Election in Pennsylvania
Main article: 1884 United States presidential election
1884 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Nominee
James G. Blaine
Grover Cleveland
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
Maine
New York
Running mate
John A. Logan
Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote
30
0
Popular vote
478,804
392,785
Percentage
52.97%
43.46%
County Results
Blaine
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Cleveland
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
President before election
Chester A. Arthur
Republican
Elected President
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
The 1884 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election . Voters chose 30 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine , over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland . Blaine won Pennsylvania by a margin of 9.51%. This was the first time since 1824 that the national winner of the election did not carry Pennsylvania.
Results [ ]
1884 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
James G. Blaine
478,804
52.97%
30
Democratic
Grover Cleveland
392,785
43.46%
0
Greenback Labor
Benjamin Butler
16,992
1.88%
0
Prohibition
John St. John
15,283
1.69%
0
Totals
903,864
100.0%
30
Results by county [ ]
County
James Gillespie Blaine[2] Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic
Various candidates[2] Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
3,080
46.15%
3,530
52.89%
64
0.96%
-450
-6.74%
6,674
Allegheny
37,865
61.96%
19,469
31.86%
3,774
6.18%
18,396
30.10%
61,108
Armstrong
4,685
53.81%
3,591
41.24%
431
4.95%
1,094
12.56%
8,707
Beaver
5,075
56.51%
3,546
39.48%
360
4.01%
1,529
17.02%
8,981
Bedford
3,985
50.62%
3,815
48.46%
73
0.93%
170
2.16%
7,873
Berks
9,587
36.46%
16,484
62.68%
226
0.86%
-6,897
-26.23%
26,297
Blair
6,396
55.96%
4,649
40.67%
385
3.37%
1,747
15.28%
11,430
Bradford
8,405
62.51%
4,216
31.36%
825
6.14%
4,189
31.15%
13,446
Bucks
8,191
48.47%
8,604
50.92%
103
0.61%
-413
-2.44%
16,898
Butler
5,217
52.43%
4,236
42.57%
497
4.99%
981
9.86%
9,950
Cambria
4,253
44.45%
4,816
50.34%
498
5.21%
-563
-5.88%
9,567
Cameron
757
55.91%
590
43.57%
7
0.52%
167
12.33%
1,354
Carbon
3,250
47.69%
3,392
49.77%
173
2.54%
-142
-2.08%
6,815
Centre
4,057
46.66%
4,495
51.70%
143
1.64%
-438
-5.04%
8,695
Chester
10,885
58.59%
7,102
38.23%
592
3.19%
3,783
20.36%
18,579
Clarion
2,679
38.09%
3,822
54.34%
533
7.58%
-1,143
-16.25%
7,034
Clearfield
4,271
43.75%
5,169
52.94%
323
3.31%
-898
-9.20%
9,763
Clinton
2,625
41.32%
3,625
57.06%
103
1.62%
-1,000
-15.74%
6,353
Columbia
2,443
34.62%
4,338
61.48%
275
3.90%
-1,895
-26.86%
7,056
Crawford
7,233
49.20%
5,633
38.32%
1,834
12.48%
1,600
10.88%
14,700
Cumberland
4,659
45.74%
5,375
52.77%
151
1.48%
-716
-7.03%
10,185
Dauphin
9,394
58.46%
6,378
39.69%
298
1.85%
3,016
18.77%
16,070
Delaware
7,512
61.27%
4,538
37.01%
211
1.72%
2,974
24.26%
12,261
Elk
1,082
40.27%
1,447
53.85%
158
