1853 Texas gubernatorial election

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1853 Texas gubernatorial election
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  1851 August 1, 1853 1855  
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Nominee Elisha M. Pease William B. Ochiltree George T. Wood
Party Democratic Whig Independent Democrat
Popular vote13,0919,1785,983
Percentage36.7%25.7%16.8%

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Nominee Lemuel D. Evans Thomas J. Chambers
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote4,6772,449
Percentage13.1%6.86%

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Results by county: [1] [a]
Pease:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%
Ochiltree:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%
Wood:     20-30%     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Evans:     20-30%     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     80-90%
Chambers:     20-30%     30-40%     40-50%

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Governor before election

Peter H. Bell
Democratic

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Elected Governor

Elisha M. Pease
Democratic

The 1853 Texas gubernatorial election was held on August 1, 1853, to elect the governor of Texas.

Contents

Incumbent Governor Peter Hansborough Bell did not run for a third term. The election was won by Elisha M. Pease, who received 37% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

General Election Results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elisha M. Pease 13,091 36.68%
Whig William Beck Ochiltree 9,17825.71%
Independent Democrat George Tyler Wood 5,98316.76%
Democratic Lemuel D. Evans 4,67713.10%
Democratic Thomas J. Chambers2,4496.86%
Democratic John W. S. Dancy3150.88%
Total votes35,693 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. "OurCampaigns". August 7, 2024.
  2. "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  1. An alternative color-scheme was used because of the varying vote swings and to better differentiate between counties