1884 United States presidential election in Oregon

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1884 United States presidential election in Oregon

November 4, 1884

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 Blaine   40-50%   50-60% Cleveland   50-60%

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.

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, (D–New 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]
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

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

• United States presidential elections in Oregon

References

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