1884 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

1884 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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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 11 0
Popular vote 161,157 146,477
Percentage 50.37% 45.78%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican Party candidate James G. Blaine won Wisconsin with 50.37% of the popular vote, winning the state's eleven electoral votes.[1]

Starting with this election, Ashland County voted for the statewide winner in every election until 1944; Chippewa County also began such a streak that lasted until 1940.

Results

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General Election Results[2][a]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party James G. Blaine James W. Ostrander 161,157
Republican Party James G. Blaine William M. Fogo 161,152
Republican Party James G. Blaine Daniel C. Van Brunt 161,152
Republican Party James G. Blaine Benjamin T. Rogers 161,149
Republican Party James G. Blaine Edward W. Arndt 161,147
Republican Party James G. Blaine John Rugee 161,147
Republican Party James G. Blaine Joseph Harris 161,144
Republican Party James G. Blaine Ferdinand A. Husher 161,140
Republican Party James G. Blaine Charles J. L. Meyer 161,135
Republican Party James G. Blaine Edward L. Browne 161,132
Republican Party James G. Blaine Canute Anderson 161,130
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland J. W. Woodworth 146,477
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland George A. Abert 146,454
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland J. W. Hancock 146,454
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland John Lawler 146,454
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Nelson Dewey 146,453
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland P. G. Stroud 146,453
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland S. N. Dickerson 146,450
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Theodore Kersten 146,450
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Leonard Martin 146,450
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland Matt Arnstad 146,437
Democratic Party Grover Cleveland H. G. Winslow 146,430
Prohibition Party John St. John W. J. McKay 7,656
Prohibition Party John St. John Ole Benson 7,655
Prohibition Party John St. John Henry Colman 7,655
Prohibition Party John St. John J. H. Penberthy 7,654
Prohibition Party John St. John Joseph Rohr 7,653
Prohibition Party John St. John A. C. Merryman 7,652
Prohibition Party John St. John T. D. Stone 7,652
Prohibition Party John St. John E. G. Comstock 7,651
Prohibition Party John St. John J. J. Blaisdell 7,649
Prohibition Party John St. John Christian Carlson 7,642
Prohibition Party John St. John A. J. Smith 7,513
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler E. W. Dwight 4,598
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler Lorenzo Merrill 4,598
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler Theodore Fritz 4,597
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler Allen Stetson 4,597
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler Reuben May 4,590
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler J. B. McLeran 4,590
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler George Will 4,587
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler R. E. Pascher 4,584
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler Edward M. McGraw 4,581
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler Thomas Wilcox 4,571
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler E. P. Allis 2,598
Greenback Party Benjamin Butler Henry Smith 2,031
Write-in Scattering 63
Votes cast[b] 319,951

