1896 Texas gubernatorial election

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1896 Texas gubernatorial election
Flag of Texas.svg
  1894
November 3, 1896
1898  
  Charles A. Culberson.jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Charles Culberson Jerome Kearby
Party Democratic Populist
Alliance Republican
Popular vote298,643238,325
Percentage55.4%44.2%

1896 Texas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results [1]
Culberson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100%
Kearby:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
No Results:     

Governor before election

Charles Culberson
Democratic

Governor-elect

Charles Culberson
Democratic

The 1896 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Governor Charles Culberson was re-elected to a second term over Jerome C. Kearby, a Populist running with Republican support.

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The total vote recorded in the general election was nearly 540,000 and the most for any Texas election until the 1918 Democratic Party primary. [2]

General election

Candidates

Results

1896 Texas gubernatorial election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Charles Culberson (incumbent) 298,643 55.36% Increase2.svg11.6
Populist Jerome C. Kearby238,32544.18%Increase2.svg8.05
Prohibition Randolph Clark2,1960.34%Decrease2.svg0.03
Write-in 6820.13%Decrease2.svg0.12
Total votes539,496 100.00%

References

  1. "Biennial report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas 1896". 1896. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  3. Goodwyn, Carey (1952). "TSHA | Clark, Randolph (1844–1935)". Texas State Historical Archive. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  4. Minor, David (1952). "TSHA | Kearby, Jerome Claiborne". Texas State Historical Archive. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

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