1884 United States presidential election in Kansas

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1884 United States presidential election in Kansas
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Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland Benjamin Butler
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Home state Maine New York Massachusetts
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks Absolom Madden West
Electoral vote 9 0 0
Popular vote 154,406 90,132 16,346
Percentage 58.08% 33.90% 6.15%
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The 1884 Presidential Election held in Kansas took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by Republican nominee, James G. Blaine, over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Blaine won the state by a margin of 24.18%.

With 58.08 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Blaine's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont and Minnesota.[1] The state would also prove to be Greenback Party candidate Benjamin Butler's second strongest state after Massachusetts.

Results

1884 United States presidential election in Kansas[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 154,406 58.08% 7 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 90,132 33.90% 0 0.00%
Greenback Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 16,346 6.15% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 4,495 1.69% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 469 0.18% 0 0.00%
Total 265,848 100.00% 9 100.00%

Results by county

1884 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3]
County James Gillespie Blaine
Republican 		Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Allen 1,956 61.72% 1,120 35.34% 93 2.93% 836 26.38% 3,169
Anderson 1,671 56.91% 825 28.10% 440 14.99% 846 28.81% 2,936
Atchison 3,306 54.96% 2,604 43.29% 105 1.75% 702 11.67% 6,015
Barber 919 52.60% 739 42.30% 89 5.09% 180 10.30% 1,747
Barton 1,068 48.68% 1,047 47.72% 79 3.60% 21 0.96% 2,194
Bourbon 2,974 60.48% 1,671 33.98% 272 5.53% 1,303 26.50% 4,917
Brown 2,339 61.25% 1,385 36.27% 95 2.49% 954 24.98% 3,819
Butler 3,179 58.42% 1,799 33.06% 464 8.53% 1,380 25.36% 5,442
Chase 1,012 54.61% 695 37.51% 146 7.88% 317 17.11% 1,853
Chautauqua 1,755 55.38% 1,055 33.29% 359 11.33% 700 22.09% 3,169
Cherokee 2,602 46.19% 1,940 34.44% 1,091 19.37% 662 11.75% 5,633
Clay 2,170 61.11% 978 27.54% 403 11.35% 1,192 33.57% 3,551
Cloud 2,689 64.67% 1,155 27.78% 314 7.55% 1,534 36.89% 4,158
Coffey 1,988 56.14% 1,258 35.53% 295 8.33% 730 20.62% 3,541
Cowley 3,767 57.74% 2,332 35.74% 425 6.51% 1,435 22.00% 6,524
Crawford 3,087 55.99% 2,123 38.51% 303 5.50% 964 17.49% 5,513
Davis 843 50.81% 602 36.29% 214 12.90% 241 14.53% 1,659
Decatur 477 67.18% 222 31.27% 11 1.55% 255 35.92% 710
Dickinson 2,606 55.92% 1,587 34.06% 467 10.02% 1,019 21.87% 4,660
Doniphan 2,178 65.72% 1,135 34.25% 1 0.03% 1,043 31.47% 3,314
Douglas 3,366 60.85% 1,676 30.30% 490 8.86% 1,690 30.55% 5,532
Edwards 452 55.80% 313 38.64% 45 5.56% 139 17.16% 810
Elk 1,802 59.53% 925 30.56% 300 9.91% 877 28.97% 3,027
Ellis 475 44.10% 571 53.02% 31 2.88% -96 -8.91% 1,077
Ellsworth 1,079 57.55% 752 40.11% 44 2.35% 327 17.44% 1,875
Finney 222 57.07% 163 41.90% 4 1.03% 59 15.17% 389
Ford 673 51.85% 544 41.91% 81 6.24% 129 9.94% 1,298
Franklin 2,360 52.86% 997 22.33% 1,108 24.82% 1,363 30.53% 4,465
