1884 United States presidential election in Kansas
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| Elections in Kansas |
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The 1884 Presidential Election held in Kansas took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by Republican nominee, James G. Blaine, over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Blaine won the state by a margin of 24.18%.
With 58.08 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Blaine's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont and Minnesota.[1] The state would also prove to be Greenback Party candidate Benjamin Butler's second strongest state after Massachusetts.
Results
| 1884 United States presidential election in Kansas[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | James Gillespie Blaine of Maine
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John Alexander Logan of Illinois
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154,406 | 58.08% | 7 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York | Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana
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90,132 | 33.90% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Greenback | Benjamin Butler of Massachusetts | Absolom Madden West of Mississippi
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16,346 | 6.15% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | John Pierce St. John of Kansas | William Daniel of Maryland | 4,495 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 469 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 265,848 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| 1884 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | James Gillespie Blaine Republican |
Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 1,956 | 61.72% | 1,120 | 35.34% | 93 | 2.93% | 836 | 26.38% | 3,169 |
| Anderson | 1,671 | 56.91% | 825 | 28.10% | 440 | 14.99% | 846 | 28.81% | 2,936 |
| Atchison | 3,306 | 54.96% | 2,604 | 43.29% | 105 | 1.75% | 702 | 11.67% | 6,015 |
| Barber | 919 | 52.60% | 739 | 42.30% | 89 | 5.09% | 180 | 10.30% | 1,747 |
| Barton | 1,068 | 48.68% | 1,047 | 47.72% | 79 | 3.60% | 21 | 0.96% | 2,194 |
| Bourbon | 2,974 | 60.48% | 1,671 | 33.98% | 272 | 5.53% | 1,303 | 26.50% | 4,917 |
| Brown | 2,339 | 61.25% | 1,385 | 36.27% | 95 | 2.49% | 954 | 24.98% | 3,819 |
| Butler | 3,179 | 58.42% | 1,799 | 33.06% | 464 | 8.53% | 1,380 | 25.36% | 5,442 |
| Chase | 1,012 | 54.61% | 695 | 37.51% | 146 | 7.88% | 317 | 17.11% | 1,853 |
| Chautauqua | 1,755 | 55.38% | 1,055 | 33.29% | 359 | 11.33% | 700 | 22.09% | 3,169 |
| Cherokee | 2,602 | 46.19% | 1,940 | 34.44% | 1,091 | 19.37% | 662 | 11.75% | 5,633 |
| Clay | 2,170 | 61.11% | 978 | 27.54% | 403 | 11.35% | 1,192 | 33.57% | 3,551 |
| Cloud | 2,689 | 64.67% | 1,155 | 27.78% | 314 | 7.55% | 1,534 | 36.89% | 4,158 |
| Coffey | 1,988 | 56.14% | 1,258 | 35.53% | 295 | 8.33% | 730 | 20.62% | 3,541 |
