1880 Michigan gubernatorial election
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November 2, 1880
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The 1880 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1880. Republican nominee David Jerome defeated Democratic nominee Frederick M. Holloway with 50.66% of the vote.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Major party candidates
- Frederick M. Holloway, Democratic
- David Jerome, Republican
Other candidates
- Isaac W. McKeever, Prohibition
- Cornelius Quick, American Labor
- David Woodman, Greenback
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | David Jerome | 178,945 | 50.66% | +5.97% | |
| Democratic | Frederick M. Holloway | 137,702 | 38.99% | +11.21% | |
| Greenback | David Woodman | 35,123 | 9.94% | −16.31% | |
| Prohibition | Isaac W. McKeever | 1,198 | 0.34% | −0.92% | |
| American Labor | Cornelius Quick | 220 | 0.06% | ||
| Scattering | 12 | 0.00% | |||
| Blank | 5 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 41,243 | 11.68% | |||
| Total votes | 353,205 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -5.23% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[1][2] | David Jerome Republican |
Frederick M. Holloway Democratic |
David Woodman Greenback |
Isaac W. McKeever Prohibition |
Cornelius Quick Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 373 | 57.83% | 263 | 40.78% | 9 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 110 | 17.05% | 645 |
| Allegan | 4,652 | 55.88% | 2,383 | 28.62% | 1,226 | 14.73% | 5 | 0.06% | 59 | 0.71% | 2,269 | 27.26% | 8,325 |
| Alpena | 958 | 52.26% | 836 | 45.61% | 39 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 6.66% | 1,833 |
| Antrim | 592 | 61.09% | 156 | 16.10% | 220 | 22.70% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 372[b] | 38.39% | 969 |
| Baraga | 165 | 41.35% | 232 | 58.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -67 | -16.79% | 399 |
| Barry | 3,056 | 48.76% | 1,028 | 16.40% | 2,137 | 34.10% | 31 | 0.49% | 15 | 0.24% | 919[b] | 14.66% | 6,267 |
| Bay | 2,367 | 36.72% | 2,434 | 37.76% | 1,645 | 25.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -67 | -1.04% | 6,446 |
| Benzie | 448 | 58.26% | 178 | 23.15% | 141 | 18.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.26% | 270 | 35.11% | 769 |
| Berrien | 4,438 | 51.51% | 3,614 | 41.95% | 545 | 6.33% | 12 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.07% | 824 | 9.56% | 8,615 |
| Branch | 4,059 | 58.51% | 1,281 | 18.47% | 1,582 | 22.81% | 12 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,477[b] | 35.70% | 6,937 |
| Calhoun | 5,114 | 55.63% | 3,156 | 34.33% | 891 | 9.69% | 31 | 0.34% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,958 | 21.30% | 9,193 |
| Cass | 2,841 | 52.05% | 2,216 | 40.60% | 396 | 7.26% | 5 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 625 | 11.45% | 5,458 |
| Charlevoix | 777 | 66.70% | 287 | 24.64% | 98 | 8.41% | 3 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 490 | 42.06% | 1,165 |
| Cheboygan | 598 | 47.96% | 550 | 44.11% | 99 | 7.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 48 | 3.85% | 1,247 |
| Chippewa | 375 | 50.68% | 363 | 49.05% | 2 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 1.62% | 740 |
| Clare | 470 | 51.93% | 384 | 42.43% | 51 | 5.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 86 | 9.50% | 905 |
| Clinton | 3,205 | 46.73% | 2,813 | 41.01% | 826 | 12.04% | 11 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.06% | 392 | 5.72% | 6,859 |
| Crawford | 182 | 52.45% | 140 | 40.35% | 25 | 7.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 42 | 12.10% | 347 |
| Delta | 646 | 56.52% | 491 | 42.96% | 6 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 155 | 13.56% | 1,143 |
| Eaton | 4,135 | 53.19% | 2,662 | 34.24% | 865 | 11.13% | 112 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,473 | 18.95% | 7,774 |
| Emmet | 819 | 57.15% | 494 | 34.47% | 118 | 8.23% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 22.68% | 1,433 |
| Genesee | 4,875 | 54.19% | 3,119 | 34.67% | 925 | 10.28% | 67 | 0.74% | 10 | 0.11% | 1,756 | 19.52% | 8,996 |
