The 1880 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Iowa voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a margin of 24.19%.
With 10.02% of the popular vote, Iowa would prove to be Greenback Party candidate James B. Weaver's second strongest state after Texas.[1]
Results
edit| 1880 United States presidential election in Iowa[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | James Abram Garfield of Ohio | Chester Alan Arthur of New York | 183,904 | 56.99% | 11 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania | William Hayden English of Indiana | 105,845 | 32.80% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Greenback | James Baird Weaver of Iowa | Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas | 32,327 | 10.02% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Neal Dow of Maine | Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio | 592 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 322,668 | 100.00% | 11 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
edit| County[3] | James Abram Garfield Republican |
Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic |
James Baird Weaver[4] Greenback |
Neal Dow[4] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,607 | 60.83% | 515 | 19.49% | 520 | 19.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,087[a] | 41.14% | 2,642 |
| Adams | 1,338 | 54.48% | 581 | 23.66% | 535 | 21.78% | 2 | 0.08% | 757 | 30.82% | 2,456 |
| Allamakee | 1,838 | 49.66% | 1,531 | 41.37% | 332 | 8.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 307 | 8.30% | 3,701 |
| Appanoose | 1,642 | 45.43% | 1,281 | 35.45% | 691 | 19.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 361 | 9.99% | 3,614 |
| Audubon | 963 | 57.46% | 637 | 38.01% | 76 | 4.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 326 | 19.45% | 1,676 |
| Benton | 2,948 | 64.02% | 1,372 | 29.79% | 284 | 6.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,576 | 34.22% | 4,605 |
| Black Hawk | 3,014 | 64.57% | 1,558 | 33.38% | 70 | 1.50% | 26 | 0.56% | 1,456 | 31.19% | 4,668 |
| Boone | 2,275 | 58.04% | 1,292 | 32.96% | 352 | 8.98% | 1 | 0.03% | 983 | 25.08% | 3,920 |
| Bremer | 1,548 | 60.19% | 707 | 27.49% | 312 | 12.13% | 5 | 0.19% | 841 | 32.70% | 2,572 |
| Buchanan | 2,156 | 55.51% | 1,208 | 31.10% | 443 | 11.41% | 77 | 1.98% | 948 | 24.41% | 3,884 |
| Buena Vista | 1,058 | 74.19% | 318 | 22.30% | 50 | 3.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 740 | 51.89% | 1,426 |
| Butler | 2,072 | 67.23% | 937 | 30.40% | 37 | 1.20% | 36 | 1.17% | 1,135 | 36.83% | 3,082 |
| Calhoun | 859 | 72.86% | 301 | 25.53% | 19 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 558 | 47.33% | 1,179 |
| Carroll | 1,189 | 48.20% | 1,169 | 47.39% | 104 | 4.22% | 5 | 0.20% | 20 | 0.81% | 2,467 |
| Cass | 2,232 | 59.82% | 1,179 | 31.60% | 314 | 8.42% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,053 | 28.22% | 3,731 |
| Cedar | 2,369 | 59.90% | 1,421 | 35.93% | 135 | 3.41% | 30 | 0.76% | 948 | 23.97% | 3,955 |
| Cerro Gordo | 1,604 | 69.71% | 677 | 29.42% | 20 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 927 | 40.29% | 2,301 |
| Cherokee | 1,118 | 68.13% | 412 | 25.11% | 100 | 6.09% | 11 | 0.67% | 706 | 43.02% | 1,641 |
