1880 United States presidential election in Virginia

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1880 United States presidential election in Virginia
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  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 vote110
Popular vote128,08383,533
Percentage60.53%39.47%

Virginia 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 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.

Contents

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]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Winfield S. Hancock 128,08360.53%11
Republican James A. Garfield 83,53339.47%0
Totals211,616100.0%11

Results by county

1880 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent cities
County or Independent CityWinfield Scott Hancock [5]
Democratic
James Abram Garfield [5]
Republican
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Accomack County 2,19865.55%1,15534.45%1,04331.11%3,353
Albemarle County 2,43259.64%1,64440.31%20.05%78819.32%4,078
Alleghany County 33069.33%14630.67%18438.66%476
Amelia County 42630.60%96669.40%-540-38.79%1,392
Amherst County 1,93864.49%1,05835.21%90.30%88029.28%3,005
Appomattox County 88165.70%46034.30%42131.39%1,341
Alexandria County 26535.15%48964.85%-224-29.71%754
Augusta County 3,31676.12%1,03923.85%10.02%2,27752.27%4,356
Bath County 39976.73%8616.54%356.73%31360.19%520
Bedford County 3,04361.71%1,88838.29%1,15523.42%4,931
Bland County 49088.77%6010.87%20.36%43077.90%552
Botetourt County 1,60672.93%59627.07%1,01045.87%2,202
Brunswick County 78540.36%1,16059.64%-375-19.28%1,945
Buchanan County 27289.18%3310.82%23978.36%305
Buckingham County 1,02254.83%84245.17%1809.66%1,864
Campbell County 1,73358.27%1,24141.73%49216.54%2,974
Caroline County 1,34253.38%1,17246.62%1706.76%2,514
Carroll County 1,35280.00%33820.00%1,01460.00%1,690
Charles City County 33141.64%46458.36%-133-16.73%795
Charlotte County 95444.50%1,19055.50%-236-11.01%2,144
Chesterfield County 1,24056.49%95543.51%28512.98%2,195
Clarke County 1,04774.31%36225.69%68548.62%1,409
Craig County 36688.62%4711.38%31977.24%413
Culpeper County 1,30558.49%92641.51%37916.99%2,231
Cumberland County 54437.54%90562.46%-361-24.91%1,449
Dickenson County 19179.25%4016.60%104.15%15162.66%241
Dinwiddie County 62036.60%1,07463.40%-454-26.80%1,694
Elizabeth City County 47828.80%1,18271.20%-704-42.41%1,660
Essex County 72843.78%93556.22%-207-12.45%1,663
Fairfax County 1,72655.23%1,39944.77%32710.46%3,125
Fauquier County 2,60268.69%1,18631.31%1,41637.38%3,788
Floyd County 97573.86%34526.14%63047.73%1,320
Fluvanna County 64368.40%29731.60%34636.81%940
Franklin County 2,47774.34%85525.66%1,62248.68%3,332
Frederick County 1,64981.51%37418.49%1,27563.03%2,023
Giles County 81779.17%21520.83%60258.33%1,032
Gloucester County 79848.96%83251.04%-34-2.09%1,630
Goochland County 45348.55%48051.45%-27-2.89%933
Grayson County 1,39989.91%15710.09%1,24279.82%1,556
Greene County 66177.13%19622.87%46554.26%857
Greensville County 47436.55%82363.45%-349-26.91%1,297
Halifax County 2,11151.51%1,98748.49%1243.03%4,098
Hanover County 1,44762.05%88437.91%10.04%56324.14%2,332
Henrico County 1,18053.35%1,03246.65%1486.69%2,212
Henry County 1,28457.79%93842.21%34615.57%2,222
Highland County 64089.51%7510.49%56579.02%715
Isle of Wight County 1,20762.22%73337.78%47424.43%1,940
James City County 24140.23%35859.77%-117-19.53%599
King and Queen County 72051.39%68148.61%392.78%1,401
