1880 United States presidential election in Virginia

1880 United States presidential election in Virginia
Hancock 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Garfield 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
President before election; Rutherford B. Hayes ; Republican	Elected President; James A. Garfield ; Republican

Last updated May 17, 2025

The 1880 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, Major General Winfield S. Hancock over the Republican candidate, U.S. Representative James A. Garfield. Hancock won Virginia comfortably by a margin of 21.05 percent. This is the last occasion the Democratic Party has carried Floyd County,^[1] which along with neighbouring Carroll County were to be strong GOP counties in a Democrat-dominated state during the next 7 decades.

While Hancock won the state, a split in the Democratic Party in Virginia over the payment of state debts led to 2 Democratic electoral slates being nominated, 1 by the regular debt-paying "Funder" Democrats, the other by the "Readjuster" or anti-debt paying faction of the party.^[2] Both slates were pledged to the Hancock ticket. The Readjuster ticket received 31,527 votes, but the Funder Democrats took 96,449 votes, enough to defeat the Republicans, whose slate had 84,020.^[3]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Virginia^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Winfield S. Hancock	96,594	45.50%	11
	Readjuster	Winfield S. Hancock	32,053	15.10%	0
	Total	Winfield S. Hancock	128,647	60.60%	11
	Republican	James A. Garfield	83,634	39.40%	0
Totals			212,281	100.0%	11

