1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey
County Results
Cleveland
40-50%
50-60%
Harrison
40-50%
50-60%
The 1888 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election . Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland , over the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison . Cleveland won his birth state by a very narrow margin of 2.35%.
A Republican would not win the White House without New Jersey again until 112 years later in 2000 , when Al Gore won New Jersey by a landslide but narrowly lost the national election.