1892 Texas gubernatorial election

1892 Texas gubernatorial election

←  1890 November 8, 1892 1894  →

Candidate Jim Hogg George W. Clark Thomas L. Nugent Party Democratic Independent Democrat Populist Alliance Republican Popular vote 190,486 133,395 108,483 Percentage 43.74% 30.6% 24.9%

County results Hogg:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90% Clark:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90% Nugent:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%      No data

Governor before election Jim Hogg Democratic Governor-elect Jim Hogg Democratic

The 1892 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Jim Hogg was re-elected to a second term with a plurality of the vote over George W. Clark, an independent Democrat with the backing of the Republican Party and state railroad interests, and Populist judge T. L. Nugent.

General election

Candidates

• George W. Clark, railroad attorney and former Texas attorney general ^[1] (Independent Democrat)
• Jim Hogg, incumbent governor (Democratic)
• Andrew Jackson Houston, U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of Texas (Lily White Republican)
• Thomas Lewis Nugent, former judge ^[2] (Populist)

Results

1892 Texas gubernatorial election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Hogg (incumbent)	190,486	43.74%	32.7
	Ind. Democrat	George W. Clark	133,395	30.76%	N/A
	Populist	Thomas Lewis Nugent	108,483	24.91%	N/A
	Prohibition	D. M. Prendergast	1,605	0.37%	0.35
	Republican	Andrew Jackson Houston	1,322	0.30%	N/A
Total votes			326,241	100.00%

References

1. Johnson, Doug (1972). "TSHA | Clark, George W." Texas State Historical Archive. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
2. Miller, Worth Robert (1952). "TSHA | Nugent, Thomas Lewis". Texas State Historical Archive. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
3. "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2023.