1880 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

The 1880 United States presidential election in New Hampshire 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.

1880 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania
Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 44,856 40,797
Percentage 51.94% 48.15%

County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a narrow margin of 4.70%. This would be the last occasion any Democratic presidential candidate won Grafton County until Woodrow Wilson in 1912,[1] and the last occasion a Democrat won an absolute majority of the presidential vote in Belknap County until Lyndon B. Johnson did so in his 1964 landslide.

Results

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1880 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Abram Garfield of Ohio Chester Alan Arthur of New York 44,856 51.94% 5 100.00%
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English of Indiana 40,797 47.24% 0 0.00%
Greenback James Baird Weaver of Iowa Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas 528 0.61% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Neal Dow of Maine Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio 180 0.21% 0 0.00%
Total 86,361 100.00% 5 100.00%

Results by county

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County James Abram Garfield[3]
Republican
Winfield Scott Hancock[3]
Democratic
James Baird Weaver[4]
Greenback
Neal Dow[4]
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Belknap 2,350 47.81% 2,483 50.52% 55 1.12% 27 0.55% -133 -2.71% 4,915
Carroll 2,426 47.46% 2,639 51.62% 24 0.47% 23 0.45% -213 -4.17% 5,112
Cheshire 4,380 58.83% 2,979 40.01% 67 0.90% 19 0.26% 1,401 18.82% 7,445
Coös 1,829 42.89% 2,387 55.98% 44 1.03% 4 0.09% -558 -13.09% 4,264
Grafton 4,964 47.71% 5,300 50.94% 132 1.27% 8 0.08% -336 -3.23% 10,404
Hillsborough 8,689 55.11% 6,999 44.39% 56 0.36% 24 0.15% 1,690 10.72% 15,768
Merrimack 5,935 49.95% 5,922 49.84% 9 0.08% 17 0.14% 13 0.11% 11,883
Rockingham 6,960 53.25% 5,989 45.82% 91 0.70% 30 0.23% 971 7.43% 13,070
Strafford 4,634 53.78% 3,922 45.51% 38 0.44% 23 0.27% 712 8.26% 8,617
Sullivan 2,729 55.46% 2,175 44.20% 12 0.24% 5 0.10% 554 11.26% 4,921
Totals 44,896 51.96% 40,795 47.22% 528 0.61% 180 0.21% 4,101 4.75% 86,399

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 257 ISBN 0786422173
  2. ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results – New Hampshire".
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)