Election in North Carolina
Main article: 1880 United States presidential election
1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina
Nominee
Winfield S. Hancock
James A. Garfield
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Running mate
William H. English
Chester A. Arthur
Electoral vote
10
0
Popular vote
124,204
115,616
Percentage
51.55%
47.98%
County Results
Hancock
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Garfield
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
President before election
Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican
Elected President
James A. Garfield
Republican
The 1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election . Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
North Carolina voted for the Democratic candidates, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock and his running mate William Hayden English , over the Republican candidates, U.S. Representative James A. Garfield and his running mate Chester A. Arthur . Hancock won North Carolina narrowly by a margin of 3.57 percent.
Results [ ]
Presidential Candidate
Running Mate
Party
Electoral Vote (EV)
Popular Vote (PV)
Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania
William Hayden English
Democratic
10 [1]
124,204
51.55%
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Republican
0
115,616
47.98%
James B. Weaver
Barzillai J. Chambers
Greenback
0
1,126
0.47%
Results by county [ ]
County
Winfield Scott Hancock [2] Democratic
James Abram Garfield [2] Republican
James Baird Weaver [2] Greenback
Margin
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Swain
75.31%
308
24.69%
101
0.00%
0
50.61%
207
Cleveland
73.00%
1,736
22.50%
535
4.50%
107
50.50%
1,201
Catawba
75.11%
1,883
24.89%
624
0.00%
0
50.22%
1,259
Currituck
72.80%
974
27.20%
364
0.00%
0
45.59%
610
Jackson
72.17%
677
27.83%
261
0.00%
0
44.35%
416
Alexander
69.24%
824
30.76%
366
0.00%
0
38.49%
458
Macon
69.01%
746
30.99%
335
0.00%
0
38.02%
411
Caldwell
68.18%
988
30.50%
442
1.31%
19
37.68%
546
Alleghany
67.95%
549
32.05%
259
0.00%
0
35.89%
290
Onslow
66.89%
1,085
33.11%
537
0.00%
0
33.79%
548
Clay
66.12%
365
33.88%
187
0.00%
0
32.25%
178
Gates
65.88%
1,010
34.12%
523
0.00%
0
31.77%
487
Union
64.79%
1,516
35.21%
824
0.00%
0
29.57%
692
Haywood
64.77%
932
35.23%
507
0.00%
0
29.53%
425
Columbus
63.40%
1,597
36.60%
922
0.00%
0
26.80%
675
Duplin
61.96%
2,015
37.76%
1,228
0.28%
9
24.20%
787
Transylvania
61.88%
461
38.12%
284
0.00%
0
23.76%
177
Yancey
61.65%
712
38.35%
443
0.00%
0
23.29%
269
Anson
61.55%
1,617
38.45%
1,010
0.00%
0
23.11%
607
Rockingham
60.48%
2,403
38.74%
1,539
0.78%
31
21.75%
864
Pamlico
57.17%
582
35.56%
362
7.27%
74
21.61%
220
Stanly
60.67%
887
39.33%
575
0.00%
0
21.34%
312
Iredell
59.65%
2,389
40.35%
1,616
0.00%
0
19.30%
773
Rowan
59.64%
2,035
40.36%
1,377
0.00%
0
19.28%
658
McDowell
59.55%
817
40.45%
555
0.00%
0
19.10%
262
Carteret
59.38%
1,026
40.57%
701
0.06%
1
18.81%
325
Harnett
59.35%
1,028
40.65%
704
0.00%
0
18.71%
324
Burke
58.75%
1,125
41.25%
790
0.00%
0
17.49%
335
Cabarrus
58.60%
1,499
41.20%
1,054
0.20%
5
17.40%
445
Hyde
57.35%
819
42.65%
609
0.00%
0
14.71%
210
Surry
57.17%
1,412
42.83%
1,058
0.00%
0
14.33%
354
Orange
57.15%
2,537
42.85%
1,902
0.00%
0
14.31%
635
Watauga
