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The 1880 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arkansas voted for the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock, over the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield by a margin of 17.47%.
Garfield was the first Republican presidential candidate to win the counties of Hempstead, Ouachita and Woodruff since Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.
Weaver was the first third-party presidential candidate to win any of the state's counties - namely Jackson County - since Horace Greeley in 1872. He was the first to carry Jackson specifically since John C. Breckinridge in 1860.
Results
| 1880 United States presidential election in Arkansas[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania | William Hayden English of Arkansas | 60,489 | 56.13% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | James Abram Garfield of Ohio | Chester Alan Arthur of New York | 41,661 | 38.66% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Greenback | James Baird Weaver of Iowa | Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas | 4,079 | 3.78% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Write-in | 1,221 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Independent Democrat | A.C. Brewer of Arkansas | n/a of n/a | 322 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 107,772 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
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