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Also Known As James Baird Weaver
Born June 12, 1833 • Dayton • Ohio
Died February 6, 1912 (aged 78) • Des Moines • Iowa
Title / Office House of Representatives (1885-1889), United States • House of Representatives (1879-1881), United States
Political Affiliation Republican Party
Role In American Civil War • Greenback movement • Populist Movement • United States presidential election of 1880 • United States presidential election of 1892

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Map of the United States showing the results of the 1880 presidential election by state. States won by Garfield (Republican) are shaded in red, while those won by Hancock (Democratic) are in blue. Electoral vote totals for each state are indicated by numbers, with Garfield receiving 214 electoral votes and Hancock 155. California is marked with stripes to show it split its electoral votes.
Map of the United States showing the results of the 1892 presidential election by state. States won by Grover Cleveland (Democratic) are shaded in blue, those won by Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in red, and those won by James Weaver (People's Party) in yellow. Several western states have striped patterns indicating split electoral votes. State boundaries and electoral vote numbers are marked, with a legend explaining the color coding and split results.
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