Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1880. The Republican ticket of Representative James A. Garfield of Ohio and New York Republican Party chairman Chester A. Arthur de
James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated
Winfield Scott Hancock, 1824 86 cropped
Rutherford B. Hayes, the incumbent president in 1880, whose term expired on March 4, 1881
Ulysses S. Grant (President of the United States 1869–1877)
Winfield Scott Hancock
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Winfield Scott Hancock was a major general in the United States Army and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, inc
1880 United States presidential election
…of Representative James A. Garfield of Ohio and New York Republican Party chairman Chester A. Arthur defeated the Democratic ticket of major general Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania and former Representative William Hayden English of Indiana. Incumbent President Rutherford B. Hayes did not seek reelection. After the…
Hancock, c. 1860s
Birthplace of Winfield Scott Hancock historical depiction taken from biography
General Winfield Scott Hancock
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress