1880 United States presidential election in Kansas

Election in Kansas

Main article: 1880 United States presidential election

1880 United States presidential election in Kansas

* * *

| <- 1876 | November 2, 1880 | 1884 ->

|
|

|  |  |  |

|
|
|

Nominee  | James A. Garfield | Winfield S. Hancock | James B. Weaver
Party  | Republican | Democratic | Greenback
Home state  | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Iowa
Running mate  | Chester A. Arthur | William H. English | Barzillai J. Chambers
Electoral vote  | 5 | 0  | 0
Popular vote  | 121,549 | 59,801  | 19,851
Percentage  | 60.40% | 29.72%  | 9.86%

* * *

County results

Garfield

40–50%

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

* * *

| President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

| Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

|

Elections in Kansas

Federal government

|  Presidential elections

* 1864
* 1868
* 1872
* 1876
* 1880
* 1884
* 1888
* 1892
* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Presidential primaries

Democratic
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020

Republican
2008
2012
2016
2024
U.S. Senate elections

* 1861
* 1865
* 1867
* 1867 sp
* 1871
* 1873
* 1874 sp
* 1877
* 1879
* 1883
* 1885
* 1888
* 1891
* 1893 sp
* 1897
* 1901
* 1903
* 1907
* 1907 sp
* 1909
* 1913
* 1914
* 1918
* 1920
* 1924
* 1926
* 1930
* 1930 sp
* 1932
* 1936
* 1938
* 1942
* 1944
* 1948
* 1950
* 1950 sp
* 1954
* 1956
* 1960
* 1962
* 1962 sp
* 1966
* 1968
* 1972
* 1974
* 1978
* 1980
* 1984
* 1986
* 1990
* 1992
* 1996
* 1996 sp
* 1998
* 2002
* 2004
* 2008
* 2010
* 2014
* 2016
* 2020
* 2022
* 2026

U.S. House of Representatives elections

* 1859
* 1862
* 1864
* 1866
* 1868
* 1870
* 1872
* 1874
* 1876
* 1878
* 1880
* 1882
* 1884
* 2nd sp
* 1886
* 1888
* 1889
* 4th sp
* 1890
* 1892
* 1894
* 1896
* 1898
* 1900
* 1902
* 1903
* 7th sp
* 1904
* 1906
* 1907
* 1st sp
* 1908
* 1910
* 1911
* 2nd sp
* 1912
* 7th sp
* 1914
* 1916
* 1918
* 1920
* 1922
* 1924
* 2nd sp
* 1926
* 1928
* 1930
* 1932
* 1934
* 1936
* 1938
* 1940
* 1942
* 1943
* 2nd sp
* 1944
* 1946
* 1948
* 1950
* 3rd sp
* 1952
* 1954
* 1956
* 1958
* 1960
* 1962
* 1964
* 1966
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 2nd sp
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2017
* 4th sp
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

State government

|  State elections

* 2012
* 2014
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022

Gubernatorial elections

* 1874
* 1876
* 1878
* 1880
* 1882
* 1884
* 1886
* 1888
* 1890
* 1892
* 1894
* 1896
* 1898
* 1900
* 1902
* 1904
* 1906
* 1908
* 1910
* 1912
* 1914
* 1916
* 1918
* 1920
* 1922
* 1924
* 1926
* 1928
* 1930
* 1932
* 1934
* 1936
* 1938
* 1940
* 1942
* 1944
* 1946
* 1948
* 1950
* 1952
* 1954
* 1956
* 1958
* 1960
* 1962
* 1964
* 1966
* 1968
* 1970
* 1972
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Secretary of State elections

* 2022

Attorney General elections

* 2022

Treasurer elections

* 2022

Senate elections

* 2020

House of Representatives elections

* 2020
* 2022

Ballot measures

1867
Suffrage referendum

2005
Amendment 1

2022
Abortion referendum

Kansas City

|  Mayoral elections

* 2013
* 2017
* 2021

Overland Park

|  Mayoral elections

* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2021

Wichita

|  Mayoral elections

* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

* v
* t
* e

The 1880 United States presidential election in Kansas 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.

Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a margin of 30.68 points.

With 60.40 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would be Garfield's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nebraska, Minnesota and Rhode Island.[1] The state would also prove to be Weaver's fourth strongest state after Texas, Iowa, and Michigan.

