The 1884 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Republican Party candidate James G. Blaine won Wisconsin with 50.37% of the popular vote, winning the state's eleven electoral votes.[1]
Starting with this election, Ashland County voted for the statewide winner in every election until 1944; Chippewa County also began such a streak that lasted until 1940.
Results
edit| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | James W. Ostrander | 161,157 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | William M. Fogo | 161,152 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Daniel C. Van Brunt | 161,152 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Benjamin T. Rogers | 161,149 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Edward W. Arndt | 161,147 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | John Rugee | 161,147 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Joseph Harris | 161,144 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Ferdinand A. Husher | 161,140 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Charles J. L. Meyer | 161,135 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Edward L. Browne | 161,132 | |
| Republican Party | James G. Blaine | Canute Anderson | 161,130 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | J. W. Woodworth | 146,477 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | George A. Abert | 146,454 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | J. W. Hancock | 146,454 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | John Lawler | 146,454 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Nelson Dewey | 146,453 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | P. G. Stroud | 146,453 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | S. N. Dickerson | 146,450 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Theodore Kersten | 146,450 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Leonard Martin | 146,450 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | Matt Arnstad | 146,437 | |
| Democratic Party | Grover Cleveland | H. G. Winslow | 146,430 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | W. J. McKay | 7,656 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | Ole Benson | 7,655 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | Henry Colman | 7,655 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | J. H. Penberthy | 7,654 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | Joseph Rohr | 7,653 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | A. C. Merryman | 7,652 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | T. D. Stone | 7,652 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | E. G. Comstock | 7,651 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | J. J. Blaisdell | 7,649 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | Christian Carlson | 7,642 | |
| Prohibition Party | John St. John | A. J. Smith | 7,513 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | E. W. Dwight | 4,598 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Lorenzo Merrill | 4,598 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Theodore Fritz | 4,597 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Allen Stetson | 4,597 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Reuben May | 4,590 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | J. B. McLeran | 4,590 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | George Will | 4,587 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | R. E. Pascher | 4,584 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Edward M. McGraw | 4,581 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Thomas Wilcox | 4,571 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | E. P. Allis | 2,598 | |
| Greenback Party | Benjamin Butler | Henry Smith | 2,031 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 63 | ||
| Votes cast[b] | 319,951 | |||
Results by county
edit| County[2] | James G. Blaine Republican |
Grover Cleveland Democratic |
John St. John Prohibition |
