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 The Greenback Party, motivated by their success in the previous election in which they won twelve seats in the legislature and elected George W. Jones to Congress, renominated W. H. Hamman to be their candidate for governor.
There was factional split in the Republican party, but it was resolved at the party convention with former governor and Republican party chair Edmund Davis being selected as the gubenatorial nominee.
At the time Texas was a part of the "Solid South" and the Democratic party was heavily favored in state elections. Incumbent Oran Roberts was renominated at the state convention, after facing a challenge from lieutenant governor Joseph Sayers, and was reelected by a wide margin.
Candidates Dr. Archelaus M. Cochran, internal revenue collector, former postmaster, former member of the Dallas City Council, former state representative, Captain in Terry's Texas Rangers (Republican) (withdrawn) Edmund J. Davis, former governor (Republican) William H. Hamman, oil pioneer, 1878 nominee, and former Confederate brigadier general (Greenback) Oran Milo Roberts, incumbent governor (Democratic) Joseph D. Sayers, incumbent lieutenant governor (Democratic)
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