## Results[edit]

1880 United States presidential election in Kansas[2]

Party  | Candidate  | Running mate  | Popular vote  | Electoral vote
Count  | %  | Count  | %
| Republican | James A. Garfield of Ohio | Chester A. Arthur of New York | 121,549 | 60.40% | 5 | 100.00%
| Democratic | Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania | William Hayden English of Indiana | 59,801  | 29.72%  | 0  | 0.00%
| Greenback | James B. Weaver of Iowa | Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas | 19,851  | 9.86%  | 0  | 0.00%
| Anti-Masonic | John W. Phelps of Vermont | Samuel C. Pomeroy of Kansas | 25  | 0.01%  | 0  | 0.00%
| Prohibition | Neal Dow of Maine | Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio | 10  | <0.01%  | 0  | 0.00%
Total | 201,236 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00%

## Results by county[edit]

1880 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4]

County  | James Abram Garfield
Republican  | Winfield Scott Hancock
Democratic  | James Baird Weaver
Greenback  | Various candidates
Other parties  | Margin  | Total votes cast
#  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %
Allen | 1,576  | 65.04%  | 803  | 33.14%  | 44  | 1.82%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 773  | 31.90%  | 2,423
Anderson | 1,127  | 56.52%  | 497  | 24.92%  | 370  | 18.56%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 630  | 31.59%  | 1,994
Atchison | 2,835  | 56.28%  | 2,131  | 42.31%  | 71  | 1.41%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 704  | 13.98%  | 5,037
Barber | 262  | 52.40%  | 175  | 35.00%  | 63  | 12.60%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 87  | 17.40%  | 500
Barton | 1,172  | 60.16%  | 714  | 36.65%  | 62  | 3.18%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 458  | 23.51%  | 1,948
Bourbon | 2,320  | 60.34%  | 1,161  | 30.20%  | 364  | 9.47%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,159  | 30.14%  | 3,845
Brown | 1,875  | 65.01%  | 898  | 31.14%  | 107  | 3.71%  | 4  | 0.14%  | 977  | 33.88%  | 2,884
Butler | 2,398  | 60.68%  | 1,120  | 28.34%  | 434  | 10.98%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,278  | 32.34%  | 3,952
Chase | 716  | 49.41%  | 324  | 22.36%  | 409  | 28.23%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 307[a] | 21.19%  | 1,449
Chautauqua | 1,321  | 57.21%  | 655  | 28.37%  | 333  | 14.42%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 666  | 28.84%  | 2,309
Cherokee | 2,374  | 48.34%  | 1,681  | 34.23%  | 855  | 17.41%  | 1  | 0.02%  | 693  | 14.11%  | 4,911
Clay | 1,765  | 66.23%  | 531  | 19.92%  | 369  | 13.85%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,234  | 46.30%  | 2,665
Cloud | 2,156  | 69.26%  | 888  | 28.53%  | 65  | 2.09%  | 4  | 0.13%  | 1,268  | 40.73%  | 3,113
Coffey | 1,420  | 57.70%  | 851  | 34.58%  | 190  | 7.72%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 569  | 23.12%  | 2,461
Cowley | 2,630  | 60.09%  | 1,557  | 35.57%  | 190  | 4.34%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,073  | 24.51%  | 4,377
Crawford | 1,902  | 51.20%  | 1,356  | 36.50%  | 450  | 12.11%  | 7  | 0.19%  | 546  | 14.70%  | 3,715
Davis | 702  | 48.89%  | 399  | 27.79%  | 335  | 23.33%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 303  | 21.10%  | 1,436
Decatur | 307  | 61.65%  | 163  | 32.73%  | 28  | 5.62%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 144  | 28.92%  | 498
Dickinson | 1,954  | 62.39%  | 886  | 28.29%  | 292  | 9.32%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,068  | 34.10%  | 3,132
Doniphan | 2,067  | 63.39%  | 1,143  | 35.05%  | 51  | 1.56%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 924  | 28.33%  | 3,261
Douglas | 3,049  | 64.08%  | 1,462  | 30.73%  | 247  | 5.19%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,587  | 33.35%  | 4,758
Edwards | 313  | 75.42%  | 102  | 24.58%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 211  | 50.84%  | 415
Elk | 1,274  | 57.44%  | 458  | 20.65%  | 486  | 21.91%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 788[a] | 35.53%  | 2,218
Ellis | 680  | 58.93%  | 420  | 36.40%  | 54  | 4.68%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 260  | 22.53%  | 1,154
