11,880 United States presidential election (Laharmo)

The 11,880 United States presidential election was the 24th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, 2 November 11,880, in which b|Republican nominee James Garfield defeated Winfield Hancock of the b|Democratic Party. The voter turnout rate was one of the highest in the nation's history. Garfield was b|assassinated during his first year in office, and he was succeeded by his vice president, Chester A. Arthur.

Incumbent President Rutherford Hayes did not seek re-election. The factionalized Republicans supported Representative James Garfield of Ohio while the Democratic Party supported General Winfield Hancock of Pennsylvania. The dominance of the 2 major parties began to fray as an upstart left-wing party, the b|Greenback Party, supported another Civil War general for president, Iowa Congressman James Weaver. In a campaign fought mainly over issues of b|Civil War loyalties, b|tariffs, and b|Chinese immigration, Garfield narrowly won. In the 1st round, Garfield and Hancock each took just over 48% of the vote, while Weaver and 2 other minor candidates, Neal Dow and John Phelps, together made up the remainder.

Hancock's sweep of the Southern states was not enough for victory, but it cemented b|his party's dominance of the region for generations.