Results by county

1880 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent cities
County or Independent City	Winfield Scott Hancock^[5] Democratic		James Abram Garfield^[5] Republican		Various candidates Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast
County or Independent City	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Accomack County	2,198	65.55%	1,155	34.45%			1,043	31.11%	3,353
Albemarle County	2,432	59.64%	1,644	40.31%	2	0.05%	788	19.32%	4,078
Alleghany County	330	69.33%	146	30.67%			184	38.66%	476
Amelia County	426	30.60%	966	69.40%			-540	-38.79%	1,392
Amherst County	1,938	64.49%	1,058	35.21%	9	0.30%	880	29.28%	3,005
Appomattox County	881	65.70%	460	34.30%			421	31.39%	1,341
Alexandria County	265	35.15%	489	64.85%			-224	-29.71%	754
Augusta County	3,316	76.12%	1,039	23.85%	1	0.02%	2,277	52.27%	4,356
Bath County	399	76.73%	86	16.54%	35	6.73%	313	60.19%	520
Bedford County	3,043	61.71%	1,888	38.29%			1,155	23.42%	4,931
Bland County	490	88.77%	60	10.87%	2	0.36%	430	77.90%	552
Botetourt County	1,606	72.93%	596	27.07%			1,010	45.87%	2,202
Brunswick County	785	40.36%	1,160	59.64%			-375	-19.28%	1,945
Buchanan County	272	89.18%	33	10.82%			239	78.36%	305
Buckingham County	1,022	54.83%	842	45.17%			180	9.66%	1,864
Campbell County	1,733	58.27%	1,241	41.73%			492	16.54%	2,974
Caroline County	1,342	53.38%	1,172	46.62%			170	6.76%	2,514
Carroll County	1,352	80.00%	338	20.00%			1,014	60.00%	1,690
Charles City County	331	41.64%	464	58.36%			-133	-16.73%	795
Charlotte County	954	44.50%	1,190	55.50%			-236	-11.01%	2,144
Chesterfield County	1,240	56.49%	955	43.51%			285	12.98%	2,195
Clarke County	1,047	74.31%	362	25.69%			685	48.62%	1,409
Craig County	366	88.62%	47	11.38%			319	77.24%	413
Culpeper County	1,305	58.49%	926	41.51%			379	16.99%	2,231
Cumberland County	544	37.54%	905	62.46%			-361	-24.91%	1,449
Dickenson County	191	79.25%	40	16.60%	10	4.15%	151	62.66%	241
Dinwiddie County	620	36.60%	1,074	63.40%			-454	-26.80%	1,694
Elizabeth City County	478	28.80%	1,182	71.20%			-704	-42.41%	1,660
Essex County	728	43.78%	935	56.22%			-207	-12.45%	1,663
Fairfax County	1,726	55.23%	1,399	44.77%			327	10.46%	3,125
Fauquier County	2,602	68.69%	1,186	31.31%			1,416	37.38%	3,788
Floyd County	975	73.86%	345	26.14%			630	47.73%	1,320
Fluvanna County	643	68.40%	297	31.60%			346	36.81%	940
Franklin County	2,477	74.34%	855	25.66%			1,622	48.68%	3,332
Frederick County	1,649	81.51%	374	18.49%			1,275	63.03%	2,023
Giles County	817	79.17%	215	20.83%			602	58.33%	1,032
Gloucester County	798	48.96%	832	51.04%			-34	-2.09%	1,630
Goochland County	453	48.55%	480	51.45%			-27	-2.89%	933
Grayson County	1,399	89.91%	157	10.09%			1,242	79.82%	1,556
Greene County	661	77.13%	196	22.87%			465	54.26%	857
Greensville County	474	36.55%	823	63.45%			-349	-26.91%	1,297
Halifax County	2,111	51.51%	1,987	48.49%			124	3.03%	4,098
Hanover County	1,447	62.05%	884	37.91%	1	0.04%	563	24.14%	2,332
Henrico County	1,180	53.35%	1,032	46.65%			148	6.69%	2,212
Henry County	1,284	57.79%	938	42.21%			346	15.57%	2,222
Highland County	640	89.51%	75	10.49%			565	79.02%	715
Isle of Wight County	1,207	62.22%	733	37.78%			474	24.43%	1,940
James City County	241	40.23%	358	59.77%			-117	-19.53%	599
King and Queen County	720	51.39%	681	48.61%			39	2.78%	1,401
King George County	502	49.41%	514	50.59%			-12	-1.18%	1,016
King William County	677	46.09%	792	53.91%			-115	-7.83%	1,469
Lancaster County	499	43.43%	650	56.57%			-151	-13.14%	1,149
Lee County	1,453	76.68%	268	14.14%	174	9.18%	1,185	62.53%	1,895
Loudoun County	2,780	60.80%	1,792	39.20%			988	21.61%	4,572
Louisa County	1,185	49.07%	1,230	50.93%			-45	-1.86%	2,415
Lunenburg County	654	43.78%	840	56.22%			-186	-12.45%	1,494
Madison County	1,120	70.04%	479	29.96%			641	40.09%	1,599
Mathews County	758	72.61%	286	27.39%			472	45.21%	1,044
Mecklenburg County	1,127	34.09%	2,179	65.91%			-1,052	-31.82%	3,306
Middlesex County	512	45.47%	614	54.53%			-102	-9.06%	1,126
Montgomery County	1,323	68.41%	601	31.08%	10	0.52%	722	37.33%	1,934
Nansemond County	1,080	52.99%	958	47.01%			122	5.99%	2,038
Nelson County	1,542	62.89%	910	37.11%			632	25.77%	2,452
New Kent County	431	54.42%	361	45.58%			70	8.84%	792
Norfolk County	1,601	43.89%	2,047	56.11%			-446	-12.23%	3,648
