1884 United States presidential election in New York

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1884 United States presidential election in New York

← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
Turnout87.5%[1] Decrease 1.8 pp
 
Nominee Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Maine
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks John A. Logan
Electoral vote 36 0
Popular vote 563,154 562,005
Percentage 48.25% 48.15%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 4, 1884. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New York was won by the Democratic nominees, Governor Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate former Senator and Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana. Cleveland and Hendricks defeated the Republican nominees, former Secretary of State and Senator James G. Blaine of Maine and his running mate Senator John A. Logan of Illinois.

Cleveland narrowly carried New York State with a plurality of 48.25 percent of the vote to Blaine's 48.15 percent, a victory margin of 0.10 percent and just 1,149 votes in all. In a distant third came the Prohibition Party candidate John St. John with 2.14 percent, while Greenback Party candidate Benjamin Butler came in fourth, with 1.46 percent.

New York weighed in for this election as less than 1 percentage point more Republican than the national average.

Cleveland's narrow victory in his home state, with its 36 electoral votes, proved decisive in clinching him the 1884 election and allowing him to win the presidency. He won despite strong opposition to Cleveland from the corrupt Tammany Hall machine, which held significant influence over New York's politics.

Cleveland performed most strongly downstate in the New York City area, where he won New York County, Kings County, Queens County, and received over 60% of the vote in Richmond County. Cleveland also won nearby Suffolk County, Westchester County, and Rockland County. Blaine won much of upstate New York, including a victory in Erie County, home to the city of Buffalo, although Cleveland did manage to win Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, along with several rural upstate counties.

Results[edit]

1884 United States presidential election in New York[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 563,154 48.25% 36
Republican James G. Blaine 562,005 48.15% 0
Prohibition John St. John 25,006 2.14% 0
Greenback Benjamin Butler 17,004 1.46% 0
Totals 1,167,169 100.0% 36

Results by county[edit]

