1880 Maine gubernatorial election

1880 Maine gubernatorial election

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Nominee Harris M. Plaisted Daniel F. Davis Party Greenback Republican Alliance Democratic Popular vote 73,713 73,544 Percentage 49.91% 49.80%

County results Plaisted:      40–50%      50–60% Davis:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Daniel F. Davis Republican Elected Governor Harris M. Plaisted Greenback

The 1880 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 13, 1880 for a two-year term that was scheduled to run from January 13, 1881 to January 3, 1883. The contest resulted in the victory of Greenback and Democratic nominee Harris M. Plaisted, who narrowly defeated incumbent Republican governor Daniel F. Davis, one of the few times Republicans lost control of the governorship between the founding of the party in the 1850s and the Great Depression.