1880 United States presidential election in Kansas
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[ 3] [ 4]
County
James Abram Garfield Republican
Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic
James Baird Weaver Greenback
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
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[ a]
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[ a]
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[ a]
32.40%
3,734
Graham
494
61.14%
104
12.87%
210
25.99%
0
0.00%
284[ a]
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[ a]
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
Notes
^ a b c d e In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Hancock, margin given is Garfield vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Garfield percentage minus Weaver percentage.
References