Who won Ohio in the 1884 presidential election?

Blaine (Republican) carried Ohio in 1884, winning its 23 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 1884?

Ohio cast 23 electoral votes in the 1884 presidential election.

Did Ohio vote for the national winner in 1884?

No. Ohio backed Blaine, while Grover Cleveland won the presidency nationally.

Gilded AgeOH · 23 EV

1884

Ohio: Blaine carries 23 EV.

Ohio cast its 23 electoral votes for Blaine (Republican). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Ohio voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1884 result in Ohio

Ohio backed Blaine (Republican) in the 1884 presidential election, casting 23 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Grover Cleveland (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Ohio among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Ohio backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. The region divided — Michigan and Pennsylvania joined Ohio for the Republican ticket, while Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia did not. Across the 56 presidential elections Ohio has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (30 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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