County Stephen Grover Cleveland[3]
Democratic
James Gillespie Blaine[3]
Republican
Various candidates[3]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Albany 18,343 49.13% 17,698 47.40% 1,295 3.47% 645 1.73% 37,336
Allegany 3,886 31.16% 6,668 53.47% 1,916 15.36% -2,782 -22.31% 12,470
Broome 5,780 42.61% 7,182 52.95% 602 4.44% -1,402 -10.34% 13,564
Cattaraugus 6,065 40.90% 7,463 50.32% 1,302 8.78% -1,398 -9.43% 14,830
Cayuga 6,041 37.16% 9,205 56.62% 1,012 6.22% -3,164 -19.46% 16,258
Chautauqua 5,861 33.49% 10,670 60.96% 971 5.55% -4,809 -27.48% 17,502
Chemung 4,719 44.04% 5,198 48.51% 798 7.45% -479 -4.47% 10,715
Chenango 4,410 41.17% 5,462 50.99% 840 7.84% -1,052 -9.82% 10,712
Clinton 5,151 46.08% 5,973 53.44% 54 0.48% -822 -7.35% 11,178
Columbia 5,854 46.88% 6,424 51.45% 209 1.67% -570 -4.56% 12,487
Cortland 2,774 37.98% 4,042 55.35% 487 6.67% -1,268 -17.36% 7,303
Delaware 4,956 43.33% 5,934 51.88% 549 4.80% -978 -8.55% 11,439
Dutchess 8,677 45.73% 9,701 51.13% 596 3.14% -1,024 -5.40% 18,974
Erie 24,759 47.66% 26,249 50.53% 937 1.80% -1,490 -2.87% 51,945
Essex 2,776 37.22% 4,557 61.09% 126 1.69% -1,781 -23.88% 7,459
Franklin 2,948 38.17% 4,638 60.05% 137 1.77% -1,690 -21.88% 7,723
Fulton 3,524 41.92% 4,617 54.93% 265 3.15% -1,093 -13.00% 8,406
Genesee 3,643 41.87% 4,631 53.22% 427 4.91% -988 -11.36% 8,701
Greene 4,152 47.39% 4,167 47.56% 442 5.05% -15 -0.17% 8,761
Hamilton 567 50.99% 521 46.85% 24 2.16% 46 4.14% 1,112
Herkimer 5,329 44.97% 6,138 51.79% 384 3.24% -809 -6.83% 11,851
Jefferson 7,075 42.18% 9,029 53.83% 669 3.99% -1,954 -11.65% 16,773
Kings 69,264 54.83% 53,516 42.37% 3,541 2.80% 15,748 12.47% 126,321
Lewis 3,778 48.69% 3,854 49.66% 128 1.65% -76 -0.98% 7,760
Livingston 4,039 41.54% 5,191 53.39% 493 5.07% -1,152 -11.85% 9,723
Madison 4,870 40.27% 6,608 54.64% 615 5.09% -1,738 -14.37% 12,093
Monroe 13,249 39.68% 18,325 54.89% 1,812 5.43% -5,076 -15.20% 33,386
Montgomery 5,413 48.77% 5,505 49.59% 182 1.64% -92 -0.83% 11,100
New York 133,222 58.47% 90,095 39.54% 4,530 1.99% 43,127 18.93% 227,847
Niagara 6,193 49.01% 5,875 46.49% 569 4.50% 318 2.52% 12,637
Oneida 13,823 48.17% 13,790 48.06% 1,083 3.77% 33 0.11% 28,696
Onondaga 13,166 42.81% 16,892 54.92% 700 2.28% -3,726 -12.11% 30,758
Ontario 5,643 45.56% 6,382 51.53% 360 2.91% -739 -5.97% 12,385
Orange 9,841 47.70% 9,968 48.32% 822 3.98% -127 -0.62% 20,631
Orleans 2,907 38.04% 3,997 52.31% 737 9.65% -1,090 -14.27% 7,641
Oswego 7,434 40.77% 9,976 54.71% 825 4.52% -2,542 -13.94% 18,235
Otsego 7,307 49.73% 6,871 46.76% 516 3.51% 436 2.97% 14,694
Putnam 1,526 41.00% 2,103 56.50% 93 2.50% -577 -15.50% 3,722
Queens 10,367 53.76% 8,445 43.80% 471 2.44% 1,922 9.97% 19,283
Rensselaer 13,414 47.44% 13,759 48.66% 1,102 3.90% -345 -1.22% 28,275
Richmond 5,135 60.68% 3,164 37.39% 164 1.94% 1,971 23.29% 8,463
Rockland 3,697 57.40% 2,593 40.26% 151 2.34% 1,104 17.14% 6,441
Saratoga 5,846 40.17% 8,190 56.28% 517 3.55% -2,344 -16.11% 14,553
Schenectady 2,977 46.65% 3,260 51.08% 145 2.27% -283 -4.43% 6,382
Schoharie 5,339 59.18% 3,472 38.49% 210 2.33% 1,867 20.70% 9,021
Schuyler 2,039 41.44% 2,616 53.17% 265 5.39% -577 -11.73% 4,920
Seneca 3,627 50.98% 3,309 46.51% 178 2.50% 318 4.47% 7,114
St. Lawrence 6,035 30.47% 13,441 67.86% 331 1.67% -7,406 -37.39% 19,807
Steuben 9,060 43.98% 10,048 48.78% 1,491 7.24% -988 -4.80% 20,599
Suffolk 6,429 50.17% 5,876 45.85% 510 3.98% 553 4.32% 12,815
Sullivan 3,607 49.05% 3,332 45.31% 415 5.64% 275 3.74% 7,354
Tioga 3,379 40.46% 4,367 52.29% 605 7.24% -988 -11.83% 8,351
Tompkins 3,992 44.10% 4,420 48.83% 640 7.07% -428 -4.73% 9,052
Ulster 9,870 48.42% 9,929 48.71% 586 2.87% -59 -0.29% 20,385
Warren 2,793 41.86% 3,577 53.61% 302 4.53% -784 -11.75% 6,672
Washington 4,222 35.39% 7,337 61.51% 370 3.10% -3,115 -26.11% 11,929
Wayne 4,730 37.91% 6,843 54.84% 904 7.25% -2,113 -16.94% 12,477
Westchester 12,524 51.13% 11,286 46.08% 683 2.79% 1,238 5.05% 24,493
Wyoming 3,189 39.05% 4,441 54.38% 536 6.56% -1,252 -15.33% 8,166
Yates 1,918 35.26% 3,191 58.67% 330 6.07% -1,273 -23.41% 5,439
Totals 563,154 48.25% 562,011 48.15% 41,954 3.59% 1,149 0.10% 1,167,119

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. ^ "1884 Presidential Election Results — New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Presidential election of 1884 — Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)