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1880
| Presidential / Vice presidential candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| James A. Garfield / Chester A. Arthur (Republican) | 4,454,416 | 214 |
| Winfield Scott Hancock / William H. English (Democratic) | 4,444,952 | 155 |
After having retired from politics for four years, former president Ulysses S. Grant ran for an unprecedented third term. On the first thirty-five ballots, he failed to receive enough votes to defeat Maine senator James G. Blaine and Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman for the Republican nomination; he lost when the supporters of Blaine and Sherman switched their allegiance to dark horse Garfield.
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