1880 United States presidential election in New York

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1880 United States presidential election in New York
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Turnout89.3%[1] Decrease 0.3 pp
 
Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania
Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English
Electoral vote 35 0
Popular vote 555,544 534,511
Percentage 50.32% 48.42%
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The 1880 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 2, 1880. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New York was won by the Republican nominees, Congressman James A. Garfield of Ohio and his running mate former Collector of the Port of New York Chester A. Arthur of New York. Garfield and Arthur defeated the Democratic nominees, famed Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania and his running mate former Congressman and banker William Hayden English of Indiana.

Garfield narrowly carried New York State with 50.32 percent of the vote to Hancock's 48.42 percent, a victory margin of 1.90 percent. In a distant third came the Greenback Party candidate James B. Weaver with 1.12 percent.

Had Hancock won New York, he would have won the presidency with 190 electoral votes.

New York weighed in for this election as less than 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average.

Hancock performed most strongly downstate in the New York City area, where he won New York County, Kings County, Queens County, and Richmond County. Hancock also won nearby Westchester County, and Rockland County. Garfield won much of upstate New York, including a victory in Erie County, home to the city of Buffalo, although Hancock did manage to win Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, along with several rural upstate counties.

Results

1880 United States presidential election in New York[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican James A. Garfield 555,544 50.32% 35
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock 534,511 48.42% 0
Greenback James B. Weaver 12,373 1.12% 0
Prohibition Neal S. Dow 1,517 0.14% 0
Totals 1,103,945 100.0% 35