Benjamin Butler Greenback |
Margin | Total votes cast[c] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,002 | 67.70% | 454 | 30.68% | 9 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.34% | 548 | 37.03% | 1,480[d] |
| Ashland | 1,084 | 61.17% | 672 | 37.92% | 16 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 412 | 23.25% | 1,772 |
| Barron | 1,695 | 65.34% | 792 | 30.53% | 70 | 2.70% | 19 | 0.73% | 903 | 34.81% | 2,594[e] |
| Bayfield | 431 | 63.85% | 243 | 36.00% | 1 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 188 | 27.85% | 675 |
| Brown | 2,946 | 43.94% | 3,681 | 54.90% | 44 | 0.66% | 34 | 0.51% | -735 | -10.96% | 6,705 |
| Buffalo | 1,544 | 55.08% | 1,225 | 43.70% | 3 | 0.11% | 31 | 1.11% | 319 | 11.38% | 2,803 |
| Burnett | 601 | 94.65% | 27 | 4.25% | 1 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.94% | 574 | 90.39% | 635 |
| Calumet | 957 | 29.16% | 2,136 | 65.08% | 48 | 1.46% | 140 | 4.27% | -1,179 | -35.92% | 3,282[f] |
| Chippewa | 2.545 | 49.43% | 2,500 | 48.55% | 48 | 0.93% | 56 | 1.09% | 45 | 0.87% | 5,149 |
| Clark | 1,953 | 58.13% | 1,244 | 37.02% | 53 | 1.58% | 104 | 3.10% | 709 | 21.10% | 3,360[g] |
| Columbia | 3,470 | 54.60% | 2,630 | 41.38% | 248 | 3.90% | 7 | 0.11% | 840 | 13.22% | 6,355 |
| Crawford | 1,538 | 47.57% | 1,613 | 49.89% | 35 | 1.08% | 47 | 1.45% | -75 | -2.32% | 3,233 |
| Dane | 6,221 | 46.96% | 6,410 | 48.39% | 571 | 4.31% | 45 | 0.34% | -189 | -1.43% | 13,247 |
| Dodge | 3,145 | 33.10% | 6,145 | 64.68% | 96 | 1.01% | 115 | 1.21% | -3,000 | -31.58% | 9,501 |
| Door | 1,838 | 60.08% | 1,117 | 36.52% | 34 | 1.11% | 70 | 2.29% | 721 | 23.57% | 3,059 |
| Douglas | 275 | 52.38% | 249 | 47.43% | 1 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 4.95% | 525 |
| Dunn | 2,536 | 65.46% | 1,202 | 31.03% | 60 | 1.55% | 76 | 1.96% | 1,334 | 34.43% | 3,874 |
| Eau Claire | 3,622 | 53.36% | 2,949 | 43.44% | 152 | 2.24% | 65 | 0.96% | 673 | 9.91% | 6,788 |
| Florence | 362 | 71.26% | 142 | 27.95% | 4 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 220 | 43.31% | 508 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,275 | 44.26% | 4,878 | 50.51% | 214 | 2.22% | 291 | 3.01% | -603 | -6.24% | 9,658 |
| Grant | 4,137 | 52.65% | 3,250 | 41.36% | 347 | 4.42% | 124 | 1.58% | 887 | 11.29% | 7,858 |
| Green | 2,568 | 50.36% | 1,894 | 37.14% | 349 | 6.84% | 288 | 5.65% | 674 | 13.22% | 5,099 |
| Green Lake | 1,525 | 51.09% | 1,292 | 43.28% | 155 | 5.19% | 11 | 0.37% | 233 | 7.81% | 2,985[h] |
| Iowa | 2,463 | 47.83% | 2,297 | 44.61% | 385 | 7.48% | 4 | 0.08% | 166 | 3.22% | 5,149 |
| Jackson | 2,060 | 65.50% | 965 | 30.68% | 41 | 1.30% | 79 | 2.51% | 1,095 | 34.82% | 3,145 |
| Jefferson | 2,914 | 39.58% | 4,227 | 57.41% | 209 | 2.84% | 13 | 0.18% | -1,313 | -17.83% | 7,363 |
| Juneau | 2,012 | 51.95% | 1,710 | 44.15% | 125 | 3.23% | 26 | 0.67% | 302 | 7.80% | 3,873 |
| Kenosha | 1,705 | 51.79% | 1,557 | 47.30% | 30 | 0.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 148 | 4.50% | 3,292 |
| Kewaunee | 746 | 27.02% | 2,006 | 72.65% | 9 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,260 | -45.64% | 2,761 |
| La Crosse | 3,780 | 51.34% | 3,442 | 46.75% | 125 | 1.70% | 16 | 0.22% | 338 | 4.59% | 7,363 |
| Lafayette | 2,491 | 50.17% | 2,198 | 44.27% | 230 | 4.63% | 46 | 0.93% | 293 | 5.90% | 4,965 |
| Langlade | 559 | 45.15% | 628 | 50.73% | 23 | 1.86% | 28 | 2.26% | -69 | -5.57% | 1,238 |
| Lincoln | 1,077 | 51.14% | 989 | 46.96% | 14 | 0.66% | 26 | 1.23% | 88 | 4.18% | 2,106 |
| Manitowoc | 2,525 | 37.31% | 4,203 | 62.10% | 37 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.04% | -1,678 | -24.79% | 6,768 |
| Marathon | 2,144 | 38.36% | 3,358 | 60.08% | 22 | 0.39% | 65 | 1.16% | -1,214 | -21.72% | 5,589 |
| Marinette | 2,026 | 66.38% | 924 | 30.28% | 101 | 3.31% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,102 | 36.11% | 3,052 |
| Marquette | 940 | 45.54% | 1,078 | 52.23% | 39 | 1.89% | 7 | 0.34% | -138 | -6.69% | 2,064 |
| Milwaukee | 16,846 | 49.18% | 16,287 | 47.55% | 221 | 0.65% | 901 | 2.63% | 559 | 1.63% | 34,255 |
