1880 United States presidential election in Maine

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1880 United States presidential election in Maine
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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 vote70
Popular vote74,05265,211
Percentage51.46%45.32%
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County Results
President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

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

Contents

Maine voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a narrow margin of 6.14%. Hancock's relatively strong showing was due to his firm stance against immigration, toward which Garfield was relatively favorable, [1] but which was a major issue for Maine voters who feared immigration would depress their wages. [2] He proved the only Democrat to carry any of Maine's counties between 1868 and 1896 inclusive, and was the last to carry Aroostook County until Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and the last to carry Lincoln County and Waldo County until Woodrow Wilson in 1912. [3]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Maine [4]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican James Abram Garfield of Ohio Chester Alan Arthur of New York 74,05251.46%7100.00%
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English of Indiana 65,21145.32%00.00%
Greenback James Baird Weaver of Iowa Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas 4,4093.06%00.00%
N/AOthersOthers1390.10%00.00%
Prohibition Neal Dow of Maine Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio 920.06%00.00%
Total143,903100.00%7100.00%

Results by county

CountyJames Abram Garfield [5]
Republican		Winfield Scott Hancock [5]
Democratic		James Baird Weaver [6]
Greenback		Various candidates [6]
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Androscoggin 4,97452.76%4,21544.71%2072.20%320.34%7598.05%9,428
Aroostook 2,56047.81%2,73851.14%370.69%190.35%-178-3.32%5,354
Cumberland 10,16750.75%9,33946.62%4872.43%410.20%8284.13%20,034
Franklin 2,39051.49%2,17846.92%721.55%20.04%2124.57%4,642
Hancock 4,31452.81%3,69845.27%1371.68%200.24%6167.54%8,169
Kennebec 7,77159.00%5,00137.97%3852.92%150.11%2,77021.03%13,172
Knox 2,88041.28%3,65952.45%4155.95%220.32%-779-11.17%6,976
Lincoln 2,66947.18%2,89051.09%981.73%00.00%-221-3.91%5,657
Oxford 4,35450.75%3,96946.26%2512.93%60.07%3854.49%8,580
Penobscot 8,18652.21%6,30740.23%1,1577.38%290.18%1,87911.98%15,679
Piscataquis 1,94356.83%1,33038.90%1454.24%10.03%61317.93%3,419
Sagadahoc 2,93261.84%1,76137.14%310.65%170.36%1,17124.70%4,741
Somerset 4,09050.74%3,52643.74%4405.46%50.06%5647.00%8,061
Waldo 2,74840.25%3,84856.36%2203.22%110.16%-1,100-16.11%6,827
Washington 4,36153.97%3,62244.82%981.21%00.00%7399.14%8,081
York 7,70051.23%7,09047.18%2281.52%110.07%6104.06%15,029
Totals74,03951.47%65,17145.31%4,4083.06%2310.16%8,8686.16%143,849

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References

  1. ↑ Walter, Dr. Aaron T.; Dirty, Rotten, Scandalous: U.S. Presidential Elections Throughout History, p. 85 ISBN   1365317951
  2. ↑ Kurashige, Lon; Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States, pp. 55-56 ISBN   1469629445
  3. ↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 218-219 ISBN   0786422173
  4. ↑ "1880 Presidential General Election Results – Maine".
  5. 1 2 Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  6. 1 2 Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)


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