Results by county

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County[2] James G. Blaine
Republican
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
John St. John
Prohibition
Benjamin Butler
Greenback
Margin Total votes cast[c]
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,002 67.70% 454 30.68% 9 0.61% 5 0.34% 548 37.03% 1,480[d]
Ashland 1,084 61.17% 672 37.92% 16 0.90% 0 0.00% 412 23.25% 1,772
Barron 1,695 65.34% 792 30.53% 70 2.70% 19 0.73% 903 34.81% 2,594[e]
Bayfield 431 63.85% 243 36.00% 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 188 27.85% 675
Brown 2,946 43.94% 3,681 54.90% 44 0.66% 34 0.51% -735 -10.96% 6,705
Buffalo 1,544 55.08% 1,225 43.70% 3 0.11% 31 1.11% 319 11.38% 2,803
Burnett 601 94.65% 27 4.25% 1 0.16% 6 0.94% 574 90.39% 635
Calumet 957 29.16% 2,136 65.08% 48 1.46% 140 4.27% -1,179 -35.92% 3,282[f]
Chippewa 2.545 49.43% 2,500 48.55% 48 0.93% 56 1.09% 45 0.87% 5,149
Clark 1,953 58.13% 1,244 37.02% 53 1.58% 104 3.10% 709 21.10% 3,360[g]
Columbia 3,470 54.60% 2,630 41.38% 248 3.90% 7 0.11% 840 13.22% 6,355
Crawford 1,538 47.57% 1,613 49.89% 35 1.08% 47 1.45% -75 -2.32% 3,233
Dane 6,221 46.96% 6,410 48.39% 571 4.31% 45 0.34% -189 -1.43% 13,247
Dodge 3,145 33.10% 6,145 64.68% 96 1.01% 115 1.21% -3,000 -31.58% 9,501
Door 1,838 60.08% 1,117 36.52% 34 1.11% 70 2.29% 721 23.57% 3,059
Douglas 275 52.38% 249 47.43% 1 0.19% 0 0.00% 26 4.95% 525
Dunn 2,536 65.46% 1,202 31.03% 60 1.55% 76 1.96% 1,334 34.43% 3,874
Eau Claire 3,622 53.36% 2,949 43.44% 152 2.24% 65 0.96% 673 9.91% 6,788
Florence 362 71.26% 142 27.95% 4 0.79% 0 0.00% 220 43.31% 508
Fond du Lac 4,275 44.26% 4,878 50.51% 214 2.22% 291 3.01% -603 -6.24% 9,658
Grant 4,137 52.65% 3,250 41.36% 347 4.42% 124 1.58% 887 11.29% 7,858
Green 2,568 50.36% 1,894 37.14% 349 6.84% 288 5.65% 674 13.22% 5,099
Green Lake 1,525 51.09% 1,292 43.28% 155 5.19% 11 0.37% 233 7.81% 2,985[h]
Iowa 2,463 47.83% 2,297 44.61% 385 7.48% 4 0.08% 166 3.22% 5,149
Jackson 2,060 65.50% 965 30.68% 41 1.30% 79 2.51% 1,095 34.82% 3,145
Jefferson 2,914 39.58% 4,227 57.41% 209 2.84% 13 0.18% -1,313 -17.83% 7,363
Juneau 2,012 51.95% 1,710 44.15% 125 3.23% 26 0.67% 302 7.80% 3,873
Kenosha 1,705 51.79% 1,557 47.30% 30 0.91% 0 0.00% 148 4.50% 3,292
Kewaunee 746 27.02% 2,006 72.65% 9 0.33% 0 0.00% -1,260 -45.64% 2,761
La Crosse 3,780 51.34% 3,442 46.75% 125 1.70% 16 0.22% 338 4.59% 7,363
Lafayette 2,491 50.17% 2,198 44.27% 230 4.63% 46 0.93% 293 5.90% 4,965
Langlade 559 45.15% 628 50.73% 23 1.86% 28 2.26% -69 -5.57% 1,238
Lincoln 1,077 51.14% 989 46.96% 14 0.66% 26 1.23% 88 4.18% 2,106
Manitowoc 2,525 37.31% 4,203 62.10% 37 0.55% 3 0.04% -1,678 -24.79% 6,768
Marathon 2,144 38.36% 3,358 60.08% 22 0.39% 65 1.16% -1,214 -21.72% 5,589
Marinette 2,026 66.38% 924 30.28% 101 3.31% 1 0.03% 1,102 36.11% 3,052
Marquette 940 45.54% 1,078 52.23% 39 1.89% 7 0.34% -138 -6.69% 2,064
Milwaukee 16,846 49.18% 16,287 47.55% 221 0.65% 901 2.63% 559 1.63% 34,255
Monroe 2,633 52.12% 2,207 43.69% 138 2.73% 74 1.46% 426 8.43% 5,052
Oconto 1,494 57.86% 1,033 40.01% 53 2.05% 2 0.08% 461 17.85% 2,582
Outagamie 2,644 37.37% 4,169 58.93% 70 0.99% 192 2.71% -1,525 -21.55% 7,075