| Cowley | 3,767 | 57.74% | 2,332 | 35.74% | 425 | 6.51% | 1,435 | 22.00% | 6,524 |
| Crawford | 3,087 | 55.99% | 2,123 | 38.51% | 303 | 5.50% | 964 | 17.49% | 5,513 |
| Davis | 843 | 50.81% | 602 | 36.29% | 214 | 12.90% | 241 | 14.53% | 1,659 |
| Decatur | 477 | 67.18% | 222 | 31.27% | 11 | 1.55% | 255 | 35.92% | 710 |
| Dickinson | 2,606 | 55.92% | 1,587 | 34.06% | 467 | 10.02% | 1,019 | 21.87% | 4,660 |
| Doniphan | 2,178 | 65.72% | 1,135 | 34.25% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,043 | 31.47% | 3,314 |
| Douglas | 3,366 | 60.85% | 1,676 | 30.30% | 490 | 8.86% | 1,690 | 30.55% | 5,532 |
| Edwards | 452 | 55.80% | 313 | 38.64% | 45 | 5.56% | 139 | 17.16% | 810 |
| Elk | 1,802 | 59.53% | 925 | 30.56% | 300 | 9.91% | 877 | 28.97% | 3,027 |
| Ellis | 475 | 44.10% | 571 | 53.02% | 31 | 2.88% | -96 | -8.91% | 1,077 |
| Ellsworth | 1,079 | 57.55% | 752 | 40.11% | 44 | 2.35% | 327 | 17.44% | 1,875 |
| Finney | 222 | 57.07% | 163 | 41.90% | 4 | 1.03% | 59 | 15.17% | 389 |
| Ford | 673 | 51.85% | 544 | 41.91% | 81 | 6.24% | 129 | 9.94% | 1,298 |
| Franklin | 2,360 | 52.86% | 997 | 22.33% | 1,108 | 24.82% | 1,363 | 30.53% | 4,465 |
| Graham | 398 | 68.62% | 109 | 18.79% | 73 | 12.59% | 289 | 49.83% | 580 |
| Greenwood | 1,980 | 58.75% | 1,047 | 31.07% | 343 | 10.18% | 933 | 27.69% | 3,370 |
| Harper | 1,621 | 55.19% | 1,006 | 34.25% | 310 | 10.55% | 615 | 20.94% | 2,937 |
| Harvey | 2,143 | 60.32% | 1,172 | 32.99% | 238 | 6.70% | 971 | 27.33% | 3,553 |
| Hodgeman | 262 | 62.53% | 124 | 29.59% | 33 | 7.88% | 138 | 32.94% | 419 |
| Jackson | 1,843 | 60.43% | 1,132 | 37.11% | 75 | 2.46% | 711 | 23.31% | 3,050 |
| Jefferson | 2,250 | 56.50% | 1,655 | 41.56% | 77 | 1.93% | 595 | 14.94% | 3,982 |
| Jewell | 2,394 | 59.35% | 1,000 | 24.79% | 640 | 15.87% | 1,394 | 34.56% | 4,034 |
| Johnson | 2,110 | 52.87% | 1,392 | 34.88% | 489 | 12.25% | 718 | 17.99% | 3,991 |
| Kingman | 1,344 | 57.26% | 911 | 38.82% | 92 | 3.92% | 433 | 18.45% | 2,347 |
| Labette | 3,475 | 57.59% | 2,094 | 34.70% | 465 | 7.71% | 1,381 | 22.89% | 6,034 |
| Leavenworth | 3,595 | 49.58% | 3,487 | 48.09% | 169 | 2.33% | 108 | 1.49% | 7,251 |
| Lincoln | 996 | 59.07% | 472 | 28.00% | 218 | 12.93% | 524 | 31.08% | 1,686 |
| Linn | 2,232 | 57.27% | 1,043 | 26.76% | 622 | 15.96% | 1,189 | 30.51% | 3,897 |
| Lyon | 3,076 | 61.53% | 1,519 | 30.39% | 404 | 8.08% | 1,557 | 31.15% | 4,999 |
| Marion | 1,812 | 61.82% | 1,037 | 35.38% | 82 | 2.80% | 775 | 26.44% | 2,931 |
| Marshall | 2,676 | 54.91% | 1,891 | 38.81% | 306 | 6.28% | 785 | 16.11% | 4,873 |
| McPherson | 2,597 | 63.47% | 1,004 | 24.54% | 491 | 12.00% | 1,593 | 38.93% | 4,092 |
| Miami | 2,047 | 48.99% | 1,688 | 40.40% | 443 | 10.60% | 359 | 8.59% | 4,178 |
| Mitchell | 1,790 | 61.01% | 840 | 28.63% | 304 | 10.36% | 950 | 32.38% | 2,934 |
| Montgomery | 3,049 | 53.85% | 2,180 | 38.50% | 433 | 7.65% | 869 | 15.35% | 5,662 |
