1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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
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
^ 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