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1884 United States presidential election in Virginia
← 1880 November 4, 1884 1888 →
 
Nominee Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Maine
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks John A. Logan
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 145,491 139,356
Percentage 51.05% 48.90%
County Results

Cleveland

  50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

Blaine

  50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

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The 1884 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, New York Governor Grover Cleveland over the Republican candidate, former Secretary of State James G. Blaine. Cleveland won Virginia by a margin of 2.15 percentage points.

Results

1884 United States presidential election in Virginia
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Grover Cleveland 145,491 51.05% 12
Republican James G. Blaine 139,356 48.90% 0
Prohibition John St. John 130 0.05% 0
Totals 284,977 100.0% 12

Results by county

1884 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent cities
County or Independent City Stephen Grover Cleveland
Democratic 		James Gillespie Blaine
Republican 		John Pierce St. John
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Accomack County 2,949 63.47% 1,697 36.53% 0 0.00% 1,252 26.95% 4,646
Albemarle County 2,941 53.20% 2,587 46.80% 0 0.00% 354 6.40% 5,528
Alleghany County 731 43.96% 932 56.04% 0 0.00% -201 -12.09% 1,663
Amelia County 590 36.02% 1,048 63.98% 0 0.00% -458 -27.96% 1,638
Amherst County 1,969 59.09% 1,363 40.91% 0 0.00% 606 18.19% 3,332
Appomattox County 849 49.10% 880 50.90% 0 0.00% -31 -1.79% 1,729
Alexandria County 264 34.15% 509 65.85% 0 0.00% -245 -31.69% 773
Augusta County 3,332 57.41% 2,472 42.59% 0 0.00% 860 14.82% 5,804
Bath County 482 57.31% 359 42.69% 0 0.00% 123 14.63% 841
Bedford County 3,397 62.86% 2,007 37.14% 0 0.00% 1,390 25.72% 5,404
Bland County 501 51.86% 465 48.14% 0 0.00% 36 3.73% 966
Botetourt County 1,614 60.07% 1,073 39.93% 0 0.00% 541 20.13% 2,687
Brunswick County 1,107 41.41% 1,566 58.59% 0 0.00% -459 -17.17% 2,673
Buchanan County 287 54.15% 243 45.85% 0 0.00% 44 8.30% 530
Buckingham County 1,176 41.67% 1,646 58.33% 0 0.00% -470 -16.65% 2,822
Campbell County 2,207 58.31% 1,578 41.69% 0 0.00% 629 16.62% 3,785
Caroline County 1,506 49.17% 1,547 50.51% 10 0.33% -41 -1.34% 3,063
Carroll County 1,234 55.29% 998 44.71% 0 0.00% 236 10.57% 2,232
Charles City County 356 34.56% 674 65.44% 0 0.00% -318 -30.87% 1,030
Charlotte County 1,604 57.41% 1,190 42.59% 0 0.00% 414 14.82% 2,794
Chesterfield County 1,780 52.93% 1,582 47.04% 1 0.03% 198 5.89% 3,363
Clarke County 1,183 71.22% 478 28.78% 0 0.00% 705 42.44% 1,661
Craig County 544 83.05% 111 16.95% 0 0.00% 433 66.11% 655
Culpeper County 1,395 55.36% 1,125 44.64% 0 0.00% 270 10.71% 2,520
Cumberland County 600 35.71% 1,080 64.29% 0 0.00% -480 -28.57% 1,680
Dickenson County 288 55.17% 234 44.83% 0 0.00% 54 10.34% 522
Dinwiddie County 862 38.02% 1,405 61.98% 0 0.00% -543 -23.95% 2,267
