1880 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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1880 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Flag of the United States (1877-1890).svg
  1876 November 2, 1880 1884  
Turnout10.35% of the total population Decrease2.svg 9.55 pp [1]
  WinfieldScottHancock2 (cropped 3x4).jpg James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated (cropped).jpg
Nominee Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Pennsylvania Ohio
Running mate William H. English Chester A. Arthur
Electoral vote80
Popular vote75,75034,844
Percentage64.71%29.76%

Mississippi Presidential Election Results 1880.svg
County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James Garfield
Republican

The 1880 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [2]

Mississippi was won by General Winfield Scott Hancock (DPennsylvania), running with former Representative William Hayden English, with 64.71% of the popular vote, against Representative James A. Garfield (R-Ohio), running with the 10th chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee Chester A. Arthur, with 29.76% of the vote and representative James B. Weaver (GIowa), running with Barzillai J. Chambers, a former Confederate, with 4.95% of the popular vote. [2]

Results

United States presidential election in Mississippi, 1880 [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English of Indiana 75,75064.71%8100.00%
Republican James A. Garfield of Ohio Chester A. Arthur of New York 34,84429.76%00.00%
Greenback James B. Weaver of Iowa Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas 5,7974.95%00.00%
Write-in Write-in of United States Write-in of United States 6770.58%00.00%
Total117,068100.00%8100.00%

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References

  1. "1880 Presidential Election Results Mississippi Total Population Turnout".
  2. 1 2 3 "1880 Presidential Election Results Mississippi".