Tuesday, November 2, 1880
1880 presidential election results
James A. Garfield (Republican) and running mate Chester A. Arthur won with 214 electoral votes and 48.3% of the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: New York, R+1.9 (nation R+0.1). It delivered electoral vote number 185 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James A. Garfield Won | Chester A. Arthur | Republican | 214 | 4,453,611 | 48.30% | 19 |
| Winfield S. Hancock | William English | Democratic | 155 | 4,445,256 | 48.20% | 19 |
| Total popular votes counted | 9,220,197 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | James A. Garfield | Winfield S. Hancock | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 37.1% | 60.0% 10 | 22.9 | 10 | 151,902 |
| Arkansas | 39.0% | 55.9% 6 | 16.8 | 6 | 108,870 |
| California | 48.9% 1 | 49.0% 5 | 0.1 | 6 | 164,218 |
| Colorado | 51.3% 3 | 46.0% | 5.2 | 3 | 53,546 |
| Connecticut | 50.5% 6 | 48.5% | 2.0 | 6 | 132,798 |
| Delaware | 48.0% | 51.5% 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 29,458 |
| Florida | 45.8% | 54.2% 4 | 8.4 | 4 | 51,618 |
| Georgia | 34.6% | 65.4% 11 | 30.8 | 11 | 157,451 |
| Illinois | 51.1% 21 | 44.6% | 6.5 | 21 | 622,305 |
| Indiana | 49.3% 15 | 47.9% | 1.4 | 15 | 470,758 |
| Iowa | 56.9% 11 | 32.8% | 24.2 | 11 | 323,140 |
| Kansas | 60.4% 5 | 29.7% | 30.7 | 5 | 201,054 |
| Kentucky | 39.7% | 55.9% 12 | 16.1 | 12 | 266,884 |
| Louisiana | 37.3% | 62.3% 8 | 25.0 | 8 | 104,462 |
| Maine | 51.5% 7 | 45.3% | 6.1 | 7 | 143,903 |
| Maryland | 45.4% | 54.1% 8 | 8.8 | 8 | 173,049 |
| Massachusetts | 58.5% 13 | 39.6% | 18.8 | 13 | 282,505 |
| Michigan | 52.5% 11 | 37.3% | 15.2 | 11 | 353,076 |
| Minnesota | 62.3% 5 | 35.4% | 26.9 | 5 | 150,806 |
| Mississippi | 29.8% | 64.7% 8 | 34.9 | 8 | 117,068 |
| Missouri | 38.7% | 52.5% 15 | 13.8 | 15 | 397,289 |
| Nebraska | 62.9% 3 | 32.7% | 30.3 | 3 | 87,355 |
| Nevada | 47.6% | 52.4% 3 | 4.8 | 3 | 18,343 |
| New Hampshire | 51.9% 5 | 47.2% | 4.7 | 5 | 86,361 |
| New Jersey | 49.0% | 49.8% 9 | 0.8 | 9 | 245,928 |
| New York | 50.3% 35 | 48.4% | 1.9 | 35 | 1,103,945 |
| North Carolina | 48.0% | 51.5% 10 | 3.6 | 10 | 240,946 |
| Ohio | 51.7% 22 | 47.0% | 4.7 | 22 | 724,984 |
| Oregon | 50.5% 3 | 48.9% | 1.6 | 3 | 40,841 |
| Pennsylvania | 50.8% 29 | 46.6% | 4.3 | 29 | 874,783 |
| Rhode Island | 62.2% 4 | 36.9% | 25.4 | 4 | 29,235 |
| South Carolina | 34.1% | 65.5% 7 | 31.4 | 7 | 169,793 |
| Tennessee | 44.3% | 53.3% 12 | 9.0 | 12 | 243,263 |
| Texas | 23.8% | 64.8% 8 | 41.0 | 8 | 240,659 |
| Vermont | 70.0% 5 | 28.1% | 41.9 | 5 | 65,098 |
| Virginia | 39.3% | 60.5% 11 | 21.2 | 11 | 212,660 |
| West Virginia | 41.1% | 50.9% 5 | 9.9 | 5 | 112,641 |
| Wisconsin | 54.0% 10 | 42.9% | 11.1 | 10 | 267,202 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1880
- California Winfield S. Hancock by 144 votes (0.09 pts)
- New Jersey Winfield S. Hancock by 2,010 votes (0.82 pts)
- Indiana James A. Garfield by 6,646 votes (1.41 pts)
- Oregon James A. Garfield by 664 votes (1.63 pts)
- New York James A. Garfield by 21,033 votes (1.91 pts)
- Connecticut James A. Garfield by 2,660 votes (2.00 pts)
- Delaware Winfield S. Hancock by 1,033 votes (3.51 pts)
- North Carolina Winfield S. Hancock by 8,588 votes (3.56 pts)
Flipped since 1876
- California: Republican → Democratic (6 EV)
- Connecticut: Democratic → Republican (6 EV)
- Florida: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- Indiana: Democratic → Republican (15 EV)
- Louisiana: Republican → Democratic (8 EV)
- Nevada: Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- New York: Democratic → Republican (35 EV)
- South Carolina: Republican → Democratic (7 EV)
Source: 1880
Questions and answers
Who won the 1880 presidential election?
James A. Garfield (Republican) won the 1880 election with 214 electoral votes, with Chester A. Arthur as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1880?
James A. Garfield 214; Winfield S. Hancock 155 (out of 369).
Who won the popular vote in 1880?
James A. Garfield received the most popular votes: 4,453,611 (48.3%) of 9,220,197 counted.
What was the closest state in 1880?
California, which Winfield S. Hancock won by 144 votes (0.09 points).
Which states flipped in 1880?
Compared with 1876, 8 states changed party: California (to Democratic), Connecticut (to Republican), Florida (to Democratic), Indiana (to Republican), Louisiana (to Democratic), Nevada (to Democratic), New York (to Republican) and South Carolina (to Democratic).
What was the tipping-point state in 1880?
New York. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 185; it voted Republican by 1.9 points, against Republican by 0.1 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data