page_title: 1884 United States presidential election
section_title: See also
hierarchical_section_title: 1884 United States presidential election / See also
caption_attribution_description: English: Dance card (illustrated cover side) depicting Democratic and Republican candidates (Grover Cleveland, James G. Blaine, etc.) in the United States presidential election; store Web page states: "Dance card compliments of 'Hall's Dining Rooms'. The card folds and the inside provides the order of dances on both sides. Images of the presidential and vice president candidates featured on the front and back covers. [...] Size 4 1/2" x 5 3/8"" For inside view of card, with dances listed, see en:Image:DanceCardInsideView1884.jpg
context_page_description: The 1884 United States presidential election was the 25th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1884. It saw the first election of a Democrat as President of the United States since 1856. Governor Grover Cleveland of New York defeated Republican James G. Blaine of Maine. The election was set apart by unpleasant mudslinging and shameful allegations that eclipsed substantive issues, for example, civil administration change.
  Cleveland won the presidential nomination on the second ballot of the 1884 Democratic National Convention. President Chester A. Arthur had acceded to the presidency in 1881 following the assassination of James A. Garfield, but he was unsuccessful in his bid for nomination to a full term. Blaine, who had served as Secretary of State under President Garfield, defeated Arthur and other candidates on the fourth ballot of the 1884 Republican National Convention. A group of reformist Republicans known as "Mugwumps" abandoned Blaine's candidacy, viewing him as corrupt. The campaign was marred by exceptional political acrimony and personal invective.
context_section_description: American election campaigns in the 19th century
  History of the United States (1865–1918)
  First inauguration of Grover Cleveland
  1884 United States House of Representatives elections
  1884 and 1885 United States Senate elections
  President of the United States
  Third Party System
caption: Dance card cover depicting the candidates
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