Results by county

County James Abram Garfield[3]
Republican 		Winfield Scott Hancock[3]
Democratic 		James Baird Weaver[4]
Greenback 		Neal Dow[4]
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Albany 16,564 45.33% 19,624 53.70% 354 0.97% 0 0.00% -3,060 -8.37% 36,542
Allegany 6,827 63.18% 3,482 32.23% 486 4.50% 10 0.09% 3,345 30.96% 10,805
Broome 7,173 55.93% 5,450 42.49% 168 1.31% 35 0.27% 1,723 13.43% 12,826
Cattaraugus 7,401 54.49% 5,466 40.24% 672 4.95% 43 0.32% 1,935 14.25% 13,582
Cayuga 9,372 58.90% 5,976 37.56% 536 3.37% 28 0.18% 3,396 21.34% 15,912
Chautauqua 10,422 63.00% 5,472 33.08% 585 3.54% 64 0.39% 4,950 29.92% 16,543
Chemung 4,636 44.49% 4,806 46.12% 976 9.37% 3 0.03% -170 -1.63% 10,421
Chenango 5,769 52.24% 4,559 41.28% 623 5.64% 92 0.83% 1,210 10.96% 11,043
Clinton 6,080 58.44% 4,250 40.85% 74 0.71% 0 0.00% 1,830 17.59% 10,404
Columbia 6,486 51.90% 5,992 47.95% 19 0.15% 0 0.00% 494 3.95% 12,497
Cortland 4,124 59.22% 2,749 39.47% 78 1.12% 13 0.19% 1,375 19.74% 6,964
Delaware 6,058 53.18% 5,084 44.63% 218 1.91% 32 0.28% 974 8.55% 11,392
Dutchess 11,045 56.23% 8,475 43.15% 26 0.13% 95 0.48% 2,570 13.08% 19,641
Erie 24,199 53.20% 20,848 45.83% 442 0.97% 0 0.00% 3,351 7.37% 45,489
Essex 4,776 61.86% 2,775 35.94% 169 2.19% 1 0.01% 2,001 25.92% 7,721
Franklin 4,185 59.09% 2,799 39.52% 96 1.36% 3 0.04% 1,386 19.57% 7,083
Fulton 4,579 57.92% 3,327 42.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,252 15.84% 7,906
Genesee 4,815 57.51% 3,481 41.57% 72 0.86% 5 0.06% 1,334 15.93% 8,373
Greene 3,879 45.67% 4,405 51.87% 175 2.06% 34 0.40% -526 -6.19% 8,493
Hamilton 406 39.84% 552 54.17% 35 3.43% 26 2.55% -146 -14.33% 1,019
Herkimer 6,331 54.90% 5,070 43.97% 61 0.53% 69 0.60% 1,261 10.94% 11,531
Jefferson 9,439 56.51% 7,216 43.20% 31 0.19% 18 0.11% 2,223 13.31% 16,704
Kings 51,751 45.66% 61,062 53.88% 507 0.45% 9 0.01% -9,311 -8.22% 113,329
Lewis 4,036 52.26% 3,674 47.57% 11 0.14% 2 0.03% 362 4.69% 7,723
Livingston 5,522 55.53% 4,242 42.65% 161 1.62% 20 0.20% 1,280 12.87% 9,945
Madison 6,793 57.97% 4,683 39.96% 182 1.55% 60 0.51% 2,110 18.01% 11,718
Monroe 17,102 54.87% 13,742 44.09% 316 1.01% 11 0.04% 3,360 10.78% 31,171
Montgomery 5,230 51.21% 4,947 48.44% 32 0.31% 3 0.03% 283 2.77% 10,212
New York 81,730 39.79% 123,015 59.90% 610 0.30% 26 0.01% -41,285 -20.10% 205,381
Niagara 6,478 51.75% 5,937 47.42% 56 0.45% 48 0.38% 541 4.32% 12,519
Oneida 14,546 52.82% 12,600 45.75% 273 0.99% 120 0.44% 1,946 7.07% 27,539
Onondaga 16,153 57.54% 11,732 41.79% 138 0.49% 49 0.17% 4,421 15.75% 28,072
Ontario 6,774 53.34% 5,767 45.41% 134 1.06% 25 0.20% 1,007 7.93% 12,700
Orange 10,088 50.63% 9,672 48.54% 116 0.58% 50 0.25% 416 2.09% 19,926
Orleans 4,581 58.90% 3,104 39.91% 75 0.96% 18 0.23% 1,477 18.99% 7,778
Oswego 10,236 58.53% 6,746 38.58% 444 2.54% 61 0.35% 3,490 19.96% 17,487
Otsego 7,156 49.10% 7,184 49.29% 127 0.87% 108 0.74% -28 -0.19% 14,575
Putnam 2,114 55.28% 1,708 44.67% 0 0.00% 2 0.05% 406 10.62% 3,824
Queens 8,151 43.73% 10,391 55.74% 86 0.46% 13 0.07% -2,240 -12.02% 18,641
Rensselaer 13,672 50.56% 13,031 48.19% 318 1.18% 22 0.08% 641 2.37% 27,043
Richmond 3,291 40.55% 4,815 59.33% 10 0.12% 0 0.00% -1,524 -18.78% 8,116
Rockland 2,688 43.96% 3,415 55.86% 2 0.03% 9 0.15% -727 -11.89% 6,114
Saratoga 8,116 58.00% 5,808 41.51% 49 0.35% 19 0.14% 2,308 16.50% 13,992
Schenectady 3,250 54.57% 2,628 44.12% 73 1.23% 5 0.08% 622 10.44% 5,956
Schoharie 3,646 40.66% 5,262 58.68% 35 0.39% 24 0.27% -1,616 -18.02% 8,967
Schuyler 2,790 53.35% 2,293 43.84% 112 2.14% 35 0.67% 497 9.50% 5,230
Seneca 3,394 46.86% 3,802 52.49% 45 0.62% 2 0.03% -408 -5.63% 7,243
St. Lawrence 13,748 70.08% 5,835 29.74% 16 0.08% 18 0.09% 7,913 40.34% 19,617
Steuben 10,245 51.68% 8,992 45.36% 584 2.95% 4 0.02% 1,253 6.32% 19,825
Suffolk 6,515 51.54% 6,061 47.95% 49 0.39% 15 0.12% 454 3.59% 12,640
Sullivan 3,339 44.57% 3,718 49.63% 434 5.79% 0 0.00% -379 -5.06% 7,491
Tioga 4,750 55.14% 3,627 42.11% 189 2.19% 48 0.56% 1,123 13.04% 8,614
Tompkins 4,896 53.03% 3,956 42.85% 363 3.93% 17 0.18% 940 10.18% 9,232
Ulster 9,994 50.16% 9,870 49.53% 30 0.15% 32 0.16% 124 0.62% 19,926
Warren 3,330 52.57% 2,618 41.33% 379 5.98% 7 0.11% 712 11.24% 6,334
Washington 7,779 64.90% 4,145 34.58% 59 0.49% 3 0.03% 3,634 30.32% 11,986
Wayne 7,600 58.18% 5,207 39.86% 225 1.72% 30 0.23% 2,393 18.32% 13,062
Westchester 11,367 48.75% 11,858 50.86% 82 0.35% 8 0.03% -491 -2.11% 23,315
Wyoming 4,695 58.17% 3,309 41.00% 58 0.72% 9 0.11% 1,386 17.17% 8,071
Yates 3,432 59.79% 2,197 38.28% 97 1.69% 14 0.24% 1,235 21.52% 5,740
Totals 555,544 50.32% 534,511 48.42% 12,373 1.12% 1,517 0.14% 21,033 1.91% 1,103,945

See also

References

  1. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. ^ "1880 Presidential Election Results — New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ a b "Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)