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 County results Crittenden: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Dyer: 30–40% 40–50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Brown: 30–40% 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The1880 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1880, and resulted in a victory for theDemocratic nominee, formerCongressmanThomas Theodore Crittenden, over theRepublican candidate, former CongressmanDavid Patterson Dyer, andGreenback nominee Luman A. Brown.
Missouri returned to electing its governor to a 4-year term, instead of a 2-year term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Thomas Theodore Crittenden | 207,670 | 52.23 | −4.76 | |
| Republican | David Patterson Dyer | 153,636 | 38.64 | −3.53 | |
| Greenback | Luman A. Brown | 36,340 | 9.14 | +8.29 | |
| Majority | 54,034 | 13.59 | −1.23 | ||
| Turnout | 397,646 | 18.34 | |||
| Democratichold | Swing | ||||
