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| United States presidential election, 1884 | ||||
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| November 6, 1880 | ||||
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| Nominee | John Sherman | Thomas F. Bayard | ||
| Party | Republican | Democratic | ||
| Home state | Ohio | Delaware | ||
| Running mate | Levi P. Morton | Samuel J. Randall | ||
| Electoral vote | 286 | 198 | ||
| States carried | 25 | 13 | ||
| Popular vote | 5,396,717 | 4,331,444 | ||
| Percentage | 53.7% | 43.2% | ||
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| Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Bayard/Randall, Red denotes those won by Blaine/Sherman. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | ||||
President before election
Winfield Scott Democratic
Elected President
James G. Blaine Republican | ||||
The United States Presidential Election of 1888 was held on November 6, 1888. The Republicans were hoping that, with the withdrawal of President Hancock from seeking a third term, they might have a chance at securing the White House from the Democratic Party. At the same time, there was serious infighting within the Democratic Party, which had fractured between supporters of President Hancock and those of Governor Grover Cleveland. The Republican candidate James G. Blaine would win the election in one of the closest results recorded so far, both electorally and through the popular vote.
Nominations[]
Republican Party nomination[]
Republican candidates:
- John Sherman, U.S. senator from Ohio
- James G. Blaine, former U.S. Senator from Maine
- Benjamin Harrison, former U.S. senator from Indiana
- Russell A. Alger, former governor of Michigan
- Walter Q. Gresham, former U.S. Treasury Secretary from Indiana
- William B. Allison, U.S. senator from Iowa
- Chauncey Depew, president of the New York Central Railroad from New York