1884 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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The1884 United States presidential election in West Virginiatook place on November 4, 1884, as part of the1884 United States presidential election.West Virginia voters chose six representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College,who voted forpresidentandvice president.[2]
West Virginiawas won byGrover Cleveland,the28th governor of New York,(D–New York), running with the formergovernor of IndianaThomas A. Hendricks,with 50.94 percent of the popular vote, againstSecretary of StateJames G. Blaine(R-Maine), running withSenatorJohn A. Logan,with 47.75 percent of the vote.[2]
The Prohibition Party choseJohn St. John,the formergovernor of Kansas,and formerMaryland State SenatorWilliam Danielas their presidential and vice-presidential candidates and received 0.71 percent of the vote. TheGreenbackandAnti-Monopoly Partiesboth chosemajor generaland formergovernor of MassachusettsBenjamin ButlerandAbsolom M. West,an unseated Mississippirepresentative,received 0.60 percent of the vote.
This would prove the last time the Democratic Party won an absolute majority of West Virginia’s popular vote until1932.
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 67,311 | 50.94% | |
Republican | James G. Blaine | 63,096 | 47.75% | |
Prohibition | John St. John | 939 | 0.71% | |
Greenback | Benjamin Butler | 799 | 0.60% | |
Total votes | 132,145 | 100.00% |
Results by county[edit]
County | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic |
James Gillespie Blaine Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Barbour | 1,263 | 49.94% | 1,241 | 49.07% | 25 | 0.99% | 22 | 0.87% | 2,529 |
Berkeley | 1,840 | 50.47% | 1,763 | 48.35% | 43 | 1.18% | 77 | 2.11% | 3,646 |
Boone | 470 | 56.15% | 362 | 43.25% | 5 | 0.60% | 108 | 12.90% | 837 |
Braxton | 1,441 | 63.37% | 831 | 36.54% | 2 | 0.09% | 610 | 26.82% | 2,274 |
Brooke | 757 | 51.29% | 704 | 47.70% | 15 | 1.02% | 53 | 3.59% | 1,476 |
Cabell | 1,872 | 56.15% | 1,442 | 43.25% | 20 | 0.60% | 430 | 12.90% | 3,334 |
Calhoun | 753 | 59.81% | 499 | 39.63% | 7 | 0.56% | 254 | 20.17% | 1,259 |
Clay | 306 | 51.34% | 276 | 46.31% | 14 | 2.35% | 30 | 5.03% | 596 |
Doddridge | 989 | 44.17% | 1,208 | 53.95% | 42 | 1.88% | -219 | -9.78% | 2,239 |
Fayette | 1,555 | 46.67% | 1,753 | 52.61% | 24 | 0.72% | -198 | -5.94% | 3,332 |
Gilmer | 1,027 | 60.06% | 674 | 39.42% | 9 | 0.53% | 353 | 20.64% | 1,710 |
Grant | 340 | 29.08% | 826 | 70.66% | 3 | 0.26% | -486 | -41.57% | 1,169 |
Greenbrier | 1,834 | 62.44% | 1,025 | 34.90% | 78 | 2.66% | 809 | 27.55% | 2,937 |
Hampshire | 1,748 | 81.15% | 404 | 18.76% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,344 | 62.40% | 2,154 |
Hancock | 455 | 40.66% | 655 | 58.53% | 9 | 0.80% | -200 | -17.87% | 1,119 |
Hardy | 1,116 | 80.29% | 274 | 19.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 842 | 60.58% | 1,390 |
Harrison | 2,149 | 46.12% | 2,383 | 51.14% | 128 | 2.75% | -234 | -5.02% | 4,660 |
