United States · Election results history · 1880 president · Texas

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.

1880 presidential election in Texas

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) beat James A. Garfield (Republican) in Texas in 1880, 64.7% to 23.9%, a margin of 40.8 points and 98,535 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1876, when Samuel J. Tilden won.

Democrats led in 137 of the 157 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18 and other candidates in 2. The largest, Grayson, cast 7,062 votes and went to the Democrat by 49.7 points. The closest was Blanco, where 1 vote separated the top two.

United States

Results

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1866 1865

If only voted How this works

If the polls miss like

Or set the national mood Turnout

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	156,428	64.7%
James A. Garfield	Republican	57,893	23.9%
James B. Weaver	Greenback	27,405	11.3%
Total		241,726

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Grayson	4,988 70.6%	1,477 20.9%	597	7,062	D+49.7
Dallas	3,951 64.7%	1,352 22.2%	800	6,103	D+42.6
Harris	3,096 59.1%	2,079 39.7%	65	5,240	D+19.4
Washington	1,957 39.4%	2,843 57.2%	168	4,968	R+17.8
Tarrant	3,378 72.6%	392 8.4%	884	4,654	D+64.2
Fannin	3,214 71.4%	704 15.6%	584	4,502	D+55.8
Fayette	1,886 44.1%	2,285 53.4%	108	4,279	R+9.3
Bexar	2,652 63.0%	1,547 36.8%	8	4,207	D+26.3
Lamar	2,627 64.0%	806 19.6%	669	4,102	D+44.4
Collin	3,430 84.6%	334 8.2%	292	4,056	D+76.3
McLennan	2,736 68.9%	1,029 25.9%	204	3,969	D+43.0
Travis	1,833 46.6%	1,453 36.9%	649	3,935	D+9.7
Smith	1,929 49.9%	1,742 45.1%	194	3,865	D+4.8
Ellis	3,083 81.1%	370 9.7%	350	3,803	D+71.3
Cooke	3,158 83.5%	234 6.2%	388	3,780	D+77.4
Johnson	2,975 84.7%	3 0.1%	533	3,511	D+84.6
Harrison	1,924 55.8%	1,453 42.2%	68	3,445	D+13.7
Bell	2,858 85.5%	121 3.6%	364	3,343	D+81.9
Grimes	1,158 35.3%	1,553 47.3%	571	3,282	R+12.0
Navarro	2,404 75.5%	704 22.1%	76	3,184	D+53.4
Hunt	2,518 79.7%	121 3.8%	521	3,160	D+75.9
Robertson	1,617 51.4%	1,013 32.2%	513	3,143	D+19.2
Kaufman	2,143 68.8%	228 7.3%	742	3,113	D+61.5
Colorado	1,102 37.8%	1,741 59.7%	71	2,914	R+21.9
Wise	1,974 68.4%	105 3.6%	809	2,888	D+64.7
Hill	2,459 86.2%	2 0.1%	393	2,854	D+86.1
Williamson	1,782 67.2%	306 11.5%	565	2,653	D+55.6
Hopkins	2,021 78.0%	153 5.9%	418	2,592	D+72.1
Parker	1,821 71.0%	169 6.6%	573	2,563	D+64.5
Anderson	1,466 57.5%	1,085 42.5%		2,551	D+14.9
Bastrop	1,060 42.1%	971 38.6%	487	2,518	D+3.5
Houston	1,288 54.6%	1,060 44.9%	12	2,360	D+9.7
Freestone	1,249 53.6%	404 17.3%	679	2,332	D+36.2
Limestone	1,366 59.1%	329 14.2%	618	2,313	D+44.8
Rusk	1,313 57.3%	868 37.9%	111	2,292	D+19.4
Erath	1,873 82.0%	1 0.0%	410	2,284	D+82.0
Red River	1,385 60.7%	848 37.1%	50	2,283	D+23.5
Gonzales	1,548 69.0%	484 21.6%	212	2,244	D+47.4
Milam	1,493 67.2%	362 16.3%	368	2,223	D+50.9
Van Zandt	1,439 65.0%	238 10.7%	538	2,215	D+54.2
Caldwell	1,400 64.7%	694 32.1%	71	2,165	D+32.6
Cherokee	1,485 68.7%	530 24.5%	148	2,163	D+44.2
Cameron	1,902 89.8%	217 10.2%		2,119	D+79.5
Cass	1,008 47.7%	373 17.6%	734	2,115	D+30.0
Montague	1,684 80.1%	0 0.0%	418	2,102	D+80.1
Falls	1,126 54.4%	89 4.3%	855	2,070	D+50.1
Lavaca	1,402 69.6%	514 25.5%	99	2,015	D+44.1
Bowie	1,102 56.4%	778 39.8%	74	1,954	D+16.6
