The American Presidency Project Web site presents election results from the 1880 presidential election. This site also contains the Democratic Party Platform External and the Republican Party Platform External of 1880.

This HarpWeek Web site features political cartoons from Harper's Weekly, Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Vanity Fair, Puck, Judge, and American Political Prints, 1766-1876: A Catalog of the Collections in the Library of Congress. It provides explanations of the historical context and images of each cartoon, campaign overviews, biographical sketches, a review of the era's major issues, and other valuable information related to the 1880 presidential election.

U.S. House of Representatives: Historical Highlights.On November 2, 1880, Representative James Garfield of Ohio became the first (and still the only) sitting House Member to be elected President of the United States.

The UVA Miller Center presents an essay on James Garfield's 1880 presidential campaign.