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Main article: 1884 United States presidential election
1884 United States presidential election in Iowa
Nominee
James G. Blaine
Grover Cleveland
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
Maine
New York
Running mate
John A. Logan
Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote
13
0
Popular vote
197,089
177,316
Percentage
52.25%
47.01%
County Results
Blaine
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
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 Iowa took place on November 4, 1884. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1884 United States presidential election . State voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president . [1]
Iowa was won by Secretary of State James G. Blaine (R -Maine ), running with Senator John A. Logan , with 52.25% 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 47.01% of the popular vote.[1]
The Prohibition party chose the 8th Governor of Kansas , John St. John and Maryland State Representative William Daniel , received 0.40% of the popular vote.
Results [ ]
1884 United States presidential election in Iowa
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
James G. Blaine
197,089
52.25%
13
Democratic
Grover Cleveland
177,316
47.01%
0
Prohibition
John St. John
1,499
0.40%
0
No party
Write-ins
1,297
0.34%
0
Results by county [ ]
County[2]
James Gillespie Blaine Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adair
1,814
56.71%
1,371
42.86%
14
0.44%
443
13.85%
3,199
Adams
1,362
49.98%
1,359
49.87%
4
0.15%
3
0.11%
2,725
Allamakee
1,732
46.45%
1,995
53.50%
2
0.05%
-263
-7.05%
3,729
Appanoose
1,724
48.95%
1,792
50.88%
6
0.17%
-68
-1.93%
3,522
Audubon
1,222
50.12%
1,216
49.88%
0
0.00%
6
0.25%
2,438
Benton
2,657
52.15%
2,436
47.81%
2
0.04%
221
4.34%
5,095
Black Hawk
3,153
60.21%
2,084
39.79%
0
0.00%
1,069
20.41%
5,237
Boone
2,616
54.12%
2,205
45.61%
13
0.27%
411
8.50%
4,834
Bremer
1,699
53.11%
1,493
46.67%
7
0.22%
206
6.44%
3,199
Buchanan
2,216
53.33%
1,923
46.28%
16
0.39%
293
7.05%
4,155
Buena Vista
1,413
62.08%
854
37.52%
9
0.40%
559
24.56%
2,276
Butler
2,011
61.29%
1,256
38.28%
14
0.43%
755
23.01%
3,281
Calhoun
1,434
67.04%
692
32.35%
13
0.61%
742
34.69%
2,139
Carroll
1,490
41.85%
2,062
57.92%
8
0.22%
-572
-16.07%
3,560
Cass
2,195
51.43%
2,062
48.31%
11
0.26%
133
3.12%
4,268
Cedar
2,180
52.33%
1,941
46.59%
45
1.08%
239
5.74%
4,166
Cerro Gordo
1,697
64.21%
935
35.38%
11
0.42%
762
28.83%
2,643
Cherokee
1,645
64.21%
892
34.82%
25
0.98%
753
29.39%
2,562
Chickasaw
1,425
46.54%
1,621
52.94%
16
0.52%
-196
-6.40%
3,062
Clarke
1,310
83.12%
207
13.13%
59
3.74%
1,103
69.99%
1,576
Clay
1,024
73.30%
356
25.48%
17
1.22%
668
47.82%
1,397
Clayton
2,536
43.97%
3,219
55.81%
13
0.23%
-683
-11.84%
5,768
Clinton
3,243
40.72%
4,585
57.56%
137
1.72%
-1,342
-16.85%
7,965
Crawford
1,506
45.46%
1,789
54.00%
18
0.54%
-283
-8.54%
3,313
Dallas
2,636
52.95%
2,034
40.86%
308
6.19%
602
12.09%
4,978
Davis
1,145
34.87%
2,139
65.13%
0
0.00%
-994
-30.27%
3,284
Decatur
1,748
52.12%
1,596
47.58%
10
0.30%
152
4.53%
3,354
Delaware
2,243
56.30%
1,741
43.70%
0
0.00%
502
12.60%
3,984
Des Moines
2,929
42.41%
3,950
57.19%
28
0.41%
-1,021
-14.78%
6,907
Dickinson
542
71.69%
212
28.04%
2
0.26%
330
43.65%
756
Dubuque
3,246
34.96%
6,033
64.98%
6
0.06%
-2,787
-30.02%
9,285
Emmet
385
79.22%
100
20.58%
1
0.21%
285
58.64%
486
Fayette
2,607
51.37%
2,421
47.70%
47
0.93%
186
3.67%
5,075
Floyd
1,941
57.96%
1,395
41.65%
13
0.39%
546
16.30%
3,349
Franklin
1,600
68.49%
736
31.51%
0
0.00%
864
36.99%
2,336
Fremont
1,820
47.45%
2,000
52.14%
16
0.42%
-180
-4.69%
3,836
Greene
1,918
55.24%
1,524
43.89%
30
0.86%
394
11.35%
3,472
Grundy
1,469
59.38%
1,005
40.62%
0
0.00%
464
18.76%
2,474
Guthrie
