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The 1880 United States presidential election was the 24th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1880, in which Republican nominee James A. Garfield defeated Winfield Scott Hancock of the Democratic Party. The voter turnout rate was one of the highest in the nation's history.
United States presidential election of 1880, American presidential election held on November 2, 1880, in which Republican James A. Garfield defeated Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock. Among presidents who won the popular vote, Garfield’s margin of victory remains the narrowest in history.
Results of the presidential election of 1880, won by James A. Garfield with 214 electoral votes.
The Campaign and Election of 1880: President Rutherford B. Hayes had vowed to be a one-term President, and he kept his pledge. When Republicans convened in Chicago in June 1880, the fight for the nomination stood between former President Ulysses S. Grant, a Stalwart, and James G. Blaine, the Half-Breed senator from Maine.
The Presidential Election of 1880 was the closest margin of victory in the popular vote, but an electoral landslide. This was due to the populous North.
The 1880 United States elections occurred during the Third Party System, and elected the members of the 47th United States Congress. Republicans retained the presidency and took control of the House. An unclear partisan situation prevailed in the Senate.
Party Nominees: Electoral Vote: Popular Vote Presidential: Vice Presidential Republican: James A. Garfield: Chester A. Arthur: 214: 58.0%: 4,453,611: 48.3%