Who won Oregon in the 1880 presidential election?

Hancock (Democratic) carried Oregon in 1880, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Oregon have in 1880?

Oregon cast 3 electoral votes in the 1880 presidential election.

Did Oregon vote for the national winner in 1880?

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

Gilded AgeOR · 3 EV

1880

Oregon: Hancock carries 3 EV.

Oregon cast its 3 electoral votes for Hancock (Democratic). National winner: James A. Garfield (Republican) — Oregon voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1880 result in Oregon

Oregon backed Hancock (Democratic) in the 1880 presidential election, casting 3 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — James A. Garfield (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Oregon among the states he did not carry.

Hancock's win closed out Oregon's 2-election run of voting Republican. The region divided — California joined Oregon for the Democratic ticket, while Nevada did not. Across the 42 presidential elections Oregon has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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