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The 1880 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 2, 1880 in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Rufus W. Cobb ran for reelection to a second term.
Rufus Willis Cobb was an American Democratic politician who was the 25th Governor of Alabama from 1878 to 1882.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Rufus W. Cobb | 134,905 | 76.10 | |
| Greenback | James Madison Pickens | 42,363 | 23.90 | |
| Total votes | 177,268 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
George Corley Wallace Jr. was the 45th Governor of Alabama, a position he occupied for four terms, during which he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. Wallace was known as "the most dangerous racist in America" and notoriously opposed desegregation and supported the policies of "Jim Crow" during the Civil Rights Movement, declaring in his 1963 inaugural address that he stood for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever".
William Calvin Oates was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War.
Thomas Goode Jones was an American Democratic politician who was the 28th Governor of Alabama from 1890 to 1894. Born in 1844 in Macon, Georgia and died in 1914 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Edward Asbury O'Neal was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and the 26th Governor of Alabama.
Russell McWhortor Cunningham was an American Democratic politician who was the acting Governor of Alabama from April 25, 1904 to March 5, 1905. He was lieutenant governor when Governor William D. Jelks fell ill and left the state for treatment, and since the Alabama Constitution requires that if the governor leave the state for more than 20 days, the lieutenant governor must act as governor until their return.
John Hollis Bankhead was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
William Proctor Gould Harding was an American banker. He also served as the managing director of the War Finance Corporation.
The Alabama gubernatorial election of 2006 occurred on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Bob Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. Riley garnered 21% of African Americans' votes.
The government of Alabama is organized under the provisions of the 1901 Constitution of Alabama, the lengthiest constitution of any political entity in the world. Like other states within the United States, Alabama's government is divided into executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
The Mount Vernon Arsenal is a former arsenal site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mount Vernon, Alabama. The site is currently home to the now closed Searcy Hospital, and was formerly a United States Army munitions depot. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1988 as the Mount Vernon Arsenal-Searcy Hospital Complex.
Kay Ellen Ivey is an American politician serving as the 54th Governor of Alabama since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she previously was the 38th Alabama State Treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and 30th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017. Ivey became Alabama's second female governor and first female Republican governor upon the resignation of her predecessor, Robert J. Bentley. She won a full term in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
The 2010 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Republican Governor Bob Riley was term limited and unable to seek re-election. The party primaries were held on June 1, 2010, with a Republican runoff on July 13. In the general election, Republican Robert J. Bentley defeated Democrat Ron Sparks.
The 2014 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Alabama.
Mount Hope is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama, United States. Its ZIP code is 35651.
Samuel Davies Weakley, Jr. was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from April 18, 1906 to November 8, 1907, having been appointed by Governor William D. Jelks to complete the term of the deceased Chief Justice Thomas N. McClellan.
The 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who took office on April 10, 2017, upon the resignation of Governor Robert Bentley, ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. Ivey will be sworn into office on January 14, 2019. This is the first gubernatorial election since 2002 in which a Democrat won Tuscaloosa County and the first since 1990 in which neighboring Pickens County voted for a different candidate than Tuscaloosa.
The 1880 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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