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Election in Nebraska
The 1880 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election . Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Nebraska voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield , over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock . Garfield won the state by a margin of 30.25%.
With 62.87% of the popular vote, Nebraska would be Garfield's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont .[1]
Results
Results by county
County
James Abram Garfield[3] Republican
Winfield Scott Hancock[3] Democratic
James Baird Weaver[4] Greenback
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
1,447
70.65%
550
26.86%
51
2.49%
897
43.80%
2,048
Antelope
577
71.23%
145
17.90%
88
10.86%
432
53.33%
810
Boone
671
74.80%
226
25.20%
0
0.00%
445
49.61%
897
Buffalo
1,195
73.63%
390
24.03%
38
2.34%
805
49.60%
1,623
Burt
1,010
70.29%
380
26.44%
47
3.27%
630
43.84%
1,437
Butler
958
53.58%
716
40.04%
114
6.38%
242
13.53%
1,788
Cass
1,861
55.39%
1,303
38.78%
196
5.83%
558
16.61%
3,360
Cedar
218
40.07%
326
59.93%
0
0.00%
-108
-19.85%
544
Cheyenne
232
41.88%
322
58.12%
0
0.00%
-90
-16.25%
554
Clay
1,517
72.38%
520
24.81%
59
2.81%
997
47.57%
2,096
Colfax
685
63.08%
399
36.74%
2
0.18%
286
26.34%
1,086
Cuming
598
50.17%
537
45.05%
57
4.78%
61
5.12%
1,192
Custer
299
69.70%
130
30.30%
0
0.00%
169
39.39%
429
Dakota
328
45.94%
386
54.06%
0
0.00%
-58
-8.12%
714
Dawson
347
65.97%
179
34.03%
0
0.00%
168
31.94%
526
Dixon
459
58.85%
315
40.38%
6
0.77%
144
18.46%
780
Dodge
1,439
57.10%
1,079
42.82%
2
0.08%
360
14.29%
2,520
Douglas
3,290
55.87%
2,407
40.87%
192
3.26%
883
14.99%
5,889
Fillmore
1,404
69.64%
452
22.42%
160
7.94%
952
47.22%
2,016
Franklin
585
65.80%
248
27.90%
56
6.30%
337
37.91%
889
Frontier
133
76.00%
42
24.00%
0
0.00%
91
52.00%
175
Furnas
606
70.38%
201
23.34%
54
6.27%
405
47.04%
861
Gage
1,726
63.60%
789
29.07%
199
7.33%
937
34.52%
2,714
Gosper
156
65.82%
70
29.54%
11
4.64%
86
36.29%
237
Greeley
182
57.78%
127
40.32%
6
1.90%
55
17.46%
315
Hall
1,150
67.21%
547
31.97%
14
0.82%
603
35.24%
1,711
Hamilton
997
60.64%
346
21.05%
301
18.31%
651
39.60%
1,644
Harlan
678
71.37%
239
25.16%
33
3.47%
439
46.21%
950
Hitchcock
135
73.37%
49
26.63%
0
0.00%
86
46.74%
184
Holt
334
46.52%
309
43.04%
75
10.45%
25
3.48%
718
Howard
637
64.21%
352
35.48%
3
0.30%
285
28.73%
992
Jefferson
1,069
64.67%
401
24.26%
183
11.07%
668
40.41%
1,653
Johnson
1,068
64.77%
579
35.11%
2
0.12%
489
29.65%
1,649
Kearney
550
68.92%
242
30.33%
6
0.75%
308
38.60%
798
Keith
32
38.55%
51
61.45%
0
0.00%
-19
-22.89%
83
Knox
556
69.33%
230
28.68%
16
2.00%
326
40.65%
802
Lancaster
3,397
69.50%
1,381
28.25%
110
2.25%
2,016
41.24%
4,888
Lincoln
377
59.09%
261
40.91%
0
0.00%
116
18.18%
638
Madison
670
58.06%
426
36.92%
58
5.03%
244
21.14%
1,154
Merrick
819
72.61%
275
24.38%
34
3.01%
544
48.23%
1,128
Nance
199
70.32%
84
29.68%
0
0.00%
115
40.64%
283
Nemaha
1,473
63.00%
857
36.66%
8
0.34%
616
26.35%
2,338
Nuckolls
594
63.80%
331
35.55%
6
0.64%
263
28.25%
931
Otoe
1,918
60.07%
1,226
38.40%
49
1.53%
692
21.67%
3,193
Pawnee
1,181
74.32%
326
20.52%
82
5.16%
855
53.81%
1,589
Phelps
426
86.41%
36
7.30%
31
6.29%
390
79.11%
493
Pierce
76
38.97%
119
61.03%
0
0.00%
-43
-22.05%
195
Platte
854
50.29%
832
49.00%
12
0.71%
22
1.30%
1,698
Polk
943
79.24%
236
19.83%
11
0.92%
707
59.41%
1,190
Red Willow
284
59.29%
147
30.69%
48
10.02%
137
28.60%
479
Richardson
1,764
52.05%
1,492
44.02%
133
3.92%
272
8.03%
3,389
Saline
1,841
62.53%
997
33.87%
106
3.60%
844
28.67%
2,944
Sarpy
491
47.86%
516
50.29%
19
1.85%
-25
-2.44%
1,026
Saunders
1,717
57.81%
556
18.72%
697
23.47%
1,020[a]
34.34%
2,970
Seward
1,354
59.41%
699
30.67%
226
9.92%
655
28.74%
2,279
Sherman
308
77.58%
80
20.15%
9
2.27%
228
57.43%
397
Stanton
180
50.85%
160
45.20%
14
3.95%
20
5.65%
354
Thayer
834
67.04%
348
27.97%
62
4.98%
486
39.07%
1,244
Valley
392
80.82%
93
19.18%
0
0.00%
299
61.65%
485
Washington
1,190
69.19%
499
29.01%
31
1.80%
691
40.17%
1,720
Wayne
118
73.29%
43
26.71%
0
0.00%
75
46.58%
161
Webster
1,006
72.01%
389
27.85%
2
0.14%
617
44.17%
1,397
York
1,444
68.50%
530
25.14%
134
6.36%
914
43.36%
2,108
Totals
54,979
62.94%
28,523
32.65%
3,853
4.41%
26,456
30.29%
87,355
See also
Notes
^ 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