National Election Statistics

1880 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1880, won by James A. Garfield with 214 electoral votes.

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Chester Arthur’s Cabinet

President: James A. Garfield (1881) and Chester Arthur (1881-1885)

Vice President: Chester Arthur (1881)

Secretary of State: James G. Blaine (1881-1885)

Secretary of the Treasury: William Windom (1881-1885)

Secretary of War: Robert Todd Lincoln (1881-1885)

Attorney General: Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1881-1885)

Postmaster General: Thomas L. James (1881-1885)

Secretary of the Navy: William H. Hunt (1881-1885)

Secretary of the Interior: Samuel J. Kirkwood (1881-1885)

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1880 National Election

186 to win
4,445,256 votes (48.2%)
Running Mate: William H. English
4,453,611 votes (48.3%)
Running Mate: Chester A. Arthur

Garfield died from an assassin’s bullet on Sept. 19, 1881, replaced by Chester A. Arthur.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

10

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

6

California

6

Colorado

3

Connecticut

6

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

4

Georgia

11

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

21

Indiana

15

Iowa

11

Kansas

5

Kentucky

12

Louisiana

8

Maine

7

Maryland

8

Massachusetts

13

Michigan

11

Minnesota

5

Mississippi

8

Missouri

15

Montana

Nebraska

3

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

5

New Jersey

9

New Mexico

New York

35

North Carolina

10

North Dakota

Ohio

22

Oklahoma

Oregon

3

Pennsylvania

29

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

7

South Dakota

Tennessee

12

Texas

8

Utah

Vermont

5

Virginia

11

Washington

West Virginia

5

Wisconsin

10

Wyoming