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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Tennessee

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) beat James A. Garfield (Republican) in Tennessee in 1880, 53.3% to 44.2%, a margin of 9.1 points and 22,086 votes.

Tennessee voted 9.2 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 55 of the 91 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 36. The largest, Shelby, cast 14,979 votes and went to the Republican by 5.7 points. The closest was Cumberland, where 84 votes separated the two parties.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Winfield Scott Hancock won Democratic 129,360 53.3%
James A. Garfield Republican 107,274 44.2%
All other candidates 5,993 2.5%
Total242,627

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 6,927 46.2% 7,788 52.0% 264 14,979 R+5.7
Davidson 7,543 52.2% 6,449 44.7% 448 14,440 D+7.6
Knox 3,119 41.6% 4,361 58.2% 16 7,496 R+16.6
Rutherford 3,855 60.1% 2,482 38.7% 77 6,414 D+21.4
Maury 3,306 54.7% 2,742 45.3% 6,048 D+9.3
Haywood 1,766 32.4% 3,557 65.2% 131 5,454 R+32.8
Fayette 2,247 42.2% 3,082 57.8% 5,329 R+15.7
Madison 2,834 54.4% 2,223 42.6% 156 5,213 D+11.7
Giles 2,899 57.8% 2,040 40.7% 77 5,016 D+17.1
Montgomery 2,846 58.3% 2,039 41.7% 4,885 D+16.5
Lincoln 3,652 78.8% 886 19.1% 94 4,632 D+59.7
Greene 2,060 45.7% 2,303 51.1% 141 4,504 R+5.4
Bedford 2,504 56.8% 1,766 40.1% 137 4,407 D+16.7
Gibson 2,691 61.3% 1,700 38.7% 4,391 D+22.6
Williamson 2,733 63.9% 1,541 36.1% 4,274 D+27.9
Wilson 2,918 68.3% 1,227 28.7% 125 4,270 D+39.6
Hamilton 1,595 38.2% 2,460 59.0% 117 4,172 R+20.7
Carroll 1,820 44.9% 2,208 54.5% 25 4,053 R+9.6
Weakley 2,526 63.2% 1,470 36.8% 3,996 D+26.4
Sumner 2,893 72.6% 1,092 27.4% 3,985 D+45.2
Washington 1,576 42.8% 2,104 57.2% 3,680 R+14.3
Hawkins 1,039 29.0% 1,907 53.2% 640 3,586 R+24.2
Tipton 1,893 53.8% 1,604 45.6% 23 3,520 D+8.2
Henry 2,305 66.2% 1,013 29.1% 165 3,483 D+37.1
Sullivan 2,264 65.2% 1,207 34.8% 3,471 D+30.5
Hardeman 1,566 49.6% 1,409 44.6% 185 3,160 D+5.0
Robertson 2,107 67.6% 951 30.5% 61 3,119 D+37.1
Obion 1,982 71.2% 583 20.9% 218 2,783 D+50.3
Henderson 1,274 46.2% 1,385 50.3% 97 2,756 R+4.0
McMinn 1,209 45.2% 1,463 54.8% 2,672 R+9.5
Marshall 2,006 76.0% 548 20.8% 84 2,638 D+55.3
Franklin 2,187 85.4% 357 13.9% 16 2,560 D+71.5
Jefferson 693 27.3% 1,807 71.3% 36 2,536 R+43.9
Smith 1,569 62.2% 705 27.9% 250 2,524 D+34.2
Cocke 906 36.0% 1,608 64.0% 2,514 R+27.9
