| Turnout | 15.77% of the total population 1.93pp[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1880 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.[2]
For over a century after theCivil War,Tennessee's white citizenry was divided according to partisan loyalties established in that war.Unionist regions covering almost all ofEast Tennessee,Kentucky Pennyroyal-alliedMacon County, and the fiveWest TennesseeHighland Rim counties ofCarroll,Henderson,McNairy,Hardin andWayne[3] votedRepublican – generally by landslide margins – as they saw theDemocratic Party as the “war party” who had forced them into a war they did not wish to fight.[4] Contrariwise, the rest ofMiddle and West Tennessee who had supported and driven the state's secession was equally fiercely Democratic as it associated the Republicans withReconstruction.[5]
In1868,Ulysses S. Grant easily carried the state due to disfranchisement of former Confederates and theKu Klux Klan Act.[6] However, in the year after that election, Tennessee was the first state where Reconstruction was ended, and with the aid of the resurgent Klan, white Democrats rewrote the state's constitution to regain some of their lost power.[7] Nevertheless, blacks and Unionist whites forged adequate support for the GOP to create a competitive political system during that decade,[8] although the Democratic Party won all statewide elections. However, at the beginning of the 1880s, a divide in the Democratic Party on this issue of payment of state debt allowed the GOP to claim the governor's mansion,[8] but this did not seriously alter presidential voting and Tennessee was won by GeneralWinfield Scott Hancock (D–Pennsylvania), running with formerRepresentativeWilliam Hayden English, with 53.26 percent of the popular vote, againstRepresentativeJames A. Garfield (R-Ohio), running with the 10th chairman of theNew York State Republican Executive CommitteeChester A. Arthur, with 44.26 percent of the vote.[2]
This would be the last time a Democratic presidential candidate carriedUnionistPennyroyalMacon County untilBill Clinton in1992.[9]
| 1880 United States presidential election in Tennessee[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Winfield Scott Hancock ofPennsylvania | William Hayden English ofIndiana | 129,569 | 53.26% | 12 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | James A. Garfield ofOhio | Chester A. Arthur ofNew York | 107,677 | 44.26% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Greenback | James B. Weaver ofIowa | Barzillai J. Chambers ofTexas | 6,017 | 2.47% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 243,263 | 100.00% | 12 | 100.00% | ||||
| 1880 United States presidential election in Tennessee by county[10][11] | |||||||||
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| County | Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic | James Abram Garfield Republican | James Baird Weaver Greenback | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 574 | 35.17% | 1,058 | 64.83% | 0 | 0.00% | -484 | -29.66% | 1,632 |
| Bedford | 2,504 | 56.82% | 1,766 | 40.07% | 137 | 3.11% | 738 | 16.75% | 4,407 |
| Benton | 771 | 56.98% | 383 | 28.31% | 199 | 14.71% | 388 | 28.68% | 1,353 |
| Bledsoe | 372 | 42.91% | 484 | 55.82% | 11 | 1.27% | -112 | -12.92% | 867 |
| Blount | 882 | 35.58% | 1,597 | 64.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -715 | -28.84% | 2,479 |
| Bradley | 665 | 38.26% | 932 | 53.62% | 141 | 8.11% | -267 | -15.36% | 1,738 |
| Campbell | 314 | 23.22% | 1,038 | 76.78% | 0 | 0.00% | -724 | -53.55% | 1,352 |
| Cannon | 1,035 | 67.74% | 300 | 19.63% | 193 | 12.63% | 735 | 48.10% | 1,528 |
| Carroll | 1,820 | 44.91% | 2,208 | 54.48% | 25 | 0.62% | -388 | -9.57% | 4,053 |
| Carter | 405 | 19.77% | 1,644 | 80.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,239 | -60.47% | 2,049 |
