Tennessee │ 107,677 │ 128,191 │ 5,917 │ 43 ║ ―― │ 12 Kentucky │ 106,306 │ 149,068 │ 11,499 │ 258 ║ ―― │ 12 Ohio │ 375,048 │ 340,821 │ 6,456 │ 2,616 ║ 22 │ ―― Michigan │ 185,341 │ 131,597 │ 34,895 │ 942 ║ 11 │ ―― Indiana │ 232,164 │ 225,522 │ 12,986 │ ―――― ║ 15 │ ―― Illinois │ 318,037 │ 277,321 │ 26,358 │ 443 ║ 21 │ ―― Wisconsin │ 144,400 │ 114,649 │ 7,986 │ 69 ║ 10 │ ―― Minnesota │ 93,903 │ 53,315 │ 3,267 │ 286 ║ 5 │ ―― Iowa │ 183,927 │ 105,845 │ 32,701 │ 592 ║ 11 │ ―― Nebraska │ 54,979 │ 28,523 │ 3,950 │ ―――― ║ 3 │ ―― Kansas │ 121,549 │ 59,801 │ 10,851 │ 25 ║ 5 │ ―― Colorado │ 27,450 │ 24,647 │ 1,435 │ ―――― ║ 3 │ ―― Nevada │ 8,732 │ 9,613 │ ―――― │ ―――― ║ ―― │ 3 California │ 80,348 │ 80,426 │ 3,892 │ ―――― ║ 1 │ 5 Oregon │ 20,619 │ 19,948 │ 249 │ ―――― ║ 3 │ ―― ├────────────┼───────────┼─────────┼────────╫──────────┼──────── Totals │4,454,416 │ 4,444,952 │ 308,578 │ 10,305 ║ 214 │ 155 ═══════════════╧════════════╧═══════════╧═════════╧════════╩══════════╧════════ [28] Votes for a fusion electoral ticket, made up of three Democrats and four Greenbackers. A “straight” Greenback ticket was also voted for. [29] Two Democratic tickets were voted for in Virginia. The regular ticket received 96,912, and was successful; the “Readjusters” polled 31,674 votes. [30] Two Republican tickets were voted for. Garfield possessed more political honors at one time than any other public man in the history of the country. After the November election of 1880, he was the Congressman from his district; he was United States Senator-elect, having been chosen by the Ohio Legislature in January of the same year, and he was President-elect. He had many elements of popularity, but was not a courageous leader like Blaine. He was not a strong, aggressive man, although able in debate and one of the most scholarly of our public men. He had a most difficult rôle to fill when he came into the Presidency. Conkling wholly distrusted him when Garfield was first nominated for President, as was clearly evidenced by Conkling failing to call upon Garfield when Garfield made his first visit to New York after the Chicago convention, although he stopped at the same hotel where Conkling was a guest. Later in the campaign Conkling was earnestly urged to visit Garfield, and he made the visit, resulting in the Conkling and Grant forces earnestly supporting Garfield’s election.