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The1884 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirty representatives, known as electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Pennsylvania voted for theRepublican nominee,James G. Blaine, over theDemocratic nominee,Grover Cleveland. Blaine won Pennsylvania by a margin of 9.51%.
This election was the first since the1824 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania that the national winner of the election did not carry Pennsylvania, and the first time since1796 that Pennsylvania voted for a candidate who lost both the electoral and national popular vote. (In 1824, Pennsylvania cast its vote forAndrew Jackson, who won the popular vote but lost in the contingent house election.) This was also the first time that a Democrat won without carrying the state.
| 1884 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | James G. Blaine | 478,804 | 52.97% | 30 | |
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland | 392,785 | 43.46% | 0 | |
| Greenback Labor | Benjamin Butler | 16,992 | 1.88% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John St. John | 15,283 | 1.69% | 0 | |
| Totals | 903,864 | 100.0% | 30 | ||
| County | James Gillespie Blaine[2] Republican | Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic | Various candidates[2] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,080 | 46.15% | 3,530 | 52.89% | 64 | 0.96% | -450 | -6.74% | 6,674 |
| Allegheny | 37,865 | 61.96% | 19,469 | 31.86% | 3,774 | 6.18% | 18,396 | 30.10% | 61,108 |
| Armstrong | 4,685 | 53.81% | 3,591 | 41.24% | 431 | 4.95% | 1,094 | 12.56% | 8,707 |
| Beaver | 5,075 | 56.51% | 3,546 | 39.48% | 360 | 4.01% | 1,529 | 17.02% | 8,981 |
| Bedford | 3,985 | 50.62% | 3,815 | 48.46% | 73 | 0.93% | 170 | 2.16% | 7,873 |
| Berks | 9,587 | 36.46% | 16,484 | 62.68% | 226 | 0.86% | -6,897 | -26.23% | 26,297 |
| Blair | 6,396 | 55.96% | 4,649 | 40.67% | 385 | 3.37% | 1,747 | 15.28% | 11,430 |
| Bradford | 8,405 | 62.51% | 4,216 | 31.36% | 825 | 6.14% | 4,189 | 31.15% | 13,446 |
| Bucks | 8,191 | 48.47% | 8,604 | 50.92% | 103 | 0.61% | -413 | -2.44% | 16,898 |
| Butler | 5,217 | 52.43% | 4,236 | 42.57% | 497 | 4.99% | 981 | 9.86% | 9,950 |
| Cambria | 4,253 | 44.45% | 4,816 | 50.34% | 498 | 5.21% | -563 | -5.88% | 9,567 |
| Cameron | 757 | 55.91% | 590 | 43.57% | 7 | 0.52% | 167 | 12.33% | 1,354 |
| Carbon | 3,250 | 47.69% | 3,392 | 49.77% | 173 | 2.54% | -142 | -2.08% | 6,815 |
| Centre | 4,057 | 46.66% | 4,495 | 51.70% | 143 | 1.64% | -438 | -5.04% | 8,695 |
| Chester | 10,885 | 58.59% | 7,102 | 38.23% | 592 | 3.19% | 3,783 | 20.36% | 18,579 |
| Clarion | 2,679 | 38.09% | 3,822 | 54.34% | 533 | 7.58% | -1,143 | -16.25% | 7,034 |
| Clearfield | 4,271 | 43.75% | 5,169 | 52.94% | 323 | 3.31% | -898 | -9.20% | 9,763 |
| Clinton | 2,625 | 41.32% | 3,625 | 57.06% | 103 | 1.62% | -1,000 | -15.74% | 6,353 |
| Columbia | 2,443 | 34.62% | 4,338 | 61.48% | 275 | 3.90% | -1,895 | -26.86% | 7,056 |
| Crawford | 7,233 | 49.20% | 5,633 | 38.32% | 1,834 | 12.48% | 1,600 | 10.88% | 14,700 |
| Cumberland | 4,659 | 45.74% | 5,375 | 52.77% | 151 | 1.48% | -716 | -7.03% | 10,185 |
| Dauphin | 9,394 | 58.46% | 6,378 | 39.69% | 298 | 1.85% | 3,016 | 18.77% | 16,070 |
| Delaware | 7,512 | 61.27% | 4,538 | 37.01% | 211 | 1.72% | 2,974 | 24.26% | 12,261 |
| Elk | 1,082 | 40.27% | 1,447 | 53.85% | 158 | 5.88% | -365 | -13.58% | 2,687 |
| Erie | 9,230 | 54.77% | 6,725 | 39.91% | 896 | 5.32% | 2,505 | 14.87% | 16,851 |
| Fayette | 5,955 | 45.39% | 6,734 | 51.32% | 432 | 3.29% | -779 | -5.94% | 13,121 |
| Forest | 705 | 48.72% | 437 | 30.20% | 305 | 21.08% | 268 | 18.52% | 1,447 |
