1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania
Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 144,400 114,649
Percentage 54.04% 42.91%

County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

The 1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican Party candidate James A. Garfield won Wisconsin with 54.04% of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes.[1]

This was the first election in which Milwaukee County voted for a Republican. After this election, Bayfield County, Douglas County, and Price County would not vote Democratic again until 1932.

  1. ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results — Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.