1884 United States presidential election in New Jersey

The 1884 United States presidential election in New Jersey 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.

1884 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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Nominee Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Maine
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks John A. Logan
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 127,798 123,440
Percentage 48.98% 47.31%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine. Cleveland won his birth state by a very narrow margin of 1.67 percentage points.

Results

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1884 United States presidential election in New Jersey[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 127,798 48.98% 9 100.00%
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 123,440 47.31% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Pierce St. John of Kansas William Daniel of Maryland 6,159 2.36% 0 0.00%
Greenback Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 3,496 1.34% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 28 0.01% 0 0.00%
Total 260,921 100.00% 9 100.00%

Results by county

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County Stephen Grover Cleveland[2]
Democratic
James Gillespie Blaine[2]
Republican
Various candidates[2]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Atlantic 1,854 40.36% 2,439 53.09% 301 6.55% -585 -12.73% 4,594
Bergen 4,327 53.08% 3,688 45.24% 137 1.68% 639 7.84% 8,152
Burlington 6,384 46.64% 6,762 49.40% 542 3.96% -378 -2.76% 13,688
Camden 6,545 42.01% 8,538 54.80% 498 3.20% -1,993 -12.79% 15,581
Cape May 1,004 41.85% 1,235 51.48% 160 6.67% -231 -9.63% 2,399
Cumberland 3,470 39.41% 4,491 51.01% 844 9.59% -1,021 -11.60% 8,805
Essex 20,117 46.98% 21,332 49.82% 1369 3.20% -1,215 -2.84% 42,818
Gloucester 2,792 42.21% 3,418 51.67% 405 6.12% -626 -9.46% 6,615
Hudson 21,637 55.72% 16,312 42.01% 881 2.27% 5,325 13.71% 38,830
Hunterdon 5,345 57.48% 3,338 35.90% 616 6.62% 2,007 21.58% 9,299
Mercer 7,083 46.88% 7,696 50.94% 330 2.18% -613 -4.06% 15,109
Middlesex 6,149 51.48% 5,562 46.57% 233 1.95% 587 4.91% 11,944
Monmouth 7,552 52.07% 6,446 44.45% 505 3.48% 1,106 7.63% 14,503
Morris 4,821 45.03% 5,198 48.55% 688 6.43% -377 -3.52% 10,707
Ocean 1,595 42.26% 2,091 55.41% 88 2.33% -496 -13.14% 3,774
Passaic 6,257 42.33% 8,130 55.01% 393 2.66% -1,873 -12.67% 14,780
Salem 2,864 46.45% 3,022 49.01% 280 4.54% -158 -2.56% 6,166
Somerset 3,116 50.35% 2,927 47.29% 146 2.36% 189 3.05% 6,189
Sussex 3,458 59.10% 2,218 37.91% 175 2.99% 1,240 21.19% 5,851
Union 6,215 50.86% 5,479 44.84% 526 4.30% 736 6.02% 12,220
Warren 5,193 59.20% 3,044 34.70% 535 6.10% 2,149 24.50% 8,772
Totals 127,778 49.00% 123,366 47.30% 9,652 3.70% 4,412 1.69% 260,796

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results — New Jersey". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)