United States presidential election in Kansas, 1884

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Main article: United States presidential election, 1884
United States presidential election in Kansas, 1884
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Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland Benjamin Franklin Butler
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Home state Maine New York Massachusetts
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks Absolom Madden West
Electoral vote 9 0 0
Popular vote 154,406 90,132 16,346
Percentage 58.08% 33.90% 6.15%
President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

 Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1884 Presidential Election held in Kansastook 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% 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

United States presidential election in Kansas, 1884[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Gillespie Blaine of Maine John Alexander Logan of Illinois 154,406 58.08% 7 100.00%
Democratic Grover Cleveland of New York Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana 90,132 33.90% 0 0.00%
Greenback Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts Absolom Madden West of Mississippi 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%

References

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