1884 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1884 United States presidential election in Nevada
Flag of Nevada.svg
  1880 November 4, 1884 1888  
Turnout20.52% of the total population Decrease2.svg 8.94 pp [1]
  Unsuccessful 1884.jpg StephenGroverCleveland.jpg
Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Maine New York
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote30
Popular vote7,1935,578
Percentage56.21%43.59%

Nevada Presidential Election Results 1884.svg
County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Nevada voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [2]

Contents

Nevada was won by Secretary of State James G. Blaine (R-Maine), running with Senator John A. Logan, with 56.21% of the vote, against Grover Cleveland, the 28th governor of New York, (DNew York), running with the former governor of Indiana Thomas A. Hendricks, with 43.59% of the popular vote. [2]

The Greenback and Anti-Monopoly Parties both chose major general and former governor of Massachusetts Benjamin Butler and Absolom M. West, an unseated Mississippi representative, received 0.20% of the vote for the scant 26 votes they received.

This is one of only three elections as of 2020 where a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Nevada (the other instances were eight years later when Grover Cleveland won a second, non consecutive term as Populist James Weaver carried Nevada, and 1976, when Jimmy Carter won a narrow victory). Nevada has been a bellwether state for most of American history, and thus this is one of only eight total elections where Nevada has voted for a losing candidate out of the forty times Nevada has voted in presidential elections. The others are the aforementioned 1892 and 1976, along with Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock's victory four years prior in 1880; all three of Populist Democrat William Jennings Bryan's three runs in 1896, 1900, and 1908; and Hillary Clinton's victory in 2016. [3]

Results

General Election Results [4]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Republican Party James G. BlaineH. C. Davis7,193
Republican Party James G. BlaineChancellor Derby7,176
Republican Party James G. BlaineThompson Campbell7,164
Democratic Party Grover ClevelandA. C. Ellis5,578
Democratic Party Grover ClevelandW. E. F. Deal5,577
Democratic Party Grover ClevelandGeorge Ernst5,569
Greenback Party Benjamin ButlerFrank Cook26
Greenback Party Benjamin ButlerGeorge B. Hill26
Greenback Party Benjamin ButlerG. R. Holcomb26
Votes cast [lower-alpha 1] 12,797

Results by county

James G. Blaine
Republican
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
Benjamin Butler
Greenback
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 2]
County# %# %# %# %
Churchill 9652.17%8847.83%00.00%84.35%184
Douglas 21556.28%16743.72%00.00%4812.57%382
Elko 69252.99%61447.01%00.00%785.97%1,306
Esmeralda 55966.47%28233.53%00.00%27732.94%841
Eureka 77861.21%49338.79%00.00%28522.42%1,271
Humboldt 42844.72%52955.28%00.00%-101-10.55%957
Lander 54757.70%40142.30%00.00%14615.40%948
Lincoln 19542.86%26057.14%00.00%-65-14.29%455
Lyon 36055.90%28444.10%00.00%7611.80%644
Nye 20751.36%19648.64%00.00%112.73%403
Ormsby 53761.58%33538.42%00.00%20223.17%872
Storey 1,48857.03%1,12142.97%00.00%36714.07%2,609
Washoe 71657.98%49339.92%262.11%22318.06%1,235
White Pine 37554.35%31545.65%00.00%608.70%690
Totals7,19356.21%5,57843.59%260.20%1,61512.62%12,797

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. Based on highest elector on each ticket

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References

  1. "1884 Presidential Election Results Nevada Total Population Turnout".
  2. 1 2 "1884 Presidential Election Results Nevada".
  3. "Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  4. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada for the Two Years Ending December 31, 1892. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 103. Retrieved July 8, 2024.