1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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Turnout18.21% of the total population[1]
 
Nominee Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield James B. Weaver
Party Democratic Republican Greenback
Home state Pennsylvania Ohio Iowa
Running mate William H. English Chester A. Arthur Barzillai J. Chambers
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 57,390 46,243 9,008
Percentage 50.95% 41.05% 8.00%
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The 1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]

West Virginia was won by General Winfield Scott Hancock (D–Pennsylvania), running with former Representative William Hayden English, with 50.95 percent of the popular vote, against Representative James Garfield (R-Ohio), running with the 10th chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee Chester A. Arthur, with 41.05 percent of the vote and representative James B. Weaver (G–Iowa), running with Barzillai J. Chambers, a former Confederate, with 8.00 percent of the popular vote.[2]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock 57,390 50.95%
Republican James Garfield 46,243 41.05%
Greenback James B. Weaver 9,008 8.00%
Total votes 112,641 100.00%

Results by county

1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[3][4]
County Winfield Scott Hancock
Democratic 		James Abram Garfield
Republican 		James Baird Weaver
Greenback 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Barbour 1,017 48.20% 842 39.91% 251 11.90% 175 8.29% 2,110
Berkeley 1,619 48.18% 1,489 44.32% 252 7.50% 130 3.87% 3,360
Boone 508 60.62% 214 25.54% 116 13.84% 294 35.08% 838
Braxton 1,033 63.96% 518 32.07% 64 3.96% 515 31.89% 1,615
Brooke 626 50.61% 552 44.62% 59 4.77% 74 5.98% 1,237
Cabell 1,485 60.12% 928 37.57% 57 2.31% 557 22.55% 2,470
Calhoun 583 57.27% 330 32.42% 105 10.31% 253 24.85% 1,018
Clay 226 53.43% 158 37.35% 39 9.22% 68 16.08% 423
Doddridge 698 38.12% 771 42.11% 362 19.77% -73 -3.99% 1,831
Fayette 1,263 52.63% 962 40.08% 175 7.29% 301 12.54% 2,400
Gilmer 835 60.55% 464 33.65% 80 5.80% 371 26.90% 1,379
Grant 320 34.37% 611 65.63% 0 0.00% -291 -31.26% 931
Greenbrier 1,533 66.68% 636 27.66% 130 5.65% 897 39.02% 2,299
Hampshire 1,502 82.03% 329 17.97% 0 0.00% 1,173 64.06% 1,831
Hancock 439 42.70% 579 56.32% 10 0.97% -140 -13.62% 1,028
Hardy 843 79.83% 213 20.17% 0 0.00% 630 59.66% 1,056
Harrison 1,736 42.16% 1,577 38.30% 805 19.55% 159 3.86% 4,118
Jackson 1,499 48.25% 1,537 49.47% 71 2.29% -38 -1.22% 3,107
Jefferson 2,025 65.58% 1,018 32.97% 45 1.46% 1,007 32.61% 3,088
Kanawha 2,378 39.02% 2,112 34.66% 1,604 26.32% 266 4.36% 6,094
Lewis 1,217 51.20% 981 41.27% 179 7.53% 236 9.93% 2,377
Lincoln 635 57.41% 251 22.69% 220 19.89% 384 34.72% 1,106
Logan 835 90.08% 92 9.92% 0 0.00% 743 80.15% 927
Marion 1,703 48.44% 1,463 41.61% 350 9.95% 240 6.83% 3,516
Marshall 1,596 41.89% 2,186 57.38% 28 0.73% -590 -15.49% 3,810
Mason 1,846 45.40% 1,853 45.57% 367 9.03% -7 -0.17% 4,066
McDowell 242 82.88% 50 17.12% 0 0.00% 192 65.75% 292
Mercer 698 68.10% 55 5.37% 272[a] 26.54% 426 41.56% 1,025
Mineral 922 52.99% 772 44.37% 46 2.64% 150 8.62% 1,740
Monongalia 1,241 40.32% 1,753 56.95% 84 2.73% -512 -16.63% 3,078
Monroe 1,134 57.27% 778 39.29% 68 3.43% 356 17.98% 1,980
Morgan 394 37.56% 655 62.44% 0 0.00% -261 -24.88% 1,049
Nicholas 619 63.36% 315 32.24% 43 4.40% 304 31.12% 977
Ohio 4,066 50.10% 3,901 48.07% 149 1.84% 165 2.03% 8,116
Pendleton 760 64.63% 416 35.37% 0 0.00% 344 29.25% 1,176
Pleasants 641 54.97% 470 40.31% 55 4.72% 171 14.67% 1,166
Pocahontas 575 68.05% 258 30.53% 12 1.42% 317 37.51% 845
Preston 1,335 34.78% 2,347 61.15% 156 4.06% -1,012 -26.37% 3,838
Putnam 830 41.50% 453 22.65% 717[a] 35.85% 113 5.65% 2,000
Raleigh 563 60.73% 309 33.33% 55 5.93% 254 27.40% 927
Randolph 872 68.02% 364 28.39% 46 3.59% 508 39.63% 1,282
Ritchie 1,008 38.46% 1,238 47.23% 375 14.31% -230 -8.78% 2,621
Roane 1,135 55.77% 593 29.14% 307 15.09% 542 26.63% 2,035
Summers 889 54.74% 637 39.22% 98 6.03% 252 15.52% 1,624
Taylor 1,055 43.79% 1,250 51.89% 104 4.32% -195 -8.09% 2,409
Tucker 340 63.79% 189 35.46% 4 0.75% 151 28.33% 533
Tyler 930 42.78% 1,125 51.75% 119 5.47% -195 -8.97% 2,174
Upshur 586 32.83% 995 55.74% 204 11.43% -409 -22.91% 1,785
Wayne 1,305 65.78% 672 33.87% 7 0.35% 633 31.91% 1,984
Webster 357 80.04% 74 16.59% 15 3.36% 283 63.45% 446
Wetzel 1,720 65.67% 886 33.83% 13 0.50% 834 31.84% 2,619
Wirt 769 57.30% 534 39.79% 39 2.91% 235 17.51% 1,342
Wood 2,159 42.44% 2,287 44.96% 641 12.60% -128 -2.52% 5,087
Wyoming 245 53.73% 201 44.08% 10 2.19% 44 9.65% 456
Totals 57,390 50.95% 46,243 41.05% 9,008 8.00% 11,147 9.90% 112,641

Notes

  1. ^ a b In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Garfield, margin given is Hancock vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Hancock percentage minus Weaver percentage.

References

  1. ^ "1880 Presidential Election Results — West Virginia: Total Population Turnout".
  2. ^ a b c "1880 Presidential Election Results – West Virginia".
  3. ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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