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1884 United States presidential election in California

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Field	Value
election_name	1884 United States presidential election in California
country	California
flag_year	1846
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1880 United States presidential election in California
previous_year	1880
next_election	1888 United States presidential election in California
next_year	1888
election_date	November 4, 1884
image_size	x200px
image1	Unsuccessful 1884.jpg
nominee1	James G. Blaine
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Maine
running_mate1	John A. Logan
electoral_vote1	8
popular_vote1	102,416
percentage1	51.98%
image2	StephenGroverCleveland.jpg
nominee2	Grover Cleveland
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	New York
running_mate2	Thomas A. Hendricks
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	89,288
percentage2	45.32%
map_image	California Presidential Election Results 1884.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	Chester A. Arthur
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Grover Cleveland
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1884 United States presidential election

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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 since its statehood.

Results

Party	Elector	Votes	Votes cast	197,033
Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	John B. Reddick	102,416
Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	Charles F. Reed	102,411
Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	James D. Byers	102,397
Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	Chester Rowell	102,391
Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	Alvah R. Conklin	102,378
Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	Henry Edgerton	102,369
Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	Horace Davis	102,306
Republican Party (United States)}}	Republican Party	James G. Blaine	Marcus H. Hecht	102,223
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Charles Kohler	89,288
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	James T. Murphy	89,235
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	George T. Marye	89,229
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	John A. Stanley	89,221
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Campbell P. Berry	89,214
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Marion Biggs	89,205
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	W. H. Webb	89,201
Democratic Party (United States)}}"	Democratic Party	Grover Cleveland	Wiley J. Tinnin	89,200
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	M. C. Winchester	2,963
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	Joel Russell	2,962
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	H. S. Graves	2,961
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	S. H. Varney	2,952
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	J. W. Tharp	2,932
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	Jesse Yarnell	2,501
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	D. E. Bushnell	2,360
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	A. D. Boren	2,345
Greenback Party}}"	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	Nathaniel Currey	2,037
Greenback Party}}"	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	L. F. Moulton	2,013
Greenback Party}}"	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	Rufus Butterfield	2,012
Greenback Party}}"	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	A. D. Nelson	2,011
Greenback Party}}"	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	Alfred T. Dewey	2,009
Greenback Party}}"	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	H. M. Couch	2,005
Greenback Party}}"	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	S. A. Waldron	1,973
Greenback Party}}"	Greenback Party	Benjamin Butler	Parker J. Merwin	1,722
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	I. D. Wood	492
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	George Steele	401
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	John St. John	A. B. Nixon	181
Independent}}"	Write-in		Scattering	329

Results by county

County	James G. Blaine
Republican	Grover Cleveland
Democratic	John St. John
Prohibition	Benjamin Butler
Greenback	Scattering
Write-in	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	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
	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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Butte
Del Norte
San Francisco
Shasta
Sonoma
Tuolumne
Yuba

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Lassen

Notes

References

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". State Printing Office.

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