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1884 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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1884 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Maine New York
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 43,254 39,198
Percentage 51.14% 46.34%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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

New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine, over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Blaine won the state by a narrow margin of 4.80%. This would be the last occasion a Democratic presidential candidate won Belknap County until Woodrow Wilson won it in 1912.[1]

Results

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1884 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 43,254 51.14% 4 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 39,198 46.34% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 1,580 1.87% 0 0.00%
Greenback Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 554 0.65% 0 0.00%
Total 84,586 100.00% 4 100.00%

Results by county

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County James Gillespie Blaine[3]
Republican
Stephen Grover Cleveland[3]
Democratic
Various candidates[3]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Belknap 2,368 48.57% 2,381 48.84% 126 2.58% -13 -0.27% 4,875
Carroll 2,286 46.95% 2,443 50.17% 140 2.88% -157 -3.22% 4,869
Cheshire 3,888 54.34% 2,981 41.66% 286 4.00% 907 12.68% 7,155
Coös 1,987 44.44% 2,394 53.55% 90 2.01% -407 -9.10% 4,471
Grafton 5,171 50.30% 4,917 47.83% 193 1.88% 254 2.47% 10,281
Hillsborough 8,540 53.31% 7,075 44.17% 404 2.52% 1,465 9.15% 16,019
Merrimack 6,005 50.59% 5,513 46.45% 351 2.96% 492 4.15% 11,869
Rockingham 6,162 50.63% 5,682 46.69% 326 2.68% 480 3.94% 12,170
Strafford 4,370 52.74% 3,781 45.63% 135 1.63% 589 7.11% 8,286
Sullivan 2,477 53.95% 2,031 44.24% 83 1.81% 446 9.71% 4,591
Totals 43,254 51.14% 39,198 46.34% 2,134 2.52% 4,056 4.80% 84,586

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 257 ISBN 0786422173
  2. ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results – New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Géoelections; Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)