Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A tụrụ aha Hancock ọtụtụ ugboro maka nhọpụta onyeisiala nke ndị Democratic, mana ọ nwetaghị ọnụ ọgụgụ ka ukwuu nke ndị nnọchiteanya. 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
Mgbakọ Democratic gbakọtara na Cincinnati na June 1880, Hancock duziri 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.