1880 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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1880 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Flag of New Jersey.svg
  1876 November 2, 1880 1884  
  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 vote90
Popular vote122,565120,555
Percentage49.84%49.02%

New Jersey Presidential Election Results 1880.svg
County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

The 1880 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock, over the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield. Hancock won the state by a very narrow margin of 0.82 percentage points.

This was the last time until 2004 that a Republican candidate would win the national popular vote without New Jersey.

Results

1880 United States presidential election in New Jersey [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English of Indiana 122,56549.84%9100.00%
Republican James Abram Garfield of Ohio Chester Alan Arthur of New York 120,55549.02%00.00%
Greenback James Baird Weaver of Iowa Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas 2,6171.06%00.00%
Prohibition Neal Dow of Maine Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio 1910.08%00.00%
Total245,928100.00%9100.00%

Results by county

CountyWinfield Scott Hancock [2]
Democratic
James Abram Garfield [2]
Republican
James Baird Weaver [3]
Greenback
Neal Dow [3]
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Atlantic 1,72040.46%2,48858.53%431.01%00.00%-768-18.07%4,251
Bergen 4,24253.41%3,68046.34%200.25%00.00%5627.08%7,942
Burlington 6,54347.64%7,01051.04%1541.12%270.20%-467-3.40%13,734
Camden 5,83242.25%7,89557.20%570.41%190.14%-2,063-14.95%13,803
Cape May 96142.15%1,27655.96%30.13%401.75%-315-13.82%2,280
Cumberland 3,64042.31%4,44651.67%5145.97%40.05%-806-9.37%8,604
Essex 17,79545.66%20,70753.13%4661.20%40.01%-2,912-7.47%38,972
Gloucester 2,65842.97%3,34554.07%1772.86%60.10%-687-11.11%6,186
Hudson 19,58656.98%14,63242.57%1530.45%10.00%4,95414.41%34,372
Hunterdon 5,65058.69%3,75338.98%1711.78%530.55%1,89719.70%9,627
Mercer 6,67347.78%7,24851.90%390.28%50.04%-575-4.12%13,965
Middlesex 6,55754.45%5,42045.01%640.53%10.01%1,1379.44%12,042
Monmouth 7,61456.94%5,69342.58%470.35%170.13%1,92114.37%13,371
Morris 5,03746.18%5,72052.44%1451.33%50.05%-683-6.26%10,907
Ocean 1,65445.89%1,89852.66%521.44%00.00%-244-6.77%3,604
Passaic 5,77643.01%7,57656.42%720.54%40.03%-1,800-13.40%13,428
Salem 3,01248.09%3,15550.38%661.05%300.48%-143-2.28%6,263
Somerset 3,15749.21%3,21750.14%410.64%10.02%-60-0.94%6,416
Sussex 3,35356.91%2,51942.75%200.34%00.00%83414.15%5,892
Union 5,86550.03%5,74649.01%1080.92%40.03%1191.02%11,723
Warren 5,24061.04%3,13136.47%2052.39%90.10%2,10924.57%8,585
Totals122,56549.83%120,55549.01%2,6171.06%2300.09%2,0100.82%245,967

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References

  1. "1880 Presidential General Election Results — New Jersey".
  2. 1 2 "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. 1 2 "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)