Who won Louisiana in the 1880 presidential election?

Hancock (Democratic) carried Louisiana in 1880, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1880?

Louisiana cast 8 electoral votes in the 1880 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1880?

No. Louisiana backed Hancock, while James A. Garfield won the presidency nationally.

Gilded AgeLA · 8 EV

1880

Louisiana: Hancock carries 8 EV.

Louisiana cast its 8 electoral votes for Hancock (Democratic). National winner: James A. Garfield (Republican) — Louisiana voted against the national winner this cycle.

Louisiana in 1880

The 1880 contest saw Louisiana line up behind Hancock, delivering 8 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — James A. Garfield (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Louisiana among the states he did not carry.

Hancock's win closed out Louisiana's 3-election run of voting Republican. Louisiana did not move alone — neighboring Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi broke the same way in 1880. Across the 53 presidential elections Louisiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (29 times). The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, James A. Garfield took 214 of the 369 electoral votes, against Winfield Scott Hancock's 155. James A. Garfield led the national popular vote with 48.31% of the ballots cast.

The 1880 national map

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