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1884 Democratic National Convention
American political convention
American political convention
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1884 |
| party | Democratic |
| image | Cleveland Oval 1884 DNC.png |
| image_size | 125px |
| image2 | Hendricks Oval 1884 DNC.png |
| image_size2 | 125px |
| caption | Nominees |
| Cleveland and Hendricks | |
| date | July 8–11, 1884 |
| venue | Exposition Building |
| city | Chicago, Illinois |
| presidential_nominee | Grover Cleveland |
| presidential_nominee_state | New York |
| vice_presidential_nominee | Thomas A. Hendricks |
| vice_presidential_nominee_state | Indiana |
| previous_year | 1880 |
| next_year | 1888 |
Cleveland and Hendricks The 1884 Democratic National Convention was held July 8–11, 1884 and chose Governor Grover Cleveland of New York their presidential nominee with the former Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana as the vice presidential nominee.
Background
The leading candidate for the presidential nomination was New York Governor Grover Cleveland, as Cleveland's reputation for good government made him a national figure.
The Republican Party nominated James G. Blaine for president in June 1884, although he had been implicated in a financial scandal: many influential Republicans were outraged, believing the time had come for a national reform administration, and walked out of the convention. These Republicans were called mugwumps, and declared that they would vote for the Democratic candidate based on his integrity.
Presidential nomination
Candidates
Image:StephenGroverCleveland.jpg|Governor Grover Cleveland of New York Image:Thomas F. Bayard, Brady-Handy photo portrait, circa 1870-1880.jpg|Senator Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware Image:Thomas Andrews Hendricks.jpg|Former Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana Image:AllenGThurman.png|Former Senator Allen G. Thurman of Ohio Image:Samuel J. Randall - Brady-Handy.jpg|Former House Speaker Samuel J. Randall of Pennsylvania Image:Joseph E. McDonald - Brady-Handy.jpg|Former Senator Joseph E. McDonald of Indiana Image:John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg|House Speaker John G. Carlisle Image:GeorgeHoadly.jpg|Governor George Hoadly of Ohio
Seven names were placed in nomination: Grover Cleveland, Thomas F. Bayard, Allen G. Thurman, Samuel J. Randall, Joseph E. McDonald, John G. Carlisle, and George Hoadly.
Thomas A. Hendricks professed that he was not a candidate for the presidential nomination. When a delegate from Illinois cast the only vote he received on the first ballot, Hendricks rose to ask this vote be withdrawn because it "wrongly" placed him before the convention. Nonetheless, Hendricks made an impressive showing on the second ballot but it was not enough to prevent the nomination of Cleveland.
| **Presidential Ballot** | 1st | 2nd (Before Shifts) | 2nd (After Shifts) | Cleveland | Bayard | Hendricks | Thurman | Randall | McDonald | Carlisle | Flower | Hoadly | Tilden | Not Voting | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 | 475 | 683 | ||||||||||||||||
| 170 | 151.5 | 81.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 123.5 | 45.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 88 | 60 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 78 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 56 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: US President - D Convention. Our Campaigns. (August 26, 2009).
File:1884DemocraticPresidentialNomination1stBallot.png|1st Presidential Ballot File:1884DemocraticPresidentialNomination2ndBallotBefore.png|**2nd Presidential Ballot Before Shifts ** File:1884DemocraticPresidentialNomination2ndBallotAfter.png|**2nd Presidential Ballot After Shifts **
Vice presidential nomination
Hendricks, who was the 1876 Democratic vice presidential nominee, was offered the 1884 nomination and accepted.
Vice presidential candidates
Image:Thomas Andrews Hendricks.jpg|Former Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana Image:Henry Gassaway Davis Crop (cropped closein 3x4).jpg|Former Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia (Not Nominated) Image:John c black-illinois-1902.png|Brevet Brigadier General John C. Black of Illinois (Withdrawn) Image:GWGlick.jpg|Governor George W. Glick of Kansas (Withdrawn) Image:Joseph E. McDonald - Brady-Handy.jpg|Former Senator Joseph E. McDonald of Indiana (Withdrawn) Image:GenWmSRosecrans.jpg|Major General William Rosecrans of California (Withdrawn)
Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana was overwhelmingly nominated as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate after the names of John C. Black, George W. Glick, Joseph E. McDonald, and William Rosecrans were withdrawn from consideration.
| Thomas A. Hendricks | 816 | Abstaining | 4 |
|---|
Source: US Vice President - D Convention. Our Campaigns. (August 26, 2009).
File:1884DemocraticVicePresidentialNomination1stBallot.png|1st Vice Presidential Ballot
Footnotes
References
- [[World Book]]
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