1884 United States presidential election in California

The 1884 United States presidential election in California was held on November 4, 1884 as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. .

1884 United States presidential election in California

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 8 0 Popular vote 102,369 89,288 Percentage 51.97% 45.33%

County Results Blaine   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Cleveland   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Chester A. Arthur Republican Elected President Grover Cleveland Democratic

California voted for the Republican nominee, former Secretary of State James G. Blaine, by a comfortable margin, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Grover Cleveland.

Results

1884 United States presidential election in California[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	James G. Blaine	102,369	51.97%	8
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland	89,288	45.33%	0
	Prohibition	John St. John	2,965	1.51%	0
	Greenback	Benjamin Butler	2,037	1.03%	0
	No party	Write-ins	329	0.17%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			251,339	100.00%	8
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	James Gillespie Blaine[2] Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic		Various candidates[2] Other parties		Margin
	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Sierra	65.12%	1,064	33.90%	554	0.98%	16	31.21%	510
Sacramento	60.15%	4,367	36.63%	2,659	3.22%	234	23.53%	1,708
Alameda	60.26%	7,471	38.18%	4,734	1.56%	193	22.08%	2,737
Alpine	60.87%	56	39.13%	36	0.00%	0	21.74%	20
Mono	58.57%	598	37.32%	381	4.11%	42	21.25%	217
Humboldt	53.89%	2,184	35.78%	1,450	10.34%	419	18.11%	734
San Diego	57.00%	1,120	40.71%	800	2.29%	45	16.28%	320
Contra Costa	55.86%	1,496	41.60%	1,114	2.54%	68	14.26%	382
Nevada	56.13%	2,368	42.45%	1,791	1.42%	60	13.68%	577
Plumas	55.84%	712	43.45%	554	0.71%	9	12.39%	158
Napa	55.37%	1,593	43.66%	1,256	0.97%	28	11.71%	337
San Mateo	55.33%	950	43.68%	750	0.99%	17	11.65%	200
San Bernardino	54.37%	1,617	43.31%	1,288	2.32%	69	11.06%	329
Ventura	53.96%	749	43.44%	603	2.59%	36	10.52%	146
Santa Cruz	53.69%	1,667	43.96%	1,365	2.35%	73	9.73%	302
Inyo	53.41%	345	43.81%	283	2.79%	18	9.60%	62
Santa Clara	52.91%	3,840	43.70%	3,172	3.39%	246	9.20%	668
Solano	53.61%	2,382	44.50%	1,977	1.89%	84	9.12%	405
San Francisco	53.46%	25,509	44.43%	21,202	2.11%	1,008	9.03%	4,307
Tuolumne	53.20%	1,040	44.50%	870	2.30%	45	8.70%	170
Los Angeles	51.67%	5,595	43.24%	4,683	5.09%	551	8.42%	912
Placer	52.89%	1,749	44.84%	1,483	2.27%	75	8.04%	266
Santa Barbara	50.92%	1,243	43.02%	1,050	6.06%	148	7.91%	193
Marin	53.62%	851	45.81%	727	0.57%	9	7.81%	124
Yuba	52.55%	1,214	45.32%	1,047	2.12%	49	7.23%	167
San Luis Obispo	51.44%	1,233	44.60%	1,069	3.96%	95	6.84%	164
Shasta	51.54%	1,173	45.78%	1,042	2.68%	61	5.76%	131
Calaveras	51.53%	1,249	48.02%	1,164	0.45%	11	3.51%	85
Monterey	50.72%	1,476	47.46%	1,381	1.82%	53	3.26%	95
San Joaquin	50.32%	3,079	47.36%	2,898	2.32%	142	2.96%	181
Sutter	48.60%	675	45.72%	635	5.69%	79	2.88%	40
Del Norte	49.84%	310	47.27%	294	2.89%	18	2.57%	16
Trinity	50.29%	435	48.32%	418	1.39%	12	1.97%	17
Sonoma	49.42%	3,044	47.79%	2,944	2.79%	172	1.62%	100
Butte	49.06%	2,172	47.84%	2,118	3.09%	137	1.22%	54
Yolo	48.74%	1,412	49.05%	1,421	2.21%	64	-0.31%	-9
Amador	47.72%	1,317	49.20%	1,358	3.08%	85	-1.49%	-41
Tehama	47.80%	1,075	50.96%	1,146	1.24%	28	-3.16%	-71
Lassen	46.77%	384	50.55%	415	2.68%	22	-3.78%	-31
El Dorado	45.47%	1,289	51.82%	1,469	2.72%	77	-6.35%	-180
San Benito	44.88%	574	51.99%	665	3.13%	40	-7.11%	-91
Siskiyou	45.58%	886	53.29%	1,036	1.13%	22	-7.72%	-150
Merced	45.47%	809	53.57%	953	0.96%	17	-8.09%	-144
Mendocino	43.71%	1,317	52.74%	1,589	3.55%	107	-9.03%	-272
Modoc	42.60%	478	54.28%	609	3.12%	35	-11.68%	-131
Fresno	41.89%	1,314	54.32%	1,704	3.79%	119	-12.43%	-390
Mariposa	42.74%	474	55.73%	618	1.53%	17	-12.98%	-144
Tulare	40.15%	1,268	53.55%	1,691	6.30%	199	-13.39%	-423
Kern	42.02%	598	56.08%	798	1.90%	27	-14.05%	-200
Lake	42.27%	588	57.37%	798	0.36%	5	-15.10%	-210
Stanislaus	39.49%	979	57.44%	1,424	3.07%	76	-17.95%	-445
Colusa	35.46%	1,028	62.16%	1,802	2.38%	69	-26.70%	-774

References

1. "1884 Presidential General Election Results – California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
2. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)