1884 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

1884 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
Turnout69.3%[1] Decrease 1.9 pp
 
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 West
Electoral vote 14 0 0
Popular vote 146,724 122,352 24,382
Percentage 48.36% 40.33% 8.04%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts voted for the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine, over the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland. Blaine won the state by a margin of 8.03%. Greenback nominee and former Massachusetts governor Benjamin Butler won 8.04% of the vote.

  1. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.

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