See main article: 1880 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Flag Year: | 1846 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1876 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 1876 |
| Next Election: | 1884 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Next Year: | 1884 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1880 |
| Turnout: | 18.21% of the total population[1] |
| Image1: | WinfieldScottHancock2 (cropped 3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Winfield S. Hancock |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Pennsylvania |
| Running Mate1: | William H. English |
| Electoral Vote1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 57,390 |
| Percentage1: | 50.95% |
| Nominee2: | James A. Garfield |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Chester A. Arthur |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 46,243 |
| Percentage2: | 41.05% |
| 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: | 9,008 |
| Percentage3: | 8.00% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | James Garfield |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]
West Virginia was won by General Winfield Scott Hancock (D–Pennsylvania), running with former Representative William Hayden English, with 50.95 percent of the popular vote, against Representative James Garfield (R-Ohio), running with the 10th chairman of the New York State Republican Executive Committee Chester A. Arthur, with 41.05 percent of the vote and representative James B. Weaver (G–Iowa), running with Barzillai J. Chambers, a former Confederate, with 8.00 percent of the popular vote.[2]
| County | Democratic | Republican | Greenback | Margin | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | % | ||||||||
| Barbour | 1,017 | 48.20% | 842 | 39.91% | 251 | 11.90% | 175 | 8.29% | 2,110 | ||||||||||
| Berkeley | 1,619 | 48.18% | 1,489 | 44.32% | 252 | 7.50% | 130 | 3.87% | 3,360 | ||||||||||
| Boone | 508 | 60.62% | 214 | 25.54% | 116 | 13.84% | 294 | 35.08% | 838 | ||||||||||
| Braxton | 1,033 | 63.96% | 518 | 32.07% | 64 | 3.96% | 515 | 31.89% | 1,615 | ||||||||||
| Brooke | 626 | 50.61% | 552 | 44.62% | 59 | 4.77% | 74 | 5.98% | 1,237 | ||||||||||
| Cabell | 1,485 | 60.12% | 928 | 37.57% | 57 | 2.31% | 557 | 22.55% | 2,470 | ||||||||||
| Calhoun | 583 | 57.27% | 330 | 32.42% | 105 | 10.31% | 253 | 24.85% | 1,018 | ||||||||||
| Clay | 226 | 53.43% | 158 | 37.35% | 39 | 9.22% | 68 | 16.08% | 423 | ||||||||||
| Doddridge | 698 | 38.12% | 771 | 42.11% | 362 | 19.77% | -73 | -3.99% | 1,831 | ||||||||||
| Fayette | 1,263 | 52.63% | 962 | 40.08% | 175 | 7.29% | 301 | 12.54% | 2,400 | ||||||||||
| Gilmer | 835 | 60.55% | 464 | 33.65% | 80 | 5.80% | 371 | 26.90% | 1,379 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 320 | 34.37% | 611 | 65.63% | 0 | 0.00% | -291 | -31.26% | 931 | ||||||||||
| Greenbrier | 1,533 | 66.68% | 636 | 27.66% | 130 | 5.65% | 897 | 39.02% | 2,299 | ||||||||||
| Hampshire | 1,502 | 82.03% | 329 | 17.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,173 | 64.06% | 1,831 | ||||||||||
| Hancock | 439 | 42.70% | 579 | 56.32% | 10 | 0.97% | -140 | -13.62% | 1,028 | ||||||||||
| Hardy | 843 | 79.83% | 213 | 20.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 630 | 59.66% | 1,056 | ||||||||||
| Harrison | 1,736 | 42.16% | 1,577 | 38.30% | 805 | 19.55% | 159 | 3.86% | 4,118 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,499 | 48.25% | 1,537 | 49.47% | 71 | 2.29% | -38 | -1.22% | 3,107 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 2,025 | 65.58% | 1,018 | 32.97% | 45 | 1.46% | 1,007 | 32.61% | 3,088 | ||||||||||
