1880 United States presidential election in Maine

The 1880 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1880 United States presidential election in Maine

November 2, 1880

Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Pennsylvania Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English Electoral vote 7 0 Popular vote 74,052 65,211 Percentage 51.46% 45.32%

County Results Garfield   50-60%   60-70% Hancock   50-60%

President before election Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Elected President James A. Garfield Republican

Maine voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a narrow margin of 6.14%. Hancock's relatively strong showing was due to his firm stance against immigration, toward which Garfield was relatively favorable,[1] but which was a major issue for Maine voters who feared immigration would depress their wages.[2] He proved the only Democrat to carry any of Maine's counties between 1856 and 1896 inclusive, and was the last to carry Aroostook County until Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and the last to carry Lincoln County and Waldo County until Woodrow Wilson in 1912.[3]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Maine[4]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	James Abram Garfield of Ohio	Chester Alan Arthur of New York	74,052	51.46%	7	100.00%
	Democratic	Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania	William Hayden English of Indiana	65,211	45.32%	0	0.00%
	Greenback	James Baird Weaver of Iowa	Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas	4,409	3.06%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	139	0.10%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Neal Dow of Maine	Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio	92	0.06%	0	0.00%
Total				143,903	100.00%	7	100.00%

Results by county

County	James Abram Garfield[5] Republican		Winfield Scott Hancock[5] Democratic		James Baird Weaver[6] Greenback		Various candidates[6] Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Androscoggin	4,974	52.76%	4,215	44.71%	207	2.20%	32	0.34%	759	8.05%	9,428
Aroostook	2,560	47.81%	2,738	51.14%	37	0.69%	19	0.35%	-178	-3.32%	5,354
Cumberland	10,167	50.75%	9,339	46.62%	487	2.43%	41	0.20%	828	4.13%	20,034
Franklin	2,390	51.49%	2,178	46.92%	72	1.55%	2	0.04%	212	4.57%	4,642
Hancock	4,314	52.81%	3,698	45.27%	137	1.68%	20	0.24%	616	7.54%	8,169
Kennebec	7,771	59.00%	5,001	37.97%	385	2.92%	15	0.11%	2,770	21.03%	13,172
Knox	2,880	41.28%	3,659	52.45%	415	5.95%	22	0.32%	-779	-11.17%	6,976
Lincoln	2,669	47.18%	2,890	51.09%	98	1.73%	0	0.00%	-221	-3.91%	5,657
Oxford	4,354	50.75%	3,969	46.26%	251	2.93%	6	0.07%	385	4.49%	8,580
Penobscot	8,186	52.21%	6,307	40.23%	1,157	7.38%	29	0.18%	1,879	11.98%	15,679
Piscataquis	1,943	56.83%	1,330	38.90%	145	4.24%	1	0.03%	613	17.93%	3,419
Sagadahoc	2,932	61.84%	1,761	37.14%	31	0.65%	17	0.36%	1,171	24.70%	4,741
Somerset	4,090	50.74%	3,526	43.74%	440	5.46%	5	0.06%	564	7.00%	8,061
Waldo	2,748	40.25%	3,848	56.36%	220	3.22%	11	0.16%	-1,100	-16.11%	6,827
Washington	4,361	53.97%	3,622	44.82%	98	1.21%	0	0.00%	739	9.14%	8,081
York	7,700	51.23%	7,090	47.18%	228	1.52%	11	0.07%	610	4.06%	15,029
Totals	74,039	51.47%	65,171	45.31%	4,408	3.06%	231	0.16%	8,868	6.16%	143,849

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maine

References

1. Walter, Dr. Aaron T.; Dirty, Rotten, Scandalous: U.S. Presidential Elections Throughout History, p. 85 ISBN 1365317951
2. Kurashige, Lon; Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States, pp. 55-56 ISBN 1469629445
3. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 218-219 ISBN 0786422173
4. "1880 Presidential General Election Results – Maine".
5. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
6. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)