56.64%
712
43.36%
545
0.00%
0
13.29%
167
Sampson
56.45%
2,122
43.26%
1,626
0.29%
11
13.19%
496
Johnston
55.80%
2,059
44.20%
1,631
0.00%
0
11.60%
428
Buncombe
55.63%
1,995
44.37%
1,591
0.00%
0
11.27%
404
Stokes
55.07%
1,244
44.40%
1,003
0.53%
12
10.67%
241
Camden
55.06%
642
44.94%
524
0.00%
0
10.12%
118
Tyrrell
54.96%
432
45.04%
354
0.00%
0
9.92%
78
Pitt
53.78%
2,200
44.37%
1,815
1.86%
76
9.41%
385
Wilson
54.70%
1,652
45.30%
1,368
0.00%
0
9.40%
284
Person
54.48%
1,344
45.52%
1,123
0.00%
0
8.96%
221
Chatham
53.94%
2,206
46.06%
1,884
0.00%
0
7.87%
322
Alamance
53.32%
1,463
45.44%
1,247
1.24%
34
7.87%
216
Lincoln
53.74%
913
46.26%
786
0.00%
0
7.47%
127
Nash
53.41%
1,612
46.59%
1,406
0.00%
0
6.83%
206
Robeson
53.28%
2,235
46.72%
1,960
0.00%
0
6.56%
275
Cherokee
52.66%
722
47.34%
649
0.00%
0
5.32%
73
Randolph
52.54%
2,005
47.46%
1,811
0.00%
0
5.08%
194
Davie
52.28%
975
47.72%
890
0.00%
0
4.56%
85
Martin
52.24%
1,408
47.76%
1,287
0.00%
0
4.49%
121
Moore
51.86%
1,476
48.03%
1,367
0.11%
3
3.83%
109
Wayne
51.81%
2,427
48.19%
2,257
0.00%
0
3.63%
170
Dare
51.25%
288
48.75%
274
0.00%
0
2.49%
14
Ashe
51.10%
1,117
48.90%
1,069
0.00%
0
2.20%
48
Mecklenburg
50.88%
3,361
49.12%
3,245
0.00%
0
1.76%
116
Beaufort
50.62%
1,766
49.38%
1,723
0.00%
0
1.23%
43
Rutherford
50.59%
1,236
49.41%
1,207
0.00%
0
1.19%
29
Guilford
50.28%
2,280
49.24%
2,233
0.49%
22
1.04%
47
Franklin
50.25%
2,032
49.75%
2,012
0.00%
0
0.49%
20
Forsyth
49.06%
1,778
49.42%
1,791
1.52%
55
-0.36%
-13
Cumberland
49.67%
2,109
50.33%
2,137
0.00%
0
-0.66%
-28
Gaston
49.27%
1,107
50.69%
1,139
0.04%
1
-1.42%
-32
Davidson
48.73%
1,781
51.00%
1,864
0.27%
10
-2.27%
-83
Wilkes
48.82%
1,510
51.18%
1,583
0.00%
0
-2.36%
-73
Wake
48.54%
4,359
51.46%
4,622
0.00%
0
-2.93%
-263
Greene
48.27%
880
51.73%
943
0.00%
0
-3.46%
-63
Granville
47.09%
2,828
52.91%
3,178
0.00%
0
-5.83%
-350
Hertford
46.30%
983
53.70%
1,140
0.00%
0
-7.40%
-157
Madison
45.83%
951
54.17%
1,124
0.00%
0
-8.34%
-173
Brunswick
44.75%
746
53.33%
889
1.92%
32
-8.58%
-143
Lenoir
45.55%
1,132
54.45%
1,353
0.00%
0
-8.89%
-221
Montgomery
45.48%
719
54.52%
862
0.00%
0
-9.04%
-143
Bladen
45.14%
1,278
54.29%
1,537
0.57%
16
-9.15%
-259
Pender
41.87%
1,007
51.31%
1,234
6.82%
164
-9.44%
-227
Caswell
44.87%
1,457
55.04%
1,787
0.09%
3
-10.16%
-330
Yadkin
44.83%
941
55.17%
1,158
0.00%
0
-10.34%
-217
Henderson
44.64%
674
55.36%
836
0.00%
0
-10.73%
-162
Polk
44.37%
335
55.63%
420
0.00%
0
-11.26%
-85
Richmond
43.88%
1,363
56.12%
1,743
0.00%
0
-12.23%
-380
Perquimans
43.31%
758
56.69%
992
0.00%
0
-13.37%
-234
Chowan
42.51%
630
57.49%
852
0.00%
0
-14.98%
-222
Northampton
42.07%
1,514
57.93%
2,085
0.00%
0
-15.87%
-571
Jones
41.50%
574
57.85%
800
0.65%
9
-16.34%
-226
Halifax
41.32%
1,744
58.68%
2,477
0.00%
0
-17.37%
-733
New Hanover
36.53%
1,438
55.88%
2,200
7.59%
299
-19.35%
-762
Bertie
39.61%
1,169
60.39%
1,782
0.00%
0
-20.77%
-613
Washington
36.82%
602
60.06%
982
3.12%
51
-23.24%
-380
Pasquotank
35.19%
575
64.81%
1,059
0.00%
0
-29.62%
-484
Mitchell
34.24%
514
65.76%
987
0.00%
0
-31.51%
-473
Warren
33.75%
1,366
66.25%
2,681
0.00%
0
-32.49%
-1,315
Edgecombe
33.19%
1,726
66.81%
3,475
0.00%
0
-33.63%
-1,749
Craven
28.99%
1,180
69.00%
2,809
2.01%
82
-40.01%
-1,629
References [ ]
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