| Kanawha | 2,378 | 39.02% | 2,112 | 34.66% | 1,604 | 26.32% | 266 | 4.36% | 6,094 | ||||||||||
| Lewis | 1,217 | 51.20% | 981 | 41.27% | 179 | 7.53% | 236 | 9.93% | 2,377 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 635 | 57.41% | 251 | 22.69% | 220 | 19.89% | 384 | 34.72% | 1,106 | ||||||||||
| Logan | 835 | 90.08% | 92 | 9.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 743 | 80.15% | 927 | ||||||||||
| Marion | 1,703 | 48.44% | 1,463 | 41.61% | 350 | 9.95% | 240 | 6.83% | 3,516 | ||||||||||
| Marshall | 1,596 | 41.89% | 2,186 | 57.38% | 28 | 0.73% | -590 | -15.49% | 3,810 | ||||||||||
| Mason | 1,846 | 45.40% | 1,853 | 45.57% | 367 | 9.03% | -7 | -0.17% | 4,066 | ||||||||||
| McDowell | 242 | 82.88% | 50 | 17.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 192 | 65.75% | 292 | ||||||||||
| Mercer | 698 | 68.10% | 55 | 5.37% | 272 | 26.54% | 426 | 41.56% | 1,025 | ||||||||||
| Mineral | 922 | 52.99% | 772 | 44.37% | 46 | 2.64% | 150 | 8.62% | 1,740 | ||||||||||
| Monongalia | 1,241 | 40.32% | 1,753 | 56.95% | 84 | 2.73% | -512 | -16.63% | 3,078 | ||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,134 | 57.27% | 778 | 39.29% | 68 | 3.43% | 356 | 17.98% | 1,980 | ||||||||||
| Morgan | 394 | 37.56% | 655 | 62.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -261 | -24.88% | 1,049 | ||||||||||
| Nicholas | 619 | 63.36% | 315 | 32.24% | 43 | 4.40% | 304 | 31.12% | 977 | ||||||||||
| Ohio | 4,066 | 50.10% | 3,901 | 48.07% | 149 | 1.84% | 165 | 2.03% | 8,116 | ||||||||||
| Pendleton | 760 | 64.63% | 416 | 35.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 344 | 29.25% | 1,176 | ||||||||||
| Pleasants | 641 | 54.97% | 470 | 40.31% | 55 | 4.72% | 171 | 14.67% | 1,166 | ||||||||||
| Pocahontas | 575 | 68.05% | 258 | 30.53% | 12 | 1.42% | 317 | 37.51% | 845 | ||||||||||
| Preston | 1,335 | 34.78% | 2,347 | 61.15% | 156 | 4.06% | -1,012 | -26.37% | 3,838 | ||||||||||
| Putnam | 830 | 41.50% | 453 | 22.65% | 717 | 35.85% | 113 | 5.65% | 2,000 | ||||||||||
| Raleigh | 563 | 60.73% | 309 | 33.33% | 55 | 5.93% | 254 | 27.40% | 927 | ||||||||||
| Randolph | 872 | 68.02% | 364 | 28.39% | 46 | 3.59% | 508 | 39.63% | 1,282 | ||||||||||
| Ritchie | 1,008 | 38.46% | 1,238 | 47.23% | 375 | 14.31% | -230 | -8.78% | 2,621 | ||||||||||
| Roane | 1,135 | 55.77% | 593 | 29.14% | 307 | 15.09% | 542 | 26.63% | 2,035 | ||||||||||
| Summers | 889 | 54.74% | 637 | 39.22% | 98 | 6.03% | 252 | 15.52% | 1,624 | ||||||||||
| Taylor | 1,055 | 43.79% | 1,250 | 51.89% | 104 | 4.32% | -195 | -8.09% | 2,409 | ||||||||||
| Tucker | 340 | 63.79% | 189 | 35.46% | 4 | 0.75% | 151 | 28.33% | 533 | ||||||||||
| Tyler | 930 | 42.78% | 1,125 | 51.75% | 119 | 5.47% | -195 | -8.97% | 2,174 | ||||||||||
| Upshur | 586 | 32.83% | 995 | 55.74% | 204 | 11.43% | -409 | -22.91% | 1,785 | ||||||||||
| Wayne | 1,305 | 65.78% | 672 | 33.87% | 7 | 0.35% | 633 | 31.91% | 1,984 | ||||||||||
| Webster | 357 | 80.04% | 74 | 16.59% | 15 | 3.36% | 283 | 63.45% | 446 | ||||||||||
| Wetzel | 1,720 | 65.67% | 886 | 33.83% | 13 | 0.50% | 834 | 31.84% | 2,619 | ||||||||||
| Wirt | 769 | 57.30% | 534 | 39.79% | 39 | 2.91% | 235 | 17.51% | 1,342 | ||||||||||
| Wood | 2,159 | 42.44% | 2,287 | 44.96% | 641 | 12.60% | -128 | -2.52% | 5,087 | ||||||||||
| Wyoming | 245 | 53.73% | 201 | 44.08% | 10 | 2.19% | 44 | 9.65% | 456 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 57,390 | 50.95% | 46,243 | 41.05% | 9,008 | 8.00% | 11,147 | 9.90% | 112,641 | ||||||||||