Brazos	1,141 58.6%	430 22.1%	376	1,947	D+36.5
Marion	530 28.8%	1,189 64.7%	119	1,838	R+35.9
Montgomery	760 42.0%	316 17.5%	734	1,810	D+24.5
Coryell	1,675 94.7%	11 0.6%	83	1,769	D+94.1
Upshur	1,119 63.7%	259 14.7%	380	1,758	D+48.9
Guadalupe	998 57.5%	713 41.1%	25	1,736	D+16.4
Wood	1,156 66.8%	75 4.3%	500	1,731	D+62.4
Waller	557 32.4%	1,128 65.7%	33	1,718	R+33.2
Bosque	1,428 84.3%	16 0.9%	250	1,694	D+83.4
Nacogdoches	1,180 74.7%	2 0.1%	398	1,580	D+74.6
Lee	752 48.1%	437 27.9%	376	1,565	D+20.1
Panola	1,388 92.7%	110 7.3%		1,498	D+85.3
Brazoria	324 22.1%	1,144 77.9%		1,468	R+55.9
Walker	634 43.7%	83 5.7%	733	1,450	Others
Webb	1,339 92.5%	109 7.5%		1,448	D+84.9
Gregg	535 37.4%	688 48.0%	209	1,432	R+10.7
Austin	660 46.4%	762 53.6%		1,422	R+7.2
Hays	1,050 74.9%	305 21.8%	46	1,401	D+53.2
Leon	1,092 78.7%	91 6.6%	205	1,388	D+72.1
Comanche	1,182 85.5%	3 0.2%	197	1,382	D+85.3
Henderson	977 71.8%	244 17.9%	139	1,360	D+53.9
Shelby	1,292 98.5%	0 0.0%	20	1,312	D+98.5
Burleson	684 52.8%	387 29.9%	225	1,296	D+22.9
Brown	853 68.1%	30 2.4%	370	1,253	D+65.7
Fort Bend	264 22.3%	918 77.7%		1,182	R+55.3
Hood	1,114 96.0%	0 0.0%	47	1,161	D+96.0
Jack	757 66.6%	74 6.5%	306	1,137	D+60.1
De Witt	738 67.2%	351 32.0%	9	1,098	D+35.2
Camp	517 48.0%	385 35.7%	175	1,077	D+12.3
Nueces	879 83.8%	170 16.2%		1,049	D+67.6
Burnet	597 57.0%	1 0.1%	449	1,047	D+56.9
Madison	579 58.6%	279 28.2%	130	988	D+30.4
Taylor	271 27.5%	123 12.5%	592	986	Others
Delta	691 71.8%	50 5.2%	221	962	D+66.6
Titus	898 97.4%	24 2.6%		922	D+94.8
Clay	702 77.0%	0 0.0%	210	912	D+77.0
Palo Pinto	773 86.4%	0 0.0%	122	895	D+86.4
Franklin	638 71.4%	0 0.0%	255	893	D+71.4
San Augustine	547 61.9%	337 38.1%		884	D+23.8
Victoria	579 66.9%	287 33.1%		866	D+33.7
Morris	540 64.0%	304 36.0%		844	D+28.0
Lampasas	549 65.2%	1 0.1%	292	842	D+65.1
Polk	670 81.5%	63 7.7%	89	822	D+73.8
Hamilton	747 91.4%	2 0.2%	68	817	D+91.2
Tyler	789 96.6%	3 0.4%	25	817	D+96.2
Gillespie	352 43.3%	458 56.4%	2	812	R+13.1
Young	712 88.2%	23 2.9%	72	807	D+85.4
Angelina	764 99.9%	0 0.0%	1	765	D+99.9
Comal	344 45.0%	421 55.0%		765	R+10.1
Stephens	683 91.7%	4 0.5%	58	745	D+91.1
Wharton	98 13.4%	622 85.0%	12	732	R+71.6
Trinity	588 82.7%	123 17.3%		711	D+65.4
Llano	466 67.3%	2 0.3%	224	692	D+67.1
Matagorda	252 37.1%	428 62.9%		680	R+25.9
Jasper	623 93.3%	45 6.7%		668	D+86.5
San Saba	425 64.3%	0 0.0%	236	661	D+64.3
Rockwall	563 90.5%	40 6.4%	19	622	D+84.1
Liberty	435 70.4%	183 29.6%		618	D+40.8
Medina	243 41.9%	323 55.7%	14	580	R+13.8
Starr	250 43.9%	319 56.1%		569	R+12.1
Jefferson	374 66.4%	189 33.6%		563	D+32.9
Goliad	520 92.7%	38 6.8%	3	561	D+85.9
Kinney	436 78.0%	123 22.0%		559	D+56.0
Duval	483 94.0%	30 5.8%	1	514	D+88.1
Rains	364 70.8%	0 0.0%	150	514	D+70.8
Sabine	492 98.2%	9 1.8%		501	D+96.4
Newton	486 100.0%	0 0.0%		486	D+100.0
Coleman	411 84.7%	0 0.0%	74	485	D+84.7
Somervell	403 85.2%	0 0.0%	70	473	D+85.2
Kendall	133 28.3%	322 68.5%	15	470	R+40.2
Hidalgo	462 100.0%	0 0.0%		462	D+100.0
San Jacinto	409 89.7%	47 10.3%		456	D+79.4
Maverick	291 67.8%	138 32.2%		429	D+35.7
Callahan	397 93.2%	0 0.0%	29	426	D+93.2
Tom Green	352 84.6%	46 11.1%	18	416	D+73.6
Mason	321 78.5%	71 17.4%	17	409	D+61.1
Atascosa	345 84.8%	16 3.9%	46	407	D+80.8
Eastland	361 92.3%	0 0.0%	30	391	D+92.3
Bandera	361 96.0%	15 4.0%		376	D+92.0
Kerr	233 65.3%	107 30.0%	17	357	D+35.3
