1880 United States presidential election in Kansas
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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
1880 United States presidential election in Kansas[2] | ||||||||
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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
1880 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4] | |||||||||||
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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
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "1880 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas".
- ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)