1884 United States presidential election in Michigan

1884 United States presidential election in Michigan

November 4, 1884

All 13 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland Benjamin Butler
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Alliance Anti-Monopoly Party
Home state Maine New York Massachusetts
Running mate John A. Logan Thomas A. Hendricks Absolom West
Electoral vote 13 0 0
Popular vote 192,669 149,385 41,499
Percentage 47.79% 37.20% 10.29%

County Results

President before election

Chester A. Arthur
Republican

Elected President

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

The 1884 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Benjamin Butler received the nominations of both the Greenback and Anti-Monopoly parties in Michigan. Butler initially hoped to organize fusion tickets with the minority party in each state in the election, a strategy designed to capitalize on the cross-partisan popularity of many elements of the candidate's program. The Greenbacks succeeded in negotiating fusion arrangements with the Democratic Party in Michigan, wherein they were balloted separately but shared 12 of the state's 13 electors. The fusion electors agreed to divide their votes between Butler and Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in proportion to the statewide popular vote for each candidate, had their combined vote been sufficient to achieve a plurality in the state.

Michigan was won by the Republican nominee James G. Blaine over Cleveland and Butler in a close race by only 1,335 votes, a margin of less than 1%.

Barry and Newaygo counties have voted Democratic once since this election, in 1964.