Chambers	275 77.9%	69 19.5%	9	353	D+58.4
Orange	221 62.6%	79 22.4%	53	353	D+40.2
Shackelford	288 82.1%	63 17.9%		351	D+64.1
El Paso	163 47.7%	179 52.3%		342	R+4.7
Bee	313 96.3%	12 3.7%		325	D+92.6
Uvalde	281 91.2%	17 5.5%	10	308	D+85.7
Karnes	300 100.0%	0 0.0%		300	D+100.0
Live Oak	262 97.4%	7 2.6%		269	D+94.8
Wilson	232 89.2%	18 6.9%	10	260	D+82.3
Jackson	226 89.0%	28 11.0%		254	D+78.0
Frio	170 71.1%	6 2.5%	63	239	D+68.6
McCulloch	174 80.9%	0 0.0%	41	215	D+80.9
Pecos	201 96.2%	8 3.8%		209	D+92.3
Aransas	184 88.9%	22 10.6%	1	207	D+78.3
Hardin	199 98.5%	3 1.5%		202	D+97.0
Refugio	179 90.9%	18 9.1%		197	D+81.7
Calhoun	189 96.9%	6 3.1%		195	D+93.8
Menard	157 88.7%	18 10.2%	2	177	D+78.5
Kimble	93 53.4%	6 3.4%	75	174	D+50.0
Runnels	168 100.0%	0 0.0%		168	D+100.0
San Patricio	161 98.2%	3 1.8%		164	D+96.3
Baylor	148 100.0%	0 0.0%		148	D+100.0
Concho	132 91.0%	0 0.0%	13	145	D+91.0
Blanco	69 50.0%	1 0.7%	68	138	D+49.3
Throckmorton	127 98.4%	2 1.6%		129	D+96.9
Archer	84 72.4%	0 0.0%	32	116	D+72.4
Zapata	60 54.1%	51 45.9%		111	D+8.1
Wheeler	65 67.0%	16 16.5%	16	97	D+50.5
Dimmit	49 100.0%	0 0.0%		49	D+100.0

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.

Texas in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+13.7
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+9.0
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+15.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+11.8
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+22.9
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.3
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+4.9
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+3.5
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+12.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+27.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+13.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+33.0
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+1.3
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+26.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+2.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+6.4
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+41.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+54.8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+62.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+76.7
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+3.7
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+53.9
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+35.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+59.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+63.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+51.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+49.6
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+32.4
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+37.2
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+37.4
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+41.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+40.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+40.8
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+40.1
1872	Third party (other)

1880 presidential election in Texas

Result

Every county

Texas in every presidential election we hold

Choose a country

Search