1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia
The 1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Image: Winfield Scott Hancock 2 (cropped 3x 4)
Image: James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated (cropped)
Image: James Weaver Brady Handy (cropped 3x 4)
1880 United States presidential election
The 1880 United States presidential election was the 24th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1880, in which Republican nominee James A. Garfield defeated Winfield Scott Hancock of the Democratic Party. The voter turnout rate was one of the highest in the nation's history. Garfield was assassinated during his first year in office, and he was succeeded by his vice president, Chester A. Arthur.
Image: James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated (cropped)
Image: 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)