1880 United States presidential election in Virginia
← 1876 November 2, 1880 1884 →
 
Nominee Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Pennsylvania Ohio
Running mate William H. English Chester A. Arthur
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 128,083 83,533
Percentage 60.53% 39.47%
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The 1880 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, Major General Winfield S. Hancock over the Republican candidate, U.S. Representative James A. Garfield. Hancock won Virginia comfortably by a margin of 21.05 percent. This is the last occasion the Democratic Party has carried Floyd County,[1] which along with neighbouring Carroll County were to be strong GOP counties in a Democrat-dominated state during the next 7 decades.

While Hancock won the state, a split in the Democratic Party in Virginia over the payment of state debts led to 2 Democratic electoral slates being nominated, 1 by the regular debt-paying "Funder" Democrats, the other by the "Readjuster" or anti-debt paying faction of the party.[2] Both slates were pledged to the Hancock ticket. The Readjuster ticket received 31,527 votes, but the Funder Democrats took 96,449 votes, enough to defeat the Republicans, whose slate had 84,020.[3]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Virginia[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Winfield S. Hancock 128,083 60.53% 11
Republican James A. Garfield 83,533 39.47% 0
Totals 211,616 100.0% 11

Results by county

1880 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent cities
County or Independent City Winfield Scott Hancock[5]
Democratic 		James Abram Garfield[5]
Republican 		Various candidates
Write-ins 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Accomack County 2,198 65.55% 1,155 34.45% 1,043 31.11% 3,353
Albemarle County 2,432 59.64% 1,644 40.31% 2 0.05% 788 19.32% 4,078
Alleghany County 330 69.33% 146 30.67% 184 38.66% 476
Amelia County 426 30.60% 966 69.40% -540 -38.79% 1,392
Amherst County 1,938 64.49% 1,058 35.21% 9 0.30% 880 29.28% 3,005
Appomattox County 881 65.70% 460 34.30% 421 31.39% 1,341
Alexandria County 265 35.15% 489 64.85% -224 -29.71% 754
Augusta County 3,316 76.12% 1,039 23.85% 1 0.02% 2,277 52.27% 4,356
Bath County 399 76.73% 86 16.54% 35 6.73% 313 60.19% 520
Bedford County 3,043 61.71% 1,888 38.29% 1,155 23.42% 4,931
Bland County 490 88.77% 60 10.87% 2 0.36% 430 77.90% 552
Botetourt County 1,606 72.93% 596 27.07% 1,010 45.87% 2,202
Brunswick County 785 40.36% 1,160 59.64% -375 -19.28% 1,945
Buchanan County 272 89.18% 33 10.82% 239 78.36% 305
Buckingham County 1,022 54.83% 842 45.17% 180 9.66% 1,864
Campbell County 1,733 58.27% 1,241 41.73% 492 16.54% 2,974
Caroline County 1,342 53.38% 1,172 46.62% 170 6.76% 2,514
Carroll County 1,352 80.00% 338 20.00% 1,014 60.00% 1,690
Charles City County 331 41.64% 464 58.36% -133 -16.73% 795
Charlotte County 954 44.50% 1,190 55.50% -236 -11.01% 2,144
Chesterfield County 1,240 56.49% 955 43.51% 285 12.98% 2,195