Ellsworth | 1,077  | 67.65%  | 483  | 30.34%  | 32  | 2.01%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 594  | 37.31%  | 1,592
Ford | 370  | 54.65%  | 287  | 42.39%  | 20  | 2.95%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 83  | 12.26%  | 677
Franklin | 2,108  | 56.45%  | 728  | 19.50%  | 898  | 24.05%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,210[a] | 32.40%  | 3,734
Graham | 494  | 61.14%  | 104  | 12.87%  | 210  | 25.99%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 284[a] | 35.15%  | 808
Greenwood | 1,311  | 56.39%  | 667  | 28.69%  | 347  | 14.92%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 644  | 27.70%  | 2,325
Harper | 546  | 54.06%  | 294  | 29.11%  | 170  | 16.83%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 252  | 24.95%  | 1,010
Harvey | 1,554  | 68.37%  | 584  | 25.69%  | 135  | 5.94%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 970  | 42.67%  | 2,273
Hodgeman | 176  | 66.17%  | 52  | 19.55%  | 38  | 14.29%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 124  | 46.62%  | 266
Jackson | 1,504  | 63.46%  | 852  | 35.95%  | 14  | 0.59%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 652  | 27.51%  | 2,370
Jefferson | 1,976  | 57.21%  | 1,397  | 40.45%  | 78  | 2.26%  | 3  | 0.09%  | 579  | 16.76%  | 3,454
Jewell | 2,199  | 63.17%  | 883  | 25.37%  | 399  | 11.46%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,316  | 37.81%  | 3,481
Johnson | 2,132  | 58.06%  | 1,180  | 32.14%  | 354  | 9.64%  | 6  | 0.16%  | 952  | 25.93%  | 3,672
Kingman | 436  | 60.47%  | 200  | 27.74%  | 85  | 11.79%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 236  | 32.73%  | 721
Labette | 2,720  | 59.09%  | 1,462  | 31.76%  | 420  | 9.12%  | 1  | 0.02%  | 1,258  | 27.33%  | 4,603
Leavenworth | 3,186  | 54.29%  | 2,508  | 42.73%  | 175  | 2.98%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 678  | 11.55%  | 5,869
Lincoln | 957  | 62.55%  | 419  | 27.39%  | 154  | 10.07%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 538  | 35.16%  | 1,530
Linn | 1,990  | 60.12%  | 745  | 22.51%  | 575  | 17.37%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,245  | 37.61%  | 3,310
Lyon | 2,398  | 65.34%  | 870  | 23.71%  | 402  | 10.95%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,528  | 41.63%  | 3,670
Marion | 1,239  | 60.50%  | 538  | 26.27%  | 271  | 13.23%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 701  | 34.23%  | 2,048
Marshall | 2,276  | 61.50%  | 998  | 26.97%  | 427  | 11.54%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,278  | 34.53%  | 3,701
McPherson | 2,225  | 66.74%  | 564  | 16.92%  | 545  | 16.35%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,661  | 49.82%  | 3,334
Miami | 2,010  | 53.06%  | 1,324  | 34.95%  | 454  | 11.99%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 686  | 18.11%  | 3,788
Mitchell | 1,728  | 62.61%  | 797  | 28.88%  | 235  | 8.51%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 931  | 33.73%  | 2,760
Montgomery | 1,776  | 47.17%  | 1,295  | 34.40%  | 694  | 18.43%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 481  | 12.78%  | 3,765
Morris | 1,282  | 63.75%  | 550  | 27.35%  | 179  | 8.90%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 732  | 36.40%  | 2,011
Nemaha | 1,755  | 65.14%  | 934  | 34.67%  | 5  | 0.19%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 821  | 30.48%  | 2,694
Neosho | 1,471  | 51.08%  | 948  | 32.92%  | 461  | 16.01%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 523  | 18.16%  | 2,880
Ness | 315  | 58.99%  | 129  | 24.16%  | 90  | 16.85%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 186  | 34.83%  | 534
Norton | 761  | 58.72%  | 337  | 26.00%  | 198  | 15.28%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 424  | 32.72%  | 1,296
Osage | 2,704  | 61.40%  | 907  | 20.59%  | 793  | 18.01%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,797  | 40.80%  | 4,404
Osborne | 1,446  | 68.99%  | 589  | 28.10%  | 61  | 2.91%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 857  | 40.89%  | 2,096