| Gladwin | 167 | 40.63% | 237 | 57.66% | 7 | 1.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -70 | -17.03% | 411 |
| Grand Traverse | 1,350 | 73.09% | 426 | 23.06% | 71 | 3.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 924 | 50.03% | 1,847 |
| Gratiot | 2,523 | 50.42% | 1,483 | 29.64% | 988 | 19.74% | 7 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,040 | 20.78% | 5,004 |
| Hillsdale | 4,755 | 57.90% | 2,135 | 26.00% | 1,290 | 15.71% | 27 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,620 | 31.90% | 8,212 |
| Houghton | 1,959 | 57.55% | 1,437 | 42.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 522 | 15.33% | 3,404 |
| Huron | 1,634 | 54.63% | 1,289 | 43.10% | 39 | 1.30% | 29 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 345 | 11.53% | 2,991 |
| Ingham | 3,919 | 46.49% | 3,391 | 40.23% | 1,085 | 12.87% | 33 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.01% | 528 | 6.26% | 8,429 |
| Ionia | 4,119 | 51.15% | 2,548 | 31.64% | 1,317 | 16.36% | 55 | 0.68% | 13 | 0.16% | 1,571 | 19.51% | 8,052 |
| Iosco | 782 | 58.93% | 540 | 40.69% | 5 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 242 | 18.24% | 1,327 |
| Isabella | 1,448 | 56.41% | 993 | 38.68% | 124 | 4.83% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 455 | 17.72% | 2,567 |
| Jackson | 4,329 | 42.31% | 3,870 | 37.82% | 1,893 | 18.50% | 129 | 1.26% | 11 | 0.11% | 459 | 4.49% | 10,232 |
| Kalamazoo | 4,357 | 54.07% | 3,150 | 39.09% | 548 | 6.80% | 2 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,207 | 14.98% | 8,058 |
| Kalkaska | 495 | 71.22% | 170 | 24.46% | 30 | 4.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 46.76% | 695 |
| Kent | 7,877 | 47.68% | 5,625 | 34.05% | 2,934 | 17.76% | 68 | 0.41% | 17 | 0.10% | 2,252 | 13.63% | 16,521 |
| Keweenaw | 579 | 67.72% | 274 | 32.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 305 | 35.67% | 855[c] |
| Lake | 564 | 66.20% | 281 | 32.98% | 5 | 0.59% | 2 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 283 | 33.22% | 852 |
| Lapeer | 3,397 | 54.66% | 2,629 | 42.30% | 170 | 2.74% | 15 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.06% | 768 | 12.36% | 6,215 |
| Leelanau | 635 | 49.61% | 563 | 43.98% | 82 | 6.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 72 | 5.63% | 1,280 |
| Lenawee | 6,352 | 51.79% | 5,325 | 43.42% | 379 | 3.09% | 199 | 1.62% | 9 | 0.07% | 1,027 | 8.37% | 12,264 |
| Livingston | 2,851 | 48.00% | 2,823 | 47.53% | 238 | 4.01% | 11 | 0.19% | 17 | 0.29% | 28 | 0.47% | 5,940 |
| Mackinac | 145 | 32.81% | 297 | 67.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -152 | -34.39% | 442 |
| Macomb | 3,087 | 46.99% | 3,266 | 49.71% | 193 | 2.94% | 22 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.02% | -179 | -2.72% | 6,570[d] |
| Manistee | 1,138 | 49.52% | 917 | 39.90% | 239 | 10.40% | 4 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 221 | 9.62% | 2,298 |
| Manitou | 34 | 19.65% | 139 | 80.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -105 | -60.69% | 173 |
| Marquette | 2,353 | 62.98% | 1,348 | 36.08% | 14 | 0.37% | 21 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,005 | 26.90% | 3,736 |
| Mason | 1,243 | 58.99% | 791 | 37.54% | 73 | 3.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 452 | 21.45% | 2,107 |
| Mecosta | 1,518 | 55.30% | 979 | 35.66% | 248 | 9.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 539 | 19.64% | 2,745 |
| Menominee | 1,270 | 56.10% | 988 | 43.64% | 4 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 282 | 12.46% | 2,264 |
| Midland | 767 | 50.20% | 407 | 26.64% | 346 | 22.64% | 7 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.07% | 360 | 23.56% | 1,528 |
| Missaukee | 264 | 62.26% | 124 | 29.25% | 36 | 8.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 140 | 33.02% | 424 |
| Monroe | 3,104 | 43.67% | 3,759 | 52.88% | 233 | 3.28% | 2 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.14% | -655 | -9.21% | 7,108 |
| Montcalm | 4,097 | 53.19% | 2,869 | 37.25% | 727 | 9.44% | 5 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,228 | 15.94% | 7,702[e] |
