Who won Mississippi in the 1884 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried Mississippi in 1884, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1884?

Mississippi cast 9 electoral votes in the 1884 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1884?

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

Gilded AgeMS · 9 EV

1884

Mississippi: Cleveland carries 9 EV.

Mississippi cast its 9 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Mississippi voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1884 result in Mississippi

Mississippi backed Cleveland (Democratic) in the 1884 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. That placed Mississippi with the eventual winner: Grover Cleveland went on to take the presidency, and Mississippi was part of his column.

Mississippi stayed in the Democratic column for the 3rd straight cycle, extending a run that began in 1876. Mississippi did not move alone — neighboring Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama broke the same way in 1884. Over its 51 recorded presidential cycles, Mississippi has backed the Democratic party more than any other — 30 times in all. The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

Nationally, Grover Cleveland finished with 219 of the 401 electoral votes to 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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