5.88%
-365
-13.58%
2,687
Erie
9,230
54.77%
6,725
39.91%
896
5.32%
2,505
14.87%
16,851
Fayette
5,955
45.39%
6,734
51.32%
432
3.29%
-779
-5.94%
13,121
Forest
705
48.72%
437
30.20%
305
21.08%
268
18.52%
1,447
Franklin
5,570
50.82%
5,261
48.00%
130
1.19%
309
2.82%
10,961
Fulton
928
42.24%
1,256
57.17%
13
0.59%
-328
-14.93%
2,197
Greene
2,260
34.64%
4,240
64.99%
24
0.37%
-1,980
-30.35%
6,524
Huntingdon
3,913
54.39%
2,908
40.42%
373
5.18%
1,005
13.97%
7,194
Indiana
4,607
56.48%
1,979
24.26%
1,571
19.26%
2,628
32.22%
8,157
Jefferson
3,418
51.48%
2,978
44.86%
243
3.66%
440
6.63%
6,639
Juniata
1,741
47.04%
1,900
51.34%
60
1.62%
-159
-4.30%
3,701
Lackawanna
9,656
58.47%
6,171
37.37%
687
4.16%
3,485
21.10%
16,514
Lancaster
19,848
65.85%
9,953
33.02%
340
1.13%
9,895
32.83%
30,141
Lawrence
4,322
62.49%
2,148
31.06%
446
6.45%
2,174
31.43%
6,916
Lebanon
5,207
63.45%
2,977
36.28%
22
0.27%
2,230
27.18%
8,206
Lehigh
6,357
43.72%
8,095
55.67%
88
0.61%
-1,738
-11.95%
14,540
Luzerne
12,859
47.18%
13,806
50.65%
592
2.17%
-947
-3.47%
27,257
Lycoming
5,355
45.25%
5,900
49.86%
579
4.89%
-545
-4.61%
11,834
McKean
3,820
49.95%
2,980
38.97%
847
11.08%
840
10.98%
7,647
Mercer
6,357
51.81%
4,861
39.62%
1,052
8.57%
1,496
12.19%
12,270
Mifflin
2,082
49.18%
2,085
49.26%
66
1.56%
-3
-0.07%
4,233
Monroe
1,009
23.59%
3,242
75.78%
27
0.63%
-2,233
-52.20%
4,278
Montgomery
11,617
50.54%
11,088
48.24%
281
1.22%
529
2.30%
22,986
Montour
1,165
38.26%
1,755
57.64%
125
4.11%
-590
-19.38%
3,045
Northampton
6,327
39.44%
9,491
59.16%
224
1.40%
-3,164
-19.72%
16,042
Northumberland
5,718
47.92%
5,835
48.90%
380
3.18%
-117
-0.98%
11,933
Perry
3,106
51.33%
2,883
47.65%
62
1.02%
223
3.69%
6,051
Philadelphia
101,288
58.00%
71,288
40.82%
2,057
1.18%
30,000
17.18%
174,633
Pike
512
30.60%
1,141
68.20%
20
1.20%
-629
-37.60%
1,673
Potter
1,990
54.72%
1,363
37.48%
284
7.81%
627
17.24%
3,637
Schuylkill
11,272
46.87%
11,200
46.58%
1,575
6.55%
72
0.30%
24,047
Snyder
2,186
59.31%
1,460
39.61%
40
1.09%
726
19.70%
3,686
Somerset
4,792
64.84%
2,449
33.13%
150
2.03%
2,343
31.70%
7,391
Sullivan
679
35.35%
1,062
55.28%
180
9.37%
-383
-19.94%
1,921
Susquehanna
4,717
53.58%
3,394
38.55%
693
7.87%
1,323
15.03%
8,804
Tioga
6,714
65.12%
2,681
26.00%
915
8.87%
4,033
39.12%
10,310
Union
2,209
60.19%
1,395
38.01%
66
1.80%
814
22.18%
3,670
Venango
3,961
46.50%
3,432
40.29%
1,125
13.21%
529
6.21%
8,518
Warren
3,948
52.44%
2,691
35.75%
889
11.81%
1,257
16.70%
7,528
Washington
6,699
50.21%
5,849
43.84%
793
5.94%
850
6.37%
13,341
Wayne
2,829
46.82%
2,894
47.90%
319
5.28%
-65
-1.08%
6,042
Westmoreland
8,339
47.52%
8,346
47.56%
864
4.92%
-7
-0.04%
17,549
Wyoming
1,960
47.47%
2,027
49.09%
142
3.44%
-67
-1.62%
4,129
York
8,014
40.68%
11,552
58.65%
132
0.67%
-3,538
-17.96%
19,698
Totals
472,827
52.55%
394,772
43.88%
32,146
3.57%
78,055
8.68%
899,745
See also [ ]
List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
References [ ]
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