1884 United States presidential election in Maine

1884 United States presidential election in Maine

← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Maine New York
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 72,217 52,153
Percentage 55.34% 39.97%

County Results
Blaine
  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 Maine took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maine voted for the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine, over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Blaine won his home state by a margin of 15.37%.

Results[edit]

1884 United States presidential election in Maine[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 72,217 55.34% 6 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 52,153 39.97% 0 0.00%
Greenback Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 3,955 3.03% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 2,160 1.65% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 6 0.01% 0 0.00%
Total 130,491 100.00% 6 100.00%

Results by county[edit]

County James Gillespie Blaine[2]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland[2]
Democratic
Various candidates[2]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Androscoggin 4,745 52.13% 3,469 38.11% 889 9.77% 1,276 14.02% 9,103
Aroostook 3,028 53.62% 2,192 38.82% 427 7.56% 836 14.80% 5,647
Cumberland 9,510 50.44% 8,170 43.33% 1,175 6.23% 1,340 7.11% 18,855
Franklin 2,387 57.80% 1,375 33.29% 368 8.91% 1,012 24.50% 4,130
Hancock 4,043 54.22% 3,014 40.42% 399 5.35% 1,029 13.80% 7,456
Kennebec 7,572 61.30% 3,906 31.62% 874 7.08% 3,666 29.68% 12,352
Knox 2,819 46.50% 2,364 39.00% 879 14.50% 455 7.51% 6,062
Lincoln 2,488 50.98% 2,078 42.58% 314 6.43% 410 8.40% 4,880
Oxford 4,222 53.72% 2,899 36.89% 738 9.39% 1,323 16.83% 7,859
Penobscot 8,006 56.14% 5,303 37.18% 953 6.68% 2,703 18.95% 14,262
Piscataquis 1,976 58.02% 1,169 34.32% 261 7.66% 807 23.69% 3,406
Sagadahoc 2,730 64.01% 1,278 29.96% 257 6.03% 1,452 34.04% 4,265
Somerset 4,159 53.80% 2,974 38.47% 598 7.74% 1,185 15.33% 7,731
Waldo 3,153 50.08% 2,669 42.39% 474 7.53% 484 7.69% 6,296
Washington 4,244 53.82% 3,341 42.37% 300 3.80% 903 11.45% 7,885
York 7,127 51.01% 5,939 42.51% 906 6.48% 1,188 8.50% 13,972
Totals 72,209[a] 53.82% 52,140[a] 38.86% 9,812[a] 7.31% 20,069 14.96% 134,161

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c These totals differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results – Maine".
  2. ^ a b c Géoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)