Rutherford B. Hayes Republican James A. Garfield Republican The 1880 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election.

Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, Major General Winfield S. Hancock over the Republican candidate, U.S. Representative James A. Garfield.

Hancock won Virginia comfortably by a margin of 21.05 percent.

While Hancock won the state, a split in the Democratic Party in Virginia over the payment of state debts led to 2 Democratic electoral slates being nominated, 1 by the regular debt-paying "Funder" Democrats, the other by the "Readjuster" or anti-debt paying faction of the party.