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United States presidential election, 1880
The United States presidential election of 1880 was a contest between Republican James A. Garfield and Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock in which the Republican Garfield prevailed. At the Republican convention, supporters of Ulysses S. Grant James G. Blaine, and John Sherman deadlocked for thirty-six rounds of voting before settling on Garfield as the nominee. At the Democratic convention, Hancock fended off challenges by Thomas F. Bayard, Samuel J. Randall, and Henry B. Payne for his party's nomination, while James B. Weaver and Neal Dow picked up their small parties' endorsements with little dissent. The voter turnout rate was one of the highest in the nation's history. In the end, the popular vote totals of the two main candidates were separated by fewer than 2,000 votes, the smallest victory in the popular vote ever recorded. In the electoral college, however, Garfield's victory was decisive; he won nearly all of the populous Northern states to achieve a majority of 214 electoral votes to 155 for Hancock. Hancock's sweep of the Southern states was not enough for victory, but it cemented his party's dominance of the region for generations.


 * Contributor(s): Coemgenus

This collection of fifteen featured articles and three good articles covers the major events and people involved in the 1880 U.S. presdiential election. The first column lists the presidential and vice-presidential candidates from the two major parties and the two minor parties that received at least 0.1% of the popular vote. The middle column includes the significant political conventions that year. The third column lists "also-rans," men who sought their party's nomination and had the votes of at least 10% of their convention's delegates. --Coemgenus (talk) 22:01, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I recommend reorder this template with Reps on left, Dems on middle, and everything else on right.
 * Sure, that makes sense. I've rearranged it that way. --Coemgenus (talk) 14:30, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Let me try again: left: RNC, winner, VP, other Reps; center: DNC, winner, VO, other Dems; right: GNC, others. Nergaal (talk) 10:43, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Done. --Coemgenus (talk) 18:11, 7 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I am wondering if John W. Phelps should be included too, but I would be fine with or without it. Ah, an the blurb should mention most of the linked articles. Nergaal (talk) 20:27, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I left out Phelps because he only won about a thousand votes across the country, and I thought we had to draw a line somewhere. Thanks for the support and the suggestions on formatting, etc. --Coemgenus (talk) 16:29, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support, I agree with drawing a line somewhere or the topic could get unwieldy.  MPJ  -DK 00:22, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Jclemens (talk) 08:24, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 16:52, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Mattximus (talk) 14:43, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Support ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:48, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Closed with a consensus to promote to Featured Topic.--  十  八  20:06, 2 March 2017 (UTC)