Election in California
Main article: 1884 United States presidential election
1884 United States presidential election in California
Nominee
James G. Blaine
Grover Cleveland
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
Maine
New York
Running mate
John A. Logan
Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote
8
0
Popular vote
102,369
89,288
Percentage
51.97%
45.33%
County Results
Blaine
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Cleveland
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
President before election
Chester A. Arthur
Republican
Elected President
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
The 1884 United States presidential election in California was held on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election . State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president . .
California voted for the Republican nominee, former Secretary of State James G. Blaine , by a comfortable margin, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Grover Cleveland .
Results [ ]
1884 United States presidential election in California[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
James G. Blaine
102,369
51.97%
8
Democratic
Grover Cleveland
89,288
45.33%
0
Prohibition
John St. John
2,965
1.51%
0
Greenback
Benjamin Butler
2,037
1.03%
0
No party
Write-ins
329
0.17%
0
Totals
251,339
100.00%
8
Results by county [ ]
County
James Gillespie Blaine [2] Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland [2] Democratic
Various candidates[2] Other parties
Margin
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Sierra
65.12%
1,064
33.90%
554
0.98%
16
31.21%
510
Sacramento
60.15%
4,367
36.63%
2,659
3.22%
234
23.53%
1,708
Alameda
60.26%
7,471
38.18%
4,734
1.56%
193
22.08%
2,737
Alpine
60.87%
56
39.13%
36
0.00%
0
21.74%
20
Mono
58.57%
598
37.32%
381
4.11%
42
21.25%
217
Humboldt
53.89%
2,184
35.78%
1,450
10.34%
419
18.11%
734
San Diego
57.00%
1,120
40.71%
800
2.29%
45
16.28%
320
Contra Costa
55.86%
1,496
41.60%
1,114
2.54%
68
14.26%
382
Nevada
56.13%
2,368
42.45%
1,791
1.42%
60
13.68%
577
Plumas
55.84%
712
43.45%
554
0.71%
9
12.39%
158
Napa
55.37%
1,593
43.66%
1,256
0.97%
28
11.71%
337
San Mateo
55.33%
950
43.68%
750
0.99%
17
11.65%
200
San Bernardino
54.37%
1,617
43.31%
1,288
2.32%
69
11.06%
329
Ventura
53.96%
749
43.44%
603
2.59%
36
10.52%
146
Santa Cruz
53.69%
1,667
43.96%
1,365
2.35%
73
9.73%
302
Inyo
53.41%
345
43.81%
283
2.79%
18
9.60%
62
Santa Clara
52.91%
3,840
43.70%
3,172
3.39%
246
9.20%
668
Solano
53.61%
2,382
44.50%
1,977
1.89%
84
9.12%
405
San Francisco
53.46%
25,509
44.43%
21,202
2.11%
1,008
9.03%
4,307
Tuolumne
53.20%
1,040
44.50%
870
2.30%
45
8.70%
170
Los Angeles
51.67%
5,595
43.24%
4,683
5.09%
551
8.42%
912
Placer
52.89%
1,749
44.84%
1,483
2.27%
75
8.04%
266
Santa Barbara
50.92%
1,243
43.02%
1,050
6.06%
148
7.91%
193
Marin
53.62%
851
45.81%
727
0.57%
9
7.81%
124
Yuba
52.55%
1,214
45.32%
1,047
2.12%
49
7.23%
167
San Luis Obispo
51.44%
1,233
44.60%
1,069
3.96%
95
6.84%
164
Shasta
51.54%
1,173
45.78%
1,042
2.68%
61
5.76%
131
Calaveras
51.53%
1,249
48.02%
1,164
0.45%
11
3.51%
85
Monterey
50.72%
1,476
47.46%
1,381
1.82%
53
3.26%
95
San Joaquin
50.32%
3,079
47.36%
2,898
2.32%
142
2.96%
181
Sutter
48.60%
675
45.72%
635
5.69%
79
2.88%
40
Del Norte
49.84%
310
47.27%
294
2.89%
18
2.57%
16
Trinity
50.29%
435
48.32%
418
1.39%
12
1.97%
17
Sonoma
49.42%
3,044
47.79%
2,944
2.79%
172
1.62%
100
Butte
49.06%
2,172
47.84%
2,118
3.09%
137
1.22%
54
Yolo
48.74%
1,412
49.05%
1,421
2.21%
64
-0.31%
-9
Amador
47.72%
1,317
49.20%
1,358
3.08%
85
-1.49%
-41
Tehama
47.80%
1,075
50.96%
1,146
1.24%
28
-3.16%
-71
Lassen
46.77%
384
50.55%
415
2.68%
22
-3.78%
-31
El Dorado
45.47%
1,289
51.82%
1,469
2.72%
77
-6.35%
-180
San Benito
44.88%
574
51.99%
665
3.13%
40
-7.11%
-91
Siskiyou
45.58%
886
53.29%
1,036
1.13%
22
-7.72%
-150
Merced
45.47%
809
53.57%
953
0.96%
17
-8.09%
-144
Mendocino
43.71%
1,317
52.74%
1,589
3.55%
107
-9.03%
-272
Modoc
42.60%
478
54.28%
609
3.12%
35
-11.68%
-131
Fresno
41.89%
1,314
54.32%
1,704
3.79%
119
-12.43%
-390
Mariposa
42.74%
474
55.73%
618
1.53%
17
-12.98%
-144
Tulare
40.15%
1,268
53.55%
1,691
6.30%
199
-13.39%
-423
Kern
42.02%
598
56.08%
798
1.90%
27
-14.05%
-200
Lake
42.27%
588
57.37%
798
0.36%
5
-15.10%
-210
Stanislaus
39.49%
979
57.44%
1,424
3.07%
76
-17.95%
-445
Colusa
35.46%
1,028
62.16%
1,802
2.38%
69
-26.70%
-774
References [ ]
State and district results of the 1884 United States presidential election
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