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Election 1884 Results

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1884 Indiana governor election

Isaac P. Gray (Democrat) beat William H. Calkins (Republican) in Indiana in 1884, 49.5% to 48.0%, a margin of 1.5 points and 7,382 votes.

Indiana changed party: in 1880 it went Republican, for Albert Gallatin Porter.

Democrats led in 52 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 40. The largest, Marion, cast 29,270 votes and went to the Republican by 0.5 points. The closest was Switzerland, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Isaac P. Gray won	Democratic	245,130	49.5%
William H. Calkins	Republican	237,748	48.0%
All other candidates		12,207	2.5%
Total		495,085

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	14,222 48.6%	14,359 49.1%	689	29,270	R+0.5
Allen	8,896 63.4%	4,929 35.1%	203	14,028	D+28.3
Vigo	5,353 47.2%	5,490 48.4%	502	11,345	R+1.2
Vanderburgh	5,492 49.6%	5,466 49.4%	116	11,074	D+0.2
Wayne	3,648 36.4%	6,066 60.5%	309	10,023	R+24.1
St. Joseph	4,843 50.6%	4,371 45.6%	365	9,579	D+4.9
Tippecanoe	4,265 46.1%	4,911 53.1%	75	9,251	R+7.0
Elkhart	4,091 47.2%	4,333 50.0%	243	8,667	R+2.8
La Porte	4,362 54.1%	3,565 44.2%	131	8,058	D+9.9
Cass	4,040 52.2%	3,601 46.5%	102	7,743	D+5.7
Montgomery	3,643 48.5%	3,697 49.3%	164	7,504	R+0.7
Kosciusko	2,977 43.4%	3,791 55.2%	98	6,866	R+11.9
Madison	3,781 55.2%	2,979 43.5%	89	6,849	D+11.7
Clark	3,715 55.8%	2,906 43.7%	32	6,653	D+12.2
Randolph	2,149 32.9%	4,214 64.6%	161	6,524	R+31.7
Wabash	2,524 38.8%	3,899 60.0%	77	6,500	R+21.2
Miami	3,295 51.4%	2,973 46.3%	147	6,415	D+5.0
Clinton	3,248 51.1%	3,008 47.3%	104	6,360	D+3.8
Huntington	3,106 48.9%	3,064 48.2%	188	6,358	D+0.7
Boone	3,025 47.9%	2,810 44.5%	476	6,311	D+3.4
Knox	3,577 56.8%	2,699 42.8%	26	6,302	D+13.9
Shelby	3,378 54.1%	2,787 44.6%	80	6,245	D+9.5
Grant	2,625 42.1%	3,279 52.5%	337	6,241	R+10.5
Clay	3,024 48.5%	2,885 46.2%	331	6,240	D+2.2
Hamilton	2,358 37.8%	3,458 55.5%	414	6,230	R+17.7
Dearborn	3,569 58.3%	2,512 41.0%	41	6,122	D+17.3
Floyd	3,531 57.8%	2,372 38.9%	202	6,105	D+19.0
Henry	2,108 34.7%	3,648 60.1%	314	6,070	R+25.4
Jefferson	2,740 45.9%	3,216 53.8%	20	5,976	R+8.0
Noble	2,817 47.7%	2,944 49.8%	148	5,909	R+2.1
Delaware	2,030 35.8%	3,518 62.0%	122	5,670	R+26.2
Putnam	2,960 53.0%	2,567 45.9%	62	5,589	D+7.0
Bartholomew	2,916 52.5%	2,610 47.0%	33	5,559	D+5.5
Marshall	2,924 53.3%	2,176 39.6%	389	5,489	D+13.6
Gibson	2,650 48.3%	2,775 50.6%	56	5,481	R+2.3
De Kalb	2,798 51.8%	2,443 45.2%	164	5,405	D+6.6
Hendricks	2,076 39.0%	2,960 55.6%	284	5,320	R+16.6
Howard	2,020 38.4%	3,046 57.8%	201	5,267	R+19.5
