The 1884 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election . West Virginia voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president . [ 2]
West Virginia was won by Grover Cleveland , the 28th governor of New York , (D –New York ), running with the former governor of Indiana Thomas A. Hendricks , with 50.94 percent of the popular vote, against Secretary of State James G. Blaine (R -Maine ), running with Senator John A. Logan , with 47.75 percent of the vote. [ 2]
The Prohibition Party chose John St. John , the former governor of Kansas , and former Maryland State Senator William Daniel as their presidential and vice-presidential candidates and received 0.71 percent of the vote. 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 0.60 percent of the vote.
This would prove the last time the Democratic Party won an absolute majority of West Virginia's popular vote until 1932 .
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