Who won Maryland in the 1884 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Maryland have in 1884?

Maryland cast 8 electoral votes in the 1884 presidential election.

Did Maryland vote for the national winner in 1884?

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

Gilded AgeMD · 8 EV

1884

Maryland: Cleveland carries 8 EV.

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

Reading the 1884 result in Maryland

Maryland backed Cleveland (Democratic) in the 1884 presidential election, casting 8 electoral votes for the ticket. Maryland ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Maryland backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1868. The region divided — Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware joined Maryland for the Democratic ticket, while Pennsylvania did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Maryland has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 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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