1880 Texas gubernatorial election

1880 Texas gubernatorial election

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Candidate Oran Milo Roberts Edmund J. Davis W. H. Hamman Party Democratic Republican Greenback Popular vote 166,101 64,382 33,721 Percentage 62.9% 24.4% 12.3%

County results [1] Roberts   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Davis   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Hamman   50-60% No returns [a]

Governor before election Oran Milo Roberts Democratic Governor-elect Oran Milo Roberts Democratic

The 1880 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the governor of Texas. Governor Oran Milo Roberts was re-elected to a second term in office over former Governor Edmund J. Davis.

General election

Candidates

• Edmund J. Davis, former governor (Republican)
• William H. Hamman, oil pioneer, 1878 nominee, and former Confederate brigadier general (Greenback) ^[2]
• Oran Milo Roberts, incumbent governor (Democratic)

Results

1880 Texas gubernatorial election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Oran M. Roberts (incumbent)	166,101	62.87%	3.89
	Republican	Edmund J. Davis	64,382	24.37%	14.37
	Greenback	William H. Hamman	33,721	12.76%	8.44
Total votes			264,204	100.00%

References

1. Counties which were not yet organized are shaded a lighter grey.

1. "Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas ... 1879/80". HathiTrust. Texas Secretary of State. January 1, 1881. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
2. Cutrer, Thomas W. (1952). "TSHA | Hamman, William Harrison (1830–1890)" . Retrieved March 2, 2023.
3. "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2023.