The 1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election . West Virginia voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .[ 2]
West Virginia was won by General Winfield Scott Hancock (D –Pennsylvania ), running with former Representative William Hayden English , with 50.95 percent of the popular vote, against Representative James Garfield (R -Ohio ), running with the 10th chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee Chester A. Arthur , with 41.05 percent of the vote and representative James B. Weaver (G –Iowa ), running with Barzillai J. Chambers , a former Confederate , with 8.00 percent of the popular vote.[ 2]
1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[ 3] [ 4]
County
Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic
James Abram Garfield Republican
James Baird Weaver Greenback
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Barbour
1,017
48.20%
842
39.91%
251
11.90%
175
8.29%
2,110
Berkeley
1,619
48.18%
1,489
44.32%
252
7.50%
130
3.87%
3,360
Boone
508
60.62%
214
25.54%
116
13.84%
294
35.08%
838
Braxton
1,033
63.96%
518
32.07%
64
3.96%
515
31.89%
1,615
Brooke
626
50.61%
552
44.62%
59
4.77%
74
5.98%
1,237
Cabell
1,485
60.12%
928
37.57%
57
2.31%
557
22.55%
2,470
Calhoun
583
57.27%
330
32.42%
105
10.31%
253
24.85%
1,018
Clay
226
53.43%
158
37.35%
39
9.22%
68
16.08%
423
Doddridge
698
38.12%
771
42.11%
362
19.77%
-73
-3.99%
1,831
Fayette
1,263
52.63%
962
40.08%
175
7.29%
301
12.54%
2,400
Gilmer
835
60.55%
464
33.65%
80
5.80%
371
26.90%
1,379
Grant
320
34.37%
611
65.63%
0
0.00%
-291
-31.26%
931
Greenbrier
1,533
66.68%
636
27.66%
130
5.65%
897
39.02%
2,299
Hampshire
1,502
82.03%
329
17.97%
0
0.00%
1,173
64.06%
1,831
Hancock
439
42.70%
579
56.32%
10
0.97%
-140
-13.62%
1,028
Hardy
843
79.83%
213
20.17%
0
0.00%
630
59.66%
1,056
Harrison
1,736
42.16%
1,577
38.30%
805
19.55%
159
3.86%
4,118
Jackson
1,499
48.25%
1,537
49.47%
71
2.29%
-38
-1.22%
3,107
Jefferson
2,025
65.58%
1,018
32.97%
45
1.46%
1,007
32.61%
3,088
Kanawha
2,378
39.02%
2,112
34.66%
1,604
26.32%
266
4.36%
6,094
Lewis
1,217
51.20%
981
41.27%
179
7.53%
236
9.93%
2,377
Lincoln
635
57.41%
251
22.69%
220
19.89%
384
34.72%
1,106
Logan
835
90.08%
92
9.92%
0
0.00%
743
80.15%
927
Marion
1,703
48.44%
1,463
41.61%
350
9.95%
240
6.83%
3,516
Marshall
1,596
41.89%
2,186
57.38%
28
0.73%
-590
-15.49%
3,810
Mason
1,846
45.40%
1,853
45.57%
367
9.03%
-7
-0.17%
4,066
McDowell
242
82.88%
50
17.12%
0
0.00%
192
65.75%
292
Mercer
698
68.10%
55
5.37%
272[ a]
26.54%
426
41.56%
1,025
Mineral
922
52.99%
772
44.37%
46
2.64%
150
8.62%
1,740
Monongalia
1,241
40.32%
1,753
56.95%
84
2.73%
-512
-16.63%
3,078
Monroe
1,134
57.27%
778
39.29%
68
3.43%
356
17.98%
1,980
Morgan
394
37.56%
655
62.44%
0
0.00%
-261
-24.88%
1,049
Nicholas
619
63.36%
315
32.24%
43
4.40%
304
31.12%
977
Ohio
4,066
50.10%
3,901
48.07%
149
1.84%
165
2.03%
8,116
Pendleton
760
64.63%
416
35.37%
0
0.00%
344
29.25%
1,176
Pleasants
641
54.97%
470
40.31%
55
4.72%
171
14.67%
1,166
Pocahontas
575
68.05%
258
30.53%
12
1.42%
317
37.51%
845
Preston
1,335
34.78%
2,347
61.15%
156
4.06%
-1,012
-26.37%
3,838
Putnam
830
41.50%
453
22.65%
717[ a]
35.85%
113
5.65%
2,000
Raleigh
563
60.73%
309
33.33%
55
5.93%
254
27.40%
927
Randolph
872
68.02%
364
28.39%
46
3.59%
508
39.63%
1,282
Ritchie
1,008
38.46%
1,238
47.23%
375
14.31%
-230
-8.78%
2,621
Roane
1,135
55.77%
593
29.14%
307
15.09%
542
26.63%
2,035
Summers
889
54.74%
637
39.22%
98
6.03%
252
15.52%
1,624
Taylor
1,055
43.79%
1,250
51.89%
104
4.32%
-195
-8.09%
2,409
Tucker
340
63.79%
189
35.46%
4
0.75%
151
28.33%
533
Tyler
930
42.78%
1,125
51.75%
119
5.47%
-195
-8.97%
2,174
Upshur
586
32.83%
995
55.74%
204
11.43%
-409
-22.91%
1,785
Wayne
1,305
65.78%
672
33.87%
7
0.35%
633
31.91%
1,984
Webster
357
80.04%
74
16.59%
15
3.36%
283
63.45%
446
Wetzel
1,720
65.67%
886
33.83%
13
0.50%
834
31.84%
2,619
Wirt
769
57.30%
534
39.79%
39
2.91%
235
17.51%
1,342
Wood
2,159
42.44%
2,287
44.96%
641
12.60%
-128
-2.52%
5,087
Wyoming
245
53.73%
201
44.08%
10
2.19%
44
9.65%
456
Totals
57,390
50.95%
46,243
41.05%
9,008
8.00%
11,147
9.90%
112,641
^ a b In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Garfield, margin given is Hancock vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Hancock percentage minus Weaver percentage.