| Chickasaw | 1,314 | 47.00% | 1,018 | 36.41% | 454 | 16.24% | 10 | 0.36% | 296 | 10.59% | 2,796 |
| Clarke | 1,390 | 58.21% | 621 | 26.01% | 377 | 15.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 769 | 32.20% | 2,388 |
| Clay | 779 | 83.94% | 137 | 14.76% | 3 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.97% | 642 | 69.18% | 928 |
| Clayton | 3,098 | 55.02% | 2,419 | 42.96% | 108 | 1.92% | 6 | 0.11% | 679 | 12.06% | 5,631 |
| Clinton | 3,479 | 51.74% | 2,887 | 42.94% | 312 | 4.64% | 46 | 0.68% | 592 | 8.80% | 6,724 |
| Crawford | 1,589 | 62.14% | 926 | 36.21% | 42 | 1.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 663 | 25.93% | 2,557 |
| Dallas | 2,314 | 56.19% | 517 | 12.55% | 1,286 | 31.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,028[a] | 24.96% | 4,118 |
| Davis | 1,143 | 32.06% | 1,207 | 33.86% | 1,215 | 34.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -8[b] | -0.22% | 3,565 |
| Decatur | 1,570 | 49.78% | 948 | 30.06% | 633 | 20.07% | 3 | 0.10% | 622 | 19.72% | 3,154 |
| Delaware | 2,396 | 60.61% | 1,489 | 37.67% | 59 | 1.49% | 9 | 0.23% | 907 | 22.94% | 3,953 |
| Des Moines | 3,414 | 53.94% | 2,818 | 44.53% | 93 | 1.47% | 4 | 0.06% | 596 | 9.42% | 6,329 |
| Dickinson | 325 | 87.60% | 46 | 12.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 279 | 75.20% | 371 |
| Dubuque | 3,007 | 38.35% | 4,576 | 58.37% | 257 | 3.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,569 | -20.01% | 7,840 |
| Emmet | 276 | 88.18% | 28 | 8.95% | 9 | 2.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 248 | 79.23% | 313 |
| Fayette | 2,547 | 54.76% | 1,170 | 25.16% | 904 | 19.44% | 30 | 0.65% | 1,377 | 29.61% | 4,651 |
| Floyd | 1,928 | 67.15% | 623 | 21.70% | 317 | 11.04% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,305 | 45.45% | 2,871 |
| Franklin | 1,501 | 75.58% | 410 | 20.64% | 75 | 3.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,091 | 54.93% | 1,986 |
| Fremont | 1,920 | 48.25% | 1,650 | 41.47% | 409 | 10.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 270 | 6.79% | 3,979 |
| Greene | 1,645 | 65.75% | 457 | 18.27% | 399 | 15.95% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,188 | 47.48% | 2,502 |
| Grundy | 1,498 | 71.54% | 581 | 27.75% | 12 | 0.57% | 3 | 0.14% | 917 | 43.79% | 2,094 |
| Guthrie | 1,707 | 57.73% | 635 | 21.47% | 615 | 20.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,072 | 36.25% | 2,957 |
| Hamilton | 1,305 | 67.69% | 332 | 17.22% | 283 | 14.68% | 8 | 0.41% | 973 | 50.47% | 1,928 |
| Hancock | 517 | 75.04% | 168 | 24.38% | 4 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 349 | 50.65% | 689 |
| Hardin | 2,223 | 70.55% | 812 | 25.77% | 115 | 3.65% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,411 | 44.78% | 3,151 |
| Harrison | 1,902 | 52.76% | 1,321 | 36.64% | 382 | 10.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 581 | 16.12% | 3,605 |
| Henry | 2,458 | 58.78% | 1,142 | 27.31% | 572 | 13.68% | 10 | 0.24% | 1,316 | 31.47% | 4,182 |
| Howard | 1,066 | 54.00% | 235 | 11.90% | 673 | 34.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 393[a] | 19.91% | 1,974 |
| Humboldt | 669 | 70.42% | 250 | 26.32% | 26 | 2.74% | 5 | 0.53% | 419 | 44.11% | 950 |
| Ida | 694 | 66.73% | 339 | 32.60% | 4 | 0.38% | 3 | 0.29% | 355 | 34.13% | 1,040 |