Jay	2,509 47.9%	2,549 48.6%	183	5,241	R+0.8
Jackson	3,133 60.1%	2,028 38.9%	48	5,209	D+21.2
Fountain	2,484 48.5%	2,264 44.2%	377	5,125	D+4.3
Rush	2,343 45.9%	2,663 52.2%	98	5,104	R+6.3
Decatur	2,362 47.4%	2,565 51.4%	59	4,986	R+4.1
Spencer	2,533 50.9%	2,409 48.4%	36	4,978	D+2.5
Posey	2,776 56.1%	2,154 43.5%	22	4,952	D+12.6
Greene	2,336 47.3%	2,510 50.8%	94	4,940	R+3.5
Daviess	2,476 50.9%	2,278 46.8%	115	4,869	D+4.1
Carroll	2,422 50.6%	2,298 48.0%	66	4,786	D+2.6
Parke	1,925 40.3%	2,545 53.3%	307	4,777	R+13.0
Wells	2,664 56.1%	1,515 31.9%	571	4,750	D+24.2
Ripley	2,435 51.3%	2,283 48.1%	31	4,749	D+3.2
Johnson	2,519 53.2%	2,010 42.4%	209	4,738	D+10.7
Warrick	2,512 53.4%	2,119 45.1%	72	4,703	D+8.4
Sullivan	3,037 65.9%	1,468 31.9%	104	4,609	D+34.0
Franklin	2,958 64.4%	1,618 35.3%	14	4,590	D+29.2
Harrison	2,559 55.8%	1,930 42.1%	94	4,583	D+13.7
Porter	1,871 42.0%	2,481 55.7%	106	4,458	R+13.7
Morgan	2,044 46.0%	2,282 51.4%	117	4,443	R+5.4
Whitley	2,364 53.3%	2,011 45.3%	60	4,435	D+8.0
Hancock	2,456 56.9%	1,767 40.9%	95	4,318	D+16.0
Lake	1,901 45.8%	2,219 53.4%	33	4,153	R+7.7
Fulton	2,088 51.5%	1,919 47.3%	46	4,053	D+4.2
Washington	2,316 57.1%	1,719 42.4%	18	4,053	D+14.7
Lawrence	1,716 43.0%	2,236 56.0%	41	3,993	R+13.0
Tipton	2,195 55.2%	1,735 43.7%	43	3,973	D+11.6
Adams	2,646 68.7%	1,152 29.9%	56	3,854	D+38.8
Pike	1,883 49.0%	1,825 47.5%	138	3,846	D+1.5
Perry	2,011 53.0%	1,781 47.0%	1	3,793	D+6.1
Lagrange	1,398 37.3%	2,254 60.1%	98	3,750	R+22.8
Monroe	1,734 46.3%	1,894 50.5%	119	3,747	R+4.3
Dubois	2,713 72.6%	1,014 27.1%	9	3,736	D+45.5
Jennings	1,709 45.9%	1,966 52.8%	50	3,725	R+6.9
Steuben	1,313 35.6%	2,214 60.0%	164	3,691	R+24.4
White	1,823 50.4%	1,725 47.7%	69	3,617	D+2.7
Owen	1,994 56.6%	1,493 42.4%	38	3,525	D+14.2
Fayette	1,358 41.6%	1,887 57.7%	23	3,268	R+16.2
Switzerland	1,566 48.9%	1,574 49.2%	62	3,202	R+0.2
Orange	1,539 50.0%	1,517 49.3%	21	3,077	D+0.7
Vermillion	1,320 43.8%	1,591 52.8%	100	3,011	R+9.0
Benton	1,333 44.9%	1,602 54.0%	31	2,966	R+9.1
Crawford	1,613 54.9%	1,294 44.1%	30	2,937	D+10.9
Warren	1,010 35.0%	1,830 63.4%	48	2,888	R+28.4
Martin	1,543 54.1%	1,282 45.0%	25	2,850	D+9.2
Pulaski	1,438 56.7%	1,016 40.1%	80	2,534	D+16.7
Jasper	909 39.2%	1,275 55.0%	135	2,319	R+15.8
Brown	1,540 69.6%	613 27.7%	60	2,213	D+41.9
Blackford	1,090 51.4%	904 42.6%	128	2,122	D+8.8
Union	824 42.1%	1,104 56.4%	31	1,959	R+14.3
Newton	736 38.4%	1,142 59.6%	37	1,915	R+21.2
Scott	1,021 58.7%	714 41.1%	4	1,739	D+17.7
Starke	768 56.5%	500 36.8%	92	1,360	D+19.7
Ohio	588 46.1%	683 53.6%	4	1,275	R+7.5

Counties as they stood in 1884; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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