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===Lost in 1884===

===Lost in 1884===

Finally in 1884 Blaine was nominated on the first ballot, with General [[John A. Logan]] of Illinois as his running mate. Blaine's opponent was [[Grover Cleveland]], a conservative [[Bourbon Democrats|Bourbon Democrat]]  who, as governor of New York, was a leader in political reform, particularly of the civil service.  The election was very close but Blaine could not shake the corruption allegations. [[Mugwumps]], led by prominent Republican reformers, switched to Cleveland. Late in the campaign came an indiscreet remark of one of his supporters, the Reverend S. D. Burchard, who ridiculed the Democratic opposition as the party of "rum, Romanism, and rebellion." (That is, saloons, Catholics and ex-Confederates.) It was an insult especially to Irish Catholics, a Democratic constituency Blaine was courting. Blaine won only 182 out of a total of 401 electoral votes, but Cleveland's popular vote margin was less than 25,000 in a total of more than 10,000,000.

Finally in 1884 Blaine was nominated on the first ballot, with General [[John Logan]] of Illinois as his running mate. Blaine's opponent was [[Grover Cleveland]], a conservative [[Bourbon Democrats|Bourbon Democrat]]  who, as governor of New York, was a leader in political reform, particularly of the civil service.  The election was very close but Blaine could not shake the corruption allegations. [[Mugwumps]], led by prominent Republican reformers, switched to Cleveland. Late in the campaign came an indiscreet remark of one of his supporters, the Reverend S. D. Burchard, who ridiculed the Democratic opposition as the party of "rum, Romanism, and rebellion." (That is, saloons, Catholics and ex-Confederates.) It was an insult especially to Irish Catholics, a Democratic constituency Blaine was courting. Blaine won only 182 out of a total of 401 electoral votes, but Cleveland's popular vote margin was less than 25,000 in a total of more than 10,000,000.

==Secretary of State==

==Secretary of State==