Clarke County 1,047 74.31% 362 25.69% 685 48.62% 1,409
Craig County 366 88.62% 47 11.38% 319 77.24% 413
Culpeper County 1,305 58.49% 926 41.51% 379 16.99% 2,231
Cumberland County 544 37.54% 905 62.46% -361 -24.91% 1,449
Dickenson County 191 79.25% 40 16.60% 10 4.15% 151 62.66% 241
Dinwiddie County 620 36.60% 1,074 63.40% -454 -26.80% 1,694
Elizabeth City County 478 28.80% 1,182 71.20% -704 -42.41% 1,660
Essex County 728 43.78% 935 56.22% -207 -12.45% 1,663
Fairfax County 1,726 55.23% 1,399 44.77% 327 10.46% 3,125
Fauquier County 2,602 68.69% 1,186 31.31% 1,416 37.38% 3,788
Floyd County 975 73.86% 345 26.14% 630 47.73% 1,320
Fluvanna County 643 68.40% 297 31.60% 346 36.81% 940
Franklin County 2,477 74.34% 855 25.66% 1,622 48.68% 3,332
Frederick County 1,649 81.51% 374 18.49% 1,275 63.03% 2,023
Giles County 817 79.17% 215 20.83% 602 58.33% 1,032
Gloucester County 798 48.96% 832 51.04% -34 -2.09% 1,630
Goochland County 453 48.55% 480 51.45% -27 -2.89% 933
Grayson County 1,399 89.91% 157 10.09% 1,242 79.82% 1,556
Greene County 661 77.13% 196 22.87% 465 54.26% 857
Greensville County 474 36.55% 823 63.45% -349 -26.91% 1,297
Halifax County 2,111 51.51% 1,987 48.49% 124 3.03% 4,098
Hanover County 1,447 62.05% 884 37.91% 1 0.04% 563 24.14% 2,332
Henrico County 1,180 53.35% 1,032 46.65% 148 6.69% 2,212
Henry County 1,284 57.79% 938 42.21% 346 15.57% 2,222
Highland County 640 89.51% 75 10.49% 565 79.02% 715
Isle of Wight County 1,207 62.22% 733 37.78% 474 24.43% 1,940
James City County 241 40.23% 358 59.77% -117 -19.53% 599
King and Queen County 720 51.39% 681 48.61% 39 2.78% 1,401
King George County 502 49.41% 514 50.59% -12 -1.18% 1,016
King William County 677 46.09% 792 53.91% -115 -7.83% 1,469
Lancaster County 499 43.43% 650 56.57% -151 -13.14% 1,149
Lee County 1,453 76.68% 268 14.14% 174 9.18% 1,185 62.53% 1,895
Loudoun County 2,780 60.80% 1,792 39.20% 988 21.61% 4,572
Louisa County 1,185 49.07% 1,230 50.93% -45 -1.86% 2,415
Lunenburg County 654 43.78% 840 56.22% -186 -12.45% 1,494
Madison County 1,120 70.04% 479 29.96% 641 40.09% 1,599
Mathews County 758 72.61% 286 27.39% 472 45.21% 1,044
Mecklenburg County 1,127 34.09% 2,179 65.91% -1,052 -31.82% 3,306
Middlesex County 512 45.47% 614 54.53% -102 -9.06% 1,126
Montgomery County 1,323 68.41% 601 31.08% 10 0.52% 722 37.33% 1,934
Nansemond County 1,080 52.99% 958 47.01% 122 5.99% 2,038
Nelson County 1,542 62.89% 910 37.11% 632 25.77% 2,452
New Kent County 431 54.42% 361 45.58% 70 8.84% 792
Norfolk County 1,601 43.89% 2,047 56.11% -446 -12.23% 3,648
Northampton County 770 44.74% 946 54.97% 5 0.29% -176 -10.23% 1,721
Northumberland County 704 54.36% 591 45.64% 113 8.73% 1,295
Nottoway County 405 27.97% 1,043 72.03% -638 -44.06% 1,448
Orange County 1,111 55.80% 880 44.20% 231 11.60% 1,991
Page County 1,077 87.85% 149 12.15% 928 75.69% 1,226
Patrick County 1,209 79.17% 318 20.83% 891 58.35% 1,527
Pittsylvania County 3,386 56.35% 2,623 43.65% 763 12.70% 6,009
Powhatan County 441 39.77% 668 60.23% -227 -20.47% 1,109
Prince Edward County 875 44.17% 1,106 55.83% -231 -11.66% 1,981
