | 0.54% | 1,000 | 11.92% | 8,390 |
| Montmorency | 235 | 48.65% | 246 | 50.93% | 2 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -2.28% | 483 |
| Muskegon | 4,517 | 52.46% | 3,486 | 40.49% | 405 | 4.70% | 202 | 2.35% | 1,031 | 11.97% | 8,610 |
| Newaygo | 2,470 | 52.12% | 1,949 | 41.13% | 238 | 5.02% | 82 | 1.73% | 521 | 10.99% | 4,739 |
| Oakland | 5,436 | 47.70% | 5,405 | 47.42% | 554 | 4.86% | 2 | 0.02% | 31 | 0.27% | 11,397 |
| Oceana | 1,718 | 47.63% | 1,421 | 39.40% | 443 | 12.28% | 25 | 0.69% | 297 | 8.23% | 3,607 |
| Ogemaw | 620 | 48.44% | 584 | 45.63% | 27 | 2.11% | 49 | 3.83% | 36 | 2.81% | 1,280 |
| Ontonagon | 309 | 36.23% | 541 | 63.42% | 3 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -232 | -27.20% | 853 |
| Osceola | 1,911 | 57.84% | 1,083 | 32.78% | 301 | 9.11% | 9 | 0.27% | 828 | 25.06% | 3,304 |
| Oscoda | 279 | 47.77% | 295 | 50.51% | 10 | 1.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -16 | -2.74% | 584 |
| Otsego | 579 | 53.36% | 434 | 40.00% | 58 | 5.35% | 14 | 1.29% | 145 | 13.36% | 1,085 |
| Ottawa | 4,314 | 55.19% | 3,180 | 40.69% | 258 | 3.30% | 63 | 0.81% | 1,134 | 14.51% | 7,816[c] |
| Presque Isle | 379 | 42.02% | 513 | 56.87% | 10 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -134 | -14.86% | 902 |
| Roscommon | 385 | 53.40% | 334 | 46.32% | 1 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 51 | 7.07% | 721 |
| Saginaw | 6,544 | 40.90% | 9,103 | 56.89% | 298 | 1.86% | 55 | 0.34% | -2,559 | -15.99% | 16,000 |
| Sanilac | 2,950 | 51.81% | 2,447 | 42.98% | 228 | 4.00% | 69 | 1.21% | 503 | 8.83% | 5,694 |
| Schoolcraft | 601 | 48.66% | 580 | 46.96% | 54 | 4.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 1.70% | 1,235 |
| Shiawassee | 4,011 | 51.98% | 3,200 | 41.47% | 494 | 6.40% | 12 | 0.16% | 811 | 10.51% | 7,717 |
| St. Clair | 5,422 | 49.08% | 5,297 | 47.95% | 308 | 2.79% | 20 | 0.18% | 125 | 1.13% | 11,047 |
| St. Joseph | 3,383 | 48.56% | 3,211 | 46.09% | 171 | 2.45% | 202 | 2.90% | 172 | 2.47% | 6,967 |
| Tuscola | 3,876 | 52.73% | 3,126 | 42.52% | 278 | 3.78% | 70 | 0.95% | 750 | 10.20% | 7,351[c] |
| Van Buren | 4,812 | 58.40% | 2,980 | 36.17% | 440 | 5.34% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,832 | 22.23% | 8,240 |
| Washtenaw | 4,556 | 43.05% | 5,478 | 51.77% | 533 | 5.04% | 15 | 0.14% | -922 | -8.71% | 10,582 |
| Wayne | 18,653 | 38.89% | 28,404 | 59.21% | 889 | 1.85% | 23 | 0.05% | -9,751 | -20.33% | 47,969 |
| Wexford | 1,440 | 54.24% | 1,057 | 39.81% | 157 | 5.91% | 1 | 0.04% | 383 | 14.43% | 2,655 |
| Total | 233,595 | 49.20% | 216,540 | 45.59% | 20,342 | 4.28% | 4,388 | 0.92% | 17,145 | 3.61% | 474,792 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped from Democratic to Union Labor
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "News of the Week". Abilene Weekly Reflector. Topeka, KS. July 26, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- 1 2 Michigan State Archives, Canvass of the Votes given at the General Election held in the State of Michigan on Tuesday, the Sixth day of November, A.D. 1888 for Governor
- 1 2 "Official Canvass of Votes given for Presidential Electors, State Officers, and Representatives in Congress, at the Election held on Nov. 6, 1888". The State Republican. Lansing: Thorp & Godfrey. December 3, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
- 1 2 Osmun, Gilbert R. (1889). "Vote on Governor, 1854-1888". Official Directory and Legislative Manual of the State of Michigan for the Years 1889-1890. Lansing: Darius D. Thorp, State Printers and Binders. pp. 428–430. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
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