1880 United States presidential election

The 1880 United States presidential election was the 24th election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 2, 1880. This election was between Congressman James A. Garfield of Ohio and Major General Winfield S. Hancock of Pennsylvania. Garfield won the election with 244 electoral votes, while Hancock got only 155 electoral votes. However, Garfield was assassinated during his first year in office in September 1881, and would be succeeded by his vice president, Chester A. Arthur.

1880 United States presidential election

November 6, 1880
369 members of the Electoral College 185 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	78.0% 4.6 pp
Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield Scott Hancock Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Pennsylvania Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English Electoral vote 214 155 States carried 19 19 Popular vote 4,446,158 4,444,260 Percentage 48.32% 48.21%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by Garfield/Arthur, blue denotes states won by Hancock/English. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Elected President James A. Garfield Republican

Republican Party

Presidential

• James A. Garfield, Congressman of Ohio's 19th District (1863-1880) (Nominee)
• Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (1869-1877)
• James G. Blaine, Senator from Maine (1876-1881)
• John Sherman, Senator of Ohio (1861-1877; 1881-1897) and Secretary of the Treasury (1877-1881)

Vice-presidential

• Chester A. Arthur, Chairman of the New York Republican Party (1879-1881) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
• Elihu B. Washburne, Former United States Minister to France (1869-1877)
• Marshall Jewell, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1880-1883)
• Horace Maynerd, Postmaster General of the United States (1880-1881); Minister to the Ottoman Empire (1875-1880)
• Blanche Bruce, Senator of Mississippi (1875-1881)
• James L. Alcorn, former Senator of Mississippi (1871-1877)
• Edmund J. Davis, former Governor of Texas (1870-1874)
• Thomas Settle, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (1877-1888)
• Stewart L. Woodford, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1877-1883)

Democratic Party

• Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General of the United States Army (1866-1886) (Nominee)
• Samuel J. Tilden, former Governor of New York (1875-1876) and 1876 Democratic Nominee
• Thomas F. Bayard, Senator of Delaware (1869-1885)
• Stephen J. Field, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from California (1863-1897)
• Thomas A. Hendricks, former Governor of Indiana (1873-1877) and 1876 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee
• William R. Morrison, Congressman of Illinois' 12th District (1873-1887)
• Henry B. Payne, former Congressman of Ohio's 20th District (1875-1877)
• Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the House (1876-1881) and Congressman from Pennsylvania (1863-1875; 1875-1890)
• Allen G. Thurman, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate (1879-1880) and Senator from Ohio (1869-1881)

Vice-presidential nominee

• William H. English, former Congressman of Indiana's 2nd District (1853-1861)