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1884 United States presidential election
1884 United States presidential election in West Virginia West Virginia 1846 presidential no 1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia 1880 1888 United States presidential election in West Virginia 1888 November 4, 1884 21.37% of the total population 3.16 pp1884 Presidential Election Results – West Virginia: Total Population Turnout https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5377 x200px Grover Cleveland by Charles Milton Bell color change (3x4 cropped b&w).jpg Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) New York Thomas A. Hendricks 6 67,311 50.94% James Gillespie Blaine, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front LCCN2011645229 (Cropped1).jpg James G. Blaine Republican Party (United States) Maine John A. Logan 0 63,096 47.75% 1884 United States presidential election in West Virginia results map by county.svg 300px County results
Cleveland
#b9d7ff 40–50%
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
#0645b4 80–90%
Blaine
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80% President Chester A. Arthur Republican Party (United States) Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States)
The 1884 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.1884 Presidential Election Results — West Virginia https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1884&fips=54&off=0&elect=0&f=0
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.
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.
Results
1884 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) 67,311 50.94%
James G. Blaine Republican Party (United States) 63,096 47.75%
John St. John Prohibition Party 939 0.71%
Benjamin Butler Greenback Party #008000 799 0.60%
132,145 100.00%
Results by county
1884 United States presidential election in West Virginia by countyGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1884.htm Presidential election of 1884 — Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15) County Grover ClevelandDemocratic James G. BlaineRepublican Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % Barbour 1,263 49.94% 1,241 49.07% 25 0.99% 22 0.87% 2,529 Berkeley 1,840 50.47% 1,763 48.35% 43 1.18% 77 2.11% 3,646 Boone 470 56.15% 362 43.25% 5 0.60% 108 12.90% 837 Braxton 1,441 63.37% 831 36.54% 2 0.09% 610 26.82% 2,274 Brooke 757 51.29% 704 47.70% 15 1.02% 53 3.59% 1,476 Cabell 1,872 56.15% 1,442 43.25% 20 0.60% 430 12.90% 3,334 Calhoun 753 59.81% 499 39.63% 7 0.56% 254 20.17% 1,259 Clay 306 51.34% 276 46.31% 14 2.35% 30 5.03% 596 Doddridge 989 44.17% 1,208 53.95% 42 1.88% -219 -9.78% 2,239 Fayette 1,555 46.67% 1,753 52.61% 24 0.72% -198 -5.94% 3,332 Gilmer 1,027 60.06% 674 39.42% 9 0.53% 353 20.64% 1,710 Grant 340 29.08% 826 70.66% 3 0.26% -486 -41.57% 1,169 Greenbrier 1,834 62.44% 1,025 34.90% 78 2.66% 809 27.55% 2,937 Hampshire 1,748 81.15% 404 18.76% 2 0.09% 1,344 62.40% 2,154 Hancock 455 40.66% 655 58.53% 9 0.80% -200 -17.87% 1,119 Hardy 1,116 80.29% 274 19.71% 0 0.00% 842 60.58% 1,390 Harrison 2,149 46.12% 2,383 51.14% 128 2.75% -234 -5.02% 4,660 Jackson 1,694 48.03% 1,812 51.38% 21 0.60% -118 -3.35% 3,527 Jefferson 2,254 68.12% 1,042 31.49% 13 0.39% 1,212 36.63% 3,309 Kanawha 2,820 39.23% 4,240 58.99% 128 1.78% -1,420 -19.76% 7,188 Lewis 1,500 52.65% 1,331 46.72% 18 0.63% 169 5.93% 2,849 Lincoln 984 60.63% 638 39.31% 1 0.06% 346 21.32% 1,623 Logan 1,023 86.40% 161 13.60% 0 0.00% 862 72.80% 1,184 Marion 1,956 48.80% 1,958 48.85% 94 2.35% -2 -0.05% 4,008 Marshall 1,734 41.94% 2,352 56.89% 48 1.16% -618 -14.95% 4,134 Mason 2,007 44.95% 2,405 53.86% 53 1.19% -398 -8.91% 4,465 McDowell 203 52.19% 186 47.81% 0 0.00% 17 4.37% 389 Mercer 947 67.16% 461 32.70% 2 0.14% 486 34.47% 1,410 Mineral 1,077 51.02% 985 46.66% 49 2.32% 92 4.36% 2,111 Monongalia 1,292 39.01% 1,988 60.02% 32 0.97% -696 -21.01% 3,312 Monroe 1,176 53.99% 973 44.67% 29 1.33% 203 9.32% 2,178 Morgan 452 37.05% 754 61.80% 14 1.15% -302 -24.75% 1,220 Nicholas 696 54.76% 549 43.19% 26 2.05% 147 11.57% 1,271 Ohio 4,461 50.30% 4,336 48.89% 72 0.81% 125 1.41% 8,869 Pendleton 844 58.45% 599 41.48% 1 0.07% 245 16.97% 1,444 Pleasants 685 55.06% 532 42.77% 27 2.17% 153 12.30% 1,244 Pocahontas 667 62.57% 389 36.49% 10 0.94% 278 26.08% 1,066 Preston 1,316 32.94% 2,625 65.71% 54 1.35% -1,309 -32.77% 3,995 Putnam 1,102 46.03% 1,283 53.59% 9 0.38% -181 -7.56% 2,394 Raleigh 773 56.59% 588 43.05% 5 0.37% 185 13.54% 1,366 Randolph 1,119 66.61% 554 32.98% 7 0.42% 565 33.63% 1,680 Ritchie 1,283 41.32% 1,720 55.39% 102 3.29% -437 -14.07% 3,105 Roane 1,324 54.33% 1,100 45.14% 13 0.53% 224 9.19% 2,437 Summers 1,058 54.06% 871 44.51% 28 1.43% 187 9.56% 1,957 Taylor 1,147 44.49% 1,421 55.12% 10 0.39% -274 -10.63% 2,578 Tucker 435 60.00% 289 39.86% 1 0.14% 146 20.14% 725 Tyler 1,040 42.38% 1,402 57.13% 12 0.49% -362 -14.75% 2,454 Upshur 682 34.44% 1,267 63.99% 31 1.57% -585 -29.55% 1,980 Wayne 1,780 63.19% 1,036 36.78% 1 0.04% 744 26.41% 2,817 Webster 427 71.40% 171 28.60% 0 0.00% 256 42.81% 598 Wetzel 1,947 64.73% 1,058 35.17% 3 0.10% 889 29.55% 3,008 Wirt 865 54.30% 713 44.76% 15 0.94% 152 9.54% 1,593 Wood 2,340 43.01% 2,721 50.01% 380 6.98% -381 -7.00% 5,441 Wyoming 286 51.53% 266 47.93% 3 0.54% 20 3.60% 555Totals67,31150.94%63,09647.75%1,7381.32%4,2153.19%132,145
See also
United States presidential elections in West Virginia
References
West Virginia
1884
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