Jackson | 1,694 | 48.03% | 1,812 | 51.38% | 21 | 0.60% | -118 | -3.35% | 3,527 |
Jefferson | 2,254 | 68.12% | 1,042 | 31.49% | 13 | 0.39% | 1,212 | 36.63% | 3,309 |
Kanawha | 2,820 | 39.23% | 4,240 | 58.99% | 128 | 1.78% | -1,420 | -19.76% | 7,188 |
Lewis | 1,500 | 52.65% | 1,331 | 46.72% | 18 | 0.63% | 169 | 5.93% | 2,849 |
Lincoln | 984 | 60.63% | 638 | 39.31% | 1 | 0.06% | 346 | 21.32% | 1,623 |
Logan | 1,023 | 86.40% | 161 | 13.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 862 | 72.80% | 1,184 |
Marion | 1,956 | 48.80% | 1,958 | 48.85% | 94 | 2.35% | -2 | -0.05% | 4,008 |
Marshall | 1,734 | 41.94% | 2,352 | 56.89% | 48 | 1.16% | -618 | -14.95% | 4,134 |
Mason | 2,007 | 44.95% | 2,405 | 53.86% | 53 | 1.19% | -398 | -8.91% | 4,465 |
McDowell | 203 | 52.19% | 186 | 47.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 17 | 4.37% | 389 |
Mercer | 947 | 67.16% | 461 | 32.70% | 2 | 0.14% | 486 | 34.47% | 1,410 |
Mineral | 1,077 | 51.02% | 985 | 46.66% | 49 | 2.32% | 92 | 4.36% | 2,111 |
Monongalia | 1,292 | 39.01% | 1,988 | 60.02% | 32 | 0.97% | -696 | -21.01% | 3,312 |
Monroe | 1,176 | 53.99% | 973 | 44.67% | 29 | 1.33% | 203 | 9.32% | 2,178 |
Morgan | 452 | 37.05% | 754 | 61.80% | 14 | 1.15% | -302 | -24.75% | 1,220 |
Nicholas | 696 | 54.76% | 549 | 43.19% | 26 | 2.05% | 147 | 11.57% | 1,271 |
Ohio | 4,461 | 50.30% | 4,336 | 48.89% | 72 | 0.81% | 125 | 1.41% | 8,869 |
Pendleton | 844 | 58.45% | 599 | 41.48% | 1 | 0.07% | 245 | 16.97% | 1,444 |
Pleasants | 685 | 55.06% | 532 | 42.77% | 27 | 2.17% | 153 | 12.30% | 1,244 |
Pocahontas | 667 | 62.57% | 389 | 36.49% | 10 | 0.94% | 278 | 26.08% | 1,066 |
Preston | 1,316 | 32.94% | 2,625 | 65.71% | 54 | 1.35% | -1,309 | -32.77% | 3,995 |
Putnam | 1,102 | 46.03% | 1,283 | 53.59% | 9 | 0.38% | -181 | -7.56% | 2,394 |
Raleigh | 773 | 56.59% | 588 | 43.05% | 5 | 0.37% | 185 | 13.54% | 1,366 |
Randolph | 1,119 | 66.61% | 554 | 32.98% | 7 | 0.42% | 565 | 33.63% | 1,680 |
Ritchie | 1,283 | 41.32% | 1,720 | 55.39% | 102 | 3.29% | -437 | -14.07% | 3,105 |
Roane | 1,324 | 54.33% | 1,100 | 45.14% | 13 | 0.53% | 224 | 9.19% | 2,437 |
Summers | 1,058 | 54.06% | 871 | 44.51% | 28 | 1.43% | 187 | 9.56% | 1,957 |
Taylor | 1,147 | 44.49% | 1,421 | 55.12% | 10 | 0.39% | -274 | -10.63% | 2,578 |
Tucker | 435 | 60.00% | 289 | 39.86% | 1 | 0.14% | 146 | 20.14% | 725 |
Tyler | 1,040 | 42.38% | 1,402 | 57.13% | 12 | 0.49% | -362 | -14.75% | 2,454 |
Upshur | 682 | 34.44% | 1,267 | 63.99% | 31 | 1.57% | -585 | -29.55% | 1,980 |
Wayne | 1,780 | 63.19% | 1,036 | 36.78% | 1 | 0.04% | 744 | 26.41% | 2,817 |
Webster | 427 | 71.40% | 171 | 28.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 256 | 42.81% | 598 |
Wetzel | 1,947 | 64.73% | 1,058 | 35.17% | 3 | 0.10% | 889 | 29.55% | 3,008 |
Wirt | 865 | 54.30% | 713 | 44.76% | 15 | 0.94% | 152 | 9.54% | 1,593 |
Wood | 2,340 | 43.01% | 2,721 | 50.01% | 380 | 6.98% | -381 | -7.00% | 5,441 |
Wyoming | 286 | 51.53% | 266 | 47.93% | 3 | 0.54% | 20 | 3.60% | 555 |
Totals | 67,311 | 50.94% | 63,096 | 47.75% | 1,738 | 1.32% | 4,215 | 3.19% | 132,145 |