1884 United States presidential election in Oregon

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.

1884 United States presidential election in Oregon

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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 26,680 24,604
Percentage 50.99% 46.70%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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

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1884 United States presidential election in Oregon[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 26,860 50.99% 3 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 24,604 46.70% 0 0.00%
Greenback Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 726 1.38% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 492 0.93% 0 0.00%
Total 52,682 100.00% 3 100.00%

Results by county

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County James Gillespie Blaine[2]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland[2]
Democratic
Various candidates[2]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Baker 810 45.15% 966 53.85% 18 1.00% -156 -8.70% 1,794
Benton 982 47.46% 966 46.69% 121 5.85% 16 0.77% 2,069
Clackamas 1,381 55.31% 1,015 40.65% 101 4.04% 366 14.66% 2,497
Clatsop 872 56.22% 670 43.20% 9 0.58% 202 13.02% 1,551
Columbia 451 59.03% 296 38.74% 17 2.23% 155 20.29% 764
Coos 758 52.38% 638 44.09% 51 3.52% 120 8.29% 1,447
Crook 315 42.28% 426 57.18% 4 0.54% -111 -14.90% 745
Curry 176 52.54% 133 39.70% 26 7.76% 43 12.84% 335
Douglas 1,216 51.20% 1,125 47.37% 34 1.43% 91 3.83% 2,375
Grant 645 48.10% 679 50.63% 17 1.27% -34 -2.54% 1,341
Jackson 947 41.61% 1,251 54.96% 78 3.43% -304 -13.36% 2,276
Josephine 244 44.36% 303 55.09% 3 0.55% -59 -10.73% 550
Klamath 155 46.69% 177 53.31% 0 0.00% -22 -6.63% 332
Lake 160 41.24% 220 56.70% 8 2.06% -60 -15.46% 388
Lane 1,251 48.92% 1,232 48.18% 74 2.89% 19 0.74% 2,557
Linn 1,444 45.60% 1,641 51.82% 82 2.59% -197 -6.22% 3,167
Marion 2,193 56.07% 1,627 41.60% 91 2.33% 566 14.47% 3,911
Multnomah 5,058 55.99% 3,880 42.95% 95 1.05% 1,178 13.04% 9,033
Polk 759 48.28% 748 47.58% 65 4.13% 11 0.70% 1,572
Tillamook 202 51.79% 155 39.74% 33 8.46% 47 12.05% 390
Umatilla 1,861 47.38% 2,003 50.99% 64 1.63% -142 -3.62% 3,928
Union 1,216 47.70% 1,293 50.73% 40 1.57% -77 -3.02% 2,549
Wasco 1,634 53.70% 1,360 44.69% 49 1.61% 274 9.00% 3,043
Washington 946 51.22% 766 41.47% 135 7.31% 180 9.75% 1,847
Yamhill 1,184 52.23% 1,034 45.61% 49 2.16% 150 6.62% 2,267
Totals 26,860 50.94% 24,604 46.66% 1,264 2.40% 2,256 4.28% 52,728

See also

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References

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