1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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%

County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James Garfield
Republican

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 (DPennsylvania), 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 (GIowa), running with Barzillai J. Chambers, a former Confederate, with 8.00 percent of the popular vote.[2]

  1. ^ "1880 Presidential Election Results — West Virginia: Total Population Turnout".
  2. ^ a b "1880 Presidential Election Results – West Virginia".