Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - A tụrụ aha Hancock ọtụtụ oge maka nhọpụta onye kwuo uche ya maka onye isi ala, mana ọ nwetaghị ọnụ ọgụgụ ka ukwuu nke ndị nnọchi anya. Otú ọ dị, n'afọ 1880, ohere Hancock nwere ka mma. Onyeisiala Hayes ekwela nkwa na ya agaghị azọ ọkwa onyeisiala ọzọ, na onyeisiala ndị Democrats gara aga bụ Tilden, jụrụ ịzọ ọkwa ọzọ n'ihi ahụike ya. Hancock chere ọtụtụ ndị asọmpi maka nhọpụta ahụ, gụnyere Thomas A. Hendricks, Allen G. Thurman, Stephen Johnson Field, na Thomas F. Bayard. Nnọpụiche Hancock n'okwu ego, na nkwado ya na-adịgide adịgide na South (n'ihi General Order Number 40) pụtara na Hancock, karịa onye ọ bụla ọzọ, nwere nkwado mba. Mgbe ogbako Democratic
gbakọtara na Cincinnati na June 1880, Hancock duru na ntuli aka mbụ, mana enweghị ọtụtụ. Site na ntuli aka nke abụọ, Hancock natara ụzọ abụọ n'ụzọ atọ achọrọ, ma họrọ William Hayden English nke Indiana ka ọ bụrụ onye ibe ya.