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1884 United States presidential election in Florida

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1884 United States presidential election in Florida

← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
Turnout22.26% of the total population Increase 3.11 pp[1]
 
Nominee Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Maine
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks John A. Logan
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 31,769 28,031
Percentage 52.96% 46.73%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]

Florida was won by Grover Cleveland, the 28th governor of New York, (DNew York), running with the former governor of Indiana Thomas A. Hendricks, with 52.96% of the popular vote, against Secretary of State James G. Blaine (R-Maine), running with Senator John A. Logan, with 46.73% of the vote.[2]

Results

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United States presidential election in Florida, 1884[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana 31,769 52.96% 4 100.00%
Republican James G. Blaine of Maine John A. Logan of Illinois 28,031 46.73% 0 0.00%
Write-in Write-in of Write-in of 118 0.20% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 72 0.12% 0 0.00%
Total 59,990 100.00% 4 100.00%

Results by county

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County Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic
James Gillespie Blaine
Republican
Various candidates
Write-ins
Margin Total votes cast[3][4]
# % # % # % # %
Alachua 1,742 45.45% 2,091 54.55% -349 -9.11% 3,833
Baker 337 65.69% 176 34.31% 161 31.38% 513
Bradford 961 74.61% 327 25.39% 634 49.22% 1,288
Brevard 306 73.56% 110 26.44% 196 47.12% 416
Calhoun 200 59.17% 138 40.83% 62 18.34% 338
Clay 500 61.35% 315 38.65% 185 22.70% 815
Columbia 1,051 52.18% 963 47.82% 88 4.37% 2,014
Dade 40 59.70% 27 40.30% 13 19.40% 67
Duval 1,890 35.82% 3,387 64.18% -1,497 -28.37% 5,277
Escambia 1,896 50.47% 1,861 49.53% 35 0.93% 3,757
Franklin 276 56.10% 216 43.90% 60 12.20% 492
Gadsden 1,050 54.38% 881 45.62% 169 8.75% 1,931
Hamilton 659 54.06% 560 45.94% 99 8.12% 1,219
Hernando 1,040 79.39% 270 20.61% 770 58.78% 1,310
Hillsborough 1,257 78.07% 353 21.93% 904 56.15% 1,610
Holmes 399 84.36% 74 15.64% 325 68.71% 473
Jackson 1,420 55.56% 1,136 44.44% 284 11.11% 2,556
Jefferson 744 32.79% 1,525 67.21% -781 -34.42% 2,269
Lafayette 383 88.86% 48 11.14% 335 77.73% 431
Leon 834 27.51% 2,198 72.49% -1,364 -44.99% 3,032
Levy 654 65.99% 337 34.01% 317 31.99% 991
Liberty 162 63.28% 94 36.72% 68 26.56% 256
Madison 558 48.61% 590 51.39% -32 -2.79% 1,148
Manatee 670 75.62% 216 24.38% 454 51.24% 886
Marion 1,494 42.67% 2,007 57.33% -513 -14.65% 3,501
Monroe 888 49.50% 906 50.50% -18 -1.00% 1,794
Nassau 761 45.76% 902 54.24% -141 -8.48% 1,663
Orange 1,867 62.71% 1,110 37.29% 757 25.43% 2,977
Polk 755 92.41% 62 7.59% 693 84.82% 817
Putnam 1,094 48.36% 1,168 51.64% -74 -3.27% 2,262
St. John's 727 58.58% 514 41.42% 213 17.16% 1,241
Santa Rosa 804 63.06% 471 36.94% 333 26.12% 1,275
Sumter 1,125 68.22% 524 31.78% 601 36.45% 1,649
Suwannee 978 55.76% 776 44.24% 202 11.52% 1,754
Taylor 209 60.76% 135 39.24% 74 21.51% 344
Volusia 878 51.92% 813 48.08% 65 3.84% 1,691
Wakulla 375 68.93% 169 31.07% 206 37.87% 544
Walton 484 61.42% 304 38.58% 180 22.84% 788
Washington 319 58.11% 230 41.89% 89 16.21% 549
Totals 31,769 52.96% 28,031 46.73% 190 0.32% 3,738 6.23% 59,990

References

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  1. ^ "1884 Presidential Election Results Florida Total Population Turnout".
  2. ^ a b c "1884 Presidential Election Results Florida".
  3. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 87-88 ISBN 0405077114
  4. ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (December 16, 1884). "The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, December 16, 1884, Image 1". ISSN 2693-5163. Retrieved November 30, 2021.