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Parents > United States > U.S. Executive
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 1884 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open July 08, 1884 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close July 11, 1884 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1885 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1889 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedRBH February 22, 2019 03:49pm
Data Sources[Link]
Congressional Quarterly Guide to U. S. Elections
New York Times
Convention Decisions and Voting Records - Bain & Parris
USA Today
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Most votes received by candidates for party presidential nomination, up to the point where a nominee was determined. Vote totals are rounded up to the next whole number.
Description The 14th Democratic National Convention assembled in Exposition Hall in Chicago IL. There were 820 delegates present, representing two per electoral vote.

Temporary Chairman: Richard D. Hubbard TX
Permanent Chairman: William F. Vilas WI

Grover Cleveland NY was nominated for President on the second ballot:

Candidate, First Ballot/Second ballot (after shifts)
--Grover Cleveland NY 392/683
--Thomas A. Bayard DE 170/81.5
--Allen G. Thurman OH 88/4
--Samuel J. Randall PA 78/4
--Joseph E. McDonald 56/2
--Thomas A. Hendricks IN 1/45.5
--Others 35/0

First ballot for vice president:
--Thomas A. Hendricks IN 816
--Not Voting 4
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won09/19/1881
NameChester A. Arthur Votes1 (100.00%)
Term09/19/1881 - 03/04/1885 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won12/03/1884
NameGrover Cleveland Votes219 (54.61%)
Term03/04/1885 - 03/04/1889 Margin37 (+9.23%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceUS President 12/03/1884

CANDIDATES
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Name Gov. Grover Cleveland Sen. Thomas F. Bayard Sen. Allen G. Thurman Rep. Samuel J. Randall Sen. Joseph Ewing McDonald Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks Speaker of the House John Griffin Carlisle
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Uncertified Votes 683 (59.08%) 170 (14.71%) 88 (7.61%) 78 (6.75%) 56 (4.84%) 46 (3.98%) 27 (2.34%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -513 (-44.38%) -595 (-51.47%) -605 (-52.34%) -627 (-54.24%) -637 (-55.10%) -656 (-56.75%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Ballot Round 2 683 (76.66%) 152 (17.06%) 4 (0.45%) 4 (0.45%) 2 (0.22%) 46 (5.16%) 0 (0.00%)  
Ballot Round 1 392 (47.81%) 170 (20.73%) 88 (10.73%) 78 (9.51%) 56 (6.83%) 1 (0.12%) 27 (3.29%)  
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R CincinnatiReds1990
NDP Edward Stuyvesant Bragg
D InspectorMorse
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D Thomas A. Hendricks
Veg Thomas Walker
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Name Rep. Roswell P. Flower Gov. George Hoadly Gov. Samuel J. Tilden  
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic  
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Uncertified Votes 4 (0.35%) 3 (0.26%) 1 (0.09%)  
Margin-679 (-58.74%) -680 (-58.82%) -682 (-59.00%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Ballot Round 2 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)  
Ballot Round 1 4 (0.49%) 3 (0.37%) 1 (0.12%)  
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