Ottawa | 1,443  | 62.74%  | 524  | 22.78%  | 333  | 14.48%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 919  | 39.96%  | 2,300
Pawnee | 697  | 73.45%  | 235  | 24.76%  | 17  | 1.79%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 462  | 48.68%  | 949
Phillips | 1,261  | 61.97%  | 553  | 27.17%  | 221  | 10.86%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 708  | 34.79%  | 2,035
Pottawatomie | 2,139  | 60.41%  | 1,178  | 33.27%  | 224  | 6.33%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 961  | 27.14%  | 3,541
Pratt | 196  | 60.12%  | 97  | 29.75%  | 33  | 10.12%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 99  | 30.37%  | 326
Reno | 1,384  | 63.72%  | 536  | 24.68%  | 252  | 11.60%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 848  | 39.04%  | 2,172
Republic | 1,875  | 69.78%  | 661  | 24.60%  | 151  | 5.62%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,214  | 45.18%  | 2,687
Rice | 1,108  | 57.62%  | 496  | 25.79%  | 314  | 16.33%  | 5  | 0.26%  | 612  | 31.83%  | 1,923
Riley | 1,484  | 67.21%  | 377  | 17.07%  | 347  | 15.72%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,107  | 50.14%  | 2,208
Rooks | 805  | 54.80%  | 338  | 23.01%  | 326  | 22.19%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 467  | 31.79%  | 1,469
Rush | 542  | 67.33%  | 238  | 29.57%  | 21  | 2.61%  | 4  | 0.50%  | 304  | 37.76%  | 805
Russell | 932  | 68.38%  | 317  | 23.26%  | 114  | 8.36%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 615  | 45.12%  | 1,363
Saline | 1,950  | 67.64%  | 838  | 29.07%  | 95  | 3.30%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,112  | 38.57%  | 2,883
Sedgwick | 2,288  | 57.11%  | 1,354  | 33.80%  | 364  | 9.09%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 934  | 23.32%  | 4,006
Shawnee | 4,403  | 72.49%  | 1,548  | 25.49%  | 123  | 2.03%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 2,855  | 47.00%  | 6,074
Sheridan | 93  | 44.50%  | 52  | 24.88%  | 64  | 30.62%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 29[a] | 13.88%  | 209
Smith | 1,525  | 62.32%  | 517  | 21.13%  | 405  | 16.55%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,008  | 41.19%  | 2,447
Stafford | 530  | 67.77%  | 192  | 24.55%  | 60  | 7.67%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 338  | 43.22%  | 782
Sumner | 2,073  | 51.55%  | 1,419  | 35.29%  | 529  | 13.16%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 654  | 16.26%  | 4,021
Trego | 332  | 71.09%  | 107  | 22.91%  | 28  | 6.00%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 225  | 48.18%  | 467
Wabaunsee | 1,279  | 69.97%  | 510  | 27.90%  | 39  | 2.13%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 769  | 42.07%  | 1,828
Washington | 1,957  | 64.91%  | 827  | 27.43%  | 231  | 7.66%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,130  | 37.48%  | 3,015
Wilson | 1,628  | 56.61%  | 721  | 25.07%  | 527  | 18.32%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 907  | 31.54%  | 2,876
Woodson | 898  | 66.82%  | 437  | 32.51%  | 9  | 0.67%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 461  | 34.30%  | 1,344
Wyandotte | 2,410  | 55.09%  | 1,729  | 39.52%  | 236  | 5.39%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 681  | 15.57%  | 4,375
Totals | 121,549 | 60.40% | 59,801 | 29.72% | 19,851 | 9.86% | 35 | 0.02% | 61,748 | 30.68% | 201,236

## See also[edit]

* United States presidential elections in Kansas

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Hancock, margin given is Garfield vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Garfield percentage minus Weaver percentage.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1880 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
2. ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas".
3. ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
4. ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)

* v
* t
* e

State and district results of the 1880 United States presidential election

* Alabama
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New York
* North Carolina
* Ohio
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Vermont
* Virginia
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template