The 1880 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock, over the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield by a margin of 8.82%.
In this election, Maryland voted 8.89% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[1]
Results
Results by county
County
|
Winfield S. Hancock
Democratic
|
James A. Garfield
Republican
|
James Baird Weaver
Greenback
|
Margin
|
Total
Votes
Cast [3]
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
Allegany
|
3083
|
45.86%
|
3338
|
49.65%
|
302
|
4.49%
|
-255
|
-3.79%
|
6723
|
Anne Arundel
|
2754
|
52.92%
|
2450
|
47.08%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
304
|
5.84%
|
5204
|
Baltimore (City)
|
32672
|
58.19%
|
23338
|
41.57%
|
133
|
0.24%
|
9334
|
16.63%
|
56144
|
Baltimore (County)
|
7321
|
57.68%
|
5351
|
42.16%
|
21
|
0.17%
|
1970
|
15.52%
|
12693
|
Calvert
|
1100
|
54.67%
|
912
|
45.33%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
188
|
9.34%
|
2012
|
Caroline
|
1429
|
54.17%
|
1209
|
45.83%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
220
|
8.34%
|
2638
|
Carroll
|
3492
|
52.34%
|
3138
|
47.03%
|
42
|
0.63%
|
354
|
53.1%
|
6672
|
Cecil
|
2984
|
52.67%
|
2673
|
47.18%
|
9
|
0.16%
|
311
|
5.49%
|
5666
|
Charles
|
1686
|
47.08%
|
1889
|
52.75%
|
6
|
0.17%
|
-203
|
-5.67%
|
3581
|
Dorchester
|
2133
|
48.25%
|
2241
|
50.69%
|
47
|
1.06%
|
-108
|
-2.44%
|
4421
|
Frederick
|
5278
|
47.73%
|
5764
|
52.13%
|
16
|
0.14%
|
-486
|
-4.40%
|
11058
|
Garrett
|
1124
|
46.99%
|
1210
|
50.59%
|
58
|
2.42%
|
-86
|
-3.60%
|
2392
|
Harford
|
3016
|
54.92%
|
2476
|
45.08%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
540
|
9.83%
|
5492
|
Howard
|
1787
|
56.69%
|
1365
|
43.31%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
422
|
13.39%
|
3152
|
Kent
|
1969
|
51.52%
|
1853
|
48.48%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
116
|
3.04%
|
3822
|
Montgomery
|
3126
|
55.59%
|
2497
|
44.41%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
629
|
11.19%
|
5623
|
Prince George's
|
2713
|
50.17%
|
2672
|
49.41%
|
23
|
0.43%
|
41
|
0.76%
|
5408
|
Queen Anne's
|
2307
|
58.07%
|
1666
|
41.93%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
651
|
16.13%
|
3973
|
St. Mary's
|
1530
|
46.31%
|
1772
|
53.63%
|
2
|
0.06%
|
-242
|
-7.32%
|
3304
|
Somerset
|
1710
|
47.54%
|
1883
|
52.35%
|
4
|
0.11%
|
-173
|
-4.81%
|
3597
|
Talbot
|
2148
|
51.93%
|
1988
|
48.07%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
160
|
3.87%
|
4136
|
Washington
|
4030
|
49.06%
|
4080
|
49.67%
|
104
|
1.27%
|
-50
|
-0.61%
|
8214
|
Wicomico
|
2058
|
59.69%
|
1348
|
39.10%
|
42
|
1.22%
|
710
|
20.59%
|
3448
|
Worcester
|
2256
|
61.35%
|
1402
|
38.13%
|
19
|
0.52%
|
854
|
23.23%
|
3677
|
Total
|
93706
|
54.41%
|
78515
|
45.59%
|
828
|
|
|
|
173050
|
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References