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.

## Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#E81B23; width:200px;"|James A. Garfield|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Chester A. Arthur|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1880 Republican Party ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFD0D7; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFD0D7; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|U.S. Representative from Ohio <small>(1863–1880)</small>|10th Chairman of the New York Republican Party <small>(1879–1881)</small>|||
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### Presidential

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

### Vice-presidential

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

## Democratic Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#3333FF; width:200px;"|Winfield Scott Hancock|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#3333FF; width:200px;"|William Hayden English|
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|style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|<big>**1880 Democratic Party ticket **</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|Major general of the U.S. Army <small>(1844–1886)</small>|U.S. Representative from Indiana <small>(1853–1861)</small>|||
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- Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General of the United States Army <small>(1866-1886) _(Nominee)_</small>
- Samuel J. Tilden, former Governor of New York <small>(1875-1876)</small> and 1876 Democratic Nominee
- Thomas F. Bayard, Senator of Delaware <small>(1869-1885)</small>
- Stephen J. Field, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from California <small>(1863-1897)</small>
- Thomas A. Hendricks, former Governor of Indiana <small>(1873-1877)</small> and 1876 Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee
- William R. Morrison, Congressman of Illinois' 12th District <small>(1873-1887)</small>
- Henry B. Payne, former Congressman of Ohio's 20th District <small>(1875-1877)</small>
- Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the House <small>(1876-1881)</small> and Congressman from Pennsylvania <small>(1863-1875; 1875-1890)</small>
- Allen G. Thurman, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate <small>(1879-1880)</small> and Senator from Ohio <small>(1869-1881)</small>

### Vice-presidential nominee

- William H. English, former Congressman of Indiana's 2nd District <small>(1853-1861)</small>

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1880 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **flag year**: 1877
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1876 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1876
- **election date**: November 6, 1880
- **next election**: 1884 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1884
- **votes for election**: 369 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 185 electoral
- **turnout**: 78.0%  4.6 percentage point, pp
- **image size**: x200px
- **image1**: James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated (cropped).jpg
- **nominee1**: **James A. Garfield**
- **party1**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state1**: Ohio
- **running mate1**: **Chester A. Arthur**
- **electoral vote1**: **214**
- **states carried1**: 19
- **popular vote1**: **4,446,158**
- **percentage1**: **48.32%**
- **image2**: Winfield Scott Hancock, 1824-86-cropped.jpg
- **nominee2**: Winfield Scott Hancock
- **party2**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state2**: Pennsylvania
- **running mate2**: William H. English
- **electoral vote2**: 155
- **states carried2**: 19
- **popular vote2**: 4,444,260
- **percentage2**: 48.21%
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes those won by Garfield/Arthur, <span style="color:blue;">blue</span> denotes states won by Hancock/English. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: **Rutherford B. Hayes**
- **before party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **after election**: **James A. Garfield**
- **after party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **map image**: File:ElectoralCollege1880.svg