1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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Nominee Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield Party Democratic Republican Home state Pennsylvania Ohio Running mate William H. English Chester A. Arthur Electoral vote 10 0 Popular vote 124,204 115,616 Percentage 51.55% 47.98%

County Results Hancock   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Garfield   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Elected President James A. Garfield Republican

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

North Carolina voted for the Democratic candidates, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock and his running mate William Hayden English, over the Republican candidates, U.S. Representative James A. Garfield and his running mate Chester A. Arthur. Hancock won North Carolina narrowly by a margin of 3.57 percent.

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania	William Hayden English	Democratic	10 [1]	124,204	51.55%
James A. Garfield	Chester A. Arthur	Republican	0	115,616	47.98%
James B. Weaver	Barzillai J. Chambers	Greenback	0	1,126	0.47%

Results by county

1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county ^[2]

County	Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic		James Abram Garfield Republican		James Baird Weaver Greenback		Margin
	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Swain	75.31%	308	24.69%	101	0.00%	0	50.61%	207
Cleveland	73.00%	1,736	22.50%	535	4.50%	107	50.50%	1,201
Catawba	75.11%	1,883	24.89%	624	0.00%	0	50.22%	1,259
Currituck	72.80%	974	27.20%	364	0.00%	0	45.59%	610
Jackson	72.17%	677	27.83%	261	0.00%	0	44.35%	416
Alexander	69.24%	824	30.76%	366	0.00%	0	38.49%	458
Macon	69.01%	746	30.99%	335	0.00%	0	38.02%	411
Caldwell	68.18%	988	30.50%	442	1.31%	19	37.68%	546
Alleghany	67.95%	549	32.05%	259	0.00%	0	35.89%	290
Onslow	66.89%	1,085	33.11%	537	0.00%	0	33.79%	548
Clay	66.12%	365	33.88%	187	0.00%	0	32.25%	178
Gates	65.88%	1,010	34.12%	523	0.00%	0	31.77%	487
Union	64.79%	1,516	35.21%	824	0.00%	0	29.57%	692
Haywood	64.77%	932	35.23%	507	0.00%	0	29.53%	425
Columbus	63.40%	1,597	36.60%	922	0.00%	0	26.80%	675
Duplin	61.96%	2,015	37.76%	1,228	0.28%	9	24.20%	787
Transylvania	61.88%	461	38.12%	284	0.00%	0	23.76%	177
Yancey	61.65%	712	38.35%	443	0.00%	0	23.29%	269
Anson	61.55%	1,617	38.45%	1,010	0.00%	0	23.11%	607
Rockingham	60.48%	2,403	38.74%	1,539	0.78%	31	21.75%	864
Pamlico	57.17%	582	35.56%	362	7.27%	74	21.61%	220
Stanly	60.67%	887	39.33%	575	0.00%	0	21.34%	312
Iredell	59.65%	2,389	40.35%	1,616	0.00%	0	19.30%	773
Rowan	59.64%	2,035	40.36%	1,377	0.00%	0	19.28%	658
McDowell	59.55%	817	40.45%	555	0.00%	0	19.10%	262
Carteret	59.38%	1,026	40.57%	701	0.06%	1	18.81%	325
Harnett	59.35%	1,028	40.65%	704	0.00%	0	18.71%	324
Burke	58.75%	1,125	41.25%	790	0.00%	0	17.49%	335
Cabarrus	58.60%	1,499	41.20%	1,054	0.20%	5	17.40%	445
Hyde	57.35%	819	42.65%	609	0.00%	0	14.71%	210
Surry	57.17%	1,412	42.83%	1,058	0.00%	0	14.33%	354
Orange	57.15%	2,537	42.85%	1,902	0.00%	0	14.31%	635
Watauga	56.64%	712	43.36%	545	0.00%	0	13.29%	167
Sampson	56.45%	2,122	43.26%	1,626	0.29%	11	13.19%	496
Johnston	55.80%	2,059	44.20%	1,631	0.00%	0	11.60%	428
