1880 United States presidential election in Oregon

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1880 United States presidential election in Oregon

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Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Pennsylvania Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 20,619 19,955 Percentage 50.51% 48.88%

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

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

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

Oregon voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a narrow margin of 1.63%.

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Oregon [1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	James Abram Garfield of Ohio	Chester Alan Arthur of New York	20,619	50.51%	3	100.00%
	Democratic	Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania	William Hayden English of Indiana	19,955	48.88%	0	0.00%
	Greenback	James Baird Weaver of Iowa	Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas	249	0.61%	0	0.00%
Total				40,863	100.00%	3	100.00%

Results by county

County	James Abram Garfield [2] Republican		Winfield Scott Hancock [2] Democratic		James Baird Weaver [2] Greenback		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Baker	446	41.49%	629	58.51%	0	0.00%	-183	-17.02%	1,075
Benton	745	49.73%	696	46.46%	57	3.81%	49	3.27%	1,498
Clackamas	1,166	57.10%	872	42.70%	4	0.20%	294	14.40%	2,042
Clatsop	536	55.26%	434	44.74%	0	0.00%	102	10.52%	970
Columbia	312	57.78%	228	42.22%	0	0.00%	84	15.56%	540
Coos	607	52.28%	554	47.72%	0	0.00%	53	4.57%	1,161
Curry	148	50.34%	146	49.66%	0	0.00%	2	0.68%	294
Douglas	1,256	52.80%	1,105	46.45%	18	0.76%	151	6.35%	2,379
Grant	461	51.39%	436	48.61%	0	0.00%	25	2.79%	897
Jackson	743	41.03%	1,065	58.81%	3	0.17%	-322	-17.78%	1,811
Josephine	199	39.80%	279	55.80%	22	4.40%	-80	-16.00%	500
Lake	224	37.33%	376	62.67%	0	0.00%	-152	-25.33%	600
Lane	1,012	47.05%	1,092	50.77%	47	2.19%	-80	-3.72%	2,151
Linn	1,416	45.43%	1,677	53.80%	24	0.77%	-261	-8.37%	3,117
Marion	2,051	59.21%	1,386	40.01%	27	0.78%	665	19.20%	3,464
Multnomah	3,211	54.14%	2,720	45.86%	0	0.00%	491	8.28%	5,931
Polk	771	51.71%	712	47.75%	8	0.54%	59	3.96%	1,491
Tillamook	134	61.47%	84	38.53%	0	0.00%	50	22.94%	218
Umatilla	1,250	44.88%	1,535	55.12%	0	0.00%	-285	-10.23%	2,785
Union	664	41.95%	899	56.79%	20	1.26%	-235	-14.85%	1,583
Wasco	1,330	46.83%	1,510	53.17%	0	0.00%	-180	-6.34%	2,840
Washington	880	58.86%	578	38.66%	37	2.47%	302	20.20%	1,495
Yamhill	1,057	52.88%	942	47.12%	0	0.00%	115	5.75%	1,999
Totals	20,619	50.49%	19,955	48.86%	267	0.65%	664	1.63%	40,841

See also

• United States presidential elections in Oregon

References

1. "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon".
2. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)