| Morris | 1,522 | 62.40% | 777 | 31.86% | 140 | 5.74% | 745 | 30.55% | 2,439 |
| Nemaha | 2,253 | 56.85% | 1,586 | 40.02% | 124 | 3.13% | 667 | 16.83% | 3,963 |
| Neosho | 2,114 | 52.06% | 1,536 | 37.82% | 411 | 10.12% | 578 | 14.23% | 4,061 |
| Ness | 392 | 59.39% | 192 | 29.09% | 76 | 11.52% | 200 | 30.30% | 660 |
| Norton | 764 | 62.42% | 307 | 25.08% | 153 | 12.50% | 457 | 37.34% | 1,224 |
| Osage | 3,267 | 59.82% | 1,261 | 23.09% | 933 | 17.08% | 2,006 | 36.73% | 5,461 |
| Osborne | 1,611 | 66.87% | 642 | 26.65% | 156 | 6.48% | 969 | 40.22% | 2,409 |
| Ottawa | 1,620 | 58.06% | 861 | 30.86% | 309 | 11.08% | 759 | 27.20% | 2,790 |
| Pawnee | 762 | 69.15% | 302 | 27.40% | 38 | 3.45% | 460 | 41.74% | 1,102 |
| Phillips | 1,056 | 55.67% | 469 | 24.72% | 372 | 19.61% | 587 | 30.94% | 1,897 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,398 | 56.13% | 1,693 | 39.63% | 181 | 4.24% | 705 | 16.50% | 4,272 |
| Pratt | 768 | 57.31% | 463 | 34.55% | 109 | 8.13% | 305 | 22.76% | 1,340 |
| Rawlins | 197 | 54.27% | 165 | 45.45% | 1 | 0.28% | 32 | 8.82% | 363 |
| Reno | 2,083 | 59.91% | 1,170 | 33.65% | 224 | 6.44% | 913 | 26.26% | 3,477 |
| Republic | 2,392 | 67.48% | 1,015 | 28.63% | 138 | 3.89% | 1,377 | 38.84% | 3,545 |
| Rice | 1,611 | 58.50% | 906 | 32.90% | 237 | 8.61% | 705 | 25.60% | 2,754 |
| Riley | 1,686 | 64.33% | 644 | 24.57% | 291 | 11.10% | 1,042 | 39.76% | 2,621 |
| Rooks | 1,003 | 62.14% | 403 | 24.97% | 208 | 12.89% | 600 | 37.17% | 1,614 |
| Rush | 490 | 61.79% | 303 | 38.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 187 | 23.58% | 793 |
| Russell | 767 | 60.44% | 404 | 31.84% | 98 | 7.72% | 363 | 28.61% | 1,269 |
| Saline | 2,384 | 67.44% | 1,053 | 29.79% | 98 | 2.77% | 1,331 | 37.65% | 3,535 |
| Sedgwick | 3,464 | 53.56% | 2,467 | 38.14% | 537 | 8.30% | 997 | 15.41% | 6,468 |
| Shawnee | 5,987 | 68.41% | 2,482 | 28.36% | 283 | 3.23% | 3,505 | 40.05% | 8,752 |
| Sheridan | 88 | 61.11% | 48 | 33.33% | 8 | 5.56% | 40 | 27.78% | 144 |
| Smith | 1,704 | 59.13% | 685 | 23.77% | 493 | 17.11% | 1,019 | 35.36% | 2,882 |
| Stafford | 737 | 64.09% | 276 | 24.00% | 137 | 11.91% | 461 | 40.09% | 1,150 |
| Sumner | 3,489 | 53.04% | 2,548 | 38.74% | 541 | 8.22% | 941 | 14.31% | 6,578 |
| Trego | 409 | 71.63% | 139 | 24.34% | 23 | 4.03% | 270 | 47.29% | 571 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,538 | 64.46% | 799 | 33.49% | 49 | 2.05% | 739 | 30.97% | 2,386 |
| Washington | 2,745 | 63.90% | 1,390 | 32.36% | 161 | 3.75% | 1,355 | 31.54% | 4,296 |
| Wilson | 2,026 | 60.71% | 1,145 | 34.31% | 166 | 4.97% | 881 | 26.40% | 3,337 |
| Woodson | 1,142 | 58.18% | 635 | 32.35% | 186 | 9.48% | 507 | 25.83% | 1,963 |
| Wyandotte | 3,232 | 56.33% | 2,301 | 40.10% | 205 | 3.57% | 931 | 16.23% | 5,738 |
| Totals | 154,406 | 58.12% | 90,083 | 33.91% | 21,162 | 7.97% | 64,323 | 24.21% | 265,651 |
See also
References
- ^ "1884 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ "Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
