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1880 United States presidential election in Kansas
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Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock James B. Weaver
Party Republican Democratic Greenback
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania Iowa
Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English Barzillai J. Chambers
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 121,549 59,801 19,851
Percentage 60.40% 29.72% 9.86%
County results
Garfield
  40–50%
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%

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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

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

Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a margin of 30.68 points.

With 60.40 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would be Garfield's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nebraska, Minnesota and Rhode Island.[1] The state would also prove to be Weaver's fourth strongest state after Texas, Iowa, and Michigan.

Results

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1880 United States presidential election in Kansas[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James A. Garfield of Ohio Chester A. Arthur of New York 121,549 60.40% 5 100.00%
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English of Indiana 59,801 29.72% 0 0.00%
Greenback James B. Weaver of Iowa Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas 19,851 9.86% 0 0.00%
Anti-Masonic John W. Phelps of Vermont Samuel C. Pomeroy of Kansas 25 0.01% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Neal Dow of Maine Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio 10 <0.01% 0 0.00%
Total 201,236 100.00% 5 100.00%

Results by county

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1880 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4]
County James Abram Garfield
Republican 		Winfield Scott Hancock
Democratic 		James Baird Weaver
Greenback 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Allen 1,576 65.04% 803 33.14% 44 1.82% 0 0.00% 773 31.90% 2,423
Anderson 1,127 56.52% 497 24.92% 370 18.56% 0 0.00% 630 31.59% 1,994
Atchison 2,835 56.28% 2,131 42.31% 71 1.41% 0 0.00% 704 13.98% 5,037
Barber 262 52.40% 175 35.00% 63 12.60% 0 0.00% 87 17.40% 500
Barton 1,172 60.16% 714 36.65% 62 3.18% 0 0.00% 458 23.51% 1,948
Bourbon 2,320 60.34% 1,161 30.20% 364 9.47% 0 0.00% 1,159 30.14% 3,845
Brown 1,875 65.01% 898 31.14% 107 3.71% 4 0.14% 977 33.88% 2,884
Butler 2,398 60.68% 1,120 28.34% 434 10.98% 0 0.00% 1,278 32.34% 3,952
Chase 716 49.41% 324 22.36% 409 28.23% 0 0.00% 307[a] 21.19% 1,449
Chautauqua 1,321 57.21% 655 28.37% 333 14.42% 0 0.00% 666 28.84% 2,309
Cherokee 2,374 48.34% 1,681 34.23% 855 17.41% 1 0.02% 693 14.11% 4,911
Clay 1,765 66.23% 531 19.92% 369 13.85% 0 0.00% 1,234 46.30% 2,665
Cloud 2,156 69.26% 888 28.53% 65 2.09% 4 0.13% 1,268 40.73% 3,113
Coffey 1,420 57.70% 851 34.58% 190 7.72% 0 0.00% 569 23.12% 2,461
Cowley 2,630 60.09% 1,557 35.57% 190 4.34% 0 0.00% 1,073 24.51% 4,377
Crawford 1,902 51.20% 1,356 36.50% 450 12.11% 7 0.19% 546 14.70% 3,715
Davis 702 48.89% 399 27.79% 335 23.33% 0 0.00% 303 21.10% 1,436
Decatur 307 61.65% 163 32.73% 28 5.62% 0 0.00% 144 28.92% 498
Dickinson 1,954 62.39% 886 28.29% 292 9.32% 0 0.00% 1,068 34.10% 3,132
Doniphan 2,067 63.39% 1,143 35.05% 51 1.56% 0 0.00% 924 28.33% 3,261
Douglas 3,049 64.08% 1,462 30.73% 247 5.19% 0 0.00% 1,587 33.35% 4,758
Edwards 313 75.42% 102 24.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 211 50.84% 415
Elk 1,274 57.44% 458 20.65% 486 21.91% 0 0.00% 788[a] 35.53% 2,218
Ellis 680 58.93% 420 36.40% 54 4.68% 0 0.00% 260 22.53% 1,154
Ellsworth 1,077 67.65% 483 30.34% 32 2.01% 0 0.00% 594 37.31% 1,592
Ford 370 54.65% 287 42.39% 20 2.95% 0 0.00% 83 12.26% 677
Franklin 2,108 56.45% 728 19.50% 898 24.05% 0 0.00% 1,210[a] 32.40% 3,734
Graham 494 61.14% 104 12.87% 210 25.99% 0 0.00% 284[a] 35.15% 808
