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On election day, 2 November 1880, Democratic nominee Phillip Edward Chappell won the election by a margin of 54,835 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee W. Q. Dallmyer, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of state treasurer. Chappell was sworn in as the 15th state treasurer of Missouri on 10 January 1881.