1880 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

The 1880 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose 29 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1880 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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 29 0 Popular vote 444,704 407,428 Percentage 50.84% 46.57%

County Results Garfield   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Hancock   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

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

Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.27%. Had Hancock won the state, The election would've been decided by one electoral vote like the 1876 election.

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	James A. Garfield	444,704	50.84%	29
	Democratic	Winfield Scott Hancock	407,428	46.57%	0
	Greenback	James B. Weaver	20,668	2.36%	0
	Prohibition	Neal S. Dow	1,939	0.22%	0
	Anti-Masonic	John W. Phelps	44	0.01%	0
Totals			874,783	100.0%	29

Results by county

County	James Abram Garfield[2] Republican		Winfield Scott Hancock[2] Democratic		James Baird Weaver[3] Greenback		Various candidates[3] Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	3,137	45.08%	3,752	53.92%	69	0.99%	0	0.00%	-615	-8.84%	6,958
Allegheny	35,539	59.85%	22,096	37.21%	1,636	2.76%	111	0.19%	13,443	22.64%	59,382
Armstrong	4,721	51.90%	3,991	43.88%	375	4.12%	9	0.10%	730	8.03%	9,096
Beaver	4,700	56.40%	3,498	41.97%	129	1.55%	7	0.08%	1,202	14.42%	8,334
Bedford	3,638	48.96%	3,723	50.10%	53	0.71%	17	0.23%	-85	-1.14%	7,431
Berks	9,225	34.99%	16,959	64.32%	179	0.68%	2	0.01%	-7,734	-29.33%	26,365
Blair	5,808	53.95%	4,728	43.92%	195	1.81%	35	0.33%	1,080	10.03%	10,766
Bradford	8,152	59.65%	4,950	36.22%	496	3.63%	68	0.50%	3,202	23.43%	13,666
Bucks	8,385	49.19%	8,627	50.61%	23	0.13%	12	0.07%	-242	-1.42%	17,047
Butler	5,269	50.96%	4,678	45.24%	346	3.35%	47	0.45%	591	5.72%	10,340
Cambria	3,962	45.61%	4,555	52.44%	150	1.73%	19	0.22%	-593	-6.83%	8,686
Cameron	647	51.47%	582	46.30%	27	2.15%	1	0.08%	65	5.17%	1,257
Carbon	2,857	44.47%	3,464	53.91%	88	1.37%	16	0.25%	-607	-9.45%	6,425
Centre	3,602	43.30%	4,598	55.28%	99	1.19%	19	0.23%	-996	-11.97%	8,318
Chester	11,298	59.25%	7,524	39.46%	90	0.47%	156	0.82%	3,774	19.79%	19,068
Clarion	2,933	38.14%	4,433	57.65%	322	4.19%	2	0.03%	-1,500	-19.51%	7,690
Clearfield	3,105	37.21%	4,928	59.05%	296	3.55%	16	0.19%	-1,823	-21.85%	8,345
Clinton	2,284	41.82%	3,117	57.08%	36	0.66%	24	0.44%	-833	-15.25%	5,461
Columbia	2,236	31.70%	4,598	65.18%	192	2.72%	28	0.40%	-2,362	-33.48%	7,054
Crawford	7,192	48.47%	5,847	39.41%	1,759	11.86%	39	0.26%	1,345	9.07%	14,837
Cumberland	4,431	44.17%	5,462	54.45%	118	1.18%	20	0.20%	-1,031	-10.28%	10,031
Dauphin	8,573	55.21%	6,619	42.62%	315	2.03%	22	0.14%	1,954	12.58%	15,529
Delaware	7,008	60.84%	4,473	38.83%	21	0.18%	17	0.15%	2,535	22.01%	11,519
Elk	720	30.74%	1,534	65.50%	88	3.76%	0	0.00%	-814	-34.76%	2,342
Erie	8,752	55.12%	6,471	40.76%	641	4.04%	13	0.08%	2,281	14.37%	15,877
Fayette	4,920	41.69%	6,250	52.96%	609	5.16%	22	0.19%	-1,330	-11.27%	11,801
Forest	370	37.87%	325	33.27%	281	28.76%	1	0.10%	45	4.61%	977
