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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1884

1
2
3
4
5

Grover Cleveland ^V1
James Gillespie Blaine
Benjamin F. Butler
John Pierce St. John
Other

Democratic
Republican^V2
Greenback ^V3
Prohibition
(nominal parties)

219
182
    0
    0
    0

4,911,017
4,848,334
175,370
150,369
3,619

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4
5

Thomas A. Hendricks
John A. Logan
Absolom M. West
William Daniel
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Democratic
Republican
Greenback
Prohibition
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219
182
0
0
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^V1	Cleveland won the popular vote by less than 63,000 votes gaining the most electoral votes to become the first Democrat President since 1856, before the Civil War.
^V2	Civil War General W. T. Sherman bowed out of the Republican nominations saying, "If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve." James Blaine rose to be front runner on the first convention vote and gained a majority to cinch the nomination on the fourth ballot.
^V3	The Greenback Labor Party dropped Labor from its name. They chose Civil War hero Benjamin F. Butler as

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