1880 Illinois gubernatorial election

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1880 Illinois gubernatorial election
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Nominee Shelby Moore Cullom Lyman Trumbull
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote314,565277,532
Percentage50.56%44.61%
Governor before election

Shelby Moore Cullom
Republican

Elected Governor

Shelby Moore Cullom
Republican

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

Contents

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 [4] [5] [6] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Shelby Moore Cullom (incumbent) 314,565 50.56%
Democratic Lyman Trumbull 277,53244.61%
Greenback Alson Jenness Streeter 28,8984.65%
CommunistErick Johnson7800.13%
S. R. Pratt1730.03%
Prohibition Uriah Copp, Jr.1220.02%
Majority37,0335.95%
Turnout 622,070
Republican hold Swing

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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 . Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  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 [7] [8] 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.

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