1884 United States presidential election in Maine

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.

1884 United States presidential election in Maine

November 4, 1884

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

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

Results

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

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[lower-alpha 1]	53.82%	52,140[lower-alpha 1]	38.86%	9,812[lower-alpha 1]	7.31%	20,069	14.96%	134,161

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maine

Notes

1. These totals differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas.

References

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