1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania
Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 144,398 114,644
Percentage 54.04% 42.91%

County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

The 1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican Party candidate James A. Garfield won Wisconsin with 54.04 percent of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes.[1]

Results[edit]

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
James A. Garfield of Ohio Chester A. Arthur Republican 10 144,398 54.04%
Winfield Scott Hancock William Hayden English Democratic 0 114,644 42.91%
James B. Weaver Barzillai J. Chambers Greenback 0 7,986 2.99%
John W. Phelps Samuel C. Pomeroy American (Know Nothing) 0 91[a] 0.03%
Neal Dow Henry Adams Thompson Prohibition 0 68[a] 0.03%

Results by county[edit]

1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin by county[2][3]
County James Abram Garfield
Republican
Winfield Scott Hancock
Democratic
James Baird Weaver
Greenback
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 994 72.19% 343 24.91% 40 2.90% 651 47.28% 1,377
Ashland 202 47.53% 223 52.47% 0 0.00% -21 -4.94% 425
Barron 1,027 71.82% 394 27.55% 9 0.63% 633 44.27% 1,430
Bayfield 78 47.56% 86 52.44% 0 0.00% -8 -4.88% 164
Brown 2,683 46.04% 3,034 52.06% 111 1.90% -351 -6.02% 5,828
Buffalo 1,588 65.46% 837 34.50% 1 0.04% 751 30.96% 2,426
Burnett 369 86.62% 57 13.38% 0 0.00% 312 73.24% 426
Calumet 1,151 35.43% 1,991 61.28% 107 3.29% -840 -25.85% 3,249
Chippewa 1,485 46.48% 1,512 47.32% 198 6.20% -27 -0.85% 3,195
Clark 1,542 68.50% 671 29.81% 38 1.69% 871 38.69% 2,251
Columbia 3,572 60.35% 2,311 39.04% 36 0.61% 1,261 21.30% 5,919
Crawford 1,415 46.45% 1,459 47.90% 172 5.65% -44 -1.44% 3,046
Dane 6,018 50.08% 5,800 48.26% 199 1.66% 218 1.81% 12,017
Dodge 3,624 38.15% 5,708 60.08% 168 1.77% -2,084 -21.94% 9,500
Door 1,357 62.88% 635 29.43% 166 7.69% 722 33.46% 2,158
Douglas 41 35.04% 76 64.96% 0 0.00% -35 -29.91% 117
Dunn 2,421 70.28% 992 28.80% 32 0.93% 1,429 41.48% 3,445
Eau Claire 2,336 58.27% 1,520 37.91% 153 3.82% 816 20.35% 4,009
Fond du Lac 4,683 46.81% 4,851 48.49% 471 4.71% -168 -1.68% 10,005
Grant 4,654 59.13% 3,038 38.60% 179 2.27% 1,616 20.53% 7,871
Green 2,740 60.22% 1,526 33.54% 284 6.24% 1,214 26.68% 4,550
Green Lake 1,764 58.05% 1,170 38.50% 105 3.46% 594 19.55% 3,039
Iowa 2,674 52.81% 2,310 45.63% 79 1.56% 364 7.19% 5,063
Jackson 1,841 71.50% 673 26.14% 61 2.37% 1,168 45.36% 2,575
Jefferson 3,060 43.31% 3,923 55.53% 82 1.16% -863 -12.22% 7,065
Juneau 1,821 53.67% 1,452 42.79% 120 3.54% 369 10.88% 3,393
Kenosha 1,676 54.29% 1,411 45.71% 0 0.00% 265 8.58% 3,087
Kewaunee 795 33.66% 1,567 66.34% 0 0.00% -772 -32.68% 2,362
La Crosse 2,731 56.23% 1,995 41.07% 131 2.70% 736 15.15% 4,857
Lafayette 2,541 52.89% 2,182 45.42% 81 1.69% 359 7.47% 4,804
Lincoln 370 52.63% 262 37.27% 71 10.10% 108 15.36% 703
Manitowoc 2,988 44.83% 3,676 55.15% 1 0.02% -688 -10.32% 6,665
Marathon 1,025 30.92% 1,977 59.64% 313 9.44% -952 -28.72% 3,315
Marinette 1,332 69.70% 579 30.30% 0 0.00% 753 39.40% 1,911
Marquette 905 47.43% 984 51.57% 19 1.00% -79 -4.14% 1,908
Milwaukee 14,088 55.99% 10,997 43.71% 76 0.30% 3,091 12.28% 25,161
Monroe 2,427 52.33% 1,913 41.25% 298 6.43% 514 11.08% 4,638
Oconto 1,036 55.52% 822 44.05% 8 0.43% 214 11.47% 1,866
Outagamie 2,124 37.38% 3,258 57.34% 300 5.28% -1,134 -19.96% 5,682
Ozaukee 806 27.34% 2,065 70.05% 77 2.61% -1,259 -42.71% 2,948
Pepin 939 75.73% 296 23.87% 5 0.40% 643 51.85% 1,240
Pierce 2,320 70.26% 840 25.44% 142 4.30% 1,480 44.82% 3,302
Polk 1,439 76.02% 453 23.93% 1 0.05% 986 52.09% 1,893
Portage 1,952 54.91% 1,534 43.15% 69 1.94% 418 11.76% 3,555
Price 142 42.26% 194 57.74% 0 0.00% -52 -15.48% 336
Racine 3,955 57.37% 2,867 41.59% 72 1.04% 1,088 15.78% 6,894
Richland 2,260 55.86% 1,635 40.41% 151 3.73% 625 15.45% 4,046
Rock 5,741 67.15% 2,646 30.95% 163 1.91% 3,095 36.20% 8,550
Sauk 3,638 61.80% 2,080 35.33% 169 2.87% 1,558 26.47% 5,887
Shawano 932 48.04% 968 49.90% 40 2.06% -36 -1.86% 1,940
Sheboygan 3,252 47.91% 2,959 43.59% 577 8.50% 293 4.32% 6,788
St. Croix 2,396 57.86% 1,718 41.49% 27 0.65% 678 16.37% 4,141
Taylor 300 52.26% 274 47.74% 0 0.00% 26 4.53% 574
Trempealeau 2,302 69.40% 675 20.35% 340 10.25% 1,627 49.05% 3,317
Vernon 2,774 64.32% 1,014 23.51% 525 12.17% 1,760 40.81% 4,313
Walworth 4,361 69.38% 1,886 30.00% 39 0.62% 2,475 39.37% 6,286
Washington 1,905 39.67% 2,841 59.16% 56 1.17% -936 -19.49% 4,802
Waukesha 3,321 51.79% 2,990 46.63% 101 1.58% 331 5.16% 6,412
Waupaca 2,647 60.57% 1,440 32.95% 283 6.48% 1,207 27.62% 4,370
Waushara 2,172 78.64% 509 18.43% 81 2.93% 1,663 60.21% 2,762
Winnebago 4,762 52.41% 3,798 41.80% 526 5.79% 964 10.61% 9,086
Wood 912 43.47% 753 35.89% 433 20.64% 159 7.58% 2,098
Langlade[b] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Totals 144,406 54.04% 114,650 42.91% 7,986 2.99% 29,756 11.14% 267,201[c]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b These votes were not separated by county but only given as a state-wide total.
  2. ^ No results were published for Langlade County and votes cast there were presumably included in neighbouring counties’ totals.
  3. ^ This total includes the votes for Prohibition Party nominee Neal Dow and American candidate John W. Phelps which were not separated by county.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results — Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)