1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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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 vote100
Popular vote124,204115,616
Percentage51.55%47.98%

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

Contents

North Carolina voted for the Democratic candidates, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock and his running mate William Hayden English, over the Republican candidates, U.S. Representative James A. Garfield and his running mate Chester A. Arthur. Hancock won North Carolina narrowly by a margin of 3.57 percent.

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English Democratic 10 [1] 124,20451.55%
James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Republican 0115,61647.98%
James B. Weaver Barzillai J. Chambers Greenback 01,1260.47%

Results by county

1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county [2]
County Winfield Scott Hancock
Democratic
James Abram Garfield
Republican
James Baird Weaver
Greenback
Margin
%#%#%#%#
Swain 75.31%30824.69%1010.00%050.61%207
Cleveland 73.00%1,73622.50%5354.50%10750.50%1,201
Catawba 75.11%1,88324.89%6240.00%050.22%1,259
Currituck 72.80%97427.20%3640.00%045.59%610
Jackson 72.17%67727.83%2610.00%044.35%416
Alexander 69.24%82430.76%3660.00%038.49%458
Macon 69.01%74630.99%3350.00%038.02%411
Caldwell 68.18%98830.50%4421.31%1937.68%546
Alleghany 67.95%54932.05%2590.00%035.89%290
Onslow 66.89%1,08533.11%5370.00%033.79%548
Clay 66.12%36533.88%1870.00%032.25%178
Gates 65.88%1,01034.12%5230.00%031.77%487
Union 64.79%1,51635.21%8240.00%029.57%692
Haywood 64.77%93235.23%5070.00%029.53%425
Columbus 63.40%1,59736.60%9220.00%026.80%675
Duplin 61.96%2,01537.76%1,2280.28%924.20%787
Transylvania 61.88%46138.12%2840.00%023.76%177
Yancey 61.65%71238.35%4430.00%023.29%269
Anson 61.55%1,61738.45%1,0100.00%023.11%607
Rockingham 60.48%2,40338.74%1,5390.78%3121.75%864
Pamlico 57.17%58235.56%3627.27%7421.61%220
Stanly 60.67%88739.33%5750.00%021.34%312
Iredell 59.65%2,38940.35%1,6160.00%019.30%773
Rowan 59.64%2,03540.36%1,3770.00%019.28%658
McDowell 59.55%81740.45%5550.00%019.10%262
Carteret 59.38%1,02640.57%7010.06%118.81%325
Harnett 59.35%1,02840.65%7040.00%018.71%324
Burke 58.75%1,12541.25%7900.00%017.49%335
Cabarrus 58.60%1,49941.20%1,0540.20%517.40%445
Hyde 57.35%81942.65%6090.00%014.71%210
Surry 57.17%1,41242.83%1,0580.00%014.33%354
Orange 57.15%2,53742.85%1,9020.00%014.31%635
Watauga 56.64%71243.36%5450.00%013.29%167
Sampson 56.45%2,12243.26%1,6260.29%1113.19%496
Johnston 55.80%2,05944.20%1,6310.00%011.60%428
Buncombe 55.63%1,99544.37%1,5910.00%011.27%404
Stokes 55.07%1,24444.40%1,0030.53%1210.67%241
Camden 55.06%64244.94%5240.00%010.12%118
Tyrrell 54.96%43245.04%3540.00%09.92%78
Pitt 53.78%2,20044.37%1,8151.86%769.41%385
Wilson 54.70%1,65245.30%1,3680.00%09.40%284
Person 54.48%1,34445.52%1,1230.00%08.96%221
Chatham 53.94%2,20646.06%1,8840.00%07.87%322
Alamance 53.32%1,46345.44%1,2471.24%347.87%216
Lincoln 53.74%91346.26%7860.00%07.47%127
Nash 53.41%1,61246.59%1,4060.00%06.83%206
Robeson 53.28%2,23546.72%1,9600.00%06.56%275
Cherokee 52.66%72247.34%6490.00%05.32%73
Randolph 52.54%2,00547.46%1,8110.00%05.08%194
Davie 52.28%97547.72%8900.00%04.56%85
Martin 52.24%1,40847.76%1,2870.00%04.49%121
Moore 51.86%1,47648.03%1,3670.11%33.83%109
Wayne 51.81%2,42748.19%2,2570.00%03.63%170
Dare 51.25%28848.75%2740.00%02.49%14
Ashe 51.10%1,11748.90%1,0690.00%02.20%48
Mecklenburg 50.88%3,36149.12%3,2450.00%01.76%116
Beaufort 50.62%1,76649.38%1,7230.00%01.23%43
Rutherford 50.59%1,23649.41%1,2070.00%01.19%29
Guilford 50.28%2,28049.24%2,2330.49%221.04%47
Franklin 50.25%2,03249.75%2,0120.00%00.49%20
Forsyth 49.06%1,77849.42%1,7911.52%55-0.36%-13
Cumberland 49.67%2,10950.33%2,1370.00%0-0.66%-28
Gaston 49.27%1,10750.69%1,1390.04%1-1.42%-32
Davidson 48.73%1,78151.00%1,8640.27%10-2.27%-83
Wilkes 48.82%1,51051.18%1,5830.00%0-2.36%-73
Wake 48.54%4,35951.46%4,6220.00%0-2.93%-263
Greene 48.27%88051.73%9430.00%0-3.46%-63
Granville 47.09%2,82852.91%3,1780.00%0-5.83%-350
Hertford 46.30%98353.70%1,1400.00%0-7.40%-157
Madison 45.83%95154.17%1,1240.00%0-8.34%-173
Brunswick 44.75%74653.33%8891.92%32-8.58%-143
Lenoir 45.55%1,13254.45%1,3530.00%0-8.89%-221
Montgomery 45.48%71954.52%8620.00%0-9.04%-143
Bladen 45.14%1,27854.29%1,5370.57%16-9.15%-259
Pender 41.87%1,00751.31%1,2346.82%164-9.44%-227
Caswell 44.87%1,45755.04%1,7870.09%3-10.16%-330
Yadkin 44.83%94155.17%1,1580.00%0-10.34%-217
Henderson 44.64%67455.36%8360.00%0-10.73%-162
Polk 44.37%33555.63%4200.00%0-11.26%-85
Richmond 43.88%1,36356.12%1,7430.00%0-12.23%-380
Perquimans 43.31%75856.69%9920.00%0-13.37%-234
Chowan 42.51%63057.49%8520.00%0-14.98%-222
Northampton 42.07%1,51457.93%2,0850.00%0-15.87%-571
Jones 41.50%57457.85%8000.65%9-16.34%-226
Halifax 41.32%1,74458.68%2,4770.00%0-17.37%-733
New Hanover 36.53%1,43855.88%2,2007.59%299-19.35%-762
Bertie 39.61%1,16960.39%1,7820.00%0-20.77%-613
Washington 36.82%60260.06%9823.12%51-23.24%-380
Pasquotank 35.19%57564.81%1,0590.00%0-29.62%-484
Mitchell 34.24%51465.76%9870.00%0-31.51%-473
Warren 33.75%1,36666.25%2,6810.00%0-32.49%-1,315
Edgecombe 33.19%1,72666.81%3,4750.00%0-33.63%-1,749
Craven 28.99%1,18069.00%2,8092.01%82-40.01%-1,629

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References

  1. "1880 Presidential Election Results – North Carolina".
  2. "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)