Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na ntuliaka onyeisiala, onye nnọchiteanya Republican James Garfield si Ohio meriri onye isi ndị Democrats bụ Winfield Hancock. N'agbanyeghi na Garfield nwetara vootu ndị ntuliaka n'ụzọ doro anya, o nwetara vootu ndị mmadụ site na oke pere mpe na akụkọ ihe mere eme. Onye isi ala Republican nke nọ n'ọchịchị otu oge Rutherford B. Hayes jụrụ ịchọ ntuli aka ọzọ. Garfield pụtara dị ka onye Republican na-agba ịnyịnya ojii na-eso 1880 Republican National Convention, na-achịkwa na ntuli aka nke 36 megide onye bụbu President Ulysses S. Grant, Senator Maine James G. Blaine, na Ohio Senator John Sherman. Hancock nwetara nhọpụta ahụ na Democratic National Convention nke 1880
na ntuliaka nke abụọ, meriri Delaware Senator Thomas F. Bayard na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ na-azọ ọchịchị. Garfield bụ onye mbụ so na ndị omeiwu a họpụtara ịbụ onye isi ala, ma bụrụkwa onye otu nọ ọdụ na ụlọ iji merie ntuli aka onye isi ala.