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2 September – Henry B. Anthony, U.S. senator from Rhode Island from 1859 to 1884 (born 1815) 26 September – John W. Garrett, banker, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and philanthropist (born 1820) 6 November – William Wells Brown, African American writer (born 1814) 9 December – Mary Bell Smith, educator, social reformer ...
For this reason, 1884 is a significant election in U.S. political history, marking an interruption in the era when Republicans largely controlled the presidency between Reconstruction and the Great Depression. Cleveland won the presidential nomination on the second ballot of the 1884 Democratic National Convention.
The leading candidate for the presidential nomination was New York Governor Grover Cleveland, as Cleveland's reputation for good government made him a national figure.. The Republican Party nominated James G. Blaine for president in June 1884, although he had been implicated in a financial scandal: many influential Republicans were outraged, believing the time had come for a national reform ...
Voters in United States territories, including American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands are ruled ineligible to vote in presidential elections. [ 11 ] Delaware ends lifetime disenfranchisement for people with felony convictions for most offenses but institutes a five-year waiting period.
1884 in the United States by state or territory (49 C) 1884 disestablishments in the United States (17 C, 8 P) 1884 establishments in the United States (51 C, 18 P)
July 11 – San Diego Building and Loan Association founded, predecessor of Great American Bank. July 14 – Sarah E. Goode is the first female African-American to apply for and receive a patent, for the invention of the hideaway bed. July 23 – Former president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant dies in Mount McGregor, New York.
A major economic event during the recession was the Panic of 1884. The 1884 downturn was severe with an estimated 5% of all American factories and mines completely shuttered during the 12 months running from July 1, 1884, to July 1, 1885. [7] In addition another 5% of such enterprises were said to have closed down for part of the year. [7]
1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1884th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 884th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of ...