President / Vice President, 1884 Election

General

Date: November 4, 1884
Cycle: 1884
Office: President / Vice President
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Running mate Party Votes Percent Margin
James Blaine Man John Logan (Man) Republican 111,685 58.78 +21.90
Grover Cleveland Man Thomas Hendricks (Man) Democrat 70,065 36.87
John St. John Man William Daniel (Man) Prohibition 4,684 2.47
Benjamin Butler Man Absolom West (Man) Greenback 3,583 1.89

Blaine and Logan each received Minnesota's seven Electoral College votes. For the first time in state history Minnesota did not back the Electoral College winner (Democrat Grover Cleveland). Blaine’s 21.90-point win in Minnesota was his second best in the 10-state Midwest region, recording a larger victory only in Kansas (24.2 points).

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1955 (p. 340).