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Elections in Virginia |
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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]
1880 United States presidential election in Virginia [4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Winfield S. Hancock | 128,083 | 60.53% | 11 | |
Republican | James A. Garfield | 83,533 | 39.47% | 0 | |
Totals | 211,616 | 100.0% | 11 | ||
1880 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent cities | |||||||||
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County or Independent City | Winfield Scott Hancock [5] Democratic | James Abram Garfield [5] Republican | Various candidates Write-ins | Margin | 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 |
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