Gubernatorial elections
United States elections · 1880 · held
State gubernatorial races held in this election year. Each governor is elected separately; there is no combined national percentage.
State races and results map
Each race has its own denominator. Missing counts are blank. The interactive map uses modern state outlines as navigation references.
Alabama — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus W. Cobb | Democratic | 134905 | 76.10% | Elected |
| James Madison Pickens | Greenback | 42363 | 23.90% | — |
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Arkansas — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas James Churchill | Democratic | 84185 | 72.82% | Elected |
| William Pratt "Buck" Parks | Greenback | 31424 | 27.18% | — |
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Colorado — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Walker Pitkin | Republican | 28465 | 53.28% | Elected |
| John S. Hough | Democratic | 23547 | 44.08% | — |
| A. J. Chittenden | Greenback | 1408 | 2.64% | — |
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Connecticut — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart B. Bigelow | Republican | 67070 | 50.52% | Elected |
| James E. English | Democratic | 64293 | 48.43% | — |
| Henry C. Baldwin | Greenback | 897 | 0.68% | — |
| George Rogers | Prohibition | 488 | 0.37% | — |
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Florida — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William D. Bloxham | Democratic | 28372 | 54.90% | Elected |
| Simon B. Conover | Republican | 23307 | 45.10% | — |
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Georgia — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred H. Colquitt | Democratic | 118349 | 64.90% | Elected |
| Thomas M. Norwood | Independent Democrat | 64004 | 35.10% | — |
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Illinois — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby M. Cullom | Republican | 314565 | 50.56% | Elected |
| Lyman Trumbull | Democratic | 277532 | 44.61% | — |
| Alson Streeter | Greenback | 28898 | 4.65% | — |
| Erick Johnson | Socialist Labor | 780 | 0.13% | — |
| S. R. Pratt | 173 | 0.03% | — | |
| Uriah Copp Jr. | Prohibition | 122 | 0.02% | — |
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Indiana — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert G. Porter | Republican | 231405 | 49.16% | Elected |
| Franklin Landers | Democratic | 224452 | 47.68% | — |
| Robert Gregg | Greenback | 14881 | 3.16% | — |
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Kansas — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John St. John | Republican | 115144 | 57.90% | Elected |
| Edmund G. Ross | Democratic | 63557 | 31.96% | — |
| H. P. Vrooman | Greenback | 19481 | 9.80% | — |
| J. P. Culver | Prohibition | 435 | 0.22% | — |
| F. M. Stringfield | Independent | 210 | 0.11% | — |
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Massachusetts — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Weston | Republican | 164872 | 58.59% | Elected |
| Alpha E. Thompson | Democratic | 110598 | 39.30% | — |
| George Dutton | Greenback | 4717 | 1.68% | — |
| Timothy K. Earle | Prohibition | 1190 | 0.42% | — |
| Others | Others | 43 | 0.02% | — |
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Michigan — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Jerome | Republican | 178945 | 50.66% | Elected |
| Frederick M. Holloway | Democratic | 137702 | 38.99% | — |
| David Woodman | Greenback | 35123 | 9.94% | — |
| Isaac W. McKeever | Prohibition | 1198 | 0.34% | — |
| Cornelius Quick | American Labor | 220 | 0.06% | — |
| Scattering | 12 | 0.00% | — | |
| Blank | 5 | 0.00% | — |
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Missouri — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Theodore Crittenden | Democratic | 207670 | 52.23% | Elected |
| David Patterson Dyer | Republican | 153636 | 38.64% | — |
| Luman A. Brown | Greenback | 36340 | 9.14% | — |
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Nebraska — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albinus Nance | Republican | 55237 | 63.24% | Elected |
| Thomas Tipton | Democratic | 28167 | 32.25% | — |
| Oliver T. B. Williams | Greenback | 3898 | 4.46% | — |
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New Hampshire — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles H. Bell | Republican | 44434 | 51.57% | Elected |
| Frank Jones | Democratic | 40815 | 47.37% | — |
| Warren G. Brown | Greenback | 503 | 0.58% | — |
| George D. Dodge | Prohibition | 341 | 0.40% | — |
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New Jersey — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George C. Ludlow | Democratic | 121666 | 49.53% | Elected |
| Frederic A. Potts | Republican | 121015 | 49.27% | — |
| Thomas B. Hoxey | Greenback | 2759 | 1.12% | — |
| Stephen B. Ransom | Prohibition | 195 | 0.08% | — |
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North Carolina — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jordan Jarvis | Democratic | 121837 | 51.32% | Elected |
| Ralph P. Buxton | Republican | 115559 | 48.68% | — |
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Rhode Island — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred H. Littlefield | Republican | 10224 | 44.82% | Elected |
| Horace A. Kimball | Democratic | 7440 | 32.62% | — |
| Albert C. Howard | Independent Republican | 5047 | 22.13% | — |
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South Carolina — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Hagood | Democratic | 117432 | 96.41% | Elected |
| L. W. R. Blair | Greenback-Labor | 4277 | 3.51% | — |
| Write-Ins | No party | 92 | 0.08% | — |
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Tennessee — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Hawkins | Republican | 103966 | 42.57% | Elected |
| John Vines Wright | Democratic | 79081 | 32.38% | — |
| S.F. Wilson | Democratic | 57568 | 23.57% | — |
| Richard M. Edwards | Greenback | 3614 | 1.48% | — |
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Texas — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oran M. Roberts | Democratic | 166101 | 62.87% | Elected |
| Edmund J. Davis | Republican | 64382 | 24.37% | — |
| William H. Hamman | Greenback | 33721 | 12.76% | — |
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Vermont — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roswell Farnham | Republican | 47848 | 67.70% | Elected |
| Edward J. Phelps | Democratic | 21245 | 30.10% | — |
| Madison O. Heath | Greenback | 1578 | 2.20% | — |
| Other | N/A | 13 | 0.00% | — |
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West Virginia — Governor — General
Popular election. Popular votes in this state contest
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob B. Jackson | Democratic | 60991 | 51.31% | Elected |
| George C. Sturgiss | Republican | 44855 | 37.73% | — |
| N. B. French | Greenback | 13027 | 10.96% | — |
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Results: final · partial coverage · Separate state governor races
This entry covers governor elections held in the election year, including available special contests, not off-year elections or every sitting governor. Candidate-specific ideology is used where sourced; election-era party ideology is the fallback. Historical indirect selections and unavailable counts are identified separately. Source summaries may omit minor candidates; blank values do not mean zero votes.
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