| Iowa | 1,787 | 52.44% | 1,286 | 37.73% | 335 | 9.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 501 | 14.70% | 3,408 |
| Jackson | 2,148 | 43.73% | 2,522 | 51.34% | 241 | 4.91% | 1 | 0.02% | -374 | -7.61% | 4,912 |
| Jasper | 3,162 | 55.35% | 1,407 | 24.63% | 1,144 | 20.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,755 | 30.72% | 5,713 |
| Jefferson | 2,130 | 57.82% | 1,380 | 37.46% | 160 | 4.34% | 14 | 0.38% | 750 | 20.36% | 3,684 |
| Johnson | 2,400 | 44.89% | 2,766 | 51.74% | 126 | 2.36% | 54 | 1.01% | -366 | -6.85% | 5,346 |
| Jones | 2,617 | 61.32% | 1,627 | 38.12% | 15 | 0.35% | 9 | 0.21% | 990 | 23.20% | 4,268 |
| Keokuk | 2,367 | 52.25% | 1,803 | 39.80% | 360 | 7.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 564 | 12.45% | 4,530 |
| Kossuth | 781 | 69.98% | 249 | 22.31% | 86 | 7.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 532 | 47.67% | 1,116 |
| Lee | 3,098 | 43.86% | 3,464 | 49.04% | 494 | 6.99% | 8 | 0.11% | -366 | -5.18% | 7,064 |
| Linn | 4,508 | 58.52% | 2,875 | 37.32% | 301 | 3.91% | 19 | 0.25% | 1,633 | 21.20% | 7,703 |
| Louisa | 1,745 | 65.04% | 720 | 26.84% | 200 | 7.45% | 18 | 0.67% | 1,025 | 38.20% | 2,683 |
| Lucas | 1,599 | 54.46% | 1,020 | 34.74% | 315 | 10.73% | 2 | 0.07% | 579 | 19.72% | 2,936 |
| Lyon | 374 | 78.74% | 101 | 21.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 273 | 57.47% | 475 |
| Madison | 1,823 | 48.61% | 837 | 22.32% | 1,090 | 29.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 733[a] | 19.55% | 3,750 |
| Mahaska | 3,081 | 56.11% | 1,210 | 22.04% | 1,185 | 21.58% | 15 | 0.27% | 1,871 | 34.07% | 5,491 |
| Marion | 2,452 | 47.46% | 1,520 | 29.42% | 1,190 | 23.04% | 4 | 0.08% | 932 | 18.04% | 5,166 |
| Marshall | 3,084 | 66.54% | 1,234 | 26.62% | 267 | 5.76% | 50 | 1.08% | 1,850 | 39.91% | 4,635 |
| Mills | 1,689 | 55.87% | 1,060 | 35.06% | 270 | 8.93% | 4 | 0.13% | 629 | 20.81% | 3,023 |
| Mitchell | 1,665 | 63.65% | 832 | 31.80% | 83 | 3.17% | 36 | 1.38% | 833 | 31.84% | 2,616 |
| Monona | 942 | 57.69% | 331 | 20.27% | 360 | 22.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 582[a] | 35.64% | 1,633 |
| Monroe | 1,289 | 50.59% | 775 | 30.42% | 483 | 18.96% | 1 | 0.04% | 514 | 20.17% | 2,548 |
| Montgomery | 1,981 | 63.90% | 692 | 22.32% | 427 | 13.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,289 | 41.58% | 3,100 |
| Muscatine | 2,664 | 54.39% | 1,966 | 40.14% | 268 | 5.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 698 | 14.25% | 4,898 |
| O'Brien | 599 | 66.56% | 199 | 22.11% | 101 | 11.22% | 1 | 0.11% | 400 | 44.44% | 900 |
| Osceola | 432 | 82.44% | 91 | 17.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.19% | 341 | 65.08% | 524 |
| Page | 2,709 | 67.07% | 972 | 24.07% | 339 | 8.39% | 19 | 0.47% | 1,737 | 43.01% | 4,039 |
| Palo Alto | 398 | 45.80% | 375 | 43.15% | 96 | 11.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 2.65% | 869 |
| Plymouth | 884 | 52.00% | 756 | 44.47% | 60 | 3.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 128 | 7.53% | 1,700 |
| Pocahontas | 463 | 66.71% | 214 | 30.84% | 17 | 2.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 249 | 35.88% | 694 |
| Polk | 4,781 | 58.50% | 2,161 | 26.44% | 1,204 | 14.73% | 26 | 0.32% | 2,620 | 32.06% | 8,172 |
