1884 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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1884 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Maine New York
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 76,912 54,391
Percentage 57.31% 40.53%
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Chester A. Arthur
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The 1884 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nebraska voted for the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine, over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Blaine won the state by a margin of 16.78%.

With 57.31% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Blaine's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Minnesota, Kansas and Rhode Island.[1]

Results

1884 United States presidential election in Nebraska[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 76,912 57.31% 5 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 54,391 40.53% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 2,899 2.16% 0 0.00%
Total 134,202 100.00% 5 100.00%

Results by county

County[3] James Gillespie Blaine
Republican 		Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		John Pierce St. John
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 1,854 60.25% 1,109 36.04% 114 3.70% 745 24.21% 3,077
Antelope 1,115 69.51% 457 28.49% 32 2.00% 658 41.02% 1,604
Boone 1,065 64.98% 527 32.15% 47 2.87% 538 32.82% 1,639
Brown 1,110 65.72% 551 32.62% 28 1.66% 559 33.10% 1,689
Buffalo 1,612 57.86% 1,147 41.17% 27 0.97% 465 16.69% 2,786
Burt 1,461 72.61% 540 26.84% 11 0.55% 921 45.78% 2,012
Butler 1,136 44.74% 1,210 47.66% 193 7.60% -74 -2.91% 2,539
Cass 2,256 54.86% 1,826 44.41% 30 0.73% 430 10.46% 4,112
Cedar 330 39.90% 490 59.25% 7 0.85% -160 -19.35% 827
Cherry 260 52.21% 237 47.59% 1 0.20% 23 4.62% 498
Cheyenne 400 52.29% 365 47.71% 0 0.00% 35 4.58% 765
Clay 1,684 64.92% 806 31.07% 104 4.01% 878 33.85% 2,594
Colfax 789 49.44% 805 50.44% 2 0.13% -16 -1.00% 1,596
Cuming 871 48.28% 921 51.05% 12 0.67% -50 -2.77% 1,804
Custer 1,246 64.53% 664 34.39% 21 1.09% 582 30.14% 1,931
Dakota 476 50.69% 458 48.78% 5 0.53% 18 1.92% 939
Dawson 686 63.23% 384 35.39% 15 1.38% 302 27.83% 1,085
Dixon 777 61.67% 414 32.86% 69 5.48% 363 28.81% 1,260
Dodge 1,634 47.97% 1,690 49.62% 82 2.41% -56 -1.64% 3,406
Douglas 4,894 51.61% 4,516 47.62% 73 0.77% 378 3.99% 9,483
Dundy 53 50.96% 51 49.04% 0 0.00% 2 1.92% 104
Fillmore 1,620 60.56% 997 37.27% 58 2.17% 623 23.29% 2,675
Franklin 733 60.33% 435 35.80% 47 3.87% 298 24.53% 1,215
Frontier 316 68.85% 143 31.15% 0 0.00% 173 37.69% 459
Furnas 828 67.37% 376 30.59% 25 2.03% 452 36.78% 1,229
Gage 3,007 58.64% 1,934 37.71% 187 3.65% 1,073 20.92% 5,128
Garfield 152 58.46% 108 41.54% 0 0.00% 44 16.92% 260
Gosper 323 60.04% 213 39.59% 2 0.37% 110 20.45% 538
Greeley 335 48.55% 355 51.45% 0 0.00% -20 -2.90% 690
Hall 1,467 54.45% 1,215 45.10% 12 0.45% 252 9.35% 2,694
Hamilton 1,360 59.47% 904 39.53% 23 1.01% 456 19.94% 2,287
Harlan 760 66.84% 321 28.23% 56 4.93% 439 38.61% 1,137
Hitchcock 160 64.52% 88 35.48% 0 0.00% 72 29.03% 248
Holt 1,638 56.37% 1,166 40.12% 102 3.51% 472 16.24% 2,906
Howard 728 50.14% 723 49.79% 1 0.07% 5 0.34% 1,452
Jefferson 1,343 62.55% 789 36.75% 15 0.70% 554 25.80% 2,147
Johnson 1,361 57.16% 991 41.62% 29 1.22% 370 15.54% 2,381
Kearney 941 61.18% 582 37.84% 15 0.98% 359 23.34% 1,538
Keith 67 47.86% 72 51.43% 1 0.71% -5 -3.57% 140
Knox 894 63.90% 485 34.67% 20 1.43% 409 29.24% 1,399
Lancaster 4,011 62.69% 2,180 34.07% 207 3.24% 1,831 28.62% 6,398
Lincoln 505 57.45% 362 41.18% 12 1.37% 143 16.27% 879
Loup 166 80.58% 40 19.42% 0 0.00% 126 61.17% 206
Madison 969 53.89% 811 45.11% 18 1.00% 158 8.79% 1,798
Merrick 925 59.18% 538 34.42% 100 6.40% 387 24.76% 1,563
Nance 485 66.26% 235 32.10% 12 1.64% 250 34.15% 732
Nemaha 1,690 57.74% 1,207 41.24% 30 1.02% 483 16.50% 2,927
Nuckolls 960 62.34% 562 36.49% 18 1.17% 398 25.84% 1,540
Otoe 2,013 49.47% 1,930 47.43% 126 3.10% 83 2.04% 4,069
Pawnee 1,283 62.19% 683 33.11% 97 4.70% 600 29.08% 2,063
Phelps 833 78.36% 216 20.32% 14 1.32% 617 58.04% 1,063
Pierce 325 52.42% 278 44.84% 17 2.74% 47 7.58% 620
Platte 1,117 45.97% 1,285 52.88% 28 1.15% -168 -6.91% 2,430
Polk 944 52.15% 783 43.26% 83 4.59% 161 8.90% 1,810
Red Willow 606 67.56% 279 31.10% 12 1.34% 327 36.45% 897
Richardson 2,062 49.77% 2,007 48.44% 74 1.79% 55 1.33% 4,143
Saline 2,167 56.05% 1,608 41.59% 91 2.35% 559 14.46% 3,866
Sarpy 616 49.32% 610 48.84% 23 1.84% 6 0.48% 1,249
Saunders 1,819 49.71% 1,667 45.56% 173 4.73% 152 4.15% 3,659
Seward 1,630 53.81% 1,332 43.97% 67 2.21% 298 9.84% 3,029
Sherman 503 58.02% 350 40.37% 14 1.61% 153 17.65% 867
Stanton 318 47.68% 349 52.32% 0 0.00% -31 -4.65% 667
Thayer 1,220 58.29% 859 41.04% 14 0.67% 361 17.25% 2,093
Valley 749 64.24% 403 34.56% 14 1.20% 346 29.67% 1,166
Washington 1,419 59.32% 924 38.63% 49 2.05% 495 20.69% 2,392
Wayne 420 65.83% 211 33.07% 7 1.10% 209 32.76% 638
Webster 1,300 65.49% 655 33.00% 30 1.51% 645 32.49% 1,985
Wheeler 145 70.05% 59 28.50% 3 1.45% 86 41.55% 207
York 1,970 66.26% 903 30.37% 100 3.36% 1,067 35.89% 2,973
Totals 76,912 57.31% 54,391 40.53% 2,899 2.16% 22,521 16.78% 134,202

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 - Nebraska".
  3. ^ Géoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)