1884 United States presidential election in California
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The 1884 United States presidential election in California was held on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. .
California voted for the Republican nominee, former Secretary of State James G. Blaine, by a comfortable margin, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Grover Cleveland.
Cleveland became the first Democrat to ever win without California.
Results
[edit]| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | John B. Reddick | 102,416 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Charles F. Reed | 102,411 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | James D. Byers | 102,397 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Chester Rowell | 102,391 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Alvah R. Conklin | 102,378 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Henry Edgerton | 102,369 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Horace Davis | 102,306 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Marcus H. Hecht | 102,223 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Charles Kohler | 89,288 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | James T. Murphy | 89,235 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | George T. Marye | 89,229 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John A. Stanley | 89,221 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Campbell P. Berry | 89,214 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Marion Biggs | 89,205 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | W. H. Webb | 89,201 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Wiley J. Tinnin | 89,200 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | M. C. Winchester | 2,963 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | Joel Russell | 2,962 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | H. S. Graves | 2,961 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | S. H. Varney | 2,952 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | J. W. Tharp | 2,932 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | Jesse Yarnell | 2,501 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | D. E. Bushnell | 2,360 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | A. D. Boren | 2,345 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Nathaniel Currey | 2,037 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | L. F. Moulton | 2,013 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Rufus Butterfield | 2,012 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | A. D. Nelson | 2,011 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Alfred T. Dewey | 2,009 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | H. M. Couch | 2,005 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | S. A. Waldron | 1,973 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Parker J. Merwin | 1,722 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | I. D. Wood | 492 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | George Steele | 401 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | A. B. Nixon | 181 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 329 | ||
| Votes cast[b] | 197,033 | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[1] | James G. Blaine Republican |
Grover Cleveland Democratic |
John St. John Prohibition |
Benjamin Butler Greenback |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[c] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 7,471 | 60.26% | 4,734 | 38.18% | 104 | 0.84% | 89 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,737 | 22.08% | 12,398 |
| Alpine | 56 | 60.87% | 36 | 39.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 21.74% | 92 |
| Amador | 1,317 | 47.72% | 1,358 | 49.20% | 82 | 2.97% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -41 | -1.49% | 2,760 |
| Butte | 2,172 | 49.06% | 2,118 | 47.84% | 134 | 3.03% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 54 | 1.22% | 4,427 |
| Calaveras | 1,249 | 51.53% | 1,164 | 48.02% | 11 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 85 | 3.51% | 2,424 |
| Colusa | 1,028 | 35.46% | 1,802 | 62.16% | 57 | 1.97% | 12 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | -774 | -26.70% | 2,899 |
| Contra Costa | 1,496 | 55.86% | 1,114 | 41.60% | 63 | 2.35% | 5 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 382 | 14.26% | 2,678 |
| Del Norte | 310 | 49.84% | 294 | 47.27% | 3 | 0.48% | 15 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 2.57% | 622 |
| El Dorado | 1,289 | 45.47% | 1,469 | 51.82% | 46 | 1.62% | 31 | 1.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -180 | -6.35% | 2,835 |
| Fresno | 1,314 | 41.89% | 1,704 | 54.32% | 76 | 2.42% | 11 | 0.38% | 32 | 1.02% | -390 | -12.43% | 3,137 |
| Humboldt | 2,184 | 53.89% | 1,450 | 35.78% | 84 | 2.07% | 335 | 8.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 734 | 18.11% | 4,053 |
| Inyo | 345 | 53.41% | 283 | 43.81% | 9 | 1.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 1.39% | 62 | 9.60% | 646 |
| Kern | 598 | 42.02% | 798 | 56.08% | 6 | 0.42% | 21 | 1.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -200 | -14.05% | 1,423 |
| Lake | 588 | 42.27% | 798 | 57.37% | 2 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -210 | -15.10% | 1,391 |
| Lassen | 384 | 46.77% | 415 | 50.55% | 20 | 2.44% | 2 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -31 | -3.78% | 821 |
| Los Angeles | 5,595 | 51.67% | 4,683 | 43.24% | 343 | 3.17% | 208 | 1.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 912 | 8.42% | 10,829 |
| Marin | 851 | 53.62% | 727 | 45.81% | 7 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 124 | 7.81% | 1,587 |
