1880 South Carolina gubernatorial election

1880 South Carolina gubernatorial election

← 1878 November 2, 1880 1882 →
 
Nominee Johnson Hagood L. W. R. Blair
Party Democratic Greenback
Alliance - Republican
Popular vote 117,432 4,277
Percentage 96.4% 3.5%

County results
Hagood:      60-70%      80-90%      90-100%

Governor before election

Wade Hampton III
Democratic

Elected Governor

Johnson Hagood (governor)
Democratic

Johnson Hagood

The 1880 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1880 to s elect the governor of South Carolina. Johnson Hagood was nominated by the Democrats and ran against L. W. R. Blair, a Greenback-Labor candidate. Hagood easily won the general election and became the 80th governor of South Carolina.