The 1884 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]
North Carolina was won by Grover Cleveland, the 28th governor of New York, (D–New York), running with the former governor of Indiana Thomas A. Hendricks, with 53.25 percent of the popular vote, against Secretary of State James G. Blaine (R-Maine), running with Senator John A. Logan, with 46.59 percent of the popular vote.[2]
1884 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county[3] County | Stephen Grover Cleveland Democratic | James Gillespie Blaine Republican | John Pierce St. John Prohibition | Margin |
% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Catawba | 77.70% | 2,307 | 22.30% | 662 | 0.00% | 0 | 55.41% | 1,645 |
Cleveland | 76.51% | 2,042 | 23.08% | 616 | 0.41% | 11 | 53.43% | 1,426 |
Caldwell | 74.69% | 1,257 | 25.31% | 426 | 0.00% | 0 | 49.38% | 831 |
Union | 74.65% | 1,846 | 25.35% | 627 | 0.00% | 0 | 49.29% | 1,219 |
Swain | 74.23% | 481 | 25.77% | 167 | 0.00% | 0 | 48.46% | 314 |
Alexander | 72.32% | 938 | 27.68% | 359 | 0.00% | 0 | 44.64% | 579 |
Onslow | 71.94% | 1,292 | 28.06% | 504 | 0.00% | 0 | 43.88% | 788 |
Currituck | 69.82% | 983 | 30.18% | 425 | 0.00% | 0 | 39.63% | 558 |
Jackson | 66.24% | 722 | 33.30% | 363 | 0.46% | 5 | 32.94% | 359 |
Columbus | 66.32% | 1,867 | 33.68% | 948 | 0.00% | 0 | 32.65% | 919 |
Rowan | 65.82% | 2,642 | 34.18% | 1,372 | 0.00% | 0 | 31.64% | 1,270 |
Graham | 65.71% | 276 | 34.29% | 144 | 0.00% | 0 | 31.43% | 132 |
Cabarrus | 65.48% | 1,893 | 34.24% | 990 | 0.28% | 8 | 31.23% | 903 |
Carteret | 65.58% | 1,166 | 34.42% | 612 | 0.00% | 0 | 31.16% | 554 |
Duplin | 65.55% | 2,247 | 34.45% | 1,181 | 0.00% | 0 | 31.10% | 1,066 |
Stanly | 65.40% | 1,115 | 34.55% | 589 | 0.06% | 1 | 30.85% | 526 |
Alleghany | 63.74% | 624 | 36.26% | 355 | 0.00% | 0 | 27.48% | 269 |
Anson | 63.11% | 1,865 | 36.89% | 1,090 | 0.00% | 0 | 26.23% | 775 |
Clay | 63.09% | 359 | 36.91% | 210 | 0.00% | 0 | 26.19% | 149 |
Harnett | 62.76% | 1,254 | 37.24% | 744 | 0.00% | 0 | 25.53% | 510 |
Sampson | 61.59% | 2,551 | 38.41% | 1,591 | 0.00% | 0 | 23.18% | 960 |
Orange | 60.88% | 1,668 | 38.83% | 1,064 | 0.29% | 8 | 22.04% | 604 |
Rockingham | 60.95% | 2,574 | 39.00% | 1,647 | 0.05% | 2 | 21.95% | 927 |
Gates | 60.84% | 1,145 | 39.16% | 737 | 0.00% | 0 | 21.68% | 408 |
Haywood | 60.69% | 1,181 | 39.31% | 765 | 0.00% | 0 | 21.38% | 416 |
Lincoln | 60.67% | 1,171 | 39.33% | 759 | 0.00% | 0 | 21.35% | 412 |
