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369 members of the Electoral College 185 electoral votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 78.0%[1] 4.6 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by Garfield/Arthur, blue denotes states won by Hancock/English. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1880 United States presidential election was the 24th election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 2, 1880. This election was between Congressman James A. Garfield of Ohio and Major General Winfield S. Hancock of Pennsylvania. Garfield won the election with 244 electoral votes, while Hancock got only 155 electoral votes. However, Garfield was assassinated during his first year in office in September 1881, and would be succeeded by his vice president, Chester A. Arthur.