1884 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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1884 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Flag of Massachusetts.svg
  1880 November 4, 1884 1888  
Turnout69.3% [1] Decrease2.svg 1.9 pp
  Unsuccessful 1884.jpg StephenGroverCleveland.jpg Bfbutler.jpg
Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland Benjamin Butler
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Home state Maine New York Massachusetts
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks Absolom West
Electoral vote1400
Popular vote146,724122,35224,382
Percentage48.36%40.33%8.04%

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1884 Presidential Election in Massachusetts By Municipality.svg

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Massachusetts voted for the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine, over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Blaine won the state by a margin of 8.03%. Greenback nominee and former Massachusetts governor Benjamin Butler won 8.04% of the vote.

Results

1884 United States presidential election in Massachusetts [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 146,72448.36%14100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 122,35240.33%00.00%
Greenback Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 24,3828.04%00.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 9,9233.26%00.00%
N/AOthersOthers20.01%00.00%
Total303,383100.00%14100.00%

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References

  1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. "1884 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.