1884 United States presidential election

The 1884 United States presidential election was the 25th election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 4, 1884. This election was between Governor Grover Cleveland of New York and former Secretary of State James G. Blaine of Maine. Cleveland won the election with 219 electoral votes. Blaine got only 182 electoral votes.

 Candidates 

 Democratic Party 
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 Presidential 
 Grover Cleveland, 28th Governor of New York (1883-1885) (Nominee)
 Thomas F. Bayard, U.S. senator of Delaware (1863-1885)
 Thomas A. Hendricks, 16th Governor of Indiana (1873-1877) and 1876 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee (Vice-Presidential Nominee) 
 Allen G. Thurman, Former U.S. senator from Ohio (1869-1881)
 Samuel J. Randall, 29th Speaker of the House (1876-1881) and Congressman from Pennsylvania (1863-1875; 1875-1890) 
 John G. Carlisle, 31st Speaker of the House (1883-1889) and Congressman from Kentucky (1877-1890) 
 George Hoadly, 36th Governor of Ohio (1884-1886)
 John C. Black, Brevet Brigadier General from Illinois (1866-1915) (Withdrawn)
 George W. Click, 9th Governor of Kansas (1883-1885) (Withdrawn)
 Joseph E. McDonald, Former U.S. Senator from Indiana (1875-1881) (Withdrawn)
 William Rosecrans, Major General and Congressman from California (1881-1885) (Withdrawn)

 Vice-Presidential 
 Thomas A. Hendricks, Former Governor of Indiana (1873-1877) (Vice-Presidential Nominee) (1876 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee)

 Republican Party 
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 Presidential 
 James G. Blaine, Former Secretary of State from Maine (1881; 1889-1892) (Nominee)
 Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States from New York (1881-1885)
 George F. Edmunds, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate(1883-1885) and Senator from Vermont (1866-1891) 
 John A. Logan, U.S. senator from Illinois (1871-1877; 1879-1886) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
 John Sherman, U.S. senator from Ohio (1861-1877; 1881-1897)
 Joseph R. Hawley, U.S. senator from Connecticut (1881-1905)
 Robert Todd Lincoln, Secretary of War from Illinois (1881-1885) (Son of Abraham Lincoln) (Declined to contest)
 William T. Sherman, former Commanding General of the United States Army from Ohio (1869-1883) (Declined to contest) 
 Philip Sheridan, Lieutenant General of the United States Army from New York (1869-1888) (Declined to contest)

 Vice-Presidential 
 John A. Logan, U.S. senator from Illinois (1871-1877; 1879-1886) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
 Walter Q. Gresham, Postmaster General from Indiana (1893-1894)
 Joseph B. Foraker, Unsuccessful Republican Candidate in the 1883 Ohio Gubernational Election (Later served as Governor of Ohio from 1886-1890 and as Senator of Ohio from 1897-1909)

 References 

Category:1884 in the United States
Category:United States presidential elections