King George County 50249.41%51450.59%-12-1.18%1,016
King William County 67746.09%79253.91%-115-7.83%1,469
Lancaster County 49943.43%65056.57%-151-13.14%1,149
Lee County 1,45376.68%26814.14%1749.18%1,18562.53%1,895
Loudoun County 2,78060.80%1,79239.20%98821.61%4,572
Louisa County 1,18549.07%1,23050.93%-45-1.86%2,415
Lunenburg County 65443.78%84056.22%-186-12.45%1,494
Madison County 1,12070.04%47929.96%64140.09%1,599
Mathews County 75872.61%28627.39%47245.21%1,044
Mecklenburg County 1,12734.09%2,17965.91%-1,052-31.82%3,306
Middlesex County 51245.47%61454.53%-102-9.06%1,126
Montgomery County 1,32368.41%60131.08%100.52%72237.33%1,934
Nansemond County 1,08052.99%95847.01%1225.99%2,038
Nelson County 1,54262.89%91037.11%63225.77%2,452
New Kent County 43154.42%36145.58%708.84%792
Norfolk County 1,60143.89%2,04756.11%-446-12.23%3,648
Northampton County 77044.74%94654.97%50.29%-176-10.23%1,721
Northumberland County 70454.36%59145.64%1138.73%1,295
Nottoway County 40527.97%1,04372.03%-638-44.06%1,448
Orange County 1,11155.80%88044.20%23111.60%1,991
Page County 1,07787.85%14912.15%92875.69%1,226
Patrick County 1,20979.17%31820.83%89158.35%1,527
Pittsylvania County 3,38656.35%2,62343.65%76312.70%6,009
Powhatan County 44139.77%66860.23%-227-20.47%1,109
Prince Edward County 87544.17%1,10655.83%-231-11.66%1,981
Prince George County 44531.65%96168.35%-516-36.70%1,406
Prince William County 1,11970.91%45929.09%66041.83%1,578
Princess Anne County 89559.71%60440.29%29119.41%1,499
Pulaski County 73361.08%46738.92%26622.17%1,200
Rappahannock County 98972.24%37927.68%10.07%61044.56%1,369
Richmond County 53244.93%65154.98%10.08%-119-10.05%1,184
Roanoke County 1,07764.15%60035.74%20.12%47728.41%1,679
Rockbridge County 2,35171.20%95128.80%1,40042.40%3,302
Rockingham County 3,23682.42%69017.58%2,54664.85%3,926
Russell County 96283.22%19016.44%40.35%77266.78%1,156
Scott County 1,08760.42%51928.85%19310.73%56831.57%1,799
Shenandoah County 2,76888.77%35011.23%2,41877.55%3,118
Smyth County 1,13183.78%20214.96%171.26%92968.81%1,350
Southampton County 1,57347.78%1,71952.22%-146-4.43%3,292
Spotsylvania County 77157.24%57642.76%19514.48%1,347
Stafford County 90877.21%26822.79%64054.42%1,176
Surry County 47541.05%68258.95%-207-17.89%1,157
Sussex County 67836.04%1,20363.96%-525-27.91%1,881
Tazewell County 1,37688.89%1489.56%241.55%1,22879.33%1,548
Warren County 99087.30%14412.70%84674.60%1,134
Warwick County 13632.15%28767.85%-151-35.70%423
Washington County 2,23279.46%57320.40%40.14%1,65959.06%2,809
Westmoreland County 58349.16%60350.84%-20-1.69%1,186
Wise County 52074.50%12618.05%527.45%39456.45%698
Wythe County 1,52880.00%38220.00%1,14660.00%1,910
York County 46340.12%69159.88%-228-19.76%1,154
Alexandria City 1,54060.77%99439.23%54621.55%2,534
Danville City 74956.57%57543.43%17413.14%1,324
Fredericksburg City 52365.79%27234.21%25131.57%795
Lynchburg City 1,40061.89%86138.06%10.04%53923.83%2,262
Manchester City 51469.46%22630.54%28838.92%740
Norfolk City 2,01259.26%1,38340.74%62918.53%3,395
North Danville City 13959.15%9640.85%4318.30%235
Petersburg City 1,77152.30%1,61447.67%10.03%1574.64%3,386
Portsmouth City 1,27055.36%1,02444.64%24610.72%2,294
Richmond City 5,34871.24%2,15828.75%10.01%3,19042.49%7,507
Staunton City 78168.39%36131.61%42036.78%1,142
Williamsburg City 12653.85%10846.15%187.69%234
Winchester City 55658.65%39241.35%16417.30%948
Totals128,64760.45%83,63439.30%5500.26%45,01321.15%212,831

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