1884 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1884 United States presidential election in Nevada

←  1880 November 4, 1884 1888  →
Turnout	20.52% of the total population 8.94 pp [1]
Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland Party Republican Democratic Home state Maine New York Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 7,193 5,578 Percentage 56.21% 43.59%
County Results Blaine   50–60%   60–70% Cleveland   50–60%
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]

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, (D–New 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]

Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	H. C. Davis	7,193
	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	Chancellor Derby	7,176
	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	Thompson Campbell	7,164
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	A. C. Ellis	5,578
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	W. E. F. Deal	5,577
	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	George Ernst	5,569
	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	Frank Cook	26
	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	George B. Hill	26
	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	G. R. Holcomb	26
Votes cast [a]				12,797

Results by county

	James G. Blaine Republican		Grover Cleveland Democratic		Benjamin Butler Greenback		Margin		Total votes cast [b]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Churchill	96	52.17%	88	47.83%	0	0.00%	8	4.35%	184
Douglas	215	56.28%	167	43.72%	0	0.00%	48	12.57%	382
Elko	692	52.99%	614	47.01%	0	0.00%	78	5.97%	1,306
Esmeralda	559	66.47%	282	33.53%	0	0.00%	277	32.94%	841
Eureka	778	61.21%	493	38.79%	0	0.00%	285	22.42%	1,271
Humboldt	428	44.72%	529	55.28%	0	0.00%	-101	-10.55%	957
Lander	547	57.70%	401	42.30%	0	0.00%	146	15.40%	948
Lincoln	195	42.86%	260	57.14%	0	0.00%	-65	-14.29%	455
Lyon	360	55.90%	284	44.10%	0	0.00%	76	11.80%	644
Nye	207	51.36%	196	48.64%	0	0.00%	11	2.73%	403
Ormsby	537	61.58%	335	38.42%	0	0.00%	202	23.17%	872
Storey	1,488	57.03%	1,121	42.97%	0	0.00%	367	14.07%	2,609
Washoe	716	57.98%	493	39.92%	26	2.11%	223	18.06%	1,235
White Pine	375	54.35%	315	45.65%	0	0.00%	60	8.70%	690
Totals	7,193	56.21%	5,578	43.59%	26	0.20%	1,615	12.62%	12,797

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Churchill
• Douglas
• Elko
• Esmeralda
• Lander
• Nye
• Storey
• Washoe
• White Pine

See also

• United States presidential elections in Nevada

Notes

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

References

1. "1884 Presidential Election Results Nevada Total Population Turnout".
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.