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1880 United States presidential election in Illinois
Garfield 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Hancock 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
President before election; Rutherford B. Hayes; Republican	Elected President ; James A. Garfield; Republican

The 1880 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a margin of 6.55%.^[1]

Results edit

1880 United States presidential election in Illinois^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	James Abram Garfield of Ohio	Chester Alan Arthur of New York	318,036	51.11%	21	100.00%
	Democratic	Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania	William Hayden English of Indiana	277,321	44.56%	0	0.00%
	Greenback	James Baird Weaver of Iowa	Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas	26,358	4.24%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Neal Dow of Maine	Henry Adams Thompson of Ohio	440	0.07%	0	0.00%
	Anti-Masonic	John Wolcott Phelps of Vermont	Samuel Clarke Pomeroy of Kansas	150	0.02%	0	0.00%
Total				622,305	100.00%	21	100.00%

^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (November 10, 1880). "Chicago daily tribune. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1872-1963, November 10, 1880, Image 2". p. 2. ISSN 2572-9985. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois".