1880 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:	1880 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1876 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1876
Next Election:	1884 United States presidential election in Kansas
Next Year:	1884
Election Date:	November 2, 1880
Image1:	James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	James A. Garfield
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Ohio
Running Mate1:	Chester A. Arthur
Electoral Vote1:	5
Popular Vote1:	121,549
Percentage1:	60.40%
Nominee2:	Winfield S. Hancock
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Pennsylvania
Running Mate2:	William H. English
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	59,801
Percentage2:	29.72%
Image3:	James Weaver - Brady-Handy (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee3:	James B. Weaver
Party3:	Greenback Party
Home State3:	Iowa
Running Mate3:	Barzillai J. Chambers
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	19,851
Percentage3:	9.86%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Rutherford B. Hayes
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	James A. Garfield
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

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

Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a margin of 30.68 points.

With 60.40 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would be Garfield's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Nebraska, Minnesota and Rhode Island.^[1] The state would also prove to be Weaver's fourth strongest state after Texas, Iowa, and Michigan.

Results

Results by county

1880 United States presidential election in Kansas by county^[2] ^[3]
County	James Abram Garfield Republican		Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic		James Baird Weaver Greenback		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Allen		1,576		65.04%		803		33.14%		44		1.82%		0		0.00%		773		31.90%		2,423
	Anderson		1,127		56.52%		497		24.92%		370		18.56%		0		0.00%		630		31.59%		1,994
	Atchison		2,835		56.28%		2,131		42.31%		71		1.41%		0		0.00%		704		13.98%		5,037
	Barber		262		52.40%		175		35.00%		63		12.60%		0		0.00%		87		17.40%		500
	Barton		1,172		60.16%		714		36.65%		62		3.18%		0		0.00%		458		23.51%		1,948
	Bourbon		2,320		60.34%		1,161		30.20%		364		9.47%		0		0.00%		1,159		30.14%		3,845
	Brown		1,875		65.01%		898		31.14%		107		3.71%		4		0.14%		977		33.88%		2,884
	Butler		2,398		60.68%		1,120		28.34%		434		10.98%		0		0.00%		1,278		32.34%		3,952
	Chase		716		49.41%		324		22.36%		409		28.23%		0		0.00%		307		21.19%		1,449
	Chautauqua		1,321		57.21%		655		28.37%		333		14.42%		0		0.00%		666		28.84%		2,309
	Cherokee		2,374		48.34%		1,681		34.23%		855		17.41%		1		0.02%		693		14.11%		4,911
	Clay		1,765		66.23%		531		19.92%		369		13.85%		0		0.00%		1,234		46.30%		2,665
	Cloud		2,156		69.26%		888		28.53%		65		2.09%		4		0.13%		1,268		40.73%		3,113
	Coffey		1,420		57.70%		851		34.58%		190		7.72%		0		0.00%		569		23.12%		2,461
	Cowley		2,630		60.09%		1,557		35.57%		190		4.34%		0		0.00%		1,073		24.51%		4,377
	Crawford		1,902		51.20%		1,356		36.50%		450		12.11%		7		0.19%		546		14.70%		3,715
	Davis		702		48.89%		399		27.79%		335		23.33%		0		0.00%		303		21.10%		1,436
	Decatur		307		61.65%		163		32.73%		28		5.62%		0		0.00%		144		28.92%		498
	Dickinson		1,954		62.39%		886		28.29%		292		9.32%		0		0.00%		1,068		34.10%		3,132
	Doniphan		2,067		63.39%		1,143		35.05%		51		1.56%		0		0.00%		924		28.33%		3,261
	Douglas		3,049		64.08%		1,462		30.73%		247		5.19%		0		0.00%		1,587		33.35%		4,758
	Edwards		313		75.42%		102		24.58%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		211		50.84%		415
	Elk		1,274		57.44%		458		20.65%		486		21.91%		0		0.00%		788		35.53%		2,218
	Ellis		680		58.93%		420		36.40%		54		4.68%		0		0.00%		260		22.53%		1,154
	Ellsworth		1,077		67.65%		483		30.34%		32		2.01%		0		0.00%		594		37.31%		1,592
	Ford		370		54.65%		287		42.39%		20		2.95%		0		0.00%		83		12.26%		677
	Franklin		2,108		56.45%		728		19.50%		898		24.05%		0		0.00%		1,210		32.40%		3,734
	Graham		494		61.14%		104		12.87%		210		25.99%		0		0.00%		284		35.15%		808
	Greenwood		1,311		56.39%		667		28.69%		347		14.92%		0		0.00%		644		27.70%		2,325
	Harper		546		54.06%		294		29.11%		170		16.83%		0		0.00%		252		24.95%		1,010
	Harvey		1,554		68.37%		584		25.69%		135		5.94%		0		0.00%		970		42.67%		2,273
	Hodgeman		176		66.17%		52		19.55%		38		14.29%		0		0.00%		124		46.62%		266
	Jackson		1,504		63.46%		852		35.95%		14		0.59%		0		0.00%		652		27.51%		2,370
	Jefferson		1,976		57.21%		1,397		40.45%		78		2.26%		3		0.09%		579		16.76%		3,454
	Jewell		2,199		63.17%		883		25.37%		399		11.46%		0		0.00%		1,316		37.81%		3,481
	Johnson		2,132		58.06%		1,180		32.14%		354		9.64%		6		0.16%		952		25.93%		3,672
	Kingman		436		60.47%		200		27.74%		85		11.79%		0		0.00%		236		32.73%		721
	Labette		2,720		59.09%		1,462		31.76%		420		9.12%		1		0.02%		1,258		27.33%		4,603
	Leavenworth		3,186		54.29%		2,508		42.73%		175		2.98%		0		0.00%		678		11.55%		5,869
	Lincoln		957		62.55%		419		27.39%		154		10.07%		0		0.00%		538		35.16%		1,530
	Linn		1,990		60.12%		745		22.51%		575		17.37%		0		0.00%		1,245		37.61%		3,310
	Lyon		2,398		65.34%		870		23.71%		402		10.95%		0		0.00%		1,528		41.63%		3,670
	Marion		1,239		60.50%		538		26.27%		271		13.23%		0		0.00%		701		34.23%		2,048
	Marshall		2,276		61.50%		998		26.97%		427		11.54%		0		0.00%		1,278		34.53%		3,701
	McPherson		2,225		66.74%		564		16.92%		545		16.35%		0		0.00%		1,661		49.82%		3,334
	Miami		2,010		53.06%		1,324		34.95%		454		11.99%		0		0.00%		686		18.11%		3,788
	Mitchell		1,728		62.61%		797		28.88%		235		8.51%		0		0.00%		931		33.73%		2,760
	Montgomery		1,776		47.17%		1,295		34.40%		694		18.43%		0		0.00%		481		12.78%		3,765
	Morris		1,282		63.75%		550		27.35%		179		8.90%		0		0.00%		732		36.40%		2,011
	Nemaha		1,755		65.14%		934		34.67%		5		0.19%		0		0.00%		821		30.48%		2,694
	Neosho		1,471		51.08%		948		32.92%		461		16.01%		0		0.00%		523		18.16%		2,880
	Ness		315		58.99%		129		24.16%		90		16.85%		0		0.00%		186		34.83%		534
	Norton		761		58.72%		337		26.00%		198		15.28%		0		0.00%		424		32.72%		1,296
	Osage		2,704		61.40%		907		20.59%		793		18.01%		0		0.00%		1,797		40.80%		4,404
	Osborne		1,446		68.99%		589		28.10%		61		2.91%		0		0.00%		857		40.89%		2,096
	Ottawa		1,443		62.74%		524		22.78%		333		14.48%		0		0.00%		919		39.96%		2,300
	Pawnee		697		73.45%		235		24.76%		17		1.79%		0		0.00%		462		48.68%		949
	Phillips		1,261		61.97%		553		27.17%		221		10.86%		0		0.00%		708		34.79%		2,035
	Pottawatomie		2,139		60.41%		1,178		33.27%		224		6.33%		0		0.00%		961		27.14%		3,541
	Pratt		196		60.12%		97		29.75%		33		10.12%		0		0.00%		99		30.37%		326
	Reno		1,384		63.72%		536		24.68%		252		11.60%		0		0.00%		848		39.04%		2,172
	Republic		1,875		69.78%		661		24.60%		151		5.62%		0		0.00%		1,214		45.18%		2,687
	Rice		1,108		57.62%		496		25.79%		314		16.33%		5		0.26%		612		31.83%		1,923
	Riley		1,484		67.21%		377		17.07%		347		15.72%		0		0.00%		1,107		50.14%		2,208
	Rooks		805		54.80%		338		23.01%		326		22.19%		0		0.00%		467		31.79%		1,469
	Rush		542		67.33%		238		29.57%		21		2.61%		4		0.50%		304		37.76%		805
	Russell		932		68.38%		317		23.26%		114		8.36%		0		0.00%		615		45.12%		1,363
	Saline		1,950		67.64%		838		29.07%		95		3.30%		0		0.00%		1,112		38.57%		2,883
	Sedgwick		2,288		57.11%		1,354		33.80%		364		9.09%		0		0.00%		934		23.32%		4,006
	Shawnee		4,403		72.49%		1,548		25.49%		123		2.03%		0		0.00%		2,855		47.00%		6,074
	Sheridan		93		44.50%		52		24.88%		64		30.62%		0		0.00%		29		13.88%		209
	Smith		1,525		62.32%		517		21.13%		405		16.55%		0		0.00%		1,008		41.19%		2,447
	Stafford		530		67.77%		192		24.55%		60		7.67%		0		0.00%		338		43.22%		782
	Sumner		2,073		51.55%		1,419		35.29%		529		13.16%		0		0.00%		654		16.26%		4,021
	Trego		332		71.09%		107		22.91%		28		6.00%		0		0.00%		225		48.18%		467
	Wabaunsee		1,279		69.97%		510		27.90%		39		2.13%		0		0.00%		769		42.07%		1,828
	Washington		1,957		64.91%		827		27.43%		231		7.66%		0		0.00%		1,130		37.48%		3,015
	Wilson		1,628		56.61%		721		25.07%		527		18.32%		0		0.00%		907		31.54%		2,876
	Woodson		898		66.82%		437		32.51%		9		0.67%		0		0.00%		461		34.30%		1,344
	Wyandotte		2,410		55.09%		1,729		39.52%		236		5.39%		0		0.00%		681		15.57%		4,375
Totals	121,549	60.40%	59,801	29.72%	19,851	9.86%	35	0.02%	61,748	30.68%	201,236

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1880 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
2. Web site: Géoelections. Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote. (.xlsx file for €15)
3. Web site: Géoelections. Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver. (.xlsx file for €15)