2,175
58.45%
1,517
40.77%
29
0.78%
658
17.68%
3,721
Hamilton
1,653
61.00%
1,057
39.00%
0
0.00%
596
21.99%
2,710
Hancock
691
65.56%
361
34.25%
2
0.19%
330
31.31%
1,054
Hardin
2,550
66.22%
1,293
33.58%
8
0.21%
1,257
32.64%
3,851
Harrison
2,384
50.73%
2,283
48.58%
32
0.68%
101
2.15%
4,699
Henry
2,377
56.68%
1,797
42.85%
20
0.48%
580
13.83%
4,194
Howard
1,083
53.85%
912
45.35%
16
0.80%
171
8.50%
2,011
Humboldt
1,043
64.86%
559
34.76%
6
0.37%
484
30.10%
1,608
Ida
1,257
57.61%
917
42.03%
8
0.37%
340
15.58%
2,182
Iowa
1,602
43.29%
2,083
56.28%
16
0.43%
-481
-13.00%
3,701
Jackson
1,957
38.77%
3,076
60.94%
15
0.30%
-1,119
-22.17%
5,048
Jasper
2,997
51.77%
2,734
47.23%
58
1.00%
263
4.54%
5,789
Jefferson
2,012
53.14%
1,707
45.09%
67
1.77%
305
8.06%
3,786
Johnson
2,019
38.71%
3,151
60.41%
46
0.88%
-1,132
-21.70%
5,216
Jones
2,503
54.08%
2,109
45.57%
16
0.35%
394
8.51%
4,628
Keokuk
2,493
47.66%
2,712
51.84%
26
0.50%
-219
-4.19%
5,231
Kossuth
1,044
58.82%
728
41.01%
3
0.17%
316
17.80%
1,775
Lee
3,285
43.81%
4,204
56.06%
10
0.13%
-919
-12.25%
7,499
Linn
4,840
52.48%
4,306
46.69%
77
0.83%
534
5.79%
9,223
Louisa
1,742
59.88%
1,104
37.95%
63
2.17%
638
21.93%
2,909
Lucas
1,802
56.45%
1,384
43.36%
6
0.19%
418
13.10%
3,192
Lyon
609
70.40%
249
28.79%
7
0.81%
360
41.62%
865
Madison
1,930
49.56%
1,809
46.46%
155
3.98%
121
3.11%
3,894
Mahaska
3,409
54.12%
2,837
45.04%
53
0.84%
572
9.08%
6,299
Marion
2,356
47.27%
2,593
52.03%
35
0.70%
-237
-4.76%
4,984
Marshall
3,394
61.22%
2,115
38.15%
35
0.63%
1,279
23.07%
5,544
Mills
1,650
50.94%
1,589
49.06%
0
0.00%
61
1.88%
3,239
Mitchell
1,509
58.02%
1,077
41.41%
15
0.58%
432
16.61%
2,601
Monona
1,330
52.20%
1,208
47.41%
10
0.39%
122
4.79%
2,548
Monroe
1,374
49.34%
1,406
50.48%
5
0.18%
-32
-1.15%
2,785
Montgomery
2,134
60.16%
1,387
39.10%
26
0.73%
747
21.06%
3,547
Muscatine
2,567
47.62%
2,808
52.09%
16
0.30%
-241
-4.47%
5,391
O'Brien
1,195
64.98%
640
34.80%
4
0.22%
555
30.18%
1,839
Osceola
640
72.48%
243
27.52%
0
0.00%
397
44.96%
883
Page
2,761
57.06%
1,671
34.53%
407
8.41%
1,090
22.53%
4,839
Palo Alto
650
49.17%
671
50.76%
1
0.08%
-21
-1.59%
1,322
Plymouth
1,648
48.90%
1,710
50.74%
12
0.36%
-62
-1.84%
3,370
Pocahontas
774
60.90%
497
39.10%
0
0.00%
277
21.79%
1,271
Polk
6,122
56.06%
4,768
43.66%
30
0.27%
1,354
12.40%
10,920
Pottawattamie
4,348
49.50%
4,436
50.50%
0
0.00%
-88
-1.00%
8,784
Poweshiek
2,295
54.81%
1,861
44.45%
31
0.74%
434
10.37%
4,187
Ringgold
1,677
57.02%
1,096
37.27%
168
5.71%
581
19.76%
2,941
Sac
1,782
61.58%
1,110
38.36%
2
0.07%
672
23.22%
2,894
Scott
2,740
34.31%
5,200
65.11%
47
0.59%
-2,460
-30.80%
7,987
Shelby
1,802
50.82%
1,741
49.10%
3
0.08%
61
1.72%
3,546
Sioux
1,351
59.67%
905
39.97%
8
0.35%
446
19.70%
2,264
Story
2,314
65.42%
1,212
34.27%
11
0.31%
1,102
31.16%
3,537
Tama
2,478
53.37%
2,147
46.24%
18
0.39%
331
7.13%
4,643
Taylor
2,034
56.72%
1,535
42.81%
17
0.47%
499
13.92%
3,586
Union
1,821
50.74%
1,741
48.51%
27
0.75%
80
2.23%
3,589
Van Buren
1,944
50.69%
1,813
47.28%
78
2.03%
131
3.42%
3,835
Wapello
2,984
50.22%
2,958
49.78%
0
0.00%
26
0.44%
5,942
Warren
2,166
53.97%
1,818
45.30%
29
0.72%
348
8.67%
4,013
Washington
2,419
53.79%
2,041
45.39%
37
0.82%
378
8.41%
4,497
Wayne
1,672
49.47%
1,681
49.73%
27
0.80%
-9
-0.27%
3,380
Webster
2,023
50.54%
1,980
49.46%
0
0.00%
43
1.07%
4,003
Winnebago
690
75.74%
216
23.71%
5
0.55%
474
52.03%
911
Winneshiek
2,453
55.29%
1,974
44.49%
10
0.23%
479
10.80%
4,437
Woodbury
2,789
53.78%
2,380
45.89%
17
0.33%
409
7.89%
5,186
Worth
899
64.63%
487
35.01%
5
0.36%
412
29.62%
1,391
Wright
1,313
65.62%
688
34.38%
0
0.00%
625
31.23%
2,001
Totals
197,088
52.22%
177,523
47.04%
2,796
0.74%
19,565
5.18%
377,407
See also [ ]
References [ ]
State and district results of the 1884 United States presidential election