Tuesday, November 4, 1884
1884 presidential election results
Grover Cleveland (Democratic) and running mate Thomas Hendricks won with 219 electoral votes and 48.9% of the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: New York, D+0.1 (nation D+0.7). It delivered electoral vote number 201 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland Won | Thomas Hendricks | Democratic | 219 | 4,915,586 | 48.90% | 20 |
| James G. Blaine (James G. Blane) | John Logan | Republican | 182 | 4,852,916 | 48.20% | 18 |
| Total popular votes counted | 10,058,373 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | Grover Cleveland | James G. Blaine | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 60.4% 10 | 38.7% | 21.7 | 10 | 153,624 |
| Arkansas | 57.8% 7 | 40.7% | 17.1 | 7 | 125,779 |
| California | 45.3% | 52.0% 8 | 6.6 | 8 | 196,988 |
| Colorado | 41.7% | 54.2% 3 | 12.6 | 3 | 66,519 |
| Connecticut | 48.9% 6 | 48.0% | 0.9 | 6 | 137,221 |
| Delaware | 56.6% 3 | 43.2% | 13.4 | 3 | 29,984 |
| Florida | 53.0% 4 | 46.7% | 6.2 | 4 | 59,990 |
| Georgia | 65.9% 12 | 33.8% | 32.1 | 12 | 143,610 |
| Illinois | 46.4% | 50.2% 22 | 3.7 | 22 | 672,670 |
| Indiana | 49.5% 15 | 48.1% | 1.3 | 15 | 495,423 |
| Iowa | 45.1% | 50.1% 13 | 5.0 | 13 | 393,542 |
| Kansas | 35.9% | 61.5% 9 | 25.6 | 9 | 250,991 |
| Kentucky | 55.3% 13 | 43.0% | 12.3 | 13 | 276,503 |
| Louisiana | 57.2% 8 | 42.4% | 14.9 | 8 | 109,399 |
| Maine | 40.0% | 55.3% 6 | 15.4 | 6 | 130,489 |
| Maryland | 52.2% 8 | 46.1% | 6.0 | 8 | 185,838 |
| Massachusetts | 40.3% | 48.4% 14 | 8.0 | 14 | 303,383 |
| Michigan | 47.2% | 48.0% 13 | 0.8 | 13 | 401,186 |
| Minnesota | 36.7% | 58.8% 7 | 21.9 | 7 | 190,236 |
| Mississippi | 64.3% 9 | 35.7% | 28.7 | 9 | 120,688 |
| Missouri | 53.5% 16 | 46.0% | 7.5 | 16 | 441,268 |
| Nebraska | 40.5% | 57.3% 5 | 16.8 | 5 | 134,202 |
| Nevada | 43.6% | 56.2% 3 | 12.5 | 3 | 12,779 |
| New Hampshire | 46.3% | 51.1% 4 | 4.8 | 4 | 84,586 |
| New Jersey | 49.0% 9 | 47.3% | 1.7 | 9 | 260,853 |
| New York | 48.2% 36 | 48.2% | 0.1 | 36 | 1,167,003 |
| North Carolina | 53.3% 11 | 46.6% | 6.7 | 11 | 268,356 |
| Ohio | 46.9% | 51.0% 23 | 4.1 | 23 | 784,620 |
| Oregon | 46.7% | 51.0% 3 | 4.3 | 3 | 52,683 |
| Pennsylvania | 43.7% | 52.7% 30 | 9.1 | 30 | 899,563 |
| Rhode Island | 37.8% | 58.1% 4 | 20.3 | 4 | 32,771 |
| South Carolina | 75.3% 9 | 23.4% | 51.8 | 9 | 92,812 |
| Tennessee | 51.5% 12 | 47.7% | 3.7 | 12 | 259,978 |
| Texas | 69.3% 13 | 28.6% | 40.8 | 13 | 326,458 |
| Vermont | 29.2% | 66.5% 4 | 37.3 | 4 | 59,409 |
| Virginia | 51.1% 12 | 48.9% | 2.2 | 12 | 284,977 |
| West Virginia | 50.9% 6 | 47.7% | 3.2 | 6 | 132,145 |
| Wisconsin | 45.8% | 50.4% 11 | 4.6 | 11 | 319,847 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1884
- New York Grover Cleveland by 1,047 votes (0.09 pts)
- Michigan James G. Blaine by 3,308 votes (0.82 pts)
- Connecticut Grover Cleveland by 1,288 votes (0.94 pts)
- Indiana Grover Cleveland by 6,530 votes (1.32 pts)
- New Jersey Grover Cleveland by 4,311 votes (1.65 pts)
- Virginia Grover Cleveland by 6,135 votes (2.15 pts)
- West Virginia Grover Cleveland by 4,215 votes (3.19 pts)
- Tennessee Grover Cleveland by 9,669 votes (3.72 pts)
Flipped since 1880
- California: Democratic → Republican (8 EV)
- Connecticut: Republican → Democratic (6 EV)
- Indiana: Republican → Democratic (15 EV)
- Nevada: Democratic → Republican (3 EV)
- New York: Republican → Democratic (36 EV)
Source: 1884
Questions and answers
Who won the 1884 presidential election?
Grover Cleveland (Democratic) won the 1884 election with 219 electoral votes, with Thomas Hendricks as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1884?
Grover Cleveland 219; James G. Blaine 182 (out of 401).
Who won the popular vote in 1884?
Grover Cleveland received the most popular votes: 4,915,586 (48.9%) of 10,058,373 counted.
What was the closest state in 1884?
New York, which Grover Cleveland won by 1,047 votes (0.09 points).
Which states flipped in 1884?
Compared with 1880, 5 states changed party: California (to Republican), Connecticut (to Democratic), Indiana (to Democratic), Nevada (to Republican) and New York (to Democratic).
What was the tipping-point state in 1884?
New York. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 201; it voted Democratic by 0.1 points, against Democratic by 0.7 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data