1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Flag of West Virginia.svg
  1876 November 2, 1880 1884  
Turnout18.21% of the total population [1]
  WinfieldScottHancock2 (cropped 3x4).jpg James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated (cropped).jpg James Weaver - Brady-Handy (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield James B. Weaver
Party Democratic Republican Greenback
Home state Pennsylvania Ohio Iowa
Running mate William H. English Chester A. Arthur Barzillai J. Chambers
Electoral vote500
Popular vote57,39046,2439,008
Percentage50.95%41.05%8.00%

West Virginia Presidential Election Results 1880.svg
County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James Garfield
Republican

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

Contents

West Virginia was won by General Winfield Scott Hancock (DPennsylvania), running with former Representative William Hayden English, with 50.95 percent of the popular vote, against Representative James Garfield (R-Ohio), running with the 10th chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee Chester A. Arthur, with 41.05 percent of the vote and representative James B. Weaver (GIowa), running with Barzillai J. Chambers, a former Confederate, with 8.00 percent of the popular vote. [2]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock 57,390 50.95%
Republican James Garfield 46,24341.05%
Greenback James B. Weaver 9,0088.00%
Total votes112,641 100.00%

Results by county

1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county [3] [4]
CountyWinfield Scott Hancock
Democratic
James Abram Garfield
Republican
James Baird Weaver
Greenback
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Barbour 1,01748.20%84239.91%25111.90%1758.29%2,110
Berkeley 1,61948.18%1,48944.32%2527.50%1303.87%3,360
Boone 50860.62%21425.54%11613.84%29435.08%838
Braxton 1,03363.96%51832.07%643.96%51531.89%1,615
Brooke 62650.61%55244.62%594.77%745.98%1,237
Cabell 1,48560.12%92837.57%572.31%55722.55%2,470
Calhoun 58357.27%33032.42%10510.31%25324.85%1,018
Clay 22653.43%15837.35%399.22%6816.08%423
Doddridge 69838.12%77142.11%36219.77%-73-3.99%1,831
Fayette 1,26352.63%96240.08%1757.29%30112.54%2,400
Gilmer 83560.55%46433.65%805.80%37126.90%1,379
Grant 32034.37%61165.63%00.00%-291-31.26%931
Greenbrier 1,53366.68%63627.66%1305.65%89739.02%2,299
Hampshire 1,50282.03%32917.97%00.00%1,17364.06%1,831
Hancock 43942.70%57956.32%100.97%-140-13.62%1,028
Hardy 84379.83%21320.17%00.00%63059.66%1,056
Harrison 1,73642.16%1,57738.30%80519.55%1593.86%4,118
Jackson 1,49948.25%1,53749.47%712.29%-38-1.22%3,107
Jefferson 2,02565.58%1,01832.97%451.46%1,00732.61%3,088
Kanawha 2,37839.02%2,11234.66%1,60426.32%2664.36%6,094
Lewis 1,21751.20%98141.27%1797.53%2369.93%2,377
Lincoln 63557.41%25122.69%22019.89%38434.72%1,106
Logan 83590.08%929.92%00.00%74380.15%927
Marion 1,70348.44%1,46341.61%3509.95%2406.83%3,516
Marshall 1,59641.89%2,18657.38%280.73%-590-15.49%3,810
Mason 1,84645.40%1,85345.57%3679.03%-7-0.17%4,066
McDowell 24282.88%5017.12%00.00%19265.75%292
Mercer 69868.10%555.37%272 [lower-alpha 1] 26.54%42641.56%1,025
Mineral 92252.99%77244.37%462.64%1508.62%1,740
Monongalia 1,24140.32%1,75356.95%842.73%-512-16.63%3,078
Monroe 1,13457.27%77839.29%683.43%35617.98%1,980
Morgan 39437.56%65562.44%00.00%-261-24.88%1,049
Nicholas 61963.36%31532.24%434.40%30431.12%977
Ohio 4,06650.10%3,90148.07%1491.84%1652.03%8,116
Pendleton 76064.63%41635.37%00.00%34429.25%1,176
Pleasants 64154.97%47040.31%554.72%17114.67%1,166
Pocahontas 57568.05%25830.53%121.42%31737.51%845
Preston 1,33534.78%2,34761.15%1564.06%-1,012-26.37%3,838
Putnam 83041.50%45322.65%717 [lower-alpha 1] 35.85%1135.65%2,000
Raleigh 56360.73%30933.33%555.93%25427.40%927
Randolph 87268.02%36428.39%463.59%50839.63%1,282
Ritchie 1,00838.46%1,23847.23%37514.31%-230-8.78%2,621
Roane 1,13555.77%59329.14%30715.09%54226.63%2,035
Summers 88954.74%63739.22%986.03%25215.52%1,624
Taylor 1,05543.79%1,25051.89%1044.32%-195-8.09%2,409
Tucker 34063.79%18935.46%40.75%15128.33%533
Tyler 93042.78%1,12551.75%1195.47%-195-8.97%2,174
Upshur 58632.83%99555.74%20411.43%-409-22.91%1,785
Wayne 1,30565.78%67233.87%70.35%63331.91%1,984
Webster 35780.04%7416.59%153.36%28363.45%446
Wetzel 1,72065.67%88633.83%130.50%83431.84%2,619
Wirt 76957.30%53439.79%392.91%23517.51%1,342
Wood 2,15942.44%2,28744.96%64112.60%-128-2.52%5,087
Wyoming 24553.73%20144.08%102.19%449.65%456
Totals57,39050.95%46,24341.05%9,0088.00%11,1479.90%112,641

Notes

  1. 1 2 In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Garfield, margin given is Hancock vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Hancock percentage minus Weaver percentage.

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