1880 Texas gubernatorial election

1880 Texas gubernatorial election
	November 2, 1880
Governor before election; Oran Milo Roberts; Democratic	Governor-elect ; Oran Milo Roberts; Democratic

The 1880 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the governor of Texas. Governor Oran Milo Roberts was re-elected to a second term in office over former Governor Edmund J. Davis.

General election

Edmund J. Davis, former governor (Republican)
William H. Hamman, oil pioneer, 1878 nominee, and former Confederate brigadier general (Greenback)^[2]
Oran Milo Roberts, incumbent governor (Democratic)

1880 Texas gubernatorial election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Oran M. Roberts (incumbent)	166,101	62.87%	3.89
	Republican	Edmund J. Davis	64,382	24.37%	14.37
	Greenback	William H. Hamman	33,721	12.76%	8.44
Total votes			264,204	100.00%

^ "Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas ... 1879/80". HathiTrust. Texas Secretary of State. January 1, 1881. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
^ Cutrer, Thomas W. (1952). "TSHA | Hamman, William Harrison (1830–1890)". Retrieved March 2, 2023.
^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2023.