| Franklin | 5,570 | 50.82% | 5,261 | 48.00% | 130 | 1.19% | 309 | 2.82% | 10,961 |
| Fulton | 928 | 42.24% | 1,256 | 57.17% | 13 | 0.59% | -328 | -14.93% | 2,197 |
| Greene | 2,260 | 34.64% | 4,240 | 64.99% | 24 | 0.37% | -1,980 | -30.35% | 6,524 |
| Huntingdon | 3,913 | 54.39% | 2,908 | 40.42% | 373 | 5.18% | 1,005 | 13.97% | 7,194 |
| Indiana | 4,607 | 56.48% | 1,979 | 24.26% | 1,571 | 19.26% | 2,628 | 32.22% | 8,157 |
| Jefferson | 3,418 | 51.48% | 2,978 | 44.86% | 243 | 3.66% | 440 | 6.63% | 6,639 |
| Juniata | 1,741 | 47.04% | 1,900 | 51.34% | 60 | 1.62% | -159 | -4.30% | 3,701 |
| Lackawanna | 9,656 | 58.47% | 6,171 | 37.37% | 687 | 4.16% | 3,485 | 21.10% | 16,514 |
| Lancaster | 19,848 | 65.85% | 9,953 | 33.02% | 340 | 1.13% | 9,895 | 32.83% | 30,141 |
| Lawrence | 4,322 | 62.49% | 2,148 | 31.06% | 446 | 6.45% | 2,174 | 31.43% | 6,916 |
| Lebanon | 5,207 | 63.45% | 2,977 | 36.28% | 22 | 0.27% | 2,230 | 27.18% | 8,206 |
| Lehigh | 6,357 | 43.72% | 8,095 | 55.67% | 88 | 0.61% | -1,738 | -11.95% | 14,540 |
| Luzerne | 12,859 | 47.18% | 13,806 | 50.65% | 592 | 2.17% | -947 | -3.47% | 27,257 |
| Lycoming | 5,355 | 45.25% | 5,900 | 49.86% | 579 | 4.89% | -545 | -4.61% | 11,834 |
| McKean | 3,820 | 49.95% | 2,980 | 38.97% | 847 | 11.08% | 840 | 10.98% | 7,647 |
| Mercer | 6,357 | 51.81% | 4,861 | 39.62% | 1,052 | 8.57% | 1,496 | 12.19% | 12,270 |
| Mifflin | 2,082 | 49.18% | 2,085 | 49.26% | 66 | 1.56% | -3 | -0.07% | 4,233 |
| Monroe | 1,009 | 23.59% | 3,242 | 75.78% | 27 | 0.63% | -2,233 | -52.20% | 4,278 |
| Montgomery | 11,617 | 50.54% | 11,088 | 48.24% | 281 | 1.22% | 529 | 2.30% | 22,986 |
| Montour | 1,165 | 38.26% | 1,755 | 57.64% | 125 | 4.11% | -590 | -19.38% | 3,045 |
| Northampton | 6,327 | 39.44% | 9,491 | 59.16% | 224 | 1.40% | -3,164 | -19.72% | 16,042 |
| Northumberland | 5,718 | 47.92% | 5,835 | 48.90% | 380 | 3.18% | -117 | -0.98% | 11,933 |
| Perry | 3,106 | 51.33% | 2,883 | 47.65% | 62 | 1.02% | 223 | 3.69% | 6,051 |
| Philadelphia | 101,288 | 58.00% | 71,288 | 40.82% | 2,057 | 1.18% | 30,000 | 17.18% | 174,633 |
| Pike | 512 | 30.60% | 1,141 | 68.20% | 20 | 1.20% | -629 | -37.60% | 1,673 |
| Potter | 1,990 | 54.72% | 1,363 | 37.48% | 284 | 7.81% | 627 | 17.24% | 3,637 |
| Schuylkill | 11,272 | 46.87% | 11,200 | 46.58% | 1,575 | 6.55% | 72 | 0.30% | 24,047 |
| Snyder | 2,186 | 59.31% | 1,460 | 39.61% | 40 | 1.09% | 726 | 19.70% | 3,686 |
| Somerset | 4,792 | 64.84% | 2,449 | 33.13% | 150 | 2.03% | 2,343 | 31.70% | 7,391 |
| Sullivan | 679 | 35.35% | 1,062 | 55.28% | 180 | 9.37% | -383 | -19.94% | 1,921 |
| Susquehanna | 4,717 | 53.58% | 3,394 | 38.55% | 693 | 7.87% | 1,323 | 15.03% | 8,804 |
| Tioga | 6,714 | 65.12% | 2,681 | 26.00% | 915 | 8.87% | 4,033 | 39.12% | 10,310 |
| Union | 2,209 | 60.19% | 1,395 | 38.01% | 66 | 1.80% | 814 | 22.18% | 3,670 |
| Venango | 3,961 | 46.50% | 3,432 | 40.29% | 1,125 | 13.21% | 529 | 6.21% | 8,518 |
| Warren | 3,948 | 52.44% | 2,691 | 35.75% | 889 | 11.81% | 1,257 | 16.70% | 7,528 |
| Washington | 6,699 | 50.21% | 5,849 | 43.84% | 793 | 5.94% | 850 | 6.37% | 13,341 |
| Wayne | 2,829 | 46.82% | 2,894 | 47.90% | 319 | 5.28% | -65 | -1.08% | 6,042 |
| Westmoreland | 8,339 | 47.52% | 8,346 | 47.56% | 864 | 4.92% | -7 | -0.04% | 17,549 |
| Wyoming | 1,960 | 47.47% | 2,027 | 49.09% | 142 | 3.44% | -67 | -1.62% | 4,129 |
| York | 8,014 | 40.68% | 11,552 | 58.65% | 132 | 0.67% | -3,538 | -17.96% | 19,698 |
| Totals | 472,827 | 52.55% | 394,772 | 43.88% | 32,146 | 3.57% | 78,055 | 8.68% | 899,745 |
State and district results of the1884 United States presidential election | ||
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