1884 United States presidential election in Kansas

1884 United States presidential election in Kansas

← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland Benjamin 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%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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.

  1. ^ "1884 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

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