Franklin	5,379	51.88%	4,964	47.88%	4	0.04%	21	0.20%	415	4.00%	10,368
Fulton	853	40.48%	1,252	59.42%	0	0.00%	2	0.09%	-399	-18.94%	2,107
Greene	2,210	33.85%	4,271	65.42%	32	0.49%	16	0.25%	-2,061	-31.57%	6,529
Huntingdon	3,787	52.36%	3,039	42.02%	393	5.43%	14	0.19%	748	10.34%	7,233
Indiana	4,617	56.07%	2,119	25.73%	1,488	18.07%	10	0.12%	2,498	30.34%	8,234
Jefferson	2,750	49.74%	2,635	47.66%	137	2.48%	7	0.13%	115	2.08%	5,529
Juniata	1,625	43.86%	1,999	53.95%	62	1.67%	19	0.51%	-374	-10.09%	3,705
Lackawanna	7,357	49.80%	7,178	48.59%	151	1.02%	88	0.60%	179	1.21%	14,774
Lancaster	19,489	64.11%	10,789	35.49%	39	0.13%	81	0.27%	8,700	28.62%	30,398
Lawrence	4,360	65.39%	2,047	30.70%	168	2.52%	93	1.39%	2,313	34.69%	6,668
Lebanon	5,042	60.95%	3,218	38.90%	7	0.08%	6	0.07%	1,824	22.05%	8,273
Lehigh	6,144	42.49%	8,292	57.35%	17	0.12%	6	0.04%	-2,148	-14.86%	14,459
Luzerne	11,028	45.94%	12,575	52.38%	372	1.55%	31	0.13%	-1,547	-6.44%	24,006
Lycoming	4,955	41.41%	6,416	53.61%	560	4.68%	36	0.30%	-1,461	-12.21%	11,967
McKean	3,693	51.46%	3,169	44.15%	299	4.17%	16	0.22%	524	7.30%	7,177
Mercer	6,079	51.33%	5,029	42.46%	490	4.14%	245	2.07%	1,050	8.87%	11,843
Mifflin	2,075	51.03%	1,955	48.08%	25	0.61%	11	0.27%	120	2.95%	4,066
Monroe	962	22.30%	3,334	77.28%	17	0.39%	1	0.02%	-2,372	-54.98%	4,314
Montgomery	11,026	49.75%	11,025	49.75%	75	0.34%	37	0.17%	1	0.00%	22,163
Montour	1,265	39.36%	1,862	57.93%	80	2.49%	7	0.22%	-597	-18.57%	3,214
Northampton	5,961	37.90%	9,653	61.37%	93	0.59%	21	0.13%	-3,692	-23.47%	15,728
Northumberland	4,847	43.62%	5,931	53.38%	319	2.87%	14	0.13%	-1,084	-9.76%	11,111
Perry	3,032	50.94%	2,894	48.62%	0	0.00%	26	0.44%	138	2.32%	5,952
Philadelphia	97,220	55.92%	76,330	43.91%	237	0.14%	57	0.03%	20,890	12.02%	173,844
Pike	537	28.55%	1,332	70.81%	10	0.53%	2	0.11%	-795	-42.26%	1,881
Potter	1,773	56.00%	1,134	35.82%	255	8.05%	4	0.13%	639	20.18%	3,166
Schuylkill	9,337	40.01%	11,511	49.32%	2,488	10.66%	3	0.01%	-2,174	-9.31%	23,339
Snyder	2,120	56.75%	1,579	42.26%	13	0.35%	24	0.64%	541	14.48%	3,736
Somerset	4,150	61.72%	2,500	37.18%	55	0.82%	19	0.28%	1,650	24.54%	6,724
Sullivan	625	36.96%	994	58.78%	72	4.26%	0	0.00%	-369	-21.82%	1,691
Susquehanna	5,031	55.15%	3,802	41.67%	256	2.81%	34	0.37%	1,229	13.47%	9,123
Tioga	6,018	60.17%	2,815	28.14%	1,151	11.51%	18	0.18%	3,203	32.02%	10,002
Union	2,254	59.74%	1,502	39.81%	11	0.29%	6	0.16%	752	19.93%	3,773
Venango	4,089	48.32%	3,573	42.22%	685	8.10%	115	1.36%	516	6.10%	8,462
Warren	3,207	53.07%	2,118	35.05%	684	11.32%	34	0.56%	1,089	18.02%	6,043
Washington	6,451	51.04%	5,850	46.29%	330	2.61%	8	0.06%	601	4.76%	12,639
Wayne	3,122	46.88%	3,421	51.37%	13	0.20%	103	1.55%	-299	-4.49%	6,659
Westmoreland	7,113	44.47%	7,975	49.86%	899	5.62%	9	0.06%	-862	-5.39%	15,996
Wyoming	1,787	46.82%	1,983	51.95%	38	1.00%	9	0.24%	-196	-5.13%	3,817
York	7,870	40.43%	11,581	59.49%	9	0.05%	8	0.04%	-3,711	-19.06%	19,468
Totals	444,704	50.84%	407,428	46.57%	20,667	2.36%	1,984	0.23%	37,276	4.26%	874,783

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

References

1. "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
2. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
3. Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)