General election
On election day, September 6, 1880, Democratic nominee Thomas James Churchill won the election by a margin of 52,761 votes against his opponent Greenback nominee William Pratt "Buck" Parks, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of Governor. Churchill was sworn in as the 13th Governor of Arkansas on January 13, 1881. [2]
Results
Results by county
Results by county [2] | County | Thomas James Churchill | William Pratt "Buck" Parks | Total |
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| Votes | % | Votes | % |
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| Arkansas | 999 | 56.79% | 760 | 43.21% | 1759 |
| Ashley | 778 | 62.74% | 462 | 37.26% | 1240 |
| Baxter | 786 | 89.12% | 96 | 10.88% | 882 |
| Benton | 2099 | 79.39% | 545 | 20.61% | 2644 |
| Boone | 1625 | 93.50% | 113 | 6.50% | 1738 |
| Bradley | 546 | 73.19% | 200 | 26.81% | 746 |
| Calhoun | 527 | 61.42% | 331 | 38.58% | 858 |
| Carroll | 1126 | 95.83% | 49 | 4.17% | 1175 |
| Chicot | 232 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 232 |
| Clark | 1286 | 70.89% | 528 | 29.11% | 1814 |
| Clay | 1034 | 96.10% | 42 | 3.90% | 1076 |
| Columbia | 1247 | 67.70% | 595 | 32.30% | 1842 |
| Conway | 1086 | 50.61% | 1060 | 49.39% | 2146 |
| Craighead | 1216 | 96.13% | 49 | 3.87% | 1265 |
| Crawford | 1387 | 55.00% | 1135 | 45.00% | 2522 |
| Crittenden | 2322 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2322 |
| Cross | 825 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 825 |
| Dallas | 488 | 62.09% | 298 | 37.91% | 786 |
| Desha | 582 | 93.12% | 43 | 6.88% | 625 |
| Dorsey [a] | 670 | 49.78% | 676 | 50.22% | 1346 |
| Drew | 1007 | 69.26% | 447 | 30.74% | 1454 |
| Faulkner | 1449 | 66.29% | 737 | 33.71% | 2186 |
| Franklin | 1754 | 77.23% | 517 | 22.77% | 2271 |
| Fulton | 828 | 90.79% | 84 | 9.21% | 912 |
| Garland | 1315 | 75.19% | 434 | 24.81% | 1749 |
| Grant | 811 | 84.39% | 150 | 15.61% | 961 |
| Greene | 1138 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1138 |
| Hempstead | 1711 | 49.08% | 1775 | 50.92% | 3486 |
| Hot Spring | 864 | 74.93% | 289 | 25.07% | 1153 |
| Howard | 932 | 70.29% | 394 | 29.71% | 1326 |
| Independence | 2608 | 92.84% | 201 | 7.16% | 2809 |
| Izard | 1471 | 92.87% | 113 | 7.13% | 1584 |
| Jackson | 1597 | 75.40% | 521 | 24.60% | 2118 |
| Jefferson | 1269 | 99.45% | 7 | 0.55% | 1276 |
| Johnson | 1250 | 64.53% | 687 | 35.47% | 1937 |
| Lafayette | 355 | 35.29% | 651 | 64.71% | 1006 |
| Lawrence | 1421 | 96.80% | 47 | 3.20% | 1468 |
| Lee | 1770 | 99.94% | 1 | 0.06% | 1771 |
| Lincoln | 620 | 72.68% | 233 | 27.32% | 853 |
| Little River | 682 | 61.39% | 429 | 38.61% | 1111 |
| Logan | 1396 | 58.36% | 996 | 41.64% | 2392 |
| Lonoke | 1322 | 66.84% | 656 | 33.16% | 1978 |
| Madison | 830 | 55.89% | 655 | 44.11% | 1485 |
| Marion | 922 | 84.51% | 169 | 15.49% | 1091 |
| Miller | 936 | 95.71% | 42 | 4.29% | 978 |
| Mississippi | 1168 | 99.15% | 10 | 0.85% | 1178 |
| Monroe | 1023 | 53.23% | 899 | 46.77% | 1922 |
| Montgomery | 799 | 91.52% | 74 | 8.48% | 873 |
| Nevada | 1052 | 44.28% | 1324 | 55.72% | 2376 |
| Newton | 430 | 56.36% | 333 | 43.64% | 763 |
| Ouachita | 989 | 50.05% | 987 | 49.95% | 1976 |
| Perry | 397 | 60.70% | 257 | 39.30% | 654 |
| Phillips | 1644 | 99.40% | 10 | 0.60% | 1654 |
| Pike | 528 | 58.73% | 371 | 41.27% | 899 |
| Poinsett | 429 | 99.08% | 4 | 0.92% | 433 |
| Polk | 736 | 94.97% | 39 | 5.03% | 775 |
| Pope | 1339 | 69.99% | 574 | 30.01% | 1913 |
| Prairie | 999 | 67.55% | 480 | 32.45% | 1479 |
| Pulaski | 2471 | 52.26% | 2257 | 47.74% | 4728 |
| Randolph | 1820 | 98.86% | 21 | 1.14% | 1841 |
| Saline | 1121 | 72.09% | 434 | 27.91% | 1555 |
| Scott | 949 | 65.67% | 496 | 34.33% | 1445 |
| Searcy | 538 | 49.45% | 550 | 50.55% | 1088 |
| Sebastian | 1835 | 90.44% | 194 | 9.56% | 2029 |
| Sevier | 687 | 93.09% | 51 | 6.91% | 738 |
| Sharp | 1308 | 94.17% | 81 | 5.83% | 1389 |
| St. Francis | 968 | 99.49% | 5 | 0.51% | 973 |
| Stone | 776 | 97.49% | 20 | 2.51% | 796 |
| Union | 1111 | 60.31% | 731 | 39.69% | 1842 |
| Van Buren | 1329 | 91.59% | 122 | 8.41% | 1451 |
| Washington | 1891 | 54.83% | 1558 | 45.17% | 3449 |
| White | 2223 | 75.15% | 735 | 24.85% | 2958 |
| Woodruff | 916 | 49.81% | 923 | 50.19% | 1839 |
| Yell | 1590 | 70.45% | 667 | 29.55% | 2257 |
| Total | 84185 | 72.82% | 31424 | 27.18% | 115609 |
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