November 4, 1884 · The Gilded Age · 401 electoral votes, 201 to win
Cleveland became the first Democratic president since Buchanan in a campaign of personal scandal on both sides, decided by a thousand-vote margin in New York after a Blaine surrogate's 'rum, Romanism and rebellion' slur.
Elected
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
Electoral vote
219 of 401
Popular vote
48.9%
4,914,482 votes
Turnout
77.5%
The result
Grover Cleveland
Democratic · 48.90% of votes
219
electoral votes
James G. Blaine
Republican · 48.30% of votes
182
electoral votes
John St. John
Prohibition · 1.50% of votes
—
electoral votes
Benjamin Butler
Anti-Monopoly · 1.33% of votes
—
electoral votes
Belva Ann Lockwood
National Equal Rights Party · 0.04% of votes
—
electoral votes
EV share
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
Thomas A. Hendricks
219
4,914,482
48.90%
20
James G. Blaine
Republican
John A. Logan
182
4,856,903
48.30%
18
John St. John
Prohibition
William Daniel
—
147,482
1.50%
—
Benjamin Butler
Anti-Monopoly
Absolom M. West
—
134,294
1.33%
—
Belva Ann Lockwood
National Equal Rights Party
Marietta Stow
—
4,194
0.04%
—
10,057,355 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
Alabama
Grover Cleveland · 60.4% · runner-up James G. Blaine 38.7%
10
electoral votes
Arkansas
Grover Cleveland · 57.8% · runner-up James G. Blaine 40.7%
7
electoral votes
California
James G. Blaine · 52.0% · runner-up Grover Cleveland 45.3%
8
electoral votes
Colorado
James G. Blaine · 54.3% · runner-up Grover Cleveland 41.7%
3
electoral votes
Connecticut
Grover Cleveland · 49.0% · runner-up James G. Blaine 48.0%
6
electoral votes
Delaware
Grover Cleveland · 56.6% · runner-up James G. Blaine 43.2%
3
electoral votes
Florida
Grover Cleveland · 53.0% · runner-up James G. Blaine 46.7%
4
electoral votes
Georgia
Grover Cleveland · 65.9% · runner-up James G. Blaine 33.8%
12
electoral votes
Illinois
James G. Blaine · 50.2% · runner-up Grover Cleveland 46.4%
22
electoral votes
Indiana
Grover Cleveland · 49.8% · runner-up James G. Blaine 48.5%
15
electoral votes
Iowa
James G. Blaine · 52.3% · runner-up Grover Cleveland 47.0%
13
electoral votes
Kansas
James G. Blaine · 58.1% · runner-up Grover Cleveland 33.9%
9
electoral votes
Alabama
Grover Cleveland
60.4%
10
James G. Blaine · 38.7%
Arkansas
Grover Cleveland
57.8%
7
James G. Blaine · 40.7%
California
James G. Blaine
52.0%
8
Grover Cleveland · 45.3%
Colorado
James G. Blaine
54.3%
3
Grover Cleveland · 41.7%
Connecticut
Grover Cleveland
49.0%
6
James G. Blaine · 48.0%
Delaware
Grover Cleveland
56.6%
3
James G. Blaine · 43.2%
Florida
Grover Cleveland
53.0%
4
James G. Blaine · 46.7%
Georgia
Grover Cleveland
65.9%
12
James G. Blaine · 33.8%
Illinois
James G. Blaine
50.2%
22
Grover Cleveland · 46.4%
Indiana
Grover Cleveland
49.8%
15
James G. Blaine · 48.5%
Iowa
James G. Blaine
52.3%
13
Grover Cleveland · 47.0%
Kansas
James G. Blaine
58.1%
9
Grover Cleveland · 33.9%
Kentucky
Grover Cleveland
55.3%
13
James G. Blaine · 42.9%
Louisiana
Grover Cleveland
57.2%
8
James G. Blaine · 42.2%
Maine
James G. Blaine
55.3%
6
Grover Cleveland · 40.0%
Maryland
Grover Cleveland
52.1%
8
James G. Blaine · 46.1%
Massachusetts
James G. Blaine
48.4%
14
Grover Cleveland · 40.3%
Michigan
James G. Blaine
47.8%
13
Grover Cleveland · 37.2%
Minnesota
James G. Blaine
58.8%
7
Grover Cleveland · 36.9%
Mississippi
Grover Cleveland
64.3%
9
James G. Blaine · 35.7%
Missouri
Grover Cleveland
53.5%
16
James G. Blaine · 46.0%
Nebraska
James G. Blaine
57.3%
5
Grover Cleveland · 40.5%
Nevada
James G. Blaine
56.2%
3
Grover Cleveland · 43.6%
New Hampshire
James G. Blaine
51.1%
4
Grover Cleveland · 46.3%
New Jersey
Grover Cleveland
49.0%
9
James G. Blaine · 47.3%
New York
Grover Cleveland
48.3%
36
James G. Blaine · 48.2%
North Carolina
Grover Cleveland
53.3%
11
James G. Blaine · 46.6%
Ohio
James G. Blaine
51.0%
23
Grover Cleveland · 46.9%
Oregon
James G. Blaine
51.0%
3
Grover Cleveland · 46.7%
Pennsylvania
James G. Blaine
52.6%
30
Grover Cleveland · 43.9%
Rhode Island
James G. Blaine
58.1%
4
Grover Cleveland · 37.8%
South Carolina
Grover Cleveland
75.3%
9
James G. Blaine · 23.4%
Tennessee
Grover Cleveland
51.5%
12
James G. Blaine · 47.7%
Texas
Grover Cleveland
69.5%
13
James G. Blaine · 28.4%
Vermont
James G. Blaine
66.5%
4
Grover Cleveland · 29.2%
Virginia
Grover Cleveland
51.1%
12
James G. Blaine · 48.9%
West Virginia
Grover Cleveland
50.9%
6
James G. Blaine · 47.8%
Wisconsin
James G. Blaine
50.4%
11
Grover Cleveland · 45.8%
The Congress it seated
49th Congress
1885–1887
Divided government
Senate
34–41
Republican control · Democratic–Republican
House
182–140 +2
Democratic control · Democratic–Republican +2 independents