1884 United States presidential election in New York

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1884 United States presidential election in New York
Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg
  1880 November 4, 1884 1888  
Turnout87.5% [1] Decrease2.svg 1.8 pp
  StephenGroverCleveland.png Unsuccessful 1884.jpg
Nominee Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Maine
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks John A. Logan
Electoral vote360
Popular vote563,154562,005
Percentage48.25%48.15%

New York 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 New York took place on November 4, 1884. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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New York was won by the Democratic nominees, Governor Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate former Senator and Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana. Cleveland and Hendricks defeated the Republican nominees, former Secretary of State and Senator James G. Blaine of Maine and his running mate Senator John A. Logan of Illinois.

Cleveland narrowly carried New York State with a plurality of 48.25 percent of the vote to Blaine's 48.15 percent, a victory margin of 0.10 percent and just 1,149 votes in all. In a distant third came the Prohibition Party candidate John St. John with 2.14 percent, while Greenback Party candidate Benjamin Butler came in fourth, with 1.46 percent.

New York weighed in for this election as less than 1 percentage point more Republican than the national average.

Cleveland's narrow victory in his home state, with its 36 electoral votes, proved decisive in clinching him the 1884 election and allowing him to win the presidency. He won despite strong opposition to Cleveland from the corrupt Tammany Hall machine, which held significant influence over New York's politics.

Cleveland performed most strongly downstate in the New York City area, where he won New York County, Kings County, Queens County, and received over 60% of the vote in Richmond County. Cleveland also won nearby Suffolk County, Westchester County, and Rockland County. Blaine won much of upstate New York, including a victory in Erie County, home to the city of Buffalo, although Cleveland did manage to win Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, along with several rural upstate counties.

Results

1884 United States presidential election in New York [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 563,15448.25%36
Republican James G. Blaine 562,00548.15%0
Prohibition John St. John 25,0062.14%0
Greenback Benjamin Butler 17,0041.46%0
Totals1,167,169100.0%36

Results by county

CountyStephen Grover Cleveland [3]
Democratic
James Gillespie Blaine [3]
Republican
Various candidates [3]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Albany 18,34349.13%17,69847.40%1,2953.47%6451.73%37,336
Allegany 3,88631.16%6,66853.47%1,91615.36%-2,782-22.31%12,470
Broome 5,78042.61%7,18252.95%6024.44%-1,402-10.34%13,564
Cattaraugus 6,06540.90%7,46350.32%1,3028.78%-1,398-9.43%14,830
Cayuga 6,04137.16%9,20556.62%1,0126.22%-3,164-19.46%16,258
Chautauqua 5,86133.49%10,67060.96%9715.55%-4,809-27.48%17,502
Chemung 4,71944.04%5,19848.51%7987.45%-479-4.47%10,715
Chenango 4,41041.17%5,46250.99%8407.84%-1,052-9.82%10,712
Clinton 5,15146.08%5,97353.44%540.48%-822-7.35%11,178
Columbia 5,85446.88%6,42451.45%2091.67%-570-4.56%12,487
Cortland 2,77437.98%4,04255.35%4876.67%-1,268-17.36%7,303
Delaware 4,95643.33%5,93451.88%5494.80%-978-8.55%11,439
Dutchess 8,67745.73%9,70151.13%5963.14%-1,024-5.40%18,974
Erie 24,75947.66%26,24950.53%9371.80%-1,490-2.87%51,945
Essex 2,77637.22%4,55761.09%1261.69%-1,781-23.88%7,459
Franklin 2,94838.17%4,63860.05%1371.77%-1,690-21.88%7,723
Fulton 3,52441.92%4,61754.93%2653.15%-1,093-13.00%8,406
Genesee 3,64341.87%4,63153.22%4274.91%-988-11.36%8,701
Greene 4,15247.39%4,16747.56%4425.05%-15-0.17%8,761
Hamilton 56750.99%52146.85%242.16%464.14%1,112
Herkimer 5,32944.97%6,13851.79%3843.24%-809-6.83%11,851
Jefferson 7,07542.18%9,02953.83%6693.99%-1,954-11.65%16,773
Kings 69,26454.83%53,51642.37%3,5412.80%15,74812.47%126,321
Lewis 3,77848.69%3,85449.66%1281.65%-76-0.98%7,760
Livingston 4,03941.54%5,19153.39%4935.07%-1,152-11.85%9,723
Madison 4,87040.27%6,60854.64%6155.09%-1,738-14.37%12,093
Monroe 13,24939.68%18,32554.89%1,8125.43%-5,076-15.20%33,386
Montgomery 5,41348.77%5,50549.59%1821.64%-92-0.83%11,100
New York 133,22258.47%90,09539.54%4,5301.99%43,12718.93%227,847
Niagara 6,19349.01%5,87546.49%5694.50%3182.52%12,637
Oneida 13,82348.17%13,79048.06%1,0833.77%330.11%28,696
Onondaga 13,16642.81%16,89254.92%7002.28%-3,726-12.11%30,758
Ontario 5,64345.56%6,38251.53%3602.91%-739-5.97%12,385
Orange 9,84147.70%9,96848.32%8223.98%-127-0.62%20,631
Orleans 2,90738.04%3,99752.31%7379.65%-1,090-14.27%7,641
Oswego 7,43440.77%9,97654.71%8254.52%-2,542-13.94%18,235
Otsego 7,30749.73%6,87146.76%5163.51%4362.97%14,694
Putnam 1,52641.00%2,10356.50%932.50%-577-15.50%3,722
Queens 10,36753.76%8,44543.80%4712.44%1,9229.97%19,283
Rensselaer 13,41447.44%13,75948.66%1,1023.90%-345-1.22%28,275
Richmond 5,13560.68%3,16437.39%1641.94%1,97123.29%8,463
Rockland 3,69757.40%2,59340.26%1512.34%1,10417.14%6,441
Saratoga 5,84640.17%8,19056.28%5173.55%-2,344-16.11%14,553
Schenectady 2,97746.65%3,26051.08%1452.27%-283-4.43%6,382
Schoharie 5,33959.18%3,47238.49%2102.33%1,86720.70%9,021
Schuyler 2,03941.44%2,61653.17%2655.39%-577-11.73%4,920
Seneca 3,62750.98%3,30946.51%1782.50%3184.47%7,114
St. Lawrence 6,03530.47%13,44167.86%3311.67%-7,406-37.39%19,807
Steuben 9,06043.98%10,04848.78%1,4917.24%-988-4.80%20,599
Suffolk 6,42950.17%5,87645.85%5103.98%5534.32%12,815
Sullivan 3,60749.05%3,33245.31%4155.64%2753.74%7,354
Tioga 3,37940.46%4,36752.29%6057.24%-988-11.83%8,351
Tompkins 3,99244.10%4,42048.83%6407.07%-428-4.73%9,052
Ulster 9,87048.42%9,92948.71%5862.87%-59-0.29%20,385
Warren 2,79341.86%3,57753.61%3024.53%-784-11.75%6,672
Washington 4,22235.39%7,33761.51%3703.10%-3,115-26.11%11,929
Wayne 4,73037.91%6,84354.84%9047.25%-2,113-16.94%12,477
Westchester 12,52451.13%11,28646.08%6832.79%1,2385.05%24,493
Wyoming 3,18939.05%4,44154.38%5366.56%-1,252-15.33%8,166
Yates 1,91835.26%3,19158.67%3306.07%-1,273-23.41%5,439
Totals563,15448.25%562,01148.15%41,9543.59%1,1490.10%1,167,119

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