Election 1880 Results
Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.
- 2028 President, Senate, House and governors Forecast
- 2026 midterms Senate, House and governors Live count
- 2025 governors Results
- 2024 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 2023 governors Results
- 2022 Senate, House and governors Results
- 2021 governors Results
- 2020 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 2019 governors Results
- 2018 Senate, House and governors Results
- 2017 governors Results
- 2016 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 2015 governors Results
- 2014 Senate, House and governors Results
- 2013 governors Results
- 2012 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 2011 governors Results
- 2010 Senate, House and governors Results
- 2009 governors Results
- 2008 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 2007 governors Results
- 2006 Senate, House and governors Results
- 2005 governors Results
- 2004 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 2003 governors Results
- 2002 Senate, House and governors Results
- 2001 governors Results
- 2000 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 1999 governors Results
- 1998 Senate, House and governors Results
- 1997 governors Results
- 1996 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 1995 governors Results
- 1994 Senate, House and governors Results
- 1993 governors Results
- 1992 President, Senate, House and governors Results
- 1991 governors Results
- 1990 Senate, House and governors Results
- 1989 governors Results
- 1988 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1987 governors Results
- 1986 Senate and governors Results
- 1985 governors Results
- 1984 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1983 governors Results
- 1982 Senate and governors Results
- 1981 governors Results
- 1980 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1979 governors Results
- 1978 Senate and governors Results
- 1977 governors Results
- 1976 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1975 governors Results
- 1974 Senate and governors Results
- 1973 governors Results
- 1972 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1971 governors Results
- 1970 Senate and governors Results
- 1969 governors Results
- 1968 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1967 governors Results
- 1966 Senate and governors Results
- 1965 governors Results
- 1964 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1963 governors Results
- 1962 Senate and governors Results
- 1961 governors Results
- 1960 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1959 governors Results
- 1958 Senate and governors Results
- 1957 governors Results
- 1956 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1955 governors Results
- 1954 Senate and governors Results
- 1953 governors Results
- 1952 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1951 governors Results
- 1950 Senate and governors Results
- 1949 governors Results
- 1948 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1947 governors Results
- 1946 Senate and governors Results
- 1945 governors Results
- 1944 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1943 governors Results
- 1942 Senate and governors Results
- 1941 governors Results
- 1940 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1939 governors Results
- 1938 Senate and governors Results
- 1937 governors Results
- 1936 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1935 governors Results
- 1934 Senate and governors Results
- 1933 governors Results
- 1932 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1931 governors Results
- 1930 Senate and governors Results
- 1929 governors Results
- 1928 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1927 governors Results
- 1926 Senate and governors Results
- 1925 governors Results
- 1924 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1923 governors Results
- 1922 Senate and governors Results
- 1921 governors Results
- 1920 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1919 governors Results
- 1918 Senate and governors Results
- 1917 governors Results
- 1916 President, Senate and governors Results
- 1915 governors Results
- 1914 Senate and governors Results
- 1913 governors Results
- 1912 President and governors Results
- 1911 governors Results
- 1910 governors Results
- 1909 governors Results
- 1908 President and governors Results
- 1907 governors Results
- 1906 governors Results
- 1905 governors Results
- 1904 President and governors Results
- 1903 governors Results
- 1902 governors Results
- 1901 governors Results
- 1900 President and governors Results
- 1899 governors Results
- 1898 governors Results
- 1897 governors Results
- 1896 President and governors Results
- 1895 governors Results
- 1894 governors Results
- 1893 governors Results
- 1892 President and governors Results
- 1891 governors Results
- 1890 governors Results
- 1889 governors Results
- 1888 President and governors Results
- 1887 governors Results
- 1886 governors Results
- 1885 governors Results
- 1884 President and governors Results
- 1883 governors Results
- 1882 governors Results
- 1881 governors Results
- 1880 President and governors Results
- 1879 governors Results
- 1878 governors Results
- 1877 governors Results
- 1876 President and governors Results
- 1875 governors Results
- 1874 governors Results
- 1873 governors Results
- 1872 President and governors Results
- 1871 governors Results
- 1870 governors Results
- 1869 governors Results
- 1868 President and governors Results
- 1867 governors Results
- 1866 governors Results
- 1865 governors Results
1880 presidential election in Missouri
Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) beat James A. Garfield (Republican) in Missouri in 1880, 52.1% to 38.4%, a margin of 13.7 points and 55,042 votes.