Johnston | 60.50% | 2,805 | 39.50% | 1,831 | 0.00% | 0 | 21.01% | 974 |
Iredell | 60.06% | 2,644 | 39.44% | 1,736 | 0.50% | 22 | 20.63% | 908 |
Tyrrell | 59.72% | 504 | 40.28% | 340 | 0.00% | 0 | 19.43% | 164 |
McDowell | 59.08% | 940 | 40.92% | 651 | 0.00% | 0 | 18.16% | 289 |
Wilson | 58.77% | 2,141 | 41.23% | 1,502 | 0.00% | 0 | 17.54% | 639 |
Chatham | 58.64% | 2,451 | 41.10% | 1,718 | 0.26% | 11 | 17.54% | 733 |
Gaston | 57.48% | 1,356 | 41.46% | 978 | 1.06% | 25 | 16.02% | 378 |
Transylvania | 57.80% | 452 | 42.20% | 330 | 0.00% | 0 | 15.60% | 122 |
Person | 57.56% | 1,485 | 42.44% | 1,095 | 0.00% | 0 | 15.12% | 390 |
Durham | 56.90% | 1,575 | 43.10% | 1,193 | 0.00% | 0 | 13.80% | 382 |
Buncombe | 56.58% | 2,649 | 42.87% | 2,007 | 0.56% | 26 | 13.71% | 642 |
Hyde | 56.77% | 881 | 43.23% | 671 | 0.00% | 0 | 13.53% | 210 |
Macon | 56.57% | 706 | 43.11% | 538 | 0.32% | 4 | 13.46% | 168 |
Burke | 56.68% | 1,273 | 43.32% | 973 | 0.00% | 0 | 13.36% | 300 |
Stokes | 56.11% | 1,341 | 43.89% | 1,049 | 0.00% | 0 | 12.22% | 292 |
Alamance | 55.72% | 1,607 | 43.65% | 1,259 | 0.62% | 18 | 12.07% | 348 |
Pamlico | 55.83% | 757 | 44.17% | 599 | 0.00% | 0 | 11.65% | 158 |
Martin | 55.58% | 1,564 | 44.42% | 1,250 | 0.00% | 0 | 11.16% | 314 |
Camden | 55.29% | 706 | 44.71% | 571 | 0.00% | 0 | 10.57% | 135 |
Moore | 54.62% | 1,769 | 45.32% | 1,468 | 0.06% | 2 | 9.29% | 301 |
Watauga | 54.58% | 763 | 45.42% | 635 | 0.00% | 0 | 9.16% | 128 |
Rutherford | 54.37% | 1,506 | 45.60% | 1,263 | 0.04% | 1 | 8.77% | 243 |
Nash | 54.25% | 1,845 | 45.75% | 1,556 | 0.00% | 0 | 8.50% | 289 |
Mecklenburg | 54.17% | 3,666 | 45.83% | 3,101 | 0.00% | 0 | 8.35% | 565 |
Beaufort | 53.80% | 1,995 | 46.20% | 1,713 | 0.00% | 0 | 7.61% | 282 |
Lenoir | 53.33% | 1,609 | 46.67% | 1,408 | 0.00% | 0 | 6.66% | 201 |
Richmond | 53.30% | 1,946 | 46.70% | 1,705 | 0.00% | 0 | 6.60% | 241 |
Yancey | 52.70% | 743 | 46.67% | 658 | 0.64% | 9 | 6.03% | 85 |
Cumberland | 52.97% | 2,469 | 47.03% | 2,192 | 0.00% | 0 | 5.94% | 277 |
Wake | 52.52% | 4,750 | 47.45% | 4,291 | 0.03% | 3 | 5.08% | 459 |
Robeson | 52.35% | 2,503 | 47.65% | 2,278 | 0.00% | 0 | 4.71% | 225 |
Wayne | 51.91% | 2,744 | 48.09% | 2,542 | 0.00% | 0 | 3.82% | 202 |
Guilford | 51.10% | 2,422 | 47.72% | 2,262 | 1.18% | 56 | 3.38% | 160 |
Pitt | 51.54% | 2,428 | 48.46% | 2,283 | 0.00% | 0 | 3.08% | 145 |
Franklin | 51.51% | 2,121 | 48.49% | 1,997 | 0.00% | 0 | 3.01% | 124 |
Forsyth | 51.44% | 2,060 | 48.46% | 1,941 | 0.10% | 4 | 2.97% | 119 |
