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1880 Governor election results

23 races · 23 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1880 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1880 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaRufus W. CobbD134,905 votes · +92,542 over James Madison Pickens
ArkansasThomas James ChurchillD84,185 votes · +52,761 over William Pratt Parks
ColoradoFrederick Walker PitkinR28,465 votes · +4,918 over John S. Hough
ConnecticutHobart B. BigelowR67,070 votes · +2,777 over James E. English
FloridaWilliam D. BloxhamD28,372 votes · +5,065 over Simon B. Conover
GeorgiaAlfred H. ColquittD118,349 votes · +54,345 over Thomas M. Norwood
IllinoisShelby Moore CullomR314,565 votes · +37,033 over Lyman Trumbull
IndianaAlbert G. PorterR231,405 votes · +6,953 over Franklin Landers
KansasJohn St. JohnR115,144 votes · +51,587 over Edmund G. Ross
MaineHarris M. PlaistedG73,713 votes · +169 over Daniel F. Davis
MassachusettsJohn Davis LongR164,926 votes · +53,516 over Charles Perkins Thompson
MichiganDavid JeromeR178,945 votes · +41,243 over Frederick M. Holloway
MissouriThomas Theodore CrittendenD207,670 votes · +54,034 over David Patterson Dyer
NebraskaAlbinus NanceR55,237 votes · +27,070 over Thomas W. Tipton
New HampshireCharles H. BellR44,434 votes · +3,619 over Frank Jones
New JerseyGeorge C. LudlowD121,666 votes · +651 over Frederic A. Potts
North CarolinaThomas Jordan JarvisD121,837 votes · +6,278 over Ralph P. Buxton
Rhode IslandAlfred H. LittlefieldR10,224 votes · +2,784 over Horace A. Kimball
South CarolinaJohnson HagoodD117,432 votes · +113,155 over L. W. R. Blair
TennesseeAlvin HawkinsR103,966 votes · +24,885 over John Vines Wright
TexasOran Milo RobertsD166,101 votes · +101,719 over Edmund J. Davis
VermontRoswell FarnhamR47,848 votes · +26,603 over Edward J. Phelps
West VirginiaJacob B. JacksonD60,991 votes · +16,136 over George Cookman Sturgiss