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1880 Illinois gubernatorial election

← 1876 November 2, 1880 (1880-11-02) 1884 →
 
Nominee Shelby Moore Cullom Lyman Trumbull
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 314,565 277,532
Percentage 50.56% 44.61%

County results
Cullom:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
Trumbull:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Shelby Moore Cullom
Republican

Elected Governor

Shelby Moore Cullom
Republican

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The 1880 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1880.

Incumbent Republican Governor Shelby Moore Cullom defeated Democratic nominee Lyman Trumbull who won 50.56% of the vote. Cullom's victory was the seventh consecutive victory for the Republican Party.

Republican John Marshall Hamilton was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. At this time in Illinois history, the Lieutenant Governor was elected on a separate ballot from the governor. This would remain so until the 1970 constitution.

General election

Candidates

Results

Illinois gubernatorial election, 1880
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Shelby Moore Cullom (incumbent) 314,565 50.56%
Democratic Lyman Trumbull 277,532 44.61%
Greenback Alson Jenness Streeter 28,898 4.65%
Communist Erick Johnson 780 0.13%
S. R. Pratt 173 0.03%
Prohibition Uriah Copp, Jr. 122 0.02%
Majority 37,033 5.95%
Turnout 622,070
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. Fingerson, Ronald L. (1966). "Letters to an Iowa Lawyer; 1855-1870". Books at Iowa. 5 (5): 38–46. doi:10.17077/0006-7474.1036.
  2. "Local Politics". Chicago daily tribune. Chicago, Ill. August 15, 1880. p. 5. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  3. "The Communists". Chicago daily tribune. Chicago, Ill. August 29, 1880. p. 3. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  4. Glashan 1979, pp. 80–81.
  5. "IL Governor, 1880". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  6. Journal of the Senate of the Thirty-Second General Assembly of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Ill.: H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder. 1881. p. 15.
  7. Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
  8. Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 164. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.

Notes

  1. Some sources attribute 1,856 votes to a candidate called Belchadsky. This appears to be J. B. Belohradsky, who won 1,856 votes running for Lieutenant Governor.

Bibliography

  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
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