1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election

none January 2025 January 2025 1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election presidential no 1878 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1878 1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1882 November 2, 1880 x150px File:Sketch of Hon. John V. Wright of Tennessee (cropped).png Alvin Hawkins Low Tax Democrat 103,966 42.57% Governor Albert S. Marks Democratic Party (United States) Alvin Hawkins Republican Party (United States) John Vines Wright Republican Party (United States) 79,081 32.38% File:Portrait of Governor Alvin Hawkins.jpg DA70D6 Debt-Paying Democrat ADD8E6 S.F. Wilson 57,568 23.57% File:3x4.svg File:1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsHawkins: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Wright: #daf5f5 30–40% #ace1e1 40–50% #81d0d0 50–60% #53bfbf 60–70% #1eafaf 70–80% #178a8a 80–90%Wilson: #efb6ef 40–50% #e68ce6 50–60% #dc63dc 60–70% #cd39cd 70–80%No data: #808080 The 1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1880, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic governor Albert S. Marks did not seek re-election.Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 207–210. Republican candidate Alvin Hawkins won the election with 42.57% of the vote. This was the first time that a Republican won against a Democrat in the state's history. The victory was largely due to a split between two factions of Democrats.2011-01-15 Alvin Hawkins https://www.nga.org/governor/alvin-hawkins/ 2024-09-22 National Governors Association Alvin Hawkins became Tennessee's 3rd Republican governor. Background The Democratic Party gained control of the state legislature in 1869, and won the governorship in 1870. One of the major issues the Democratic administration faced was the state's $43 million of debt, the second largest in the nation behind Virginia, it had accumulated over the previous decades to pay for internal improvements and railroad construction. The debt fell to $30 million by 1873.Jones 1974 49-50 The Panic of 1873 brought a decrease in property tax revenues, and the state defaulted on its bond payments in 1875. Following this default, the Democrats split into two factions, one of which sought to protect the state's credit at all costs and pay off the bonds in full, and the other rejecting this as unfeasible and suggesting just partial payment of the bond debt. Governor James D. Porter (1875–1879) was of the former faction, and Governor Albert S. Marks (1879–1881) was of the latter, but neither was able to solve the problem. Andrew Johnson was among the members of the low-tax faction.Jones 1974 51 A referendum was held in 1879 on whether or not to redeem bonds at half of their face value. State credit faction members and Marks supported it while the low-tax faction opposed it. The referendum failed by a vote of 76,333 to 49,772.Jones 1974 51-52 Campaign The Tennessee Republican Party held its state convention in Nashville on May 5, 1880, and selected Alvin Hawkins as its gubernatorial nominee. The Greenback Party selected Richard M. Edwards, its 1878 nominee, as its gubernatorial nominee.Jones 1974 52-53 The Democratic Party's convention opened on August 10, and Marks declined to run for re-election. The state credit faction held a majority of the delegates and passed a majority report calling for the legislature to negotiate with the state's creditors. State representative D.L. Snodgrass led 100 of the around 1,300 delegates out of the convention in protest. The remaining delegates selected John Vines Wright as their nominee on August 12, while the bolting delegates selected state senator S.F. Wilson.Jones 1974 53; 55-56 This was the first time the Republicans won the governorship since losing it in the 1870 election. The Republicans would not win the governorship again until the 1910 election.Jones 1974 49 Endorsements S.F. Wilson 60em State legislators John H. Savage, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1877-79; 1887-1891)Jones 1974 59 Dorsey B. Thomas, Speaker of the Tennessee Senate (1869-1871) and gubernatorial candidate in 1876Jones 1974 58 Newspapers McMinnville New EraJones 1974 58 Memphis LedgerJones 1974 58 John Vines Wright 60em U.S. Congress James E. Bailey, U.S. senator from Tennessee (1877-1881)Jones 1974 58 Isham G. Harris, U.S. senator from Tennessee (1877-1897)Jones 1974 58 Statewide officials John C. Brown, 19th governor of Tennessee (1871-1875)Jones 1974 58 John Christopher Burch, Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee (1873-1875)Jones 1974 58 Newspapers Memphis AvalancheJones 1974 58 Nashville BannerJones 1974 58 Notable individuals Arthur St. Clair Colyar, industrialist and newspaper editorJones 1974 58 Results 1880 Tennessee gubernatorial electionOur Campaigns - TN Governor Race - Nov 02, 1880 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=264744 2024-02-28 www.ourcampaigns.com Republican Party (United States) Alvin Hawkins 103,966 42.57% Democratic Party (United States) John Vines Wright 79,081 32.38% Democratic Party (United States) S.F. Wilson 57,568 23.57% Greenback Party Richard M. Edwards 3,614 1.48% 244,259 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 1880 United States presidential election in Tennessee References Works cited Jones Robert Tennessee Gubernatorial Elections, II 1880: The Collapse of the Democratic Party Tennessee Historical Quarterly Tennessee Historical Society 1974 33 1 49–61 10.2307/42623427 42623427 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42623427 Category:Tennessee gubernatorial elections Tennessee Gubernatorial Category:November 1880 in the United States