Missouri voted 13.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.
The Democratic hold continued from 1876, when Samuel J. Tilden won.
Democrats led in 84 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 29 and other candidates in 2. The largest, St. Louis City, cast 47,715 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.7 points. The closest was Osage, where 20 votes separated the top two.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Scott Hancock won | Democratic | 208,609 | 52.1% |
| James A. Garfield | Republican | 153,567 | 38.4% |
| James B. Weaver | Greenback | 35,135 | 8.8% |
| All other candidates | 3,000 | 0.7% | |
| Total | 400,311 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis City | 23,837 50.0% | 23,006 48.2% | 872 | 47,715 | D+1.7 |
| Jackson | 6,703 53.4% | 5,123 40.8% | 735 | 12,561 | D+12.6 |
| Buchanan | 4,693 55.9% | 3,317 39.5% | 391 | 8,401 | D+16.4 |
| Jasper | 2,533 38.9% | 2,874 44.1% | 1,110 | 6,517 | R+5.2 |
| Saline | 3,851 63.0% | 1,907 31.2% | 359 | 6,117 | D+31.8 |
| St. Louis | 2,719 45.7% | 3,223 54.2% | 4 | 5,946 | R+8.5 |
| Nodaway | 2,485 43.4% | 2,303 40.2% | 941 | 5,729 | D+3.2 |
| Pike | 3,236 57.0% | 2,151 37.9% | 289 | 5,676 | D+19.1 |
| Pettis | 2,908 51.3% | 2,457 43.3% | 306 | 5,671 | D+8.0 |
| Johnson | 2,795 50.7% | 2,400 43.5% | 318 | 5,513 | D+7.2 |
| Macon | 2,880 52.8% | 1,726 31.7% | 844 | 5,450 | D+21.2 |
| Greene | 1,912 35.4% | 2,198 40.7% | 1,286 | 5,396 | R+5.3 |
| Bates | 2,949 57.9% | 1,897 37.3% | 245 | 5,091 | D+20.7 |
| Lafayette | 3,163 62.2% | 1,822 35.8% | 102 | 5,087 | D+26.4 |
| Chariton | 2,899 57.2% | 1,617 31.9% | 548 | 5,064 | D+25.3 |
| Franklin | 2,262 45.4% | 2,647 53.1% | 78 | 4,987 | R+7.7 |
| Marion | 3,086 61.9% | 1,811 36.3% | 87 | 4,984 | D+25.6 |
| Boone | 3,269 67.3% | 1,170 24.1% | 418 | 4,857 | D+43.2 |
| Carroll | 2,404 49.5% | 2,039 42.0% | 409 | 4,852 | D+7.5 |
| Henry | 2,821 58.5% | 1,694 35.1% | 306 | 4,821 | D+23.4 |
| Cass | 2,710 57.7% | 1,710 36.4% | 275 | 4,695 | D+21.3 |
| Randolph | 2,927 62.7% | 1,051 22.5% | 691 | 4,669 | D+40.2 |
| Callaway | 3,369 72.2% | 1,184 25.4% | 110 | 4,663 | D+46.9 |
| St. Charles | 2,191 49.3% | 2,223 50.0% | 33 | 4,447 | R+0.7 |
| Livingston | 1,859 43.3% | 1,165 27.1% | 1,268 | 4,292 | D+16.2 |
| Cooper | 2,189 51.0% | 1,730 40.3% | 372 | 4,291 | D+10.7 |
| Monroe | 3,488 81.5% | 671 15.7% | 120 | 4,279 | D+65.8 |
| Linn | 2,049 48.5% | 1,991 47.2% | 182 | 4,222 | D+1.4 |
| Daviess | 2,045 49.6% | 1,796 43.5% | 285 | 4,126 | D+6.0 |
| Ray | 2,614 63.9% | 908 22.2% | 568 | 4,090 | D+41.7 |
| Harrison | 1,586 40.4% | 2,097 53.5% | 239 | 3,922 | R+13.0 |
| Audrain | 2,322 60.5% | 983 25.6% | 530 | 3,835 | D+34.9 |
| Clay | 2,969 79.2% | 589 15.7% | 193 | 3,751 | D+63.4 |
| Howard | 2,047 54.9% | 1,166 31.3% | 514 | 3,727 | D+23.6 |
| Gentry | 1,982 53.7% | 1,377 37.3% | 334 | 3,693 | D+16.4 |
| Platte | 2,693 73.0% | 945 25.6% | 49 | 3,687 | D+47.4 |
| Vernon | 2,338 64.3% | 940 25.8% | 360 | 3,638 | D+38.4 |
| Cape Girardeau | 1,869 51.7% | 1,641 45.4% | 102 | 3,612 | D+6.3 |
| Sullivan | 1,717 47.7% | 1,693 47.1% | 187 | 3,597 | D+0.7 |
| Jefferson | 2,012 56.3% | 1,501 42.0% | 62 | 3,575 | D+14.3 |
| Clinton | 2,061 59.1% | 1,237 35.5% | 187 | 3,485 | D+23.6 |