Sevier 431 17.4% 2,052 82.6% 2,483 R+65.3
Blount 882 35.6% 1,597 64.4% 2,479 R+28.8
Roane 805 33.0% 1,628 66.8% 5 2,438 R+33.8
McNairy 1,135 46.7% 949 39.0% 349 2,433 D+7.6
Hardin 972 41.8% 1,345 57.9% 6 2,323 R+16.1
Lauderdale 1,147 52.0% 971 44.0% 87 2,205 D+8.0
Dekalb 1,325 60.4% 867 39.6% 2,192 D+20.9
Claiborne 967 44.4% 1,212 55.6% 2,179 R+11.2
Warren 1,577 73.5% 482 22.5% 86 2,145 D+51.0
Grainger 870 41.4% 1,197 56.9% 35 2,102 R+15.6
Monroe 1,181 56.2% 919 43.7% 2 2,102 D+12.5
Coffee 1,766 84.9% 198 9.5% 115 2,079 D+75.4
Carter 405 19.8% 1,644 80.2% 2,049 R+60.5
Hamblen 848 43.4% 1,095 56.0% 12 1,955 R+12.6
Dickson 1,169 62.6% 497 26.6% 202 1,868 D+36.0
Stewart 1,322 71.6% 488 26.4% 37 1,847 D+45.2
Bradley 665 38.3% 932 53.6% 141 1,738 R+15.4
Humphreys 1,325 80.7% 245 14.9% 72 1,642 D+65.8
Anderson 574 35.2% 1,058 64.8% 1,632 R+29.7
Marion 740 45.5% 886 54.5% 1,626 R+9.0
Union 480 29.6% 1,140 70.4% 1,620 R+40.7
Hickman 1,157 71.8% 392 24.3% 62 1,611 D+47.5
Overton 1,152 72.6% 430 27.1% 5 1,587 D+45.5
Dyer 1,060 67.4% 248 15.8% 265 1,573 D+51.6
White 1,308 84.0% 173 11.1% 76 1,557 D+72.9
Loudon 533 34.3% 1,021 65.7% 1,554 R+31.4
Wayne 649 41.8% 905 58.2% 1,554 R+16.5
Cannon 1,035 67.7% 300 19.6% 193 1,528 D+48.1
Putnam 1,040 68.9% 467 30.9% 2 1,509 D+38.0
Jackson 1,299 88.9% 136 9.3% 27 1,462 D+79.5
Hancock 493 34.2% 948 65.8% 1,441 R+31.6
Benton 771 57.0% 383 28.3% 199 1,353 D+28.7
Campbell 314 23.2% 1,038 76.8% 1,352 R+53.6
Macon 713 54.6% 559 42.8% 34 1,306 D+11.8
Johnson 203 15.7% 1,092 84.3% 1,295 R+68.6
Lawrence 928 71.9% 362 28.1% 1,290 D+43.9
Decatur 753 59.9% 413 32.9% 91 1,257 D+27.0
Cheatham 794 67.8% 291 24.9% 86 1,171 D+43.0
Rhea 668 61.0% 427 39.0% 1,095 D+22.0
Trousdale 793 76.3% 247 23.8% 1,040 D+52.5
Polk 653 64.0% 362 35.5% 5 1,020 D+28.5
Meigs 607 60.6% 395 39.4% 1,002 D+21.2
Clay 567 63.6% 177 19.8% 148 892 D+43.7
Bledsoe 372 42.9% 484 55.8% 11 867 R+12.9
Perry 604 73.0% 223 27.0% 827 D+46.1
Fentress 314 38.1% 511 61.9% 825 R+23.9
Scott 127 17.9% 582 82.1% 709 R+64.2
Morgan 245 36.1% 434 63.9% 679 R+27.8
Cumberland 287 42.3% 371 54.7% 20 678 R+12.4
Houston 522 80.4% 127 19.6% 649 D+60.9
James (Ext) 209 32.9% 403 63.4% 24 636 R+30.5
Grundy 461 88.0% 63 12.0% 524 D+76.0
Lake 337 84.5% 28 7.0% 34 399 D+77.4
Sequatchie 224 64.9% 119 34.5% 2 345 D+30.4
Van Buren 281 82.4% 60 17.6% 341 D+64.8
Lewis 200 84.0% 37 15.5% 1 238 D+68.5

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.

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9