1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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Nominee Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Pennsylvania Ohio
Running mate William H. English Chester A. Arthur
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 124,204 115,616
Percentage 51.55% 47.98%
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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James A. Garfield
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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.

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 Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English Democratic 10[1] 124,204 51.55%
James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Republican 0 115,616 47.98%
James B. Weaver Barzillai J. Chambers Greenback 0 1,126 0.47%

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% 308 24.69% 101 0.00% 0 50.61% 207
Cleveland 73.00% 1,736 22.50% 535 4.50% 107 50.50% 1,201
Catawba 75.11% 1,883 24.89% 624 0.00% 0 50.22% 1,259
Currituck 72.80% 974 27.20% 364 0.00% 0 45.59% 610
Jackson 72.17% 677 27.83% 261 0.00% 0 44.35% 416
Alexander 69.24% 824 30.76% 366 0.00% 0 38.49% 458
Macon 69.01% 746 30.99% 335 0.00% 0 38.02% 411
Caldwell 68.18% 988 30.50% 442 1.31% 19 37.68% 546
Alleghany 67.95% 549 32.05% 259 0.00% 0 35.89% 290
Onslow 66.89% 1,085 33.11% 537 0.00% 0 33.79% 548
Clay 66.12% 365 33.88% 187 0.00% 0 32.25% 178
Gates 65.88% 1,010 34.12% 523 0.00% 0 31.77% 487
Union 64.79% 1,516 35.21% 824 0.00% 0 29.57% 692
Haywood 64.77% 932 35.23% 507 0.00% 0 29.53% 425
Columbus 63.40% 1,597 36.60% 922 0.00% 0 26.80% 675
Duplin 61.96% 2,015 37.76% 1,228 0.28% 9 24.20% 787
Transylvania 61.88% 461 38.12% 284 0.00% 0 23.76% 177
Yancey 61.65% 712 38.35% 443 0.00% 0 23.29% 269
Anson 61.55% 1,617 38.45% 1,010 0.00% 0 23.11% 607
Rockingham 60.48% 2,403 38.74% 1,539 0.78% 31 21.75% 864
Pamlico 57.17% 582 35.56% 362 7.27% 74 21.61% 220
Stanly 60.67% 887 39.33% 575 0.00% 0 21.34% 312
Iredell 59.65% 2,389 40.35% 1,616 0.00% 0 19.30% 773
Rowan 59.64% 2,035 40.36% 1,377 0.00% 0 19.28% 658
McDowell 59.55% 817 40.45% 555 0.00% 0 19.10% 262
Carteret 59.38% 1,026 40.57% 701 0.06% 1 18.81% 325
Harnett 59.35% 1,028 40.65% 704 0.00% 0 18.71% 324
Burke 58.75% 1,125 41.25% 790 0.00% 0 17.49% 335
Cabarrus 58.60% 1,499 41.20% 1,054 0.20% 5 17.40% 445
Hyde 57.35% 819 42.65% 609 0.00% 0 14.71% 210
Surry 57.17% 1,412 42.83% 1,058 0.00% 0 14.33% 354
Orange 57.15% 2,537 42.85% 1,902 0.00% 0 14.31% 635
Watauga 56.64% 712 43.36% 545 0.00% 0 13.29% 167
Sampson 56.45% 2,122 43.26% 1,626 0.29% 11 13.19% 496
Johnston 55.80% 2,059 44.20% 1,631 0.00% 0 11.60% 428
Buncombe 55.63% 1,995 44.37% 1,591 0.00% 0 11.27% 404
Stokes 55.07% 1,244 44.40% 1,003 0.53% 12 10.67% 241
Camden 55.06% 642 44.94% 524 0.00% 0 10.12% 118
Tyrrell 54.96% 432 45.04% 354 0.00% 0 9.92% 78
