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ELECTION RESULTS:

REPUBLICANS:
JAMES A. GARFIELD (PRESIDENT)
CHESTER A. ARTHUR (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 214 (58.0%)
Popular Vote: 4,453,611 (48.3%)

DEMOCRATS:
WINFIELD S. HANCOCK (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM ENGLISH (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 155 (42.0%)

Popular Vote: 4,445,256 (48.2%)

GREENBACK:
JAMES WEAVER (PRESIDENT)
BARZILLAI J. CHAMBERS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0

Popular Vote: 306,135 (3.3%)

CANDIDATES:

REPUBLICANS:

JAMES A. GARFIELD (PRESIDENT)
CHESTER A. ARTHUR (VICE PRESIDENT)

DEMOCRATS:

WINFIELD S. HANCOCK (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH (VICE PRESIDENT)

GREENBACK:

JAMES B. WEAVER (PRESIDENT) 

RESOURCES:

James Garfield speaking at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois on June 2, 1880 (C.D Mosher/ Library of Congress)

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