Who won Maryland in the 1880 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Maryland have in 1880?

Maryland cast 8 electoral votes in the 1880 presidential election.

Did Maryland vote for the national winner in 1880?

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

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1880

Maryland: Hancock carries 8 EV.

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

What happened in Maryland, 1880

In 1880, Maryland awarded its 8 electoral votes to Hancock of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — James A. Garfield (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Maryland among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Maryland backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1868. The region divided — Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware joined Maryland for the Democratic ticket, while Pennsylvania did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Maryland has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 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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