1880 Presidential Election Interactive Map
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Split Votes
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1880 Actual Election Results
| Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | ||
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| ✓ | James A. Garfield | Republican | 214 | 4,454,416 | |
| Winfield S. Hancock | Democratic | 155 | 4,444,952 | ||
| James Weaver | Greenback | 0 | 308,578 |
1880 Election Facts
- Vice-Presidential Succession: Garfield died from an assassin's bullet on Sept. 19, 1881, replaced by Chester A. Arthur
- Extremely close popular vote between candidates of the two major parties
- California: Voters chose electors directly, with five pledged to Hancock (D) and one to Garfield (R) winning.
- Issues of the Day: Tariffs, Implications of the end of Reconstruction
