The 1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election . West Virginia voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .[ 2]
West Virginia was won by General Winfield Scott Hancock (D –Pennsylvania ), running with former Representative William Hayden English , with 50.95 percent of the popular vote, against Representative James Garfield (R -Ohio ), running with the 10th chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee Chester A. Arthur , with 41.05 percent of the vote and representative James B. Weaver (G –Iowa ), running with Barzillai J. Chambers , a former Confederate , with 8.00 percent of the popular vote.[ 2]
1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[ 3] [ 4] County Winfield Scott Hancock James Abram Garfield James Baird Weaver Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Barbour 1,017 48.20% 842 39.91% 251 11.90% 175 8.29% 2,110 Berkeley 1,619 48.18% 1,489 44.32% 252 7.50% 130 3.87% 3,360 Boone 508 60.62% 214 25.54% 116 13.84% 294 35.08% 838 Braxton 1,033 63.96% 518 32.07% 64 3.96% 515 31.89% 1,615 Brooke 626 50.61% 552 44.62% 59 4.77% 74 5.98% 1,237 Cabell 1,485 60.12% 928 37.57% 57 2.31% 557 22.55% 2,470 Calhoun 583 57.27% 330 32.42% 105 10.31% 253 24.85% 1,018 Clay 226 53.43% 158 37.35% 39 9.22% 68 16.08% 423 Doddridge 698 38.12% 771 42.11% 362 19.77% -73 -3.99% 1,831 Fayette 1,263 52.63% 962 40.08% 175 7.29% 301 12.54% 2,400 Gilmer 835 60.55% 464 33.65% 80 5.80% 371 26.90% 1,379 Grant 320 34.37% 611 65.63% 0 0.00% -291 -31.26% 931 Greenbrier 1,533 66.68% 636 27.66% 130 5.65% 897 39.02% 2,299 Hampshire 1,502 82.03% 329 17.97% 0 0.00% 1,173 64.06% 1,831 Hancock 439 42.70% 579 56.32% 10 0.97% -140 -13.62% 1,028 Hardy 843 79.83% 213 20.17% 0 0.00% 630 59.66% 1,056 Harrison 1,736 42.16% 1,577 38.30% 805 19.55% 159 3.86% 4,118 Jackson 1,499 48.25% 1,537 49.47% 71 2.29% -38 -1.22% 3,107 Jefferson 2,025 65.58% 1,018 32.97% 45 1.46% 1,007 32.61% 3,088 Kanawha 2,378 39.02% 2,112 34.66% 1,604 26.32% 266 4.36% 6,094 Lewis 1,217 51.20% 981 41.27% 179 7.53% 236 9.93% 2,377 Lincoln 635 57.41% 251 22.69% 220 19.89% 384 34.72% 1,106 Logan 835 90.08% 92 9.92% 0 0.00% 743 80.15% 927 Marion 1,703 48.44% 1,463 41.61% 350 9.95% 240 6.83% 3,516 Marshall 1,596 41.89% 2,186 57.38% 28 0.73% -590 -15.49% 3,810 Mason 1,846 45.40% 1,853 45.57% 367 9.03% -7 -0.17% 4,066 McDowell 242 82.88% 50 17.12% 0 0.00% 192 65.75% 292 Mercer 698 68.10% 55 5.37% 272[ a] 26.54% 426 41.56% 1,025 Mineral 922 52.99% 772 44.37% 46 2.64% 150 8.62% 1,740 Monongalia 1,241 40.32% 1,753 56.95% 84 2.73% -512 -16.63% 3,078 Monroe 1,134 57.27% 778 39.29% 68 3.43% 356 17.98% 1,980 Morgan 394 37.56% 655 62.44% 0 0.00% -261 -24.88% 1,049 Nicholas 619 63.36% 315 32.24% 43 4.40% 304 31.12% 977 Ohio 4,066 50.10% 3,901 48.07% 149 1.84% 165 2.03% 8,116 Pendleton 760 64.63% 416 35.37% 0 0.00% 344 29.25% 1,176 Pleasants 641 54.97% 470 40.31% 55 4.72% 171 14.67% 1,166 Pocahontas 575 68.05% 258 30.53% 12 1.42% 317 37.51% 845 Preston 1,335 34.78% 2,347 61.15% 156 4.06% -1,012 -26.37% 3,838 Putnam 830 41.50% 453 22.65% 717[ a] 35.85% 113 5.65% 2,000 Raleigh 563 60.73% 309 33.33% 55 5.93% 254 27.40% 927 Randolph 872 68.02% 364 28.39% 46 3.59% 508 39.63% 1,282 Ritchie 1,008 38.46% 1,238 47.23% 375 14.31% -230 -8.78% 2,621 Roane 1,135 55.77% 593 29.14% 307 15.09% 542 26.63% 2,035 Summers 889 54.74% 637 39.22% 98 6.03% 252 15.52% 1,624 Taylor 1,055 43.79% 1,250 51.89% 104 4.32% -195 -8.09% 2,409 Tucker 340 63.79% 189 35.46% 4 0.75% 151 28.33% 533 Tyler 930 42.78% 1,125 51.75% 119 5.47% -195 -8.97% 2,174 Upshur 586 32.83% 995 55.74% 204 11.43% -409 -22.91% 1,785 Wayne 1,305 65.78% 672 33.87% 7 0.35% 633 31.91% 1,984 Webster 357 80.04% 74 16.59% 15 3.36% 283 63.45% 446 Wetzel 1,720 65.67% 886 33.83% 13 0.50% 834 31.84% 2,619 Wirt 769 57.30% 534 39.79% 39 2.91% 235 17.51% 1,342 Wood 2,159 42.44% 2,287 44.96% 641 12.60% -128 -2.52% 5,087 Wyoming 245 53.73% 201 44.08% 10 2.19% 44 9.65% 456 Totals 57,390 50.95% 46,243 41.05% 9,008 8.00% 11,147 9.90% 112,641
^ a b In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Garfield, margin given is Hancock vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Hancock percentage minus Weaver percentage.
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