| Cheatham | 794 | 67.81% | 291 | 24.85% | 86 | 7.34% | 503 | 42.95% | 1,171 |
| Claiborne | 967 | 44.38% | 1,212 | 55.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -245 | -11.24% | 2,179 |
| Clay | 567 | 63.57% | 177 | 19.84% | 148 | 16.59% | 390 | 43.72% | 892 |
| Cocke | 906 | 36.04% | 1,608 | 63.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -702 | -27.92% | 2,514 |
| Coffee | 1,766 | 84.94% | 198 | 9.52% | 115 | 5.53% | 1,568 | 75.42% | 2,079 |
| Cumberland | 287 | 42.33% | 371 | 54.72% | 20 | 2.95% | -84 | -12.39% | 678 |
| Davidson | 7,543 | 52.24% | 6,449 | 44.66% | 448 | 3.10% | 1,094 | 7.58% | 14,440 |
| DeKalb | 1,325 | 60.45% | 867 | 39.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 458 | 20.89% | 2,192 |
| Decatur | 753 | 59.90% | 413 | 32.86% | 91 | 7.24% | 340 | 27.05% | 1,257 |
| Dickson | 1,169 | 62.58% | 497 | 26.61% | 202 | 10.81% | 672 | 35.97% | 1,868 |
| Dyer | 1,060 | 67.39% | 248 | 15.77% | 265 | 16.85% | 795[a] | 50.54% | 1,573 |
| Fayette | 2,247 | 42.17% | 3,082 | 57.83% | 0 | 0.00% | -835 | -15.67% | 5,329 |
| Fentress | 314 | 38.06% | 511 | 61.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -197 | -23.88% | 825 |
| Franklin | 2,187 | 85.43% | 357 | 13.95% | 16 | 0.63% | 1,830 | 71.48% | 2,560 |
| Gibson | 2,691 | 61.28% | 1,700 | 38.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 991 | 22.57% | 4,391 |
| Giles | 2,899 | 57.80% | 2,040 | 40.67% | 77 | 1.54% | 859 | 17.13% | 5,016 |
| Grainger | 870 | 41.39% | 1,197 | 56.95% | 35 | 1.67% | -327 | -15.56% | 2,102 |
| Greene | 2,060 | 45.74% | 2,303 | 51.13% | 141 | 3.13% | -243 | -5.40% | 4,504 |
| Grundy | 461 | 87.98% | 63 | 12.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 398 | 75.95% | 524 |
| Hamblen | 848 | 43.38% | 1,095 | 56.01% | 12 | 0.61% | -247 | -12.63% | 1,955 |
| Hamilton | 1,595 | 38.23% | 2,460 | 58.96% | 117 | 2.80% | -865 | -20.73% | 4,172 |
| Hancock | 493 | 34.21% | 948 | 65.79% | 0 | 0.00% | -455 | -31.58% | 1,441 |
| Hardeman | 1,566 | 49.56% | 1,409 | 44.59% | 185 | 5.85% | 157 | 4.97% | 3,160 |
| Hardin | 972 | 41.84% | 1,345 | 57.90% | 6 | 0.26% | -373 | -16.06% | 2,323 |
| Hawkins | 1,039 | 28.97% | 1,907 | 53.18% | 640 | 17.85% | -868 | -24.21% | 3,586 |
| Haywood | 1,766 | 32.38% | 3,557 | 65.22% | 131 | 2.40% | -1,791 | -32.84% | 5,454 |
| Henderson | 1,274 | 46.23% | 1,385 | 50.25% | 97 | 3.52% | -111 | -4.03% | 2,756 |
| Henry | 2,305 | 66.18% | 1,013 | 29.08% | 165 | 4.74% | 1,292 | 37.09% | 3,483 |
| Hickman | 1,157 | 71.82% | 392 | 24.33% | 62 | 3.85% | 765 | 47.49% | 1,611 |
| Houston | 522 | 80.43% | 127 | 19.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 395 | 60.86% | 649 |
| Humphreys | 1,325 | 80.69% | 245 | 14.92% | 72 | 4.38% | 1,080 | 65.77% | 1,642 |
| Jackson | 1,299 | 88.85% | 136 | 9.30% | 27 | 1.85% | 1,163 | 79.55% | 1,462 |
| James | 209 | 32.86% | 403 | 63.36% | 24 | 3.77% | -194 | -30.50% | 636 |
| Jefferson | 693 | 27.33% | 1,807 | 71.25% | 36 | 1.42% | -1,114 | -43.93% | 2,536 |
| Johnson | 203 | 15.68% | 1,092 | 84.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -889 | -68.65% | 1,295 |
| Knox | 3,119 | 41.61% | 4,361 | 58.18% | 16 | 0.21% | -1,242 | -16.57% | 7,496 |
| Lake | 337 | 84.46% | 28 | 7.02% | 34 | 8.52% | 303[a] | 75.94% | 399 |
| Lauderdale | 1,147 | 52.02% | 971 | 44.04% | 87 | 3.95% | 176 | 7.98% | 2,205 |
| Lawrence | 928 | 71.94% | 362 | 28.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 566 | 43.88% | 1,290 |
| Lewis | 200 | 84.03% | 37 | 15.55% | 1 | 0.42% | 163 | 68.49% | 238 |
| Lincoln | 3,652 | 78.84% | 886 | 19.13% | 94 | 2.03% | 2,766 | 59.72% | 4,632 |
| Loudon | 533 | 34.30% | 1,021 | 65.70% | 0 | 0.00% | -488 | -31.40% | 1,554 |
| Macon | 713 | 54.59% | 559 | 42.80% | 34 | 2.60% | 154 | 11.79% | 1,306 |