Elizabeth City County 525 26.17% 1,481 73.83% 0 0.00% -956 -47.66% 2,006
Essex County 853 43.56% 1,105 56.44% 0 0.00% -252 -12.87% 1,958
Fairfax County 1,883 52.83% 1,681 47.17% 0 0.00% 202 5.67% 3,564
Fauquier County 2,629 64.03% 1,477 35.97% 0 0.00% 1,152 28.06% 4,106
Floyd County 862 44.00% 1,097 56.00% 0 0.00% -235 -12.00% 1,959
Fluvanna County 1,047 55.90% 826 44.10% 0 0.00% 221 11.80% 1,873
Franklin County 2,617 63.58% 1,499 36.42% 0 0.00% 1,118 27.16% 4,116
Frederick County 1,786 72.40% 681 27.60% 0 0.00% 1,105 44.79% 2,467
Giles County 900 60.12% 597 39.88% 0 0.00% 303 20.24% 1,497
Gloucester County 1,075 45.80% 1,266 53.94% 6 0.26% -191 -8.14% 2,347
Goochland County 752 41.96% 1,040 58.04% 0 0.00% -288 -16.07% 1,792
Grayson County 1,105 57.97% 801 42.03% 0 0.00% 304 15.95% 1,906
Greene County 550 57.35% 409 42.65% 0 0.00% 141 14.70% 959
Greensville County 540 33.17% 1,088 66.83% 0 0.00% -548 -33.66% 1,628
Halifax County 3,393 53.46% 2,954 46.54% 0 0.00% 439 6.92% 6,347
Hanover County 1,816 54.96% 1,488 45.04% 0 0.00% 328 9.93% 3,304
Henrico County 1,755 44.60% 2,174 55.25% 6 0.15% -419 -10.65% 3,935
Henry County 1,356 49.01% 1,411 50.99% 0 0.00% -55 -1.99% 2,767
Highland County 508 52.21% 461 47.38% 4 0.41% 47 4.83% 973
Isle of Wight County 1,272 48.55% 1,348 51.45% 0 0.00% -76 -2.90% 2,620
James City County 243 28.52% 609 71.48% 0 0.00% -366 -42.96% 852
King and Queen County 933 50.19% 926 49.81% 0 0.00% 7 0.38% 1,859
King George County 544 42.70% 730 57.30% 0 0.00% -186 -14.60% 1,274
King William County 782 43.09% 1,033 56.91% 0 0.00% -251 -13.83% 1,815
Lancaster County 667 43.68% 859 56.25% 1 0.07% -192 -12.57% 1,527
Lee County 1,334 56.67% 1,020 43.33% 0 0.00% 314 13.34% 2,354
Loudoun County 2,795 58.24% 1,978 41.22% 26 0.54% 817 17.02% 4,799
Louisa County 1,372 46.37% 1,587 53.63% 0 0.00% -215 -7.27% 2,959
Lunenburg County 811 44.49% 1,012 55.51% 0 0.00% -201 -11.03% 1,823
Madison County 983 53.60% 851 46.40% 0 0.00% 132 7.20% 1,834
Mathews County 963 64.76% 524 35.24% 0 0.00% 439 29.52% 1,487
Mecklenburg County 1,695 41.51% 2,388 58.49% 0 0.00% -693 -16.97% 4,083
Middlesex County 630 44.62% 780 55.24% 2 0.14% -150 -10.62% 1,412
Montgomery County 1,416 51.81% 1,308 47.86% 9 0.33% 108 3.95% 2,733
Nansemond County 1,353 40.11% 2,020 59.89% 0 0.00% -667 -19.77% 3,373
Nelson County 1,658 57.07% 1,247 42.93% 0 0.00% 411 14.15% 2,905
New Kent County 440 38.90% 691 61.10% 0 0.00% -251 -22.19% 1,131
Norfolk County 1,818 38.43% 2,913 61.57% 0 0.00% -1,095 -23.15% 4,731
Northampton County 905 45.18% 1,098 54.82% 0 0.00% -193 -9.64% 2,003
Northumberland County 893 50.88% 862 49.12% 0 0.00% 31 1.77% 1,755
Nottoway County 453 26.17% 1,277 73.77% 1 0.06% -824 -47.60% 1,731
Orange County 1,259 54.98% 1,031 45.02% 0 0.00% 228 9.96% 2,290
Page County 1,157 51.45% 1,089 48.42% 3 0.13% 68 3.02% 2,249
Patrick County 992 58.63% 700 41.37% 0 0.00% 292 17.26% 1,692
Pittsylvania County 4,477 56.34% 3,470 43.66% 0 0.00% 1,007 12.67% 7,947
Powhatan County 488 35.06% 904 64.94% 0 0.00% -416 -29.89% 1,392
Prince Edward County 860 39.50% 1,317 60.50% 0 0.00% -457 -20.99% 2,177
Prince George County 560 32.39% 1,169 67.61% 0 0.00% -609 -35.22% 1,729
Prince William County 1,243 68.33% 576 31.67% 0 0.00% 667 36.67% 1,819
Princess Anne County 986 50.38% 971 49.62% 0 0.00% 15 0.77% 1,957
Pulaski County 891 53.23% 780 46.59% 3 0.18% 111 6.63% 1,674
Rappahannock County 997 66.78% 496 33.22% 0 0.00% 501 33.56% 1,493
Richmond County 612 44.41% 766 55.59% 0 0.00% -154 -11.18% 1,378
Roanoke County 1,006 47.41% 1,116 52.59% 0 0.00% -110 -5.18% 2,122
Rockbridge County 2,072 51.21% 1,970 48.69% 4 0.10% 102 2.52% 4,046
Rockingham County 2,762 50.01% 2,761 49.99% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 5,523
Russell County 1,222 53.11% 1,079 46.89% 0 0.00% 143 6.21% 2,301
Scott County 1,324 44.90% 1,625 55.10% 0 0.00% -301 -10.21% 2,949
Shenandoah County 1,976 51.35% 1,872 48.65% 0 0.00% 104 2.70% 3,848
Smyth County 1,172 52.09% 1,078 47.91% 0 0.00% 94 4.18% 2,250
Southampton County 1,549 46.80% 1,761 53.20% 0 0.00% -212 -6.40% 3,310
Spotsylvania County 844 50.72% 820 49.28% 0 0.00% 24 1.44% 1,664
Stafford County 644 45.71% 762 54.08% 3 0.21% -118 -8.37% 1,409
Surry County 611 39.65% 930 60.35% 0 0.00% -319 -20.70% 1,541
Sussex County 750 34.22% 1,442 65.78% 0 0.00% -692 -31.57% 2,192
Tazewell County 858 40.06% 1,284 59.94% 0 0.00% -426 -19.89% 2,142
Warren County 1,155 78.52% 316 21.48% 0 0.00% 839 57.04% 1,471
Warwick County 313 32.71% 644 67.29% 0 0.00% -331 -34.59% 957
Washington County 2,627 57.38% 1,951 42.62% 0 0.00% 676 14.77% 4,578
Westmoreland County 718 42.97% 953 57.03% 0 0.00% -235 -14.06% 1,671
Wise County 510 52.52% 461 47.48% 0 0.00% 49 5.05% 971
Wythe County 1,414 50.12% 1,406 49.84% 1 0.04% 8 0.28% 2,821
York County 579 38.68% 918 61.32% 0 0.00% -339 -22.65% 1,497
Alexandria City 1,730 57.36% 1,273 42.21% 13 0.43% 457 15.15% 3,016
Danville City 997 52.89% 888 47.11% 0 0.00% 109 5.78% 1,885
Fredericksburg City 562 58.12% 402 41.57% 3 0.31% 160 16.55% 967
Lynchburg City 1,926 52.25% 1,760 47.75% 0 0.00% 166 4.50% 3,686
Manchester City 864 59.30% 593 40.70% 0 0.00% 271 18.60% 1,457
Norfolk City 2,392 46.12% 2,795 53.88% 0 0.00% -403 -7.77% 5,187
North Danville City 235 59.34% 161 40.66% 0 0.00% 74 18.69% 396
Petersburg City 1,612 36.83% 2,765 63.17% 0 0.00% -1,153 -26.34% 4,377
Portsmouth City 1,312 49.40% 1,344 50.60% 0 0.00% -32 -1.20% 2,656
Richmond City 7,599 57.05% 5,716 42.92% 4 0.03% 1,883 14.14% 13,319
Roanoke City 621 52.23% 568 47.77% 0 0.00% 53 4.46% 1,189
Staunton City 771 59.31% 499 38.38% 30 2.31% 272 20.92% 1,300
Williamsburg City 116 39.59% 177 60.41% 0 0.00% -61 -20.82% 293
Winchester City 472 46.14% 551 53.86% 0 0.00% -79 -7.72% 1,023
Totals 145,497 51.05% 139,356 48.90% 130 0.05% 6,141 2.15% 284,983

References

  1. "1884 Presidential General Election Results – Virginia". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  2. "Presidential election of 1884 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
State and district results of the 1884 United States presidential election
Electoral map, 1884 election
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