Ozaukee 716 24.59% 2,171 74.55% 9 0.31% 16 0.55% -1,455 -49.97% 2,912
Pepin 957 68.90% 413 29.73% 8 0.58% 11 0.79% 544 39.16% 1,389
Pierce 2,478 65.35% 1,120 29.54% 156 4.11% 38 1.00% 1,358 35.81% 3,792
Polk 1,718 70.38% 627 25.69% 90 3.69% 0 0.00% 1,091 44.69% 2,441[i]
Portage 2,319 49.38% 2,257 48.06% 76 1.62% 44 0.94% 62 1.32% 4,696
Price 794 69.41% 329 28.76% 2 0.17% 0 0.00% 465 40.65% 1,144[j]
Racine 4,065 51.82% 3,459 44.09% 299 3.81% 22 0.28% 606 7.72% 7,845
Richland 2,459 54.67% 1,785 39.68% 215 4.78% 39 0.87% 674 14.98% 4,498
Rock 6,265 61.74% 3,447 33.97% 370 3.65% 65 0.64% 2,818 27.77% 10,147
Sauk 3,557 56.88% 2,381 38.08% 244 3.90% 71 1.14% 1,176 18.81% 6,253
Sawyer 298 72.33% 109 26.46% 5 1.21% 0 0.00% 189 45.87% 412
Shawano 1,398 47.78% 1,404 47.98% 43 1.47% 81 2.77% -6 -0.21% 2,926
Sheboygan 3,511 45.02% 3,986 51.12% 107 1.37% 194 2.49% -475 -6.09% 7,798
St. Croix 2,502 51.58% 2,237 46.11% 107 2.21% 5 0.10% 265 5.46% 4,851
Taylor 789 56.60% 604 43.33% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 185 13.27% 1,394
Trempealeau 2,166 59.15% 1,285 35.09% 100 2.73% 111 3.03% 881 24.06% 3,662
Vernon 2,916 59.93% 1,568 32.22% 195 4.01% 187 3.84% 1,348 27.70% 4,866
Walworth 4,323 63.52% 2,115 31.08% 345 5.07% 23 0.34% 2,208 32.44% 6,806
Washburn 281 60.43% 137 29.46% 47 10.11% 0 0.00% 144 30.97% 465
Washington 1,583 34.45% 2,972 64.68% 18 0.39% 22 0.48% -1,389 -30.23% 4,595
Waukesha 3,207 47.17% 3,264 48.01% 263 3.87% 65 0.96% -57 -0.84% 6,799
Waupaca 3,032 59.69% 1,792 35.28% 92 1.81% 163 3.21% 1,240 24.41% 5,080[f]
Waushara 2,146 74.72% 605 21.07% 85 2.96% 36 1.25% 1,541 53.66% 2,872
Winnebago 4,893 47.91% 4,688 45.90% 341 3.34% 291 2.85% 205 2.01% 10,213
Wood 1,455 44.66% 1,699 52.15% 7 0.21% 97 2.98% -244 -7.49% 3,258
Total 161,157 50.37% 146,477 45.78% 7,656 2.39% 4,598 1.44% 14,680 4.59% 319,951

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The 1885 Blue Book gives the totals as Blaine 161,157; Cleveland 146,477; St. John 7,649; Butler 4,598; and no Scattering. These totals are not incorrect per se; an elector on each ticket received that number of votes, but in the case of Blaine, Cleveland, and St. John, they are not the totals for the highest elector on each ticket. The 1885 Blue Book does not give the results for all electors.
  2. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  3. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
  4. ^ Includes 10 Scattering votes
  5. ^ Includes 18 Scattering votes
  6. ^ a b Includes 1 Scattering vote
  7. ^ Includes 6 Scattering votes
  8. ^ Includes 2 Scattering votes
  9. ^ Includes 6 Scattering votes
  10. ^ Includes 19 Scattering votes

References

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  1. ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the votes given for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States at the General Election held in the several towns, wards, villages, and election districts in the several counties of the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday being the fourth day of November A.D. 1884