| Pottawattamie | 3,687 | 55.33% | 2,793 | 41.91% | 184 | 2.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 894 | 13.42% | 6,664 |
| Poweshiek | 2,440 | 61.57% | 936 | 23.62% | 583 | 14.71% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,504 | 37.95% | 3,963 |
| Ringgold | 1,450 | 59.97% | 436 | 18.03% | 525 | 21.71% | 7 | 0.29% | 925[a] | 38.25% | 2,418 |
| Sac | 1,346 | 71.37% | 445 | 23.59% | 92 | 4.88% | 3 | 0.16% | 901 | 47.77% | 1,886 |
| Scott | 4,322 | 61.04% | 2,594 | 36.63% | 150 | 2.12% | 15 | 0.21% | 1,728 | 24.40% | 7,081 |
| Shelby | 1,499 | 58.40% | 963 | 37.51% | 105 | 4.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 536 | 20.88% | 2,567 |
| Sioux | 677 | 65.16% | 351 | 33.78% | 11 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 326 | 31.38% | 1,039 |
| Story | 2,041 | 66.63% | 544 | 17.76% | 464 | 15.15% | 14 | 0.46% | 1,497 | 48.87% | 3,063 |
| Tama | 2,712 | 67.75% | 1,096 | 27.38% | 193 | 4.82% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,616 | 40.37% | 4,003 |
| Taylor | 1,984 | 59.63% | 784 | 23.56% | 559 | 16.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,200 | 36.07% | 3,327 |
| Union | 1,555 | 49.73% | 771 | 24.66% | 801 | 25.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 754[a] | 24.11% | 3,127 |
| Van Buren | 1,876 | 49.01% | 1,529 | 39.94% | 299 | 7.81% | 124 | 3.24% | 347 | 9.06% | 3,828 |
| Wapello | 2,846 | 51.91% | 2,345 | 42.77% | 292 | 5.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 501 | 9.14% | 5,483 |
| Warren | 2,205 | 52.80% | 1,019 | 24.40% | 952 | 22.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,186 | 28.40% | 4,176 |
| Washington | 2,516 | 59.24% | 1,370 | 32.26% | 347 | 8.17% | 14 | 0.33% | 1,146 | 26.98% | 4,247 |
| Wayne | 1,737 | 50.74% | 774 | 22.61% | 890 | 26.00% | 22 | 0.64% | 847[a] | 24.74% | 3,423 |
| Webster | 1,575 | 53.17% | 798 | 26.94% | 589 | 19.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 777 | 26.23% | 2,962 |
| Winnebago | 703 | 83.89% | 67 | 8.00% | 33 | 3.94% | 35 | 4.18% | 636 | 75.89% | 838 |
| Winneshiek | 2,474 | 57.70% | 1,415 | 33.00% | 212 | 4.94% | 187 | 4.36% | 1,059 | 24.70% | 4,288 |
| Woodbury | 1,453 | 56.25% | 995 | 38.52% | 135 | 5.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 458 | 17.73% | 2,583 |
| Worth | 933 | 75.42% | 290 | 23.44% | 11 | 0.89% | 3 | 0.24% | 643 | 51.98% | 1,237 |
| Wright | 758 | 78.06% | 182 | 18.74% | 31 | 3.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 576 | 59.32% | 971 |
| Totals | 183,945 | 56.86% | 105,800 | 32.70% | 32,707 | 10.11% | 1,064 | 0.33% | 78,145 | 24.15% | 323,516 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h In this county where Hancock ran third behind Garfield and Weaver, margin given is Garfield vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Garfield percentage minus Weaver percentage.
- ^ In this county where Garfield ran third behind Hancock and Weaver, margin given is Hancock vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Hancock percentage minus Weaver percentage.
References
edit- ^ "1880 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa".
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1880 (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver at the Presidential Election for 1880 (.xlsx file for €15)