Pitt 53.78% 2,200 44.37% 1,815 1.86% 76 9.41% 385
Wilson 54.70% 1,652 45.30% 1,368 0.00% 0 9.40% 284
Person 54.48% 1,344 45.52% 1,123 0.00% 0 8.96% 221
Chatham 53.94% 2,206 46.06% 1,884 0.00% 0 7.87% 322
Alamance 53.32% 1,463 45.44% 1,247 1.24% 34 7.87% 216
Lincoln 53.74% 913 46.26% 786 0.00% 0 7.47% 127
Nash 53.41% 1,612 46.59% 1,406 0.00% 0 6.83% 206
Robeson 53.28% 2,235 46.72% 1,960 0.00% 0 6.56% 275
Cherokee 52.66% 722 47.34% 649 0.00% 0 5.32% 73
Randolph 52.54% 2,005 47.46% 1,811 0.00% 0 5.08% 194
Davie 52.28% 975 47.72% 890 0.00% 0 4.56% 85
Martin 52.24% 1,408 47.76% 1,287 0.00% 0 4.49% 121
Moore 51.86% 1,476 48.03% 1,367 0.11% 3 3.83% 109
Wayne 51.81% 2,427 48.19% 2,257 0.00% 0 3.63% 170
Dare 51.25% 288 48.75% 274 0.00% 0 2.49% 14
Ashe 51.10% 1,117 48.90% 1,069 0.00% 0 2.20% 48
Mecklenburg 50.88% 3,361 49.12% 3,245 0.00% 0 1.76% 116
Beaufort 50.62% 1,766 49.38% 1,723 0.00% 0 1.23% 43
Rutherford 50.59% 1,236 49.41% 1,207 0.00% 0 1.19% 29
Guilford 50.28% 2,280 49.24% 2,233 0.49% 22 1.04% 47
Franklin 50.25% 2,032 49.75% 2,012 0.00% 0 0.49% 20
Forsyth 49.06% 1,778 49.42% 1,791 1.52% 55 -0.36% -13
Cumberland 49.67% 2,109 50.33% 2,137 0.00% 0 -0.66% -28
Gaston 49.27% 1,107 50.69% 1,139 0.04% 1 -1.42% -32
Davidson 48.73% 1,781 51.00% 1,864 0.27% 10 -2.27% -83
Wilkes 48.82% 1,510 51.18% 1,583 0.00% 0 -2.36% -73
Wake 48.54% 4,359 51.46% 4,622 0.00% 0 -2.93% -263
Greene 48.27% 880 51.73% 943 0.00% 0 -3.46% -63
Granville 47.09% 2,828 52.91% 3,178 0.00% 0 -5.83% -350
Hertford 46.30% 983 53.70% 1,140 0.00% 0 -7.40% -157
Madison 45.83% 951 54.17% 1,124 0.00% 0 -8.34% -173
Brunswick 44.75% 746 53.33% 889 1.92% 32 -8.58% -143
Lenoir 45.55% 1,132 54.45% 1,353 0.00% 0 -8.89% -221
Montgomery 45.48% 719 54.52% 862 0.00% 0 -9.04% -143
Bladen 45.14% 1,278 54.29% 1,537 0.57% 16 -9.15% -259
Pender 41.87% 1,007 51.31% 1,234 6.82% 164 -9.44% -227
Caswell 44.87% 1,457 55.04% 1,787 0.09% 3 -10.16% -330
Yadkin 44.83% 941 55.17% 1,158 0.00% 0 -10.34% -217
Henderson 44.64% 674 55.36% 836 0.00% 0 -10.73% -162
Polk 44.37% 335 55.63% 420 0.00% 0 -11.26% -85
Richmond 43.88% 1,363 56.12% 1,743 0.00% 0 -12.23% -380
Perquimans 43.31% 758 56.69% 992 0.00% 0 -13.37% -234
Chowan 42.51% 630 57.49% 852 0.00% 0 -14.98% -222
Northampton 42.07% 1,514 57.93% 2,085 0.00% 0 -15.87% -571
Jones 41.50% 574 57.85% 800 0.65% 9 -16.34% -226
Halifax 41.32% 1,744 58.68% 2,477 0.00% 0 -17.37% -733
New Hanover 36.53% 1,438 55.88% 2,200 7.59% 299 -19.35% -762
Bertie 39.61% 1,169 60.39% 1,782 0.00% 0 -20.77% -613
Washington 36.82% 602 60.06% 982 3.12% 51 -23.24% -380
Pasquotank 35.19% 575 64.81% 1,059 0.00% 0 -29.62% -484
Mitchell 34.24% 514 65.76% 987 0.00% 0 -31.51% -473
Warren 33.75% 1,366 66.25% 2,681 0.00% 0 -32.49% -1,315
Edgecombe 33.19% 1,726 66.81% 3,475 0.00% 0 -33.63% -1,749
Craven 28.99% 1,180 69.00% 2,809 2.01% 82 -40.01% -1,629

References

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