1880 United States presidential election in Maryland
November 2, 1880
 
Nominee Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Pennsylvania Ohio
Running mate William H. English Chester A. Arthur
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 93,706 78,515
Percentage 54.41% 45.59%
County Results
President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

 Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

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

Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock, over the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield by a margin of 8.82%.

In this election, Maryland voted 8.89% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[1]

Results

1880 United States presidential election in Maryland[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English of Maryland 93,706 54.41% 8 100.00%
Republican James Abram Garfield of Ohio Chester Alan Arthur of New York 78,515 45.59% 0 0.00%
Total 172,221 100.00% 8 100.00%

Results by county

County Winfield S. Hancock

Democratic

 James A. Garfield

Republican

 James Baird Weaver

Greenback

 Margin Total

Votes

Cast [3]

# % # % # % # %
Allegany 3083 45.86% 3338 49.65% 302 4.49% -255 -3.79% 672
Anne Arundel 2754 52.92% 2450 47.08% 0 0.00% 304 5.84% 5204
Baltimore (City) 32672 58.19% 3338 41.57% 133 0.24% 9334 16.63% 3677
Baltimore (County) 7321 57.68% 5351 42.16% 21 0.17% 1970 15.52% 12693
Calvert 1100 54.67% 912 45.33% 0 0.00% 188 9.34% 2012
Caroline 1429 54.17% 1209 45.83% 0 0.00% 220 8.34% 2638
Carroll 3492 52.34% 3138 47.03% 42 0.63% 354 53.1% 6672
Cecil 2984 52.67% 2673 47.18% 9 0.16% 311 5.49% 5666
Charles 1686 47.08% 1889 52.75% 6 0.17% -203 -5.67% 3581
Dorchester 2133 48.25% 2241 50.69% 47 1.06% -108 -2.44% 4421
Frederick 5278 47.73% 5764 52.13% 16 0.14% -486 -4.40% 11058
Garrett 1124 46.99% 1210 50.59% 58 2.42% -86 -3.60% 2392
Harford 3016 54.92% 2476 45.08% 0 0.00% 540 9.83% 5492
Howard 1787 56.69% 1365 43.31% 0 0.00% 422 13.39% 3152
Kent 1969 51.52% 1853 48.48% 0 0.00% 116 3.04% 3822
Montgomery 3126 55.59% 2497 44.41% 0 0.00% 629 11.19% 5623
Prince George's 2713 50.17% 2672 49.41% 23 0.43% 41 0.76% 5408
Queen Anne's 2307 58.07% 1666 41.93% 0 0.00% 651 16.13% 3973
St. Mary's 1530 46.31% 1772 53.63% 2 0.06% -242 -7.32% 3304
Somerset 1710 47.54% 1883 52.35% 4 0.11% -173 -4.81% 3597
Talbot 2148 51.93% 1988 48.07% 0 0.00% 160 3.87% 4136
Washington 4030 49.06% 4080 49.67% 104 1.27% -50 -0.61% 8214
Wicomico 2058 59.69% 1348 39.10% 42 1.22% 710 20.59% 3448
Worcester 2256 61.35% 1402 38.13% 19 0.52% 854 23.23% 3677
Total 93706 54.41% 78515 45.59% 828 172221

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland".
  3. ↑ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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