The 1884 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1884, as part of the 1884 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland, over the Republican nominee, James G. Blaine. by a margin of 5.98%.[1]
In this election, Maryland voted 5.41% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[2]
Results
Results by county
County
|
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
|
James Gillespie Blaine
Republican
|
John Pierce St. John
Prohibition
|
Benjamin Franklin Butler
|
Margin
|
Total
Votes
Cast [4]
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
Allegany
|
2880
|
43.20%
|
3328
|
49.92%
|
195
|
2.93%
|
263
|
3.95%
|
-448
|
-6.72%
|
6666
|
Anne Arundel
|
3052
|
51.77%
|
2813
|
47.72%
|
30
|
0.51%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
239
|
4.05%
|
5895
|
Baltimore (City)
|
34374
|
54.21%
|
27578
|
43.49%
|
1273
|
2.01%
|
188
|
0.30%
|
6796
|
10.72%
|
63.413
|
Baltimore (County)
|
7856
|
54.70%
|
6257
|
43.57%
|
227
|
1.58%
|
21
|
0.15%
|
1599
|
11.13%
|
14361
|
Calvert
|
926
|
44.89%
|
1093
|
52.98%
|
8
|
0.39%
|
36
|
1.75%
|
-167
|
-8.10%
|
2063
|
Caroline
|
1432
|
49.81%
|
1398
|
48.63%
|
43
|
1.50%
|
2
|
0.07%
|
34
|
1.18%
|
2875
|
Carroll
|
3589
|
52.39%
|
3206
|
46.80%
|
51
|
0.74%
|
4
|
0.06%
|
383
|
5.59%
|
6850
|
Cecil
|
2901
|
51.43%
|
2669
|
47.31%
|
68
|
1.21%
|
3
|
0.05%
|
232
|
4.11%
|
5641
|
Charles
|
1566
|
46.00%
|
1825
|
53.61%
|
12
|
0.35%
|
1
|
0.03%
|
-259
|
-7.61%
|
3404
|
Dorchester
|
2230
|
47.67%
|
2396
|
51.22%
|
52
|
1.11%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-166
|
-3.55%
|
4678
|
Frederick
|
5204
|
47.89%
|
5497
|
50.59%
|
157
|
1.44%
|
8
|
0.07%
|
-293
|
-2.70%
|
10866
|
Garrett
|
1172
|
45.15%
|
1369
|
52.73%
|
22
|
1.27%
|
33
|
0.85%
|
-197
|
-7.59%
|
2596
|
Harford
|
3240
|
54.99%
|
2593
|
44.01%
|
56
|
0.95%
|
3
|
0.05%
|
647
|
10.98%
|
5892
|
Howard
|
1733
|
55.03%
|
1392
|
44.20%
|
23
|
0.73%
|
1
|
0.03%
|
341
|
10.83%
|
3149
|
Kent
|
2152
|
50.67%
|
2048
|
%
|
46
|
1.08%
|
1
|
0.02%
|
104
|
2.45%
|
4247
|
Montgomery
|
3145
|
54.86%
|
2495
|
43.52%
|
93
|
1.62%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
650
|
11.34%
|
5733
|
Prince George's
|
2971
|
50.73%
|
2850
|
48.67%
|
31
|
0.53%
|
4
|
0.07%
|
121
|
2.07%
|
5856
|
Queen Anne's
|
2344
|
57.18%
|
1710
|
41.72%
|
45
|
1.10%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
634
|
15.47%
|
4099
|
St. Mary's
|
1540
|
46.16%
|
1773
|
53.15%
|
23
|
0.69%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-233
|
-6.98%
|
3336
|
Somerset
|
1734
|
45.57%
|
2022
|
53.14%
|
48
|
1.26%
|
1
|
0.03%
|
-288
|
-7.57%
|
3805
|
Talbot
|
2214
|
49.62%
|
2207
|
49.46%
|
39
|
0.87%
|
2
|
0.04%
|
7
|
0.16%
|
4462
|
Washington
|
4189
|
48.57%
|
4390
|
50.90%
|
44
|
0.51%
|
2
|
0.02%
|
-201
|
-2.33%
|
8625
|
Wicomico
|
2262
|
61.45%
|
1354
|
36.78%
|
65
|
1.77%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
908
|
24.67%
|
3681
|
Worcester
|
2231
|
57.44%
|
1474
|
37.95%
|
176
|
2.01%
|
3
|
0.30%
|
757
|
19.49%
|
3884
|
Total
|
96866
|
52.07%
|
85748
|
46.10%
|
2827
|
1.52%
|
578
|
0.31%
|
11118
|
5.97%
|
186019
|
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References