1894 Texