1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election
← 1878 November 2, 1880 1882 →
 
Nominee Alvin Hawkins John Vines Wright S.F. Wilson
Party Republican Debt-Paying Democrat Low Tax Democrat
Popular vote 103,966 79,081 57,568
Percentage 42.57% 32.38% 23.57%

Governor before election

Albert S. Marks
Democratic

Elected Governor

Alvin Hawkins
Republican

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.[1] Republican candidate Alvin Hawkins won the election with 42.57% of the vote.

  1. ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 207–210.

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