Northampton County	770	44.74%	946	54.97%	5	0.29%	-176	-10.23%	1,721
Northumberland County	704	54.36%	591	45.64%			113	8.73%	1,295
Nottoway County	405	27.97%	1,043	72.03%			-638	-44.06%	1,448
Orange County	1,111	55.80%	880	44.20%			231	11.60%	1,991
Page County	1,077	87.85%	149	12.15%			928	75.69%	1,226
Patrick County	1,209	79.17%	318	20.83%			891	58.35%	1,527
Pittsylvania County	3,386	56.35%	2,623	43.65%			763	12.70%	6,009
Powhatan County	441	39.77%	668	60.23%			-227	-20.47%	1,109
Prince Edward County	875	44.17%	1,106	55.83%			-231	-11.66%	1,981
Prince George County	445	31.65%	961	68.35%			-516	-36.70%	1,406
Prince William County	1,119	70.91%	459	29.09%			660	41.83%	1,578
Princess Anne County	895	59.71%	604	40.29%			291	19.41%	1,499
Pulaski County	733	61.08%	467	38.92%			266	22.17%	1,200
Rappahannock County	989	72.24%	379	27.68%	1	0.07%	610	44.56%	1,369
Richmond County	532	44.93%	651	54.98%	1	0.08%	-119	-10.05%	1,184
Roanoke County	1,077	64.15%	600	35.74%	2	0.12%	477	28.41%	1,679
Rockbridge County	2,351	71.20%	951	28.80%			1,400	42.40%	3,302
Rockingham County	3,236	82.42%	690	17.58%			2,546	64.85%	3,926
Russell County	962	83.22%	190	16.44%	4	0.35%	772	66.78%	1,156
Scott County	1,087	60.42%	519	28.85%	193	10.73%	568	31.57%	1,799
Shenandoah County	2,768	88.77%	350	11.23%			2,418	77.55%	3,118
Smyth County	1,131	83.78%	202	14.96%	17	1.26%	929	68.81%	1,350
Southampton County	1,573	47.78%	1,719	52.22%			-146	-4.43%	3,292
Spotsylvania County	771	57.24%	576	42.76%			195	14.48%	1,347
Stafford County	908	77.21%	268	22.79%			640	54.42%	1,176
Surry County	475	41.05%	682	58.95%			-207	-17.89%	1,157
Sussex County	678	36.04%	1,203	63.96%			-525	-27.91%	1,881
Tazewell County	1,376	88.89%	148	9.56%	24	1.55%	1,228	79.33%	1,548
Warren County	990	87.30%	144	12.70%			846	74.60%	1,134
Warwick County	136	32.15%	287	67.85%			-151	-35.70%	423
Washington County	2,232	79.46%	573	20.40%	4	0.14%	1,659	59.06%	2,809
Westmoreland County	583	49.16%	603	50.84%			-20	-1.69%	1,186
Wise County	520	74.50%	126	18.05%	52	7.45%	394	56.45%	698
Wythe County	1,528	80.00%	382	20.00%			1,146	60.00%	1,910
York County	463	40.12%	691	59.88%			-228	-19.76%	1,154
Alexandria City	1,540	60.77%	994	39.23%			546	21.55%	2,534
Danville City	749	56.57%	575	43.43%			174	13.14%	1,324
Fredericksburg City	523	65.79%	272	34.21%			251	31.57%	795
Lynchburg City	1,400	61.89%	861	38.06%	1	0.04%	539	23.83%	2,262
Manchester City	514	69.46%	226	30.54%			288	38.92%	740
Norfolk City	2,012	59.26%	1,383	40.74%			629	18.53%	3,395
North Danville City	139	59.15%	96	40.85%			43	18.30%	235
Petersburg City	1,771	52.30%	1,614	47.67%	1	0.03%	157	4.64%	3,386
Portsmouth City	1,270	55.36%	1,024	44.64%			246	10.72%	2,294
Richmond City	5,348	71.24%	2,158	28.75%	1	0.01%	3,190	42.49%	7,507
Staunton City	781	68.39%	361	31.61%			420	36.78%	1,142
Williamsburg City	126	53.85%	108	46.15%			18	7.69%	234
Winchester City	556	58.65%	392	41.35%			164	17.30%	948
Totals	128,647	60.45%	83,634	39.30%	550	0.26%	45,013	21.15%	212,831

References

↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 326-330 ISBN 0786422173
↑ Moore, James Tice (1974). Two Paths to The New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870–1883. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-0-8131-5364-3.
↑ Moore, James Tice (1974). Two Paths to The New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870–1883. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8131-5364-3.
↑ Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press.
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[1] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 326-330 ISBN 0786422173

[Moore_1974_74-75-2] Moore, James Tice (1974). Two Paths to The New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870–1883. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-0-8131-5364-3.

[Moore_1974_76-3] Moore, James Tice (1974). Two Paths to The New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870–1883. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8131-5364-3.

[4] Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press.

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1880 United States presidential election in Virginia

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Results

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