American Psephology
The 1880 Presidential Election in Alabama
On November 2, 1880, Alabama's voters voted for ten at-large electors. Three electoral slates ran.
The Democratic candidates:[src]
- At-large - W. L. Bragg
- At-large - E. A. O'Neal
- 1st District - D. P. Bestor
- 2nd District - John A. Padgett
- 3rd District - J. F. Waddell
- 4th District - John Enochs
- 5th District - Thomas W. Wadler
- 6th District - J. G. Harris
- 7th District - F. W. Bowdon
- 8th District - H. C. Jones
The Republican candidates:[src]
- Winfield S. Bird
- Daniel B. Booth
- Charles W. Buckley
- James S. Clarke
- John J. Martin
- Nicholas S. McAfee
- Luther R. Smith
- Benjamin S. Turner
- George Turner
- Willard Warner
The Greenback candidates:[src]
- At-large - Oliver S. Beers
- At-large - James M. Pickens
- 1st District - Charles C. McCall
- 2nd District - J. B. Townsend
- 3rd District - A. B. Griffin
- 4th District - Hilliard M. M. Judge
- 5th District - Theodore Nunn
- 6th District - J. B. Shields
- 7th District - H. R. McCoy
- 8th District - James H. Cowan
The county returns are as follows:
| Democrats | Republicans | Greenbacks | |
| Autauga | 978 | 974 | 15 |
| Baldwin | 767 | 663 | 23 |
| Barbour | 2753 | 1200 | 1 |
| Bibb | 737 | 106 | 0 |
| Blount | 1318 | 260 | 0 |
| Bullock | 125 | 656 | 0 |
| Butler | 2026 | 861 | 2 |
| Calhoun | 1984 | 509 | 12 |
| Chambers | 1918 | 884 | 28 |
| Cherokee | 1390 | 180 | 0 |
| Chilton | 713 | 131 | 0 |
| Choctaw | 1050 | 520 | 702 |
| Clarke | 1138 | 740 | 0 |
| Clay | 1002 | 52 | 174 |
| Cleburne | 904 | 117 | 0 |
| Coffee | 764 | 63 | 0 |
| Colbert | 1237 | 1072 | 167 |
| Conecuh | 1154 | 843 | 0 |
| Coosa | 1296 | 812 | 14 |
| Covington | 879 | 64 | 3 |
| Crenshaw | 1774 | 231 | 0 |
| Cullman | 336 | 163 | 0 |
| Dale | 1224 | 284 | 0 |
| Dallas | 1794 | 1108 | 0 |
| DeKalb | 759 | 252 | 0 |
| Elmore | 1467 | 1389 | 13 |
| Escambia | 812 | 285 | 22 |
| Etowah | 1217 | 347 | 4 |
| Fayette | 631 | 202 | 43 |
| Franklin | 655 | 239 | 110 |
| Geneva | 460 | 6 | 0 |
| Greene | 943 | 1463 | 0 |
| Hale | 1736 | 1549 | 0 |
| Henry | 1729 | 273 | 0 |
| Jackson | 2059 | 599 | 956 |
| Jefferson | 1712 | 781 | 176 |
| Lamar | 856 | 172 | 0 |
| Lauderdale | 1743 | 1228 | 88 |
| Lawrence | 1555 | 1414 | 558 |
| Lee | 1943 | 1569 | 5 |
| Limestone | 1600 | 1623 | 56 |
| Lowndes | 1414 | 2399 | 0 |
| Macon | 538 | 191 | 0 |
| Madison | 2808 | 3062 | 489 |
| Marengo | 2359 | 1825 | 0 |
| Marion | 498 | 43 | 0 |
| Marshall | 939 | 83 | 59 |
| Mobile | 3784 | 3239 | 201 |
| Monroe | 1087 | 821 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 2971 | 5469 | 39 |
| Morgan | 1420 | 644 | 275 |
| Perry | 2278 | 2082 | 0 |
| Pickens | 1562 | 214 | 0 |
| Pike | 2327 | 741 | 3 |
| Randolph | 832 | 486 | 0 |
| Russell | 1678 | 1402 | 0 |
| Shelby | 1455 | 840 | 8 |
| St. Clair | 942 | 496 | 0 |
| Sumter | 1787 | 1337 | 0 |
| Talladega | 1659 | 1757 | 62 |
| Tallapoosa | 2676 | 779 | 0 |
| Tuscaloosa | 1855 | 807 | 0 |
| Walker | 539 | 220 | 53 |
| Washington | 575 | 139 | 61 |
| Wilcox | 1860 | 1264 | 0 |
| Winston | 149 | 126 | 0 |
| Total | 91,130 (59.99%) | 56,350 (37.10%) | 4422 (2.91%) |
The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Hancock and English on December 1.