1880 United States presidential election in Maine

1880 United States presidential election in Maine

← 1876 November 2, 1880 1884 →
 
Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania
Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 74,052 65,211
Percentage 51.46% 45.32%

County Results

President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

The 1880 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maine voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a narrow margin of 6.14%. Hancock's relatively strong showing was due to his firm stance against immigration, toward which Garfield was relatively favorable,[1] but which was a major issue for Maine voters who feared immigration would depress their wages.[2] He proved the only Democrat to carry any of Maine's counties between 1868 and 1896 inclusive, and was the last to carry Aroostook County until Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and the last to carry Lincoln County and Waldo County until Woodrow Wilson in 1912.[3]

Results[edit]

1880 United States presidential election in Maine[4]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Abram Garfield of Ohio Chester Alan Arthur of New York 74,052 51.46% 7 100.00%
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English of Indiana 65,211 45.32% 0 0.00%
Greenback James Baird Weaver of Iowa Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas 4,409 3.06% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 139 0.10% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Neal Dow of Maine Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio 92 0.06% 0 0.00%
Total 143,903 100.00% 7 100.00%

Results by county[edit]

County James Abram Garfield[5]
Republican
Winfield Scott Hancock[5]
Democratic
James Baird Weaver[6]
Greenback
Various candidates[6]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Androscoggin 4,974 52.76% 4,215 44.71% 207 2.20% 32 0.34% 759 8.05% 9,428
Aroostook 2,560 47.81% 2,738 51.14% 37 0.69% 19 0.35% -178 -3.32% 5,354
Cumberland 10,167 50.75% 9,339 46.62% 487 2.43% 41 0.20% 828 4.13% 20,034
Franklin 2,390 51.49% 2,178 46.92% 72 1.55% 2 0.04% 212 4.57% 4,642
Hancock 4,314 52.81% 3,698 45.27% 137 1.68% 20 0.24% 616 7.54% 8,169
Kennebec 7,771 59.00% 5,001 37.97% 385 2.92% 15 0.11% 2,770 21.03% 13,172
Knox 2,880 41.28% 3,659 52.45% 415 5.95% 22 0.32% -779 -11.17% 6,976
Lincoln 2,669 47.18% 2,890 51.09% 98 1.73% 0 0.00% -221 -3.91% 5,657
Oxford 4,354 50.75% 3,969 46.26% 251 2.93% 6 0.07% 385 4.49% 8,580
Penobscot 8,186 52.21% 6,307 40.23% 1,157 7.38% 29 0.18% 1,879 11.98% 15,679
Piscataquis 1,943 56.83% 1,330 38.90% 145 4.24% 1 0.03% 613 17.93% 3,419
Sagadahoc 2,932 61.84% 1,761 37.14% 31 0.65% 17 0.36% 1,171 24.70% 4,741
Somerset 4,090 50.74% 3,526 43.74% 440 5.46% 5 0.06% 564 7.00% 8,061
Waldo 2,748 40.25% 3,848 56.36% 220 3.22% 11 0.16% -1,100 -16.11% 6,827
Washington 4,361 53.97% 3,622 44.82% 98 1.21% 0 0.00% 739 9.14% 8,081
York 7,700 51.23% 7,090 47.18% 228 1.52% 11 0.07% 610 4.06% 15,029
Totals 74,039 51.47% 65,171 45.31% 4,408 3.06% 231 0.16% 8,868 6.16% 143,849

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Walter, Dr. Aaron T.; Dirty, Rotten, Scandalous: U.S. Presidential Elections Throughout History, p. 85 ISBN 1365317951
  2. ^ Kurashige, Lon; Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States, pp. 55-56 ISBN 1469629445
  3. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 218-219 ISBN 0786422173
  4. ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results – Maine".
  5. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  6. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)