1880 Texas gubernatorial election

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1880 Texas gubernatorial election
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  1878 November 2, 1880 1882  
  Oran roberts.jpg Edmund Davis (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Oran Milo Roberts Edmund J. Davis W. H. Hamman
Party Democratic Republican Greenback
Popular vote166,10164,38233,721
Percentage62.9%24.4%12.3%

1880 Texas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County Results [1]

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.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Results

1880 Texas gubernatorial election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Oral M. Roberts (incumbent) 166,101 62.87% Decrease2.svg 3.89
Republican Edmund J. Davis 64,38224.37%Increase2.svg14.37
Greenback William H. Hamman33,72112.76%Decrease2.svg 8.44
Total votes264,204 100.00%

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References

  1. Counties which were not yet organized are shaded as 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.