1884 United States presidential election in New Jersey
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The 1884 United States presidential election in New Jersey 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.
New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine. Cleveland won his birth state by a very narrow margin of 1.67 percentage points.
Results
| 1884 United States presidential election in New Jersey[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Grover Cleveland of New York | Thomas Andrews Hendricks of Indiana | 127,798 | 48.98% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | James Gillespie Blaine of Maine | John Alexander Logan of Illinois | 123,440 | 47.31% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | John Pierce St. John of Kansas | William Daniel of Maryland | 6,159 | 2.36% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Greenback | Benjamin Franklin Butler of Massachusetts | Absolom Madden West of Mississippi | 3,496 | 1.34% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 28 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 260,921 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Stephen Grover Cleveland[2] Democratic |
James Gillespie Blaine[2] Republican |
Various candidates[2] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Atlantic | 1,854 | 40.36% | 2,439 | 53.09% | 301 | 6.55% | -585 | -12.73% | 4,594 |
| Bergen | 4,327 | 53.08% | 3,688 | 45.24% | 137 | 1.68% | 639 | 7.84% | 8,152 |
| Burlington | 6,384 | 46.64% | 6,762 | 49.40% | 542 | 3.96% | -378 | -2.76% | 13,688 |
| Camden | 6,545 | 42.01% | 8,538 | 54.80% | 498 | 3.20% | -1,993 | -12.79% | 15,581 |
| Cape May | 1,004 | 41.85% | 1,235 | 51.48% | 160 | 6.67% | -231 | -9.63% | 2,399 |
| Cumberland | 3,470 | 39.41% | 4,491 | 51.01% | 844 | 9.59% | -1,021 | -11.60% | 8,805 |
| Essex | 20,117 | 46.98% | 21,332 | 49.82% | 1369 | 3.20% | -1,215 | -2.84% | 42,818 |
| Gloucester | 2,792 | 42.21% | 3,418 | 51.67% | 405 | 6.12% | -626 | -9.46% | 6,615 |
| Hudson | 21,637 | 55.72% | 16,312 | 42.01% | 881 | 2.27% | 5,325 | 13.71% | 38,830 |
| Hunterdon | 5,345 | 57.48% | 3,338 | 35.90% | 616 | 6.62% | 2,007 | 21.58% | 9,299 |
| Mercer | 7,083 | 46.88% | 7,696 | 50.94% | 330 | 2.18% | -613 | -4.06% | 15,109 |
| Middlesex | 6,149 | 51.48% | 5,562 | 46.57% | 233 | 1.95% | 587 | 4.91% | 11,944 |
| Monmouth | 7,552 | 52.07% | 6,446 | 44.45% | 505 | 3.48% | 1,106 | 7.63% | 14,503 |
| Morris | 4,821 | 45.03% | 5,198 | 48.55% | 688 | 6.43% | -377 | -3.52% | 10,707 |
| Ocean | 1,595 | 42.26% | 2,091 | 55.41% | 88 | 2.33% | -496 | -13.14% | 3,774 |
| Passaic | 6,257 | 42.33% | 8,130 | 55.01% | 393 | 2.66% | -1,873 | -12.67% | 14,780 |
| Salem | 2,864 | 46.45% | 3,022 | 49.01% | 280 | 4.54% | -158 | -2.56% | 6,166 |
| Somerset | 3,116 | 50.35% | 2,927 | 47.29% | 146 | 2.36% | 189 | 3.05% | 6,189 |
| Sussex | 3,458 | 59.10% | 2,218 | 37.91% | 175 | 2.99% | 1,240 | 21.19% | 5,851 |
| Union | 6,215 | 50.86% | 5,479 | 44.84% | 526 | 4.30% | 736 | 6.02% | 12,220 |
| Warren | 5,193 | 59.20% | 3,044 | 34.70% | 535 | 6.10% | 2,149 | 24.50% | 8,772 |
| Totals | 127,778 | 49.00% | 123,366 | 47.30% | 9,652 | 3.70% | 4,412 | 1.69% | 260,796 |
See also
References
- ^ "1884 Presidential General Election Results — New Jersey". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
