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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.
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County Results Garfield: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Hancock: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 have been decided by one electoral vote, like the 1876 election.
Results
1880 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
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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 | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 |