1880 United States presidential election in Maryland

November 2, 1880


Nominee	Winfield S. Hancock	James A. Garfield
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	Pennsylvania	Ohio
Running mate	William H. English	Chester A. Arthur
Electoral vote	8	0
Popular vote	93,706	78,515
Percentage	54.41%	45.59%

County Results

Hancock

50-60%

60-70%

Garfield

40-50%

50-60%

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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

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Question P

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

Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock, over the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield by a margin of 8.82%.

In this election, Maryland voted 8.89% more Democratic than the nation at-large.^[1]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Maryland^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania	William Hayden English of Maryland	93,706	54.41%	8	100.00%
	Republican	James Abram Garfield of Ohio	Chester Alan Arthur of New York	78,515	45.59%	0	0.00%
Total				172,221	100.00%	8	100.00%

Results by county


County	Winfield S. Hancock Democratic		James A. Garfield Republican		James Baird Weaver Greenback		Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[3]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[3]
Allegany	3083	45.86%	3338	49.65%	302	4.49%	-255	-3.79%	672
Anne Arundel	2754	52.92%	2450	47.08%	0	0.00%	304	5.84%	5204
Baltimore (City)	32672	58.19%	3338	41.57%	133	0.24%	9334	16.63%	3677
Baltimore (County)	7321	57.68%	5351	42.16%	21	0.17%	1970	15.52%	12693
Calvert	1100	54.67%	912	45.33%	0	0.00%	188	9.34%	2012
Caroline	1429	54.17%	1209	45.83%	0	0.00%	220	8.34%	2638
Carroll	3492	52.34%	3138	47.03%	42	0.63%	354	53.1%	6672
Cecil	2984	52.67%	2673	47.18%	9	0.16%	311	5.49%	5666
Charles	1686	47.08%	1889	52.75%	6	0.17%	-203	-5.67%	3581
Dorchester	2133	48.25%	2241	50.69%	47	1.06%	-108	-2.44%	4421
Frederick	5278	47.73%	5764	52.13%	16	0.14%	-486	-4.40%	11058
Garrett	1124	46.99%	1210	50.59%	58	2.42%	-86	-3.60%	2392
Harford	3016	54.92%	2476	45.08%	0	0.00%	540	9.83%	5492
Howard	1787	56.69%	1365	43.31%	0	0.00%	422	13.39%	3152
Kent	1969	51.52%	1853	48.48%	0	0.00%	116	3.04%	3822
Montgomery	3126	55.59%	2497	44.41%	0	0.00%	629	11.19%	5623
Prince George's	2713	50.17%	2672	49.41%	23	0.43%	41	0.76%	5408
Queen Anne's	2307	58.07%	1666	41.93%	0	0.00%	651	16.13%	3973
St. Mary's	1530	46.31%	1772	53.63%	2	0.06%	-242	-7.32%	3304
Somerset	1710	47.54%	1883	52.35%	4	0.11%	-173	-4.81%	3597
Talbot	2148	51.93%	1988	48.07%	0	0.00%	160	3.87%	4136
Washington	4030	49.06%	4080	49.67%	104	1.27%	-50	-0.61%	8214
Wicomico	2058	59.69%	1348	39.10%	42	1.22%	710	20.59%	3448
Worcester	2256	61.35%	1402	38.13%	19	0.52%	854	23.23%	3677
Total	93706	54.41%	78515	45.59%	828				172221

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Calvert

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland".
^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

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(← 1876) 1880 United States presidential election (1884 →)

Republican Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: James A. Garfield Vice President: Chester A. Arthur
Other candidates	Ulysses S. Grant James G. Blaine John Sherman George F. Edmunds Elihu B. Washburne William Windom

Democratic Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: Winfield S. Hancock Vice President: William H. English
Other candidates	Thomas F. Bayard Samuel J. Randall Henry B. Payne Samuel J. Tilden Allen G. Thurman Stephen J. Field William R. Morrison Thomas A. Hendricks

Third-party and independent candidates
Greenback Party (Convention)	Nominee: James B. Weaver VP nominee: Barzillai J. Chambers Other candidates: Hendrick B. Wright Stephen D. Dillaye Benjamin Butler Solon Chase Edward P. Allis Alexander Campbell Thompson H. Murch
Prohibition Party	Nominee: Neal Dow VP nominee: Henry A. Thompson
American Party	Nominee: John W. Phelps VP nominee: Samuel C. Pomeroy

Other 1880 elections: House
Senate

v t e Elections in Maryland
General	1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1982 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Governor	1857 1861 1864 1867 1871 1875 1879 1883 1887 1891 1895 1899 1903 1907 1911 1915 1919 1923 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 (sp) 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
State Senate	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
House of Delegates	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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U.S. Senate	1788 1790 1791 1793 1793 (sp) 1795 1796 1796 (sp) 1797 (sp) 1800 (sp) 1801 (sp) 1802 1806 1806 (sp) 1808 1809 1813 (sp) 1816 (sp) 1819 1819 (sp) 1821 1822 (sp) 1825 1826 (sp) 1827 1831 1833 1835 (sp) 1836 (sp) 1837 1838 (sp) 1839 1839 (sp) 1841 (sp) 1843 1849 1850 (sp) 1851 1855 1861 1864 (sp) 1865 (sp) 1868 (sp) 1874 1880 1884 1886 1890 1892 1892 (sp) 1896 1898 1902 1904 1908 1908 (sp) 1910 1913 (sp) 1914 1916 1920 1922 1926 1928 1932 1934 1938 1940 1944 1946 1950 1952 1956 1958 1962 1964 1968 1970 1974 1976 1980 1982 1986 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2016 2018 2022 2024
U.S. House	1789 1790 1792 1794 1798 1803 1806 1822 1826 1829 1831 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1844 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Attorney General	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Comptroller	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County Executive	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County offices	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
See also: Political party strength in Maryland

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References