The 1884 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 4, 1884. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Oregon was won by Secretary of State James G. Blaine (R-Maine), running with Senator John A. Logan, with 50.99% of the vote, against Grover Cleveland, the 28th governor of New York, (D–New York), running with the former governor of Indiana Thomas A. Hendricks, with 46.70% of the popular vote. Blaine won the state by a narrow margin of 4.29%.
The Greenback and Anti-Monopoly Parties both chose major general and former governor of Massachusetts Benjamin Butler and Absolom M. West, an unseated Mississippi representative, received 1.38% of the popular vote.
The Prohibition party chose the 8th Governor of Kansas, John St. John and Maryland State Representative William Daniel, received 0.93% of the popular vote.
Results
Results by county County James Gillespie BlaineGéoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)Republican Stephen Grover ClevelandDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Baker 810 45.15% 966 53.85% 18 1.00% -156 -8.70% 1,794 Benton 982 47.46% 966 46.69% 121 5.85% 16 0.77% 2,069 Clackamas 1,381 55.31% 1,015 40.65% 101 4.04% 366 14.66% 2,497 Clatsop 872 56.22% 670 43.20% 9 0.58% 202 13.02% 1,551 Columbia 451 59.03% 296 38.74% 17 2.23% 155 20.29% 764 Coos 758 52.38% 638 44.09% 51 3.52% 120 8.29% 1,447 Crook 315 42.28% 426 57.18% 4 0.54% -111 -14.90% 745 Curry 176 52.54% 133 39.70% 26 7.76% 43 12.84% 335 Douglas 1,216 51.20% 1,125 47.37% 34 1.43% 91 3.83% 2,375 Grant 645 48.10% 679 50.63% 17 1.27% -34 -2.54% 1,341 Jackson 947 41.61% 1,251 54.96% 78 3.43% -304 -13.36% 2,276 Josephine 244 44.36% 303 55.09% 3 0.55% -59 -10.73% 550 Klamath 155 46.69% 177 53.31% 0 0.00% -22 -6.63% 332 Lake 160 41.24% 220 56.70% 8 2.06% -60 -15.46% 388 Lane 1,251 48.92% 1,232 48.18% 74 2.89% 19 0.74% 2,557 Linn 1,444 45.60% 1,641 51.82% 82 2.59% -197 -6.22% 3,167 Marion 2,193 56.07% 1,627 41.60% 91 2.33% 566 14.47% 3,911 Multnomah 5,058 55.99% 3,880 42.95% 95 1.05% 1,178 13.04% 9,033 Polk 759 48.28% 748 47.58% 65 4.13% 11 0.70% 1,572 Tillamook 202 51.79% 155 39.74% 33 8.46% 47 12.05% 390 Umatilla 1,861 47.38% 2,003 50.99% 64 1.63% -142 -3.62% 3,928 Union 1,216 47.70% 1,293 50.73% 40 1.57% -77 -3.02% 2,549 Wasco 1,634 53.70% 1,360 44.69% 49 1.61% 274 9.00% 3,043 Washington 946 51.22% 766 41.47% 135 7.31% 180 9.75% 1,847 Yamhill 1,184 52.23% 1,034 45.61% 49 2.16% 150 6.62% 2,267Totals26,86050.94%24,60446.66%1,2642.40%2,2564.28%52,728
See also United States presidential elections in Oregon
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