1892 Texas gubernatorial election

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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)
  • Lily White Republican
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  • Thomas Lewis Nugent, former judge[2] (Populist)

Results

1892 Texas gubernatorial election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jim Hogg (incumbent) 190,486 43.74% Decrease32.7
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% Decrease0.35
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.