1884 United States presidential election

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The 1884 United States presidential election was the 25th election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 4, 1884. This election was between Governor Grover Cleveland of New York and former Secretary of State James G. Blaine of Maine. Cleveland won the election with 219 electoral votes. Blaine got only 182 electoral votes.

1884 United States presidential election

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401 members of the Electoral College
201 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout77.5%[1] Decrease 0.5 pp
  Sarony, Napoleon, (Stephen) Grover Cleveland cropped.jpg James G. Blaine, U.S. Secretary of State (by James Archer) – U.S. Department of State – detail.jpg
Nominee Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Maine
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks John A. Logan
Electoral vote 219 182
States carried 20 18
Popular vote 4,914,482 4,856,905
Percentage 48.8% 48.3%

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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes those won by Cleveland/Hendricks, red denotes states won by Blaine/Logan. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Candidates

Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)
1884 Democratic Party ticket
Grover Cleveland Thomas A. Hendricks
for President for Vice President
Stephen Grover Cleveland Portrait (3x4 close cropped).jpg
Thomas Andrews Hendricks (cropped 3x4).jpg
28th
Governor of New York
(1883–1885)
16th
Governor of Indiana
(1873–1877)
1884DemocraticPoster.png

Presidential

Vice-Presidential

  • John A. Logan, U.S. senator from Illinois (1871-1877; 1879-1886) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
  • Walter Q. Gresham, Postmaster General from Indiana (1893-1894)
  • Joseph B. Foraker, Unsuccessful Republican Candidate in the 1883 Ohio Gubernational Election (Later served as Governor of Ohio from 1886-1890 and as Senator of Ohio from 1897-1909)

Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)
1884 Republican Party ticket
James G. Blaine John A. Logan
for President for Vice President
Unsuccessful 1884.jpg
John Alexander Logan crop.jpg
28th
U.S. Secretary of State
(1881)
U.S. Senator
from Illinois
(1871–1877 & 1879–1886)
1884RepublicanPoster.png

1884 United States Presidential Election Media

References

  1. "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.