| Mariposa | 474 | 42.74% | 618 | 55.73% | 17 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -144 | -12.98% | 1,109 |
| Mendocino | 1,317 | 43.71% | 1,589 | 52.74% | 79 | 2.62% | 28 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -272 | -9.03% | 3,013 |
| Merced | 809 | 45.47% | 953 | 53.57% | 16 | 0.90% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -144 | -8.09% | 1,779 |
| Modoc | 478 | 42.68% | 609 | 54.38% | 33 | 2.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -131 | -11.70% | 1,120 |
| Mono | 598 | 58.57% | 381 | 37.32% | 12 | 1.18% | 30 | 2.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 217 | 21.25% | 1,021 |
| Monterey | 1,476 | 50.72% | 1,381 | 47.46% | 40 | 1.37% | 13 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 95 | 3.26% | 2,910 |
| Napa | 1,593 | 55.37% | 1,256 | 43.66% | 19 | 0.66% | 9 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 337 | 11.71% | 2,877 |
| Nevada | 2,368 | 56.13% | 1,791 | 42.45% | 50 | 1.19% | 10 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 577 | 13.68% | 4,219 |
| Placer | 1,749 | 52.89% | 1,483 | 44.84% | 70 | 2.12% | 5 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 8.04% | 3,307 |
| Plumas | 712 | 55.84% | 554 | 43.45% | 8 | 0.63% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 158 | 12.39% | 1,275 |
| Sacramento | 4,367 | 60.15% | 2,659 | 36.63% | 92 | 1.27% | 142 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,708 | 23.53% | 7,260 |
| San Benito | 574 | 44.88% | 665 | 51.99% | 38 | 2.97% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -91 | -7.11% | 1,279 |
| San Bernardino | 1,617 | 54.37% | 1,288 | 43.31% | 47 | 1.58% | 22 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 329 | 11.06% | 2,974 |
| San Diego | 1,120 | 57.00% | 800 | 40.71% | 40 | 2.04% | 5 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 320 | 16.28% | 1,965 |
| San Francisco | 25,509 | 53.46% | 21,202 | 44.43% | 99 | 0.21% | 622 | 1.30% | 287 | 0.60% | 4,307 | 9.03% | 47,719 |
| San Joaquin | 3,079 | 50.32% | 2,898 | 47.36% | 141 | 2.30% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 181 | 2.96% | 6,119 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,233 | 51.44% | 1,069 | 44.60% | 73 | 3.05% | 22 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 164 | 6.84% | 2,397 |
| San Mateo | 950 | 55.33% | 750 | 43.68% | 12 | 0.70% | 5 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 200 | 11.65% | 1,717 |
| Santa Barbara | 1,243 | 50.92% | 1,050 | 43.02% | 118 | 4.83% | 30 | 1.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 193 | 7.91% | 2,441 |
| Santa Clara | 3,840 | 52.91% | 3,172 | 43.70% | 162 | 2.23% | 84 | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 668 | 9.20% | 7,258 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,667 | 53.69% | 1,365 | 43.96% | 45 | 1.45% | 28 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 | 9.73% | 3,105 |
| Shasta | 1,173 | 51.54% | 1,042 | 45.78% | 45 | 1.98% | 16 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 131 | 5.76% | 2,276 |
| Sierra | 1,064 | 65.12% | 554 | 33.90% | 16 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 510 | 31.21% | 1,634 |
| Siskiyou | 886 | 45.58% | 1,036 | 53.29% | 1 | 0.05% | 20 | 1.03% | 1 | 0.05% | -150 | -7.72% | 1,944 |
| Solano | 2,382 | 53.61% | 1,977 | 44.50% | 69 | 1.55% | 15 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 405 | 9.12% | 4,443 |
| Sonoma | 3,044 | 49.42% | 2,944 | 47.79% | 113 | 1.83% | 59 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 1.62% | 6,160 |
| Stanislaus | 979 | 39.49% | 1,424 | 57.44% | 69 | 2.78% | 7 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -445 | -17.95% | 2,479 |
| Sutter | 675 | 48.60% | 635 | 45.72% | 77 | 5.54% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 40 | 2.88% | 1,389 |
| Tehama | 1,075 | 47.80% | 1,146 | 50.96% | 27 | 1.20% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -3.16% | 2,249 |
| Trinity | 435 | 50.29% | 418 | 48.32% | 6 | 0.69% | 6 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 17 | 1.97% | 865 |
| Tulare | 1,268 | 40.15% | 1,691 | 53.55% | 115 | 3.64% | 84 | 2.66% | 0 | 0.00% | -423 | -13.39% | 3,158 |
| Tuolumne | 1,040 | 53.20% | 870 | 44.50% | 45 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 170 | 8.70% | 1,955 |
| Ventura | 749 | 53.96% | 603 | 43.44% | 20 | 1.44% | 16 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 10.52% | 1,388 |
| Yolo | 1,412 | 48.74% | 1,421 | 49.05% | 62 | 2.14% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -9 | -0.31% | 2,897 |
| Yuba | 1,214 | 52.55% | 1,047 | 45.32% | 40 | 1.73% | 9 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 167 | 7.23% | 2,310 |
| Total | 102,416 | 51.98% | 89,288 | 45.32% | 2,963 | 1.50% | 2,037 | 1.03% | 329 | 0.17% | 13,128 | 6.66% | 197,033 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The California State Archives does not have a single abstract showing the vote of the entire state for the 1884 election. The figures below are compiled from the individual county returns. The figures, including totals, for the highest and lowest electors on each ticket are given in the 1889 Government Roster, but that source does not list the full results for Presidential Electors.
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Based on the highest elector on each ticket
References
[edit]- ^ a b California State Archives, Abstract of statement of the vote of California polled at the Election held November 4th, A.D. 1884, relating to the vote given for persons for Elector of President and Vice President of the United States
- ^ California Secretary of State (1889). Government Roster, 1889, State and County Governments of California. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. p. 50. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