| Monroe | 2,633 | 52.12% | 2,207 | 43.69% | 138 | 2.73% | 74 | 1.46% | 426 | 8.43% | 5,052 |
| Oconto | 1,494 | 57.86% | 1,033 | 40.01% | 53 | 2.05% | 2 | 0.08% | 461 | 17.85% | 2,582 |
| Outagamie | 2,644 | 37.37% | 4,169 | 58.93% | 70 | 0.99% | 192 | 2.71% | -1,525 | -21.55% | 7,075 |
| Ozaukee | 716 | 24.59% | 2,171 | 74.55% | 9 | 0.31% | 16 | 0.55% | -1,455 | -49.97% | 2,912 |
| Pepin | 957 | 68.90% | 413 | 29.73% | 8 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.79% | 544 | 39.16% | 1,389 |
| Pierce | 2,478 | 65.35% | 1,120 | 29.54% | 156 | 4.11% | 38 | 1.00% | 1,358 | 35.81% | 3,792 |
| Polk | 1,718 | 70.38% | 627 | 25.69% | 90 | 3.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,091 | 44.69% | 2,441[i] |
| Portage | 2,319 | 49.38% | 2,257 | 48.06% | 76 | 1.62% | 44 | 0.94% | 62 | 1.32% | 4,696 |
| Price | 794 | 69.41% | 329 | 28.76% | 2 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 465 | 40.65% | 1,144[j] |
| Racine | 4,065 | 51.82% | 3,459 | 44.09% | 299 | 3.81% | 22 | 0.28% | 606 | 7.72% | 7,845 |
| Richland | 2,459 | 54.67% | 1,785 | 39.68% | 215 | 4.78% | 39 | 0.87% | 674 | 14.98% | 4,498 |
| Rock | 6,265 | 61.74% | 3,447 | 33.97% | 370 | 3.65% | 65 | 0.64% | 2,818 | 27.77% | 10,147 |
| Sauk | 3,557 | 56.88% | 2,381 | 38.08% | 244 | 3.90% | 71 | 1.14% | 1,176 | 18.81% | 6,253 |
| Sawyer | 298 | 72.33% | 109 | 26.46% | 5 | 1.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 189 | 45.87% | 412 |
| Shawano | 1,398 | 47.78% | 1,404 | 47.98% | 43 | 1.47% | 81 | 2.77% | -6 | -0.21% | 2,926 |
| Sheboygan | 3,511 | 45.02% | 3,986 | 51.12% | 107 | 1.37% | 194 | 2.49% | -475 | -6.09% | 7,798 |
| St. Croix | 2,502 | 51.58% | 2,237 | 46.11% | 107 | 2.21% | 5 | 0.10% | 265 | 5.46% | 4,851 |
| Taylor | 789 | 56.60% | 604 | 43.33% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 185 | 13.27% | 1,394 |
| Trempealeau | 2,166 | 59.15% | 1,285 | 35.09% | 100 | 2.73% | 111 | 3.03% | 881 | 24.06% | 3,662 |
| Vernon | 2,916 | 59.93% | 1,568 | 32.22% | 195 | 4.01% | 187 | 3.84% | 1,348 | 27.70% | 4,866 |
| Walworth | 4,323 | 63.52% | 2,115 | 31.08% | 345 | 5.07% | 23 | 0.34% | 2,208 | 32.44% | 6,806 |
| Washburn | 281 | 60.43% | 137 | 29.46% | 47 | 10.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 30.97% | 465 |
| Washington | 1,583 | 34.45% | 2,972 | 64.68% | 18 | 0.39% | 22 | 0.48% | -1,389 | -30.23% | 4,595 |
| Waukesha | 3,207 | 47.17% | 3,264 | 48.01% | 263 | 3.87% | 65 | 0.96% | -57 | -0.84% | 6,799 |
| Waupaca | 3,032 | 59.69% | 1,792 | 35.28% | 92 | 1.81% | 163 | 3.21% | 1,240 | 24.41% | 5,080[f] |
| Waushara | 2,146 | 74.72% | 605 | 21.07% | 85 | 2.96% | 36 | 1.25% | 1,541 | 53.66% | 2,872 |
| Winnebago | 4,893 | 47.91% | 4,688 | 45.90% | 341 | 3.34% | 291 | 2.85% | 205 | 2.01% | 10,213 |
| Wood | 1,455 | 44.66% | 1,699 | 52.15% | 7 | 0.21% | 97 | 2.98% | -244 | -7.49% | 3,258 |
| Total | 161,157 | 50.37% | 146,477 | 45.78% | 7,656 | 2.39% | 4,598 | 1.44% | 14,680 | 4.59% | 319,951 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ The 1885 Blue Book gives the totals as Blaine 161,157; Cleveland 146,477; St. John 7,649; Butler 4,598; and no Scattering. These totals are not incorrect per se; an elector on each ticket received that number of votes, but in the case of Blaine, Cleveland, and St. John, they are not the totals for the highest elector on each ticket. The 1885 Blue Book does not give the results for all electors.
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Includes 10 Scattering votes
- ^ Includes 18 Scattering votes
- ^ a b Includes 1 Scattering vote
- ^ Includes 6 Scattering votes
- ^ Includes 2 Scattering votes
- ^ Includes 6 Scattering votes
- ^ Includes 19 Scattering votes
References
edit- ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the votes given for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States at the General Election held in the several towns, wards, villages, and election districts in the several counties of the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday being the fourth day of November A.D. 1884