1880 United States presidential election in Michigan

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The 1880 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1880 United States presidential election in Michigan

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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 11 0 0 Popular vote 185,335 131,597 34,895 Percentage 52.49% 37.27% 9.88%

County Results Garfield   30–40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Hancock   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   80-90%

President before election Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Elected President James A. Garfield Republican

Michigan voted for Republican nominees James A. Garfield of Ohio and his running mate Chester A. Arthur over Democratic candidates Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania and running mate William Hayden English and Greenback candidates James B. Weaver of Iowa and his running mate Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas.

With 9.88% of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Weaver's third strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage after Texas and Iowa.^[1]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Michigan^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. Garfield	185,335	52.49%
	Democratic	Winfield Scott Hancock	131,597	37.27%
	Greenback	James B. Weaver	34,895	9.88%
	Prohibition	Neal Dow	940	0.27%
	Anti-Masonic	John W. Phelps	312	0.09%
Total votes			353,079	100%

Results by county

County[3]	James Abram Garfield Republican		Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic		James Baird Weaver[4] Greenback		Various candidates[4] Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Alcona	386	59.66%	252	38.95%	9	1.39%	0	0.00%	134	20.71%	647
Allegan	4,693	56.34%	2,376	28.52%	1,209	14.51%	52	0.62%	2,317	27.82%	8,330
Alpena	960	52.40%	834	45.52%	38	2.07%	0	0.00%	126	6.88%	1,832
Antrim	600	61.92%	153	15.79%	215	22.19%	1	0.10%	385.[a]	39.73%	969
Baraga	173	43.36%	224	56.14%	0	0.00%	2	0.50%	-51	-12.78%	399
Barry	3,083	49.13%	1,020	16.25%	2,129	33.93%	43	0.69%	954[a]	15.20%	6,275
Bay	2,404	38.74%	2,068	33.32%	1,734	27.94%	0	0.00%	336	5.41%	6,206
Benzie	449	58.85%	170	22.28%	142	18.61%	2	0.26%	279	36.57%	763
Berrien	4,535	52.60%	3,536	41.02%	540	6.26%	10	0.12%	999	11.59%	8,621
Branch	4,121	59.28%	1,195	17.19%	1,626	23.39%	10	0.14%	2,495[a]	35.89%	6,952
Calhoun	5,187	56.37%	3,143	34.16%	844	9.17%	27	0.29%	2,044	22.21%	9,201
Cass	2,859	52.42%	2,180	39.97%	415	7.61%	0	0.00%	679	12.45%	5,454
Charlevoix	784	67.12%	304	26.03%	78	6.68%	2	0.17%	480	41.10%	1,168
Cheboygan	606	48.64%	541	43.42%	99	7.95%	0	0.00%	65	5.22%	1,246
Chippewa	396	53.15%	347	46.58%	2	0.27%	0	0.00%	49	6.58%	745
Clare	488	54.10%	370	41.02%	44	4.88%	0	0.00%	118	13.08%	902
Clinton	3,299	48.03%	2,797	40.73%	756	11.01%	16	0.23%	502	7.31%	6,868
Crawford	183	53.04%	142	41.16%	20	5.80%	0	0.00%	41	11.88%	345
Delta	708	61.30%	441	38.18%	6	0.52%	0	0.00%	267	23.12%	1,155
Eaton	4,195	53.98%	2,681	34.50%	809	10.41%	87	1.12%	1,514	19.48%	7,772
Emmet	814	56.96%	495	34.64%	118	8.26%	2	0.14%	319	22.32%	1,429
Genesee	4,934	54.76%	3,086	34.25%	925	10.27%	66	0.73%	1,848	20.51%	9,011
Gladwin	160	38.83%	243	58.98%	7	1.70%	2	0.49%	-83	-20.15%	412
Grand Traverse	1,356	73.14%	428	23.09%	70	3.78%	0	0.00%	928	50.05%	1,854
Gratiot	2,548	50.84%	1,489	29.71%	965	19.25%	10	0.20%	1,059	21.13%	5,012
Hillsdale	4,909	59.50%	1,951	23.65%	1,365	16.54%	26	0.32%	2,958	35.85%	8,251
Houghton	2,100	61.48%	1,311	38.38%	0	0.00%	5	0.15%	789	23.10%	3,416
Huron	1,713	56.93%	1,245	41.38%	42	1.40%	9	0.30%	468	15.55%	3,009
Ingham	3,984	47.26%	3,412	40.47%	1,005	11.92%	29	0.34%	572	6.79%	8,430
Ionia	4,210	52.20%	2,542	31.52%	1,257	15.59%	56	0.69%	1,668	20.68%	8,065
Iosco	809	60.96%	513	38.66%	5	0.38%	0	0.00%	296	22.31%	1,327
