1884 United States presidential election in New York
1884 United States presidential election in New York Turnout 87.5%[1] 1.8 pp
County Results
Cleveland
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Blaine
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
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 .
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
Results by county
County
Stephen Grover Cleveland[3] Democratic
James Gillespie Blaine[3] Republican
Various candidates[3] Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Albany
18,343
49.13%
17,698
47.40%
1,295
3.47%
645
1.73%
37,336
Allegany
3,886
31.16%
6,668
53.47%
1,916
15.36%
-2,782
-22.31%
12,470
Broome
5,780
42.61%
7,182
52.95%
602
4.44%
-1,402
-10.34%
13,564
Cattaraugus
6,065
40.90%
7,463
50.32%
1,302
8.78%
-1,398
-9.43%
14,830
Cayuga
6,041
37.16%
9,205
56.62%
1,012
6.22%
-3,164
-19.46%
16,258
Chautauqua
5,861
33.49%
10,670
60.96%
971
5.55%
-4,809
-27.48%
17,502
Chemung
4,719
44.04%
5,198
48.51%
798
7.45%
-479
-4.47%
10,715
Chenango
4,410
41.17%
5,462
50.99%
840
7.84%
-1,052
-9.82%
10,712
Clinton
5,151
46.08%
5,973
53.44%
54
0.48%
-822
-7.35%
11,178
Columbia
5,854
46.88%
6,424
51.45%
209
1.67%
-570
-4.56%
12,487
Cortland
2,774
37.98%
4,042
55.35%
487
6.67%
-1,268
-17.36%
7,303
Delaware
4,956
43.33%
5,934
51.88%
549
4.80%
-978
-8.55%
11,439
Dutchess
8,677
45.73%
9,701
51.13%
596
3.14%
-1,024
-5.40%
18,974
Erie
24,759
47.66%
26,249
50.53%
937
1.80%
-1,490
-2.87%
51,945
Essex
2,776
37.22%
4,557
61.09%
126
1.69%
-1,781
-23.88%
7,459
Franklin
2,948
38.17%
4,638
60.05%
137
1.77%
-1,690
-21.88%
7,723
Fulton
3,524
41.92%
4,617
54.93%
265
3.15%
-1,093
-13.00%
8,406
Genesee
3,643
41.87%
4,631
53.22%
427
4.91%
-988
-11.36%
8,701
Greene
4,152
47.39%
4,167
47.56%
442
5.05%
-15
-0.17%
8,761
Hamilton
567
50.99%
521
46.85%
24
2.16%
46
4.14%
1,112
Herkimer
5,329
44.97%
6,138
51.79%
384
3.24%
-809
-6.83%
11,851
Jefferson
7,075
42.18%
9,029
53.83%
669
3.99%
-1,954
-11.65%
16,773
Kings
69,264
54.83%
53,516
42.37%
3,541
2.80%
15,748
12.47%
126,321
Lewis
3,778
48.69%
3,854
49.66%
128
1.65%
-76
-0.98%
7,760
Livingston
4,039
41.54%
5,191
53.39%
493
5.07%
-1,152
-11.85%
9,723
Madison
4,870
40.27%
6,608
54.64%
615
5.09%
-1,738
-14.37%
12,093
Monroe
13,249
39.68%
18,325
54.89%
1,812
5.43%
-5,076
-15.20%
33,386
Montgomery
5,413
48.77%
5,505
49.59%
182
1.64%
-92
-0.83%
11,100
New York
133,222
58.47%
90,095
39.54%
4,530
1.99%
43,127
18.93%
227,847
Niagara
6,193
49.01%
5,875
46.49%
569
4.50%
318
2.52%
12,637
Oneida
13,823
48.17%
13,790
48.06%
1,083
3.77%
33
0.11%
28,696
Onondaga
13,166
42.81%
16,892
54.92%
700
2.28%
-3,726
-12.11%
30,758
Ontario
5,643
45.56%
6,382
51.53%
360
2.91%
-739
-5.97%
12,385
Orange
9,841
47.70%
9,968
48.32%
822
3.98%
-127
-0.62%
20,631
Orleans
2,907
38.04%
3,997
52.31%
737
9.65%
-1,090
-14.27%
7,641
Oswego
7,434
40.77%
9,976
54.71%
825
4.52%
-2,542
-13.94%
18,235
Otsego
7,307
49.73%
6,871
46.76%
516
3.51%
436
2.97%
14,694
Putnam
1,526
41.00%
2,103
56.50%
93
2.50%
-577
-15.50%
3,722
Queens
10,367
53.76%
8,445
43.80%
471
2.44%
1,922
9.97%
19,283
Rensselaer
13,414
47.44%
13,759
48.66%
1,102
3.90%
-345
-1.22%
28,275
Richmond
5,135
60.68%
3,164
37.39%
164
1.94%
1,971
23.29%
8,463
Rockland
3,697
57.40%
2,593
40.26%
151
2.34%
1,104
17.14%
6,441
Saratoga
5,846
40.17%
8,190
56.28%
517
3.55%
-2,344
-16.11%
14,553
Schenectady
2,977
46.65%
3,260
51.08%
145
2.27%
-283
-4.43%
6,382
Schoharie
5,339
59.18%
3,472
38.49%
210
2.33%
1,867
20.70%
9,021
Schuyler
2,039
41.44%
2,616
53.17%
265
5.39%
-577
-11.73%
4,920
Seneca
3,627
50.98%
3,309
46.51%
178
2.50%
318
4.47%
7,114
St. Lawrence
6,035
30.47%
13,441
67.86%
331
1.67%
-7,406
-37.39%
19,807
Steuben
9,060
43.98%
10,048
48.78%
1,491
7.24%
-988
-4.80%
20,599
Suffolk
6,429
50.17%
5,876
45.85%
510
3.98%
553
4.32%
12,815
Sullivan
3,607
49.05%
3,332
45.31%
415
5.64%
275
3.74%
7,354
Tioga
3,379
40.46%
4,367
52.29%
605
7.24%
-988
-11.83%
8,351
Tompkins
3,992
44.10%
4,420
48.83%
640
7.07%
-428
-4.73%
9,052
Ulster
9,870
48.42%
9,929
48.71%
586
2.87%
-59
-0.29%
20,385
Warren
2,793
41.86%
3,577
53.61%
302
4.53%
-784
-11.75%
6,672
Washington
4,222
35.39%
7,337
61.51%
370
3.10%
-3,115
-26.11%
11,929
Wayne
4,730
37.91%
6,843
54.84%
904
7.25%
-2,113
-16.94%
12,477
Westchester
12,524
51.13%
11,286
46.08%
683
2.79%
1,238
5.05%
24,493
Wyoming
3,189
39.05%
4,441
54.38%
536
6.56%
-1,252
-15.33%
8,166
Yates
1,918
35.26%
3,191
58.67%
330
6.07%
-1,273
-23.41%
5,439
Totals
563,154
48.25%
562,011
48.15%
41,954
3.59%
1,149
0.10%
1,167,119
See also
References