Greenwood 1,311 56.39% 667 28.69% 347 14.92% 0 0.00% 644 27.70% 2,325
Harper 546 54.06% 294 29.11% 170 16.83% 0 0.00% 252 24.95% 1,010
Harvey 1,554 68.37% 584 25.69% 135 5.94% 0 0.00% 970 42.67% 2,273
Hodgeman 176 66.17% 52 19.55% 38 14.29% 0 0.00% 124 46.62% 266
Jackson 1,504 63.46% 852 35.95% 14 0.59% 0 0.00% 652 27.51% 2,370
Jefferson 1,976 57.21% 1,397 40.45% 78 2.26% 3 0.09% 579 16.76% 3,454
Jewell 2,199 63.17% 883 25.37% 399 11.46% 0 0.00% 1,316 37.81% 3,481
Johnson 2,132 58.06% 1,180 32.14% 354 9.64% 6 0.16% 952 25.93% 3,672
Kingman 436 60.47% 200 27.74% 85 11.79% 0 0.00% 236 32.73% 721
Labette 2,720 59.09% 1,462 31.76% 420 9.12% 1 0.02% 1,258 27.33% 4,603
Leavenworth 3,186 54.29% 2,508 42.73% 175 2.98% 0 0.00% 678 11.55% 5,869
Lincoln 957 62.55% 419 27.39% 154 10.07% 0 0.00% 538 35.16% 1,530
Linn 1,990 60.12% 745 22.51% 575 17.37% 0 0.00% 1,245 37.61% 3,310
Lyon 2,398 65.34% 870 23.71% 402 10.95% 0 0.00% 1,528 41.63% 3,670
Marion 1,239 60.50% 538 26.27% 271 13.23% 0 0.00% 701 34.23% 2,048
Marshall 2,276 61.50% 998 26.97% 427 11.54% 0 0.00% 1,278 34.53% 3,701
McPherson 2,225 66.74% 564 16.92% 545 16.35% 0 0.00% 1,661 49.82% 3,334
Miami 2,010 53.06% 1,324 34.95% 454 11.99% 0 0.00% 686 18.11% 3,788
Mitchell 1,728 62.61% 797 28.88% 235 8.51% 0 0.00% 931 33.73% 2,760
Montgomery 1,776 47.17% 1,295 34.40% 694 18.43% 0 0.00% 481 12.78% 3,765
Morris 1,282 63.75% 550 27.35% 179 8.90% 0 0.00% 732 36.40% 2,011
Nemaha 1,755 65.14% 934 34.67% 5 0.19% 0 0.00% 821 30.48% 2,694
Neosho 1,471 51.08% 948 32.92% 461 16.01% 0 0.00% 523 18.16% 2,880
Ness 315 58.99% 129 24.16% 90 16.85% 0 0.00% 186 34.83% 534
Norton 761 58.72% 337 26.00% 198 15.28% 0 0.00% 424 32.72% 1,296
Osage 2,704 61.40% 907 20.59% 793 18.01% 0 0.00% 1,797 40.80% 4,404
Osborne 1,446 68.99% 589 28.10% 61 2.91% 0 0.00% 857 40.89% 2,096
Ottawa 1,443 62.74% 524 22.78% 333 14.48% 0 0.00% 919 39.96% 2,300
Pawnee 697 73.45% 235 24.76% 17 1.79% 0 0.00% 462 48.68% 949
Phillips 1,261 61.97% 553 27.17% 221 10.86% 0 0.00% 708 34.79% 2,035
Pottawatomie 2,139 60.41% 1,178 33.27% 224 6.33% 0 0.00% 961 27.14% 3,541
Pratt 196 60.12% 97 29.75% 33 10.12% 0 0.00% 99 30.37% 326
Reno 1,384 63.72% 536 24.68% 252 11.60% 0 0.00% 848 39.04% 2,172
Republic 1,875 69.78% 661 24.60% 151 5.62% 0 0.00% 1,214 45.18% 2,687
Rice 1,108 57.62% 496 25.79% 314 16.33% 5 0.26% 612 31.83% 1,923
Riley 1,484 67.21% 377 17.07% 347 15.72% 0 0.00% 1,107 50.14% 2,208
Rooks 805 54.80% 338 23.01% 326 22.19% 0 0.00% 467 31.79% 1,469
Rush 542 67.33% 238 29.57% 21 2.61% 4 0.50% 304 37.76% 805
Russell 932 68.38% 317 23.26% 114 8.36% 0 0.00% 615 45.12% 1,363
Saline 1,950 67.64% 838 29.07% 95 3.30% 0 0.00% 1,112 38.57% 2,883
Sedgwick 2,288 57.11% 1,354 33.80% 364 9.09% 0 0.00% 934 23.32% 4,006
Shawnee 4,403 72.49% 1,548 25.49% 123 2.03% 0 0.00% 2,855 47.00% 6,074
Sheridan 93 44.50% 52 24.88% 64 30.62% 0 0.00% 29[a] 13.88% 209
Smith 1,525 62.32% 517 21.13% 405 16.55% 0 0.00% 1,008 41.19% 2,447
Stafford 530 67.77% 192 24.55% 60 7.67% 0 0.00% 338 43.22% 782
Sumner 2,073 51.55% 1,419 35.29% 529 13.16% 0 0.00% 654 16.26% 4,021
Trego 332 71.09% 107 22.91% 28 6.00% 0 0.00% 225 48.18% 467
Wabaunsee 1,279 69.97% 510 27.90% 39 2.13% 0 0.00% 769 42.07% 1,828
Washington 1,957 64.91% 827 27.43% 231 7.66% 0 0.00% 1,130 37.48% 3,015
Wilson 1,628 56.61% 721 25.07% 527 18.32% 0 0.00% 907 31.54% 2,876
Woodson 898 66.82% 437 32.51% 9 0.67% 0 0.00% 461 34.30% 1,344
Wyandotte 2,410 55.09% 1,729 39.52% 236 5.39% 0 0.00% 681 15.57% 4,375
Totals 121,549 60.40% 59,801 29.72% 19,851 9.86% 35 0.02% 61,748 30.68% 201,236

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Hancock, margin given is Garfield vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Garfield percentage minus Weaver percentage.

References

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  1. ^ "1880 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas".
  3. ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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