| Madison | 2,834 | 54.36% | 2,223 | 42.64% | 156 | 2.99% | 611 | 11.72% | 5,213 |
| Marion | 740 | 45.51% | 886 | 54.49% | 0 | 0.00% | -146 | -8.98% | 1,626 |
| Marshall | 2,006 | 76.04% | 548 | 20.77% | 84 | 3.18% | 1,458 | 55.27% | 2,638 |
| Maury | 3,306 | 54.66% | 2,742 | 45.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 564 | 9.33% | 6,048 |
| McMinn | 1,209 | 45.25% | 1,463 | 54.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -254 | -9.51% | 2,672 |
| McNairy | 1,135 | 46.65% | 949 | 39.01% | 349 | 14.34% | 186 | 7.64% | 2,433 |
| Meigs | 607 | 60.58% | 395 | 39.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 21.16% | 1,002 |
| Monroe | 1,181 | 56.18% | 919 | 43.72% | 2 | 0.10% | 262 | 12.46% | 2,102 |
| Montgomery | 2,846 | 58.26% | 2,039 | 41.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 807 | 16.52% | 4,885 |
| Morgan | 245 | 36.08% | 434 | 63.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -189 | -27.84% | 679 |
| Obion | 1,982 | 71.22% | 583 | 20.95% | 218 | 7.83% | 1,399 | 50.27% | 2,783 |
| Overton | 1,152 | 72.59% | 430 | 27.10% | 5 | 0.32% | 722 | 45.49% | 1,587 |
| Perry | 604 | 73.04% | 223 | 26.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 381 | 46.07% | 827 |
| Polk | 653 | 64.02% | 362 | 35.49% | 5 | 0.49% | 291 | 28.53% | 1,020 |
| Putnam | 1,040 | 68.92% | 467 | 30.95% | 2 | 0.13% | 573 | 37.97% | 1,509 |
| Rhea | 668 | 61.00% | 427 | 39.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 241 | 22.01% | 1,095 |
| Roane | 805 | 33.02% | 1,628 | 66.78% | 5 | 0.21% | -823 | -33.76% | 2,438 |
| Robertson | 2,107 | 67.55% | 951 | 30.49% | 61 | 1.96% | 1,156 | 37.06% | 3,119 |
| Rutherford | 3,855 | 60.10% | 2,482 | 38.70% | 77 | 1.20% | 1,373 | 21.41% | 6,414 |
| Scott | 127 | 17.91% | 582 | 82.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -455 | -64.17% | 709 |
| Sequatchie | 224 | 64.93% | 119 | 34.49% | 2 | 0.58% | 105 | 30.43% | 345 |
| Sevier | 431 | 17.36% | 2,052 | 82.64% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,621 | -65.28% | 2,483 |
| Shelby | 6,927 | 46.24% | 7,788 | 51.99% | 264 | 1.76% | -861 | -5.75% | 14,979 |
| Smith | 1,569 | 62.16% | 705 | 27.93% | 250 | 9.90% | 864 | 34.23% | 2,524 |
| Stewart | 1,322 | 71.58% | 488 | 26.42% | 37 | 2.00% | 834 | 45.15% | 1,847 |
| Sullivan | 2,264 | 65.23% | 1,207 | 34.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,057 | 30.45% | 3,471 |
| Sumner | 2,893 | 72.60% | 1,092 | 27.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,801 | 45.19% | 3,985 |
| Tipton | 1,893 | 53.78% | 1,604 | 45.57% | 23 | 0.65% | 289 | 8.21% | 3,520 |
| Trousdale | 793 | 76.25% | 247 | 23.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 546 | 52.50% | 1,040 |
| Union | 480 | 29.63% | 1,140 | 70.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -660 | -40.74% | 1,620 |
| Van Buren | 281 | 82.40% | 60 | 17.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 221 | 64.81% | 341 |
| Warren | 1,577 | 73.52% | 482 | 22.47% | 86 | 4.01% | 1,095 | 51.05% | 2,145 |
| Washington | 1,576 | 42.83% | 2,104 | 57.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -528 | -14.35% | 3,680 |
| Wayne | 649 | 41.76% | 905 | 58.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -256 | -16.47% | 1,554 |
| Weakley | 2,526 | 63.21% | 1,470 | 36.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,056 | 26.43% | 3,996 |
| White | 1,308 | 84.01% | 173 | 11.11% | 76 | 4.88% | 1,135 | 72.90% | 1,557 |
| Williamson | 2,733 | 63.94% | 1,541 | 36.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,192 | 27.89% | 4,274 |
| Wilson | 2,918 | 68.34% | 1,227 | 28.74% | 125 | 2.93% | 1,691 | 39.60% | 4,270 |
| Totals | 129,569 | 53.26% | 107,677 | 44.26% | 6,017 | 2.47% | 21,892 | 9.00% | 243,263 |
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