1884 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1884 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
  Unsuccessful 1884.jpg StephenGroverCleveland.png
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%

Pennsylvania Presidential Election Results 1884.svg
County Results

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[]

  1. ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Géoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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