Who won Louisiana in the 1884 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried Louisiana in 1884, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1884?

Louisiana cast 8 electoral votes in the 1884 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1884?

Yes. Louisiana backed Grover Cleveland, who won the presidency that year.

Gilded AgeLA · 8 EV

1884

Louisiana: Cleveland carries 8 EV.

Louisiana cast its 8 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Louisiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Louisiana, 1884

In 1884, Louisiana awarded its 8 electoral votes to Cleveland of the Democratic party. Louisiana ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Louisiana backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. Louisiana did not move alone — neighboring Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi broke the same way in 1884. Across the 53 presidential elections Louisiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (29 times). The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, Grover Cleveland took 219 of the 401 electoral votes, against James G. Blaine's 182. Grover Cleveland led the national popular vote with 48.85% of the ballots cast.

The 1884 national map

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