Prince George County 445 31.65% 961 68.35% -516 -36.70% 1,406
Prince William County 1,119 70.91% 459 29.09% 660 41.83% 1,578
Princess Anne County 895 59.71% 604 40.29% 291 19.41% 1,499
Pulaski County 733 61.08% 467 38.92% 266 22.17% 1,200
Rappahannock County 989 72.24% 379 27.68% 1 0.07% 610 44.56% 1,369
Richmond County 532 44.93% 651 54.98% 1 0.08% -119 -10.05% 1,184
Roanoke County 1,077 64.15% 600 35.74% 2 0.12% 477 28.41% 1,679
Rockbridge County 2,351 71.20% 951 28.80% 1,400 42.40% 3,302
Rockingham County 3,236 82.42% 690 17.58% 2,546 64.85% 3,926
Russell County 962 83.22% 190 16.44% 4 0.35% 772 66.78% 1,156
Scott County 1,087 60.42% 519 28.85% 193 10.73% 568 31.57% 1,799
Shenandoah County 2,768 88.77% 350 11.23% 2,418 77.55% 3,118
Smyth County 1,131 83.78% 202 14.96% 17 1.26% 929 68.81% 1,350
Southampton County 1,573 47.78% 1,719 52.22% -146 -4.43% 3,292
Spotsylvania County 771 57.24% 576 42.76% 195 14.48% 1,347
Stafford County 908 77.21% 268 22.79% 640 54.42% 1,176
Surry County 475 41.05% 682 58.95% -207 -17.89% 1,157
Sussex County 678 36.04% 1,203 63.96% -525 -27.91% 1,881
Tazewell County 1,376 88.89% 148 9.56% 24 1.55% 1,228 79.33% 1,548
Warren County 990 87.30% 144 12.70% 846 74.60% 1,134
Warwick County 136 32.15% 287 67.85% -151 -35.70% 423
Washington County 2,232 79.46% 573 20.40% 4 0.14% 1,659 59.06% 2,809
Westmoreland County 583 49.16% 603 50.84% -20 -1.69% 1,186
Wise County 520 74.50% 126 18.05% 52 7.45% 394 56.45% 698
Wythe County 1,528 80.00% 382 20.00% 1,146 60.00% 1,910
York County 463 40.12% 691 59.88% -228 -19.76% 1,154
Alexandria City 1,540 60.77% 994 39.23% 546 21.55% 2,534
Danville City 749 56.57% 575 43.43% 174 13.14% 1,324
Fredericksburg City 523 65.79% 272 34.21% 251 31.57% 795
Lynchburg City 1,400 61.89% 861 38.06% 1 0.04% 539 23.83% 2,262
Manchester City 514 69.46% 226 30.54% 288 38.92% 740
Norfolk City 2,012 59.26% 1,383 40.74% 629 18.53% 3,395
North Danville City 139 59.15% 96 40.85% 43 18.30% 235
Petersburg City 1,771 52.30% 1,614 47.67% 1 0.03% 157 4.64% 3,386
Portsmouth City 1,270 55.36% 1,024 44.64% 246 10.72% 2,294
Richmond City 5,348 71.24% 2,158 28.75% 1 0.01% 3,190 42.49% 7,507
Staunton City 781 68.39% 361 31.61% 420 36.78% 1,142
Williamsburg City 126 53.85% 108 46.15% 18 7.69% 234
Winchester City 556 58.65% 392 41.35% 164 17.30% 948
Totals 128,647 60.45% 83,634 39.30% 550 0.26% 45,013 21.15% 212,831

References

  1. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 326-330 ISBN 0786422173
  2. ^ Moore, James Tice (1974). Two Paths to The New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870–1883. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 74–75. ISBN 978-0-8131-5364-3.
  3. ^ Moore, James Tice (1974). Two Paths to The New South: The Virginia Debt Controversy, 1870–1883. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8131-5364-3.
  4. ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results — Virginia". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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