Graham 398 68.62% 109 18.79% 73 12.59% 289 49.83% 580
Greenwood 1,980 58.75% 1,047 31.07% 343 10.18% 933 27.69% 3,370
Harper 1,621 55.19% 1,006 34.25% 310 10.55% 615 20.94% 2,937
Harvey 2,143 60.32% 1,172 32.99% 238 6.70% 971 27.33% 3,553
Hodgeman 262 62.53% 124 29.59% 33 7.88% 138 32.94% 419
Jackson 1,843 60.43% 1,132 37.11% 75 2.46% 711 23.31% 3,050
Jefferson 2,250 56.50% 1,655 41.56% 77 1.93% 595 14.94% 3,982
Jewell 2,394 59.35% 1,000 24.79% 640 15.87% 1,394 34.56% 4,034
Johnson 2,110 52.87% 1,392 34.88% 489 12.25% 718 17.99% 3,991
Kingman 1,344 57.26% 911 38.82% 92 3.92% 433 18.45% 2,347
Labette 3,475 57.59% 2,094 34.70% 465 7.71% 1,381 22.89% 6,034
Leavenworth 3,595 49.58% 3,487 48.09% 169 2.33% 108 1.49% 7,251
Lincoln 996 59.07% 472 28.00% 218 12.93% 524 31.08% 1,686
Linn 2,232 57.27% 1,043 26.76% 622 15.96% 1,189 30.51% 3,897
Lyon 3,076 61.53% 1,519 30.39% 404 8.08% 1,557 31.15% 4,999
Marion 1,812 61.82% 1,037 35.38% 82 2.80% 775 26.44% 2,931
Marshall 2,676 54.91% 1,891 38.81% 306 6.28% 785 16.11% 4,873
McPherson 2,597 63.47% 1,004 24.54% 491 12.00% 1,593 38.93% 4,092
Miami 2,047 48.99% 1,688 40.40% 443 10.60% 359 8.59% 4,178
Mitchell 1,790 61.01% 840 28.63% 304 10.36% 950 32.38% 2,934
Montgomery 3,049 53.85% 2,180 38.50% 433 7.65% 869 15.35% 5,662
Morris 1,522 62.40% 777 31.86% 140 5.74% 745 30.55% 2,439
Nemaha 2,253 56.85% 1,586 40.02% 124 3.13% 667 16.83% 3,963
Neosho 2,114 52.06% 1,536 37.82% 411 10.12% 578 14.23% 4,061
Ness 392 59.39% 192 29.09% 76 11.52% 200 30.30% 660
Norton 764 62.42% 307 25.08% 153 12.50% 457 37.34% 1,224
Osage 3,267 59.82% 1,261 23.09% 933 17.08% 2,006 36.73% 5,461
Osborne 1,611 66.87% 642 26.65% 156 6.48% 969 40.22% 2,409
Ottawa 1,620 58.06% 861 30.86% 309 11.08% 759 27.20% 2,790
Pawnee 762 69.15% 302 27.40% 38 3.45% 460 41.74% 1,102
Phillips 1,056 55.67% 469 24.72% 372 19.61% 587 30.94% 1,897
Pottawatomie 2,398 56.13% 1,693 39.63% 181 4.24% 705 16.50% 4,272
Pratt 768 57.31% 463 34.55% 109 8.13% 305 22.76% 1,340
Rawlins 197 54.27% 165 45.45% 1 0.28% 32 8.82% 363
Reno 2,083 59.91% 1,170 33.65% 224 6.44% 913 26.26% 3,477
Republic 2,392 67.48% 1,015 28.63% 138 3.89% 1,377 38.84% 3,545
Rice 1,611 58.50% 906 32.90% 237 8.61% 705 25.60% 2,754
Riley 1,686 64.33% 644 24.57% 291 11.10% 1,042 39.76% 2,621
Rooks 1,003 62.14% 403 24.97% 208 12.89% 600 37.17% 1,614
Rush 490 61.79% 303 38.21% 0 0.00% 187 23.58% 793
Russell 767 60.44% 404 31.84% 98 7.72% 363 28.61% 1,269
Saline 2,384 67.44% 1,053 29.79% 98 2.77% 1,331 37.65% 3,535
Sedgwick 3,464 53.56% 2,467 38.14% 537 8.30% 997 15.41% 6,468
Shawnee 5,987 68.41% 2,482 28.36% 283 3.23% 3,505 40.05% 8,752
Sheridan 88 61.11% 48 33.33% 8 5.56% 40 27.78% 144
Smith 1,704 59.13% 685 23.77% 493 17.11% 1,019 35.36% 2,882
Stafford 737 64.09% 276 24.00% 137 11.91% 461 40.09% 1,150
Sumner 3,489 53.04% 2,548 38.74% 541 8.22% 941 14.31% 6,578
Trego 409 71.63% 139 24.34% 23 4.03% 270 47.29% 571
Wabaunsee 1,538 64.46% 799 33.49% 49 2.05% 739 30.97% 2,386
Washington 2,745 63.90% 1,390 32.36% 161 3.75% 1,355 31.54% 4,296
Wilson 2,026 60.71% 1,145 34.31% 166 4.97% 881 26.40% 3,337
Woodson 1,142 58.18% 635 32.35% 186 9.48% 507 25.83% 1,963
Wyandotte 3,232 56.33% 2,301 40.10% 205 3.57% 931 16.23% 5,738
Totals 154,406 58.12% 90,083 33.91% 21,162 7.97% 64,323 24.21% 265,651

See also

References

  1. ^ "1884 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)