| Andrew | 1,571 45.2% | 1,781 51.3% | 121 | 3,473 | R+6.0 |
| Lincoln | 2,039 58.9% | 790 22.8% | 634 | 3,463 | D+36.1 |
| Newton | 1,535 44.3% | 957 27.6% | 971 | 3,463 | D+16.7 |
| Montgomery | 1,721 50.7% | 1,329 39.2% | 343 | 3,393 | D+11.6 |
| Lawrence | 1,476 43.7% | 1,567 46.4% | 337 | 3,380 | R+2.7 |
| Adair | 1,269 39.0% | 1,657 51.0% | 326 | 3,252 | R+11.9 |
| Lewis | 1,928 59.7% | 1,152 35.6% | 152 | 3,232 | D+24.0 |
| Clark | 1,570 49.2% | 1,503 47.1% | 120 | 3,193 | D+2.1 |
| Grundy | 1,102 35.1% | 1,917 61.0% | 124 | 3,143 | R+25.9 |
| Polk | 1,360 43.6% | 1,506 48.3% | 250 | 3,116 | R+4.7 |
| Holt | 1,297 41.7% | 1,605 51.5% | 212 | 3,114 | R+9.9 |
| Atchison | 1,261 42.3% | 1,228 41.2% | 490 | 2,979 | D+1.1 |
| Shelby | 1,770 59.7% | 350 11.8% | 847 | 2,967 | D+47.9 |
| Caldwell | 1,139 39.5% | 1,369 47.5% | 373 | 2,881 | R+8.0 |
| Moniteau | 1,323 46.9% | 853 30.3% | 643 | 2,819 | D+16.7 |
| Knox | 1,468 52.3% | 574 20.4% | 765 | 2,807 | D+31.8 |
| Mercer | 990 35.4% | 1,573 56.3% | 231 | 2,794 | R+20.9 |
| St. Clair | 963 34.6% | 765 27.5% | 1,053 | 2,781 | Others |
| Cole | 1,384 49.8% | 1,338 48.2% | 55 | 2,777 | D+1.7 |
| De Kalb | 1,305 47.2% | 1,238 44.8% | 221 | 2,764 | D+2.4 |
| Putnam | 725 27.2% | 1,513 56.8% | 424 | 2,662 | R+29.6 |
| St. Francois | 1,750 67.6% | 778 30.1% | 60 | 2,588 | D+37.6 |
| Scotland | 1,405 54.6% | 689 26.8% | 479 | 2,573 | D+27.8 |
| Barry | 1,163 47.3% | 970 39.4% | 327 | 2,460 | D+7.8 |
| Ralls | 1,800 74.5% | 603 24.9% | 14 | 2,417 | D+49.5 |
| Dade | 902 38.1% | 1,227 51.8% | 238 | 2,367 | R+13.7 |
| Washington | 1,489 63.6% | 775 33.1% | 78 | 2,342 | D+30.5 |
| Benton | 962 41.3% | 1,204 51.7% | 164 | 2,330 | R+10.4 |
| Osage | 1,137 50.2% | 1,117 49.3% | 10 | 2,264 | D+0.9 |
| Barton | 942 41.8% | 599 26.6% | 712 | 2,253 | D+15.2 |
| Stoddard | 1,541 69.3% | 590 26.5% | 92 | 2,223 | D+42.8 |
| Warren | 662 30.0% | 1,343 60.8% | 203 | 2,208 | R+30.8 |
| Webster | 1,024 46.5% | 561 25.5% | 616 | 2,201 | D+21.0 |
| Laclede | 960 45.7% | 365 17.4% | 774 | 2,099 | D+28.3 |
| Phelps | 1,132 54.0% | 416 19.8% | 548 | 2,096 | D+34.2 |
| Schuyler | 1,065 50.9% | 570 27.2% | 457 | 2,092 | D+23.7 |
| Cedar | 900 43.2% | 926 44.4% | 258 | 2,084 | R+1.2 |
| Perry | 1,110 53.7% | 887 42.9% | 71 | 2,068 | D+10.8 |
| Texas | 1,250 62.1% | 477 23.7% | 285 | 2,012 | D+38.4 |
| Gasconade | 487 24.4% | 1,512 75.6% | 1,999 | R+51.3 | |
| Crawford | 1,099 55.7% | 805 40.8% | 69 | 1,973 | D+14.9 |
| Miller | 757 40.0% | 970 51.2% | 167 | 1,894 | R+11.2 |
| Dent | 1,073 59.1% | 707 39.0% | 35 | 1,815 | D+20.2 |
| Bollinger | 1,068 58.9% | 629 34.7% | 117 | 1,814 | D+24.2 |
| Morgan | 950 52.6% | 798 44.2% | 57 | 1,805 | D+8.4 |
| Scott | 1,330 74.3% | 459 25.7% | 1,789 | D+48.7 | |
| Mississippi | 1,137 64.1% | 525 29.6% | 113 | 1,775 | D+34.5 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 1,081 61.0% | 650 36.7% | 40 | 1,771 | D+24.3 |
| Wayne | 1,144 65.1% | 568 32.3% | 46 | 1,758 | D+32.8 |
| Dallas | 487 28.7% | 654 38.6% | 555 | 1,696 | R+9.8 |
| Christian | 438 26.3% | 791 47.4% | 439 | 1,668 | R+21.2 |
| Worth | 751 47.8% | 657 41.8% | 163 | 1,571 | D+6.0 |
| Dunklin | 1,330 88.0% | 182 12.0% | 1,512 | D+75.9 | |
