US Election Results
1880 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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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
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 |
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Count |
Pct |
vote |
Vice-presidential candidate |
Home state |
Elect. vote |
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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 |
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Needed to win |
185 |
|
185 |