Isabella	1,438	56.00%	996	38.79%	129	5.02%	5	0.19%	442	17.21%	2,568
Jackson	4,486	44.17%	3,743	36.86%	1,810	17.82%	117	1.15%	743	7.32%	10,156
Kalamazoo	4,478	55.46%	3,044	37.70%	550	6.81%	2	0.02%	1,434	17.76%	8,074
Kalkaska	496	71.16%	170	24.39%	31	4.45%	0	0.00%	326	46.77%	697
Kent	8,313	50.26%	5,115	30.92%	3,037	18.36%	76	0.46%	3,198	19.33%	16,541
Keweenaw	591	69.28%	262	30.72%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	329	38.57%	853
Lake	579	67.96%	266	31.22%	6	0.70%	1	0.12%	313	36.74%	852
Lapeer	3,440	55.31%	2,606	41.90%	171	2.75%	3	0.05%	834	13.41%	6,220
Leelanau	594	48.61%	545	44.60%	83	6.79%	0	0.00%	49	4.01%	1,222
Lenawee	6,451	52.55%	5,246	42.73%	402	3.27%	177	1.44%	1,205	9.82%	12,276
Livingston	2,879	48.35%	2,819	47.34%	231	3.88%	26	0.44%	60	1.01%	5,955
Mackinac	145	32.88%	296	67.12%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-151	-34.24%	441
Macomb	3,137	47.77%	3,218	49.00%	201	3.06%	11	0.17%	-81	-1.23%	6,567
Manistee	1,189	51.70%	870	37.83%	240	10.43%	1	0.04%	319	13.87%	2,300
Manitou	34	19.65%	139	80.35%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-105	-60.69%	173
Marquette	2,434	65.08%	1,271	33.98%	14	0.37%	21	0.56%	1,163	31.10%	3,740
Mason	1,267	60.08%	766	36.32%	76	3.60%	0	0.00%	501	23.76%	2,109
Mecosta	1,621	58.99%	852	31.00%	275	10.01%	0	0.00%	769	27.98%	2,748
Menominee	1,380	60.90%	880	38.83%	4	0.18%	2	0.09%	500	22.07%	2,266
Midland	761	49.84%	405	26.52%	355	23.25%	6	0.39%	356	23.31%	1,527
Missaukee	266	62.74%	121	28.54%	37	8.73%	0	0.00%	145	34.20%	424
Monroe	3,178	44.67%	3,701	52.02%	224	3.15%	12	0.17%	-523	-7.35%	7,115
Montcalm	4,163	54.06%	2,770	35.97%	763	9.91%	4	0.05%	1,393	18.09%	7,700
Muskegon	2,807	57.90%	1,680	34.65%	358	7.38%	3	0.06%	1,127	23.25%	4,848
Newaygo	1,492	47.79%	625	20.02%	994	31.84%	11	0.35%	498[a]	15.95%	3,122
Oakland	5,370	49.35%	5,150	47.33%	318	2.92%	44	0.40%	220	2.02%	10,882
Oceana	1,481	60.06%	482	19.55%	501	20.32%	2	0.08%	980[a]	39.74%	2,466
Ogemaw	264	51.46%	191	37.23%	58	11.31%	0	0.00%	73	14.23%	513
Ontonagon	228	48.31%	218	46.19%	25	5.30%	1	0.21%	10	2.12%	472
Osceola	1,225	66.18%	581	31.39%	23	1.24%	22	1.19%	644	34.79%	1,851
Otsego	328	51.74%	217	34.23%	81	12.78%	8	1.26%	111	17.51%	634
Ottawa	3,284	52.93%	2,019	32.54%	784	12.64%	117	1.89%	1,265	20.39%	6,204
Presque Isle	216	59.83%	145	40.17%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	71	19.67%	361
Roscommon	335	32.81%	596	58.37%	90	8.81%	0	0.00%	-261	-25.56%	1,021
Saginaw	5,207	46.78%	5,304	47.65%	609	5.47%	12	0.11%	-97	-0.87%	11,132
Sanilac	2,238	60.13%	1,296	34.82%	186	5.00%	2	0.05%	942	25.31%	3,722
Schoolcraft	157	79.29%	41	20.71%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	116	58.59%	198
Shiawassee	3,347	51.39%	1,972	30.28%	1,167	17.92%	27	0.41%	1,375	21.11%	6,513
St. Clair	4,219	50.09%	3,439	40.83%	758	9.00%	7	0.08%	780	9.26%	8,423
St. Joseph	3,144	48.50%	2,102	32.42%	1,231	18.99%	6	0.09%	1,042	16.07%	6,483
Tuscola	2,999	61.47%	1,517	31.09%	358	7.34%	5	0.10%	1,482	30.38%	4,879
Van Buren	4,131	57.25%	2,004	27.77%	1,062	14.72%	19	0.26%	2,127	29.48%	7,216
Washtenaw	4,629	46.55%	4,957	49.85%	333	3.35%	25	0.25%	-328	-3.30%	9,944
Wayne	16,157	50.56%	15,064	47.14%	718	2.25%	18	0.06%	1,093	3.42%	31,957
Wexford	1,111	67.54%	406	24.68%	128	7.78%	0	0.00%	705	42.86%	1,645
Totals	185,335	52.49%	131,596	37.27%	34,895	9.88%	1,250	0.35%	51,749	15.22%	353,076

See also

• United States presidential elections in Michigan

Notes

1. In this county where Hancock ran third behind Garfield and Weaver, margin given is Garfield vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Garfield percentage minus Weaver percentage

References

1. "1880 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
2. "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1880 (.xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver at the Presidential Election for 1880 (.xlsx file for €15)