| Muskegon | 2,668 | 55.06% | 1,795 | 37.04% | 382 | 7.88% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 873 | 18.01% | 4,846 |
| Newaygo | 1,407 | 42.92% | 840 | 25.63% | 1,020 | 31.12% | 11 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 387[b] | 11.80% | 3,278 |
| Oakland | 5,304 | 48.78% | 5,212 | 47.94% | 294 | 2.70% | 56 | 0.52% | 7 | 0.06% | 92 | 0.85% | 10,873 |
| Oceana | 1,401 | 56.93% | 542 | 22.02% | 491 | 19.95% | 25 | 1.02% | 2 | 0.08% | 859 | 34.90% | 2,461 |
| Ogemaw | 263 | 51.47% | 189 | 36.99% | 59 | 11.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 74 | 14.48% | 511 |
| Ontonagon | 217 | 46.07% | 228 | 48.41% | 25 | 5.31% | 1 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -2.34% | 471 |
| Osceola | 1,180 | 64.13% | 614 | 33.37% | 23 | 1.25% | 22 | 1.20% | 1 | 0.05% | 566 | 30.76% | 1,840 |
| Otsego | 324 | 50.86% | 222 | 34.85% | 82 | 12.87% | 9 | 1.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 102 | 16.01% | 637 |
| Ottawa | 3,196 | 51.55% | 2,129 | 34.34% | 867 | 13.98% | 8 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,067 | 17.21% | 6,200 |
| Presque Isle | 214 | 59.28% | 147 | 40.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 67 | 18.56% | 361 |
| Roscommon | 355 | 34.77% | 576 | 56.42% | 90 | 8.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -221 | -21.65% | 1,021 |
| Saginaw | 4,994 | 45.02% | 5,506 | 49.63% | 580 | 5.23% | 13 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -512 | -4.62% | 11,093 |
| Sanilac | 2,192 | 58.88% | 1,331 | 35.75% | 198 | 5.32% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 861 | 23.13% | 3,723 |
| Schoolcraft | 158 | 79.40% | 41 | 20.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 117 | 58.79% | 199 |
| Shiawassee | 3,228 | 49.73% | 2,073 | 31.94% | 1,160 | 17.87% | 29 | 0.45% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,155 | 17.79% | 6,491 |
| St. Clair | 4,086 | 48.56% | 3,570 | 42.42% | 748 | 8.89% | 6 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 516 | 6.13% | 8,415[f] |
| St. Joseph | 3,062 | 47.31% | 2,014 | 31.12% | 1,387 | 21.43% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,048 | 16.19% | 6,472[g] |
| Tuscola | 2,974 | 60.86% | 1,579 | 32.31% | 325 | 6.65% | 9 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,395 | 28.55% | 4,887 |
| Van Buren | 3,988 | 55.36% | 2,100 | 29.15% | 1,092 | 15.16% | 15 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,888 | 26.21% | 7,204 |
| Washtenaw | 4,463 | 44.92% | 5,135 | 51.69% | 307 | 3.09% | 28 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.02% | -672 | -6.76% | 9,935 |
| Wayne | 13,943 | 43.68% | 17,242 | 54.02% | 715 | 2.24% | 18 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,299 | -10.34% | 31,920[c] |
| Wexford | 1,071 | 64.95% | 464 | 28.14% | 114 | 6.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 607 | 36.81% | 1,649 |
| Total | 178,945 | 50.66% | 137,702 | 38.99% | 35,123 | 9.94% | 1,198 | 0.34% | 220 | 0.06% | 41,243 | 11.68% | 353,205 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Greenback to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped from Greenback to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Imperfect votes have been assigned to their respective intended candidates. Certified totals: Jerome 178,944; Holloway 137,671; Woodman 31,085; McKeever 1,114; Quick 220; Imperfect 4,154; Scattering 12; Blank 5.
- 1 2 3 4 Jerome's margin over Woodman
- 1 2 Includes 2 scattering votes
- ↑ Includes 1 scattering vote
- ↑ Includes 4 scattering votes
- ↑ Includes 5 blank votes
- ↑ Includes 3 scattering votes
References
[edit]- 1 2 Michigan State Archives, Canvass of the Votes given at the General Election held in the State of Michigan on Tuesday, the Second day of November, A.D. 1880 for State Officers
- 1 2 Jenney, William (1881). "Vote for Governor, 1854-1880". Legislative Manual of the State of Michigan for the Year 1881. Lansing: W. S. George & Co., State Printers and Binders. pp. 201–203. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
