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1880 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results

 

1880 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates us-mapparty vote %, US Election Results

The United States presidential election of 1880 was a contest between Republican James A. Garfield and Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock in which the Republican Garfield prevailed. It was the 24th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1880. The voter turnout rate was one of the highest in the nation's history. In the end, the popular vote totals of the two main candidates were separated by fewer than 2,000 votes, the smallest victory in the popular vote ever recorded.

Presidential candidate

Party

Home state

Popular vote[a]

Electoral

Running mate

Count

Pct

vote

Vice-presidential candidate

Home state

Elect. vote

James A. Garfield

Republican

Ohio

4,446,158

48.27%

214

Chester A. Arthur

New York

214

Winfield S. Hancock

Democratic

Pennsylvania

4,444,260

48.25%

155

William H. English

Indiana

155

James B. Weaver

Greenback

Iowa

305,997

3.32%

0

Barzillai J. Chambers

Texas

0

Neal Dow

Prohibition

Maine

10,305

0.11%

0

Henry A. Thompson

Ohio

0

John W. Phelps

American

Vermont

707

0.01%

0

Samuel C. Pomeroy

Kansas

0

Total

92,11,058

100%

369

 

369

Needed to win

185

 

185