| Iron | 854 60.1% | 565 39.7% | 3 | 1,422 | D+20.3 |
| New Madrid | 1,095 77.3% | 321 22.7% | 1,416 | D+54.7 | |
| Wright | 409 28.9% | 641 45.3% | 365 | 1,415 | R+16.4 |
| Howell | 726 52.2% | 457 32.8% | 209 | 1,392 | D+19.3 |
| McDonald | 706 50.8% | 213 15.3% | 471 | 1,390 | D+35.5 |
| Hickory | 436 32.0% | 675 49.5% | 252 | 1,363 | R+17.5 |
| Madison | 952 70.8% | 391 29.1% | 1 | 1,344 | D+41.7 |
| Maries | 924 72.8% | 288 22.7% | 58 | 1,270 | D+50.1 |
| Camden | 507 40.0% | 563 44.4% | 197 | 1,267 | R+4.4 |
| Pulaski | 772 61.6% | 462 36.9% | 19 | 1,253 | D+24.7 |
| Douglas | 163 13.4% | 497 40.9% | 556 | 1,216 | Others |
| Butler | 746 66.8% | 275 24.6% | 96 | 1,117 | D+42.2 |
| Oregon | 809 88.2% | 85 9.3% | 23 | 917 | D+79.0 |
| Reynolds | 747 84.3% | 139 15.7% | 886 | D+68.6 | |
| Taney | 313 36.5% | 337 39.3% | 207 | 857 | R+2.8 |
| Ozark | 314 36.7% | 409 47.8% | 132 | 855 | R+11.1 |
| Pemiscot | 740 89.7% | 85 10.3% | 825 | D+79.4 | |
| Ripley | 578 75.8% | 115 15.1% | 70 | 763 | D+60.7 |
| Stone | 140 19.7% | 435 61.2% | 136 | 711 | R+41.5 |
| Shannon | 467 86.3% | 65 12.0% | 9 | 541 | D+74.3 |
| Carter | 238 64.7% | 80 21.7% | 50 | 368 | D+42.9 |
Counties as they stood in 1880; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Missouri in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+18.4 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+15.4 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+18.6 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+9.4 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+0.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+7.2 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+3.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+6.3 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+10.1 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+20.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+6.8 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+24.6 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+28.1 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+0.5 |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+0.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+1.6 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+16.6 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+2.9 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+4.8 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+22.6 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+28.6 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+11.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.8 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+11.4 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+17.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+0.1 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+3.9 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+8.7 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+7.5 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+4.9 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+7.5 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+13.7 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+16.3 |
| 1872 | Third party (other) | |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+13.9 |