Buncombe	55.63%	1,995	44.37%	1,591	0.00%	0	11.27%	404
Stokes	55.07%	1,244	44.40%	1,003	0.53%	12	10.67%	241
Camden	55.06%	642	44.94%	524	0.00%	0	10.12%	118
Tyrrell	54.96%	432	45.04%	354	0.00%	0	9.92%	78
Pitt	53.78%	2,200	44.37%	1,815	1.86%	76	9.41%	385
Wilson	54.70%	1,652	45.30%	1,368	0.00%	0	9.40%	284
Person	54.48%	1,344	45.52%	1,123	0.00%	0	8.96%	221
Chatham	53.94%	2,206	46.06%	1,884	0.00%	0	7.87%	322
Alamance	53.32%	1,463	45.44%	1,247	1.24%	34	7.87%	216
Lincoln	53.74%	913	46.26%	786	0.00%	0	7.47%	127
Nash	53.41%	1,612	46.59%	1,406	0.00%	0	6.83%	206
Robeson	53.28%	2,235	46.72%	1,960	0.00%	0	6.56%	275
Cherokee	52.66%	722	47.34%	649	0.00%	0	5.32%	73
Randolph	52.54%	2,005	47.46%	1,811	0.00%	0	5.08%	194
Davie	52.28%	975	47.72%	890	0.00%	0	4.56%	85
Martin	52.24%	1,408	47.76%	1,287	0.00%	0	4.49%	121
Moore	51.86%	1,476	48.03%	1,367	0.11%	3	3.83%	109
Wayne	51.81%	2,427	48.19%	2,257	0.00%	0	3.63%	170
Dare	51.25%	288	48.75%	274	0.00%	0	2.49%	14
Ashe	51.10%	1,117	48.90%	1,069	0.00%	0	2.20%	48
Mecklenburg	50.88%	3,361	49.12%	3,245	0.00%	0	1.76%	116
Beaufort	50.62%	1,766	49.38%	1,723	0.00%	0	1.23%	43
Rutherford	50.59%	1,236	49.41%	1,207	0.00%	0	1.19%	29
Guilford	50.28%	2,280	49.24%	2,233	0.49%	22	1.04%	47
Franklin	50.25%	2,032	49.75%	2,012	0.00%	0	0.49%	20
Forsyth	49.06%	1,778	49.42%	1,791	1.52%	55	-0.36%	-13
Cumberland	49.67%	2,109	50.33%	2,137	0.00%	0	-0.66%	-28
Gaston	49.27%	1,107	50.69%	1,139	0.04%	1	-1.42%	-32
Davidson	48.73%	1,781	51.00%	1,864	0.27%	10	-2.27%	-83
Wilkes	48.82%	1,510	51.18%	1,583	0.00%	0	-2.36%	-73
Wake	48.54%	4,359	51.46%	4,622	0.00%	0	-2.93%	-263
Greene	48.27%	880	51.73%	943	0.00%	0	-3.46%	-63
Granville	47.09%	2,828	52.91%	3,178	0.00%	0	-5.83%	-350
Hertford	46.30%	983	53.70%	1,140	0.00%	0	-7.40%	-157
Madison	45.83%	951	54.17%	1,124	0.00%	0	-8.34%	-173
Brunswick	44.75%	746	53.33%	889	1.92%	32	-8.58%	-143
Lenoir	45.55%	1,132	54.45%	1,353	0.00%	0	-8.89%	-221
Montgomery	45.48%	719	54.52%	862	0.00%	0	-9.04%	-143
Bladen	45.14%	1,278	54.29%	1,537	0.57%	16	-9.15%	-259
Pender	41.87%	1,007	51.31%	1,234	6.82%	164	-9.44%	-227
Caswell	44.87%	1,457	55.04%	1,787	0.09%	3	-10.16%	-330
Yadkin	44.83%	941	55.17%	1,158	0.00%	0	-10.34%	-217
Henderson	44.64%	674	55.36%	836	0.00%	0	-10.73%	-162
Polk	44.37%	335	55.63%	420	0.00%	0	-11.26%	-85
Richmond	43.88%	1,363	56.12%	1,743	0.00%	0	-12.23%	-380
Perquimans	43.31%	758	56.69%	992	0.00%	0	-13.37%	-234
Chowan	42.51%	630	57.49%	852	0.00%	0	-14.98%	-222
Northampton	42.07%	1,514	57.93%	2,085	0.00%	0	-15.87%	-571
Jones	41.50%	574	57.85%	800	0.65%	9	-16.34%	-226
Halifax	41.32%	1,744	58.68%	2,477	0.00%	0	-17.37%	-733
New Hanover	36.53%	1,438	55.88%	2,200	7.59%	299	-19.35%	-762
Bertie	39.61%	1,169	60.39%	1,782	0.00%	0	-20.77%	-613
Washington	36.82%	602	60.06%	982	3.12%	51	-23.24%	-380
Pasquotank	35.19%	575	64.81%	1,059	0.00%	0	-29.62%	-484
Mitchell	34.24%	514	65.76%	987	0.00%	0	-31.51%	-473
Warren	33.75%	1,366	66.25%	2,681	0.00%	0	-32.49%	-1,315
Edgecombe	33.19%	1,726	66.81%	3,475	0.00%	0	-33.63%	-1,749
Craven	28.99%	1,180	69.00%	2,809	2.01%	82	-40.01%	-1,629

References

1. "1880 Presidential Election Results – North Carolina".
2. "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)