Who won Ohio in the 1880 presidential election?

Garfield (Republican) carried Ohio in 1880, winning its 22 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 1880?

Ohio cast 22 electoral votes in the 1880 presidential election.

Did Ohio vote for the national winner in 1880?

Yes. Ohio backed James A. Garfield, who won the presidency that year.

Gilded AgeOH · 22 EV

1880

Ohio: Garfield carries 22 EV.

Ohio cast its 22 electoral votes for Garfield (Republican). National winner: James A. Garfield (Republican) — Ohio voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Ohio, 1880

In 1880, Ohio awarded its 22 electoral votes to Garfield of the Republican party. Ohio ended up on the winning side — James A. Garfield captured the White House that year.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Ohio backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. The region divided — Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania joined Ohio for the Republican ticket, while Kentucky and West Virginia did not. Across the 56 presidential elections Ohio has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (30 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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