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November 6, 1888

General Election

President
Grover Cleveland Democratic 47.1% Loss
James L. Curtis Know Nothing 0.6% Loss
Clinton B. Fisk Prohibition 2.3% Loss
Benjamin Harrison Republican 50% Win
 
CD-01
John J. De Haven Republican 49.9% Win
W. D. Reynolds Know Nothing 1.1% Loss
Thomas L. Thompson Democratic 49% Loss
 
CD-02
Marion Biggs Democratic 50.6% Win
John A. Eagon Republican 46.6% Loss
S. M. McLean Independent 2.4% Loss
J. F. McSwain Know Nothing 0.4% Loss
 
CD-03
S. Solon Holl Know Nothing 1% Loss
Joseph McKenna Republican 57.1% Win
Ben Morgan Democratic 41.9% Loss
 
CD-04
Robert Ferral Democratic 48.6% Loss
William W. Morrow Republican 50.7% Win
Frank M. Pixley Know Nothing 0.6% Loss
 
CD-05
Thomas J. Clunie Democratic 50.1% Win
Timothy G. Phelps Republican 49.9% Loss
 
CD-06
Alfred Daggett Know Nothing 0.2% Loss
J. G. Miller Independent 3.5% Loss
Reel B. Terry Democratic 43.7% Loss
William Vandever Republican 52.5% Win
 
SD-01
Frank McGowan Republican Win
 
SD-03
M. H. Mead Democratic Win
 
SD-05
E. M. Preston Republican Win
 
SD-07
Thomas Fraser Republican Win
 
SD-09
Frank S. Sprague Republican Win
 
SD-11
George J. Campbell Republican Win
 
SD-13
Findley R. Dray Republican Win
 
SD-15
F. C. De Long Republican Win
 
SD-17
William E. Dargie Republican Win
 
SD-19
J. W. Welch Democratic Win
 
SD-21
W. O. Banks Republican Win
 
SD-23
William H. Williams Democratic Win
 
SD-25
James E. Britt Democratic Win
 
SD-27
John E. Hamill Democratic Win
 
SD-31
A. W. Crandall Republican Win
 
SD-33
James D. Byrnes Republican Win
 
SD-35
Thomas Flint Jr. Republican Win
 
SD-37
E. H. Heacock Republican Win
 
SD-39
J. E. McComas Republican Win
 
AD-01
John M. McVay Democratic Win
 
AD-02
J. G. Murray Republican Win
 
AD-04
T. W. H. Shanahan Democratic Win
 
AD-05
J. J. Reavis Democratic Win
 
AD-06
Henry K. Turner Republican Win
 
AD-07
William P. Mathews Democratic Win
 
AD-08
C. H. Porter Republican Win
 
AD-09
Lewis Burwell Democratic Win
 
AD-10
J. C. Campbell Republican Win
 
AD-11
J. H. Seawell Democratic Win
 
AD-12
C. M. Crawford Democratic Win
 
AD-13
Daniel A. Ostrom Democratic Win
 
AD-14
Josiah Sims Republican Win
 
AD-15
John I. Sykes Republican Win
 
AD-16
John Davis Republican Win
 
AD-17
Henry Mahler Democratic Win
 
AD-18
William M. Petrie Republican Win
 
AD-19
E. C. Hart Republican Win
 
AD-20
L. H. Fassett Republican Win
 
AD-21
L. B. Adams Democratic Win
 
AD-22
Frank L. Coombs Republican Win
 
AD-23
F. B. Mulgrew Democratic Win
 
AD-24
James W. Ragsdale Republican Win
 
AD-25
Robert Howe Democratic Win
 
AD-26
J. A. Mullaney Democratic Win
 
AD-27
J. F. Brown Republican Win
 
AD-28
John W. Atherton Republican Win
 
AD-29
Thomas Mulvey Democratic Win
 
AD-30
J. D. Long Democratic Win
 
AD-31
Thomas J. Brannan Democratic Win
 
AD-32
John Staude Republican Win
 
AD-33
W. E. Dinan Democratic Win
 
AD-34
E. J. Reynolds Democratic Win
 
AD-35
H. H. Dobbin Democratic Win
 
AD-36
Charles H. Kiernan Democratic Win
 
AD-37
Thomas M. Searey Democratic Win
 
AD-38
Daniel S. Regan Democratic Win
 
AD-39
John H. McCarthy Democratic Win
 
AD-40
Edward Murray Democratic Win
 
AD-41
Henry C. Dibble Republican Win
 
AD-42
E. S. Saloman Republican Win
 
AD-43
Luther L. Ewing Republican Win
 
AD-44
H. H. Black Democratic Win
 
AD-45
H. M. Brickwedel Republican Win
 
AD-46
James Reavey Democratic Win
 
AD-47
G. W. Burnett Democratic Win
 
AD-48
Thomas C. Maher Republican Win
 
AD-49
L. J. Franks Democratic Win
 
AD-50
James A. Hall Democratic Win
 
AD-51
Joseph McKeown Republican Win
 
AD-52
William Simpson Republican Win
 
AD-53
M. D Hyde Republican Win
 
AD-54
E. S. Culver Republican Win
 
AD-55
Melvin C. Chapman Republican Win
 
AD-56
Charles O. Alexander Republican Win
 
AD-57
Henry Hook Republican Win
 
AD-58
R. S. Johnson Republican Win
 
AD-59
John McMullin Democratic Win
 
AD-60
Clovis T. LaGrave Democratic Win
 
AD-61
John Gardner Republican Win
 
AD-62
L. R. Tullock Democratic Win
 
AD-63
Philo Hersey Republican Win
 
AD-64
James R. Lowe Republican Win
 
AD-65
L. A. Whitehurst Democratic Win
 
AD-66
Vital E. Bangs Democratic Win
 
AD-67
William M. Rundell Democratic Win
 
AD-68
E. C. Tully Democratic Win
 
AD-69
Thomas Renison Democratic Win
 
AD-70
E. H. Tucker Democratic Win
 
AD-71
George S. Berry Democratic Win
 
AD-72
Cyrus Coleman Republican Win
 
AD-73
D. W. James Democratic Win
 
AD-74
Charles A. Storke Democratic Win
 
AD-75
G. W. Wear Democratic Win
 
AD-76
John R. Brierly Republican Win
 
AD-77
J. M. Damron Republican Win
 
AD-78
E. E. Edwards Republican Win
 
AD-79
E. W. Holmes Republican Win
 
AD-80
Nestor A. Young Republican Win
 

Special Election

SD-12
F. H. Greely Republican Win