1884 United States presidential election in Oregon

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1884 United States presidential election in Oregon
Flag of Oregon.svg
  1880 November 4, 1884 1888  
  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 vote26,68024,604
Percentage50.99%46.70%

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

Contents

Oregon was won by Secretary of State James G. Blaine (R-Maine), running with Senator John A. Logan, with 50.99% 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 46.70% of the popular vote. Blaine won the state by a narrow margin of 4.29%.

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 1.38% of the popular vote.

The Prohibition party chose the 8th Governor of Kansas, John St. John and Maryland State Representative William Daniel, received 0.93% of the popular vote.

Results

1884 United States presidential election in Oregon [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 26,86050.99%3100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 24,60446.70%00.00%
Greenback Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 7261.38%00.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 4920.93%00.00%
Total52,682100.00%3100.00%

Results by county

CountyJames Gillespie Blaine [2]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland [2]
Democratic
Various candidates [2]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Baker 81045.15%96653.85%181.00%-156-8.70%1,794
Benton 98247.46%96646.69%1215.85%160.77%2,069
Clackamas 1,38155.31%1,01540.65%1014.04%36614.66%2,497
Clatsop 87256.22%67043.20%90.58%20213.02%1,551
Columbia 45159.03%29638.74%172.23%15520.29%764
Coos 75852.38%63844.09%513.52%1208.29%1,447
Crook 31542.28%42657.18%40.54%-111-14.90%745
Curry 17652.54%13339.70%267.76%4312.84%335
Douglas 1,21651.20%1,12547.37%341.43%913.83%2,375
Grant 64548.10%67950.63%171.27%-34-2.54%1,341
Jackson 94741.61%1,25154.96%783.43%-304-13.36%2,276
Josephine 24444.36%30355.09%30.55%-59-10.73%550
Klamath 15546.69%17753.31%00.00%-22-6.63%332
Lake 16041.24%22056.70%82.06%-60-15.46%388
Lane 1,25148.92%1,23248.18%742.89%190.74%2,557
Linn 1,44445.60%1,64151.82%822.59%-197-6.22%3,167
Marion 2,19356.07%1,62741.60%912.33%56614.47%3,911
Multnomah 5,05855.99%3,88042.95%951.05%1,17813.04%9,033
Polk 75948.28%74847.58%654.13%110.70%1,572
Tillamook 20251.79%15539.74%338.46%4712.05%390
Umatilla 1,86147.38%2,00350.99%641.63%-142-3.62%3,928
Union 1,21647.70%1,29350.73%401.57%-77-3.02%2,549
Wasco 1,63453.70%1,36044.69%491.61%2749.00%3,043
Washington 94651.22%76641.47%1357.31%1809.75%1,847
Yamhill 1,18452.23%1,03445.61%492.16%1506.62%2,267
Totals26,86050.94%24,60446.66%1,2642.40%2,2564.28%52,728

See also

References

  1. "1884 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Géoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)