Ashe | 51.09% | 1,245 | 48.91% | 1,192 | 0.00% | 0 | 2.17% | 53 |
Randolph | 48.83% | 1,968 | 46.90% | 1,890 | 4.27% | 172 | 1.94% | 78 |
Granville | 50.86% | 2,184 | 49.14% | 2,110 | 0.00% | 0 | 1.72% | 74 |
Jones | 50.23% | 754 | 49.77% | 747 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.47% | 7 |
Surry | 49.80% | 1,402 | 50.20% | 1,413 | 0.00% | 0 | -0.39% | -11 |
Brunswick | 49.79% | 928 | 50.21% | 936 | 0.00% | 0 | -0.43% | -8 |
Pender | 49.21% | 1,207 | 50.79% | 1,246 | 0.00% | 0 | -1.59% | -39 |
Caswell | 48.94% | 1,548 | 51.06% | 1,615 | 0.00% | 0 | -2.12% | -67 |
Davie | 48.94% | 1,058 | 51.06% | 1,104 | 0.00% | 0 | -2.13% | -46 |
Greene | 48.71% | 1,042 | 51.29% | 1,097 | 0.00% | 0 | -2.57% | -55 |
Montgomery | 48.40% | 891 | 51.60% | 950 | 0.00% | 0 | -3.20% | -59 |
Bladen | 47.93% | 1,410 | 52.07% | 1,532 | 0.00% | 0 | -4.15% | -122 |
Davidson | 47.54% | 1,900 | 52.46% | 2,097 | 0.00% | 0 | -4.93% | -197 |
Polk | 47.48% | 443 | 52.52% | 490 | 0.00% | 0 | -5.04% | -47 |
Dare | 46.70% | 255 | 53.30% | 291 | 0.00% | 0 | -6.59% | -36 |
Chowan | 45.75% | 699 | 54.25% | 829 | 0.00% | 0 | -8.51% | -130 |
Hertford | 45.70% | 1,117 | 54.30% | 1,327 | 0.00% | 0 | -8.59% | -210 |
Bertie | 44.67% | 1,545 | 55.33% | 1,914 | 0.00% | 0 | -10.67% | -369 |
Yadkin | 43.02% | 968 | 55.11% | 1,240 | 1.87% | 42 | -12.09% | -272 |
Henderson | 43.79% | 775 | 56.21% | 995 | 0.00% | 0 | -12.43% | -220 |
Perquimans | 43.67% | 769 | 56.33% | 992 | 0.00% | 0 | -12.66% | -223 |
Cherokee | 43.26% | 517 | 56.74% | 678 | 0.00% | 0 | -13.47% | -161 |
Madison | 42.60% | 1,065 | 57.40% | 1,435 | 0.00% | 0 | -14.80% | -370 |
Northampton | 42.07% | 1,731 | 57.93% | 2,384 | 0.00% | 0 | -15.87% | -653 |
Pasquotank | 41.60% | 894 | 58.40% | 1,255 | 0.00% | 0 | -16.80% | -361 |
Vance | 41.17% | 1,143 | 58.83% | 1,633 | 0.00% | 0 | -17.65% | -490 |
Wilkes | 39.80% | 1,341 | 60.20% | 2,028 | 0.00% | 0 | -20.39% | -687 |
Washington | 37.75% | 658 | 62.25% | 1,085 | 0.00% | 0 | -24.50% | -427 |
New Hanover | 37.62% | 1,745 | 62.38% | 2,894 | 0.00% | 0 | -24.77% | -1,149 |
Halifax | 37.61% | 2,424 | 62.39% | 4,021 | 0.00% | 0 | -24.78% | -1,597 |
Warren | 34.84% | 1,145 | 65.16% | 2,141 | 0.00% | 0 | -30.31% | -996 |
Craven | 34.38% | 1,330 | 65.62% | 2,539 | 0.00% | 0 | -31.25% | -1,209 |
Edgecombe | 33.85% | 1,685 | 66.15% | 3,293 | 0.00% | 0 | -32.30% | -1,608 |
Mitchell | 33.49% | 575 | 66.51% | 1,142 | 0.00% | 0 | -33.02% | -567 |