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1880 Illinois gubernatorial election
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1880 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 presidential No 1876 Illinois gubernatorial election 1876 1884 Illinois gubernatorial election 1884 1880 11 2 File:Shelby Moore Cullom-cropped (1).jpg Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Party (United States) 314,565 50.56% File:Lyman Trumbull - Brady-Handy (cropped-2) (cropped).jpg Lyman Trumbull Democratic Party (United States) 277,532 44.61% 1880 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 160px County results Cullom: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Trumbull: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% Governor Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Party (United States) Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Party (United States) x150px
The 1880 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1880. Republican incumbent Shelby Moore Cullom defeated Democratic nominee Lyman Trumbull. This was the victory was the seventh consecutive victory for the Republican Party since 1856. This was the first election for governor to feature a candidate on the Greenback Party or Socialist Labor Party ticket.
General election
Candidates
Lyman Trumbull, former U.S. senator (Democratic)
Shelby Moore Cullom, incumbent governor since 1877 (Republican)
Uriah Copp Jr. (Prohibition)Fingerson Ronald L. 1966 Letters to an Iowa Lawyer; 1855-1870 Books at Iowa 5 5 38–46 10.17077/0006-7474.1036 free
Erick Johnson (Socialist Labor) Local Politics https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031492/1880-08-15/ed-1/seq-5/ Chicago daily tribune Chicago, Ill. August 15, 1880 5 27 July 2021 The Communists https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031492/1880-08-29/ed-1/seq-3/ Chicago daily tribune Chicago, Ill. August 29, 1880 3 27 July 2021
S. R. Pratt
Alson Streeter, former state representative and nominee for U.S. representative in 1878 (Greenback)
Results
Illinois gubernatorial election, 1880Glashan 1979 80–81https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263296 IL Governor, 1880 Our Campaigns 27 July 2021 Journal of the Senate of the Thirty-Second General Assembly of the State of Illinois https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.aa0001668474&view=1up&seq=27 Springfield, Ill. H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder 15 1881 Some sourcesDubin Michael J. 2010 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC&pg=PA10 Jefferson, NC McFarland & Co. 978-0-7864-4722-0 10 Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0 164 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.
Republican Party (United States)
Shelby M. Cullom (incumbent)
314,565
50.56%
Democratic Party (United States) Lyman Trumbull 277,532 44.61%
Greenback Party Alson Streeter 28,898 4.65%
Socialist Labor Party of America
Erick Johnson
780
0.13%
S. R. Pratt
173
0.03%
Prohibition Party Uriah Copp Jr. 122 0.02%
37,033 5.95%
622,070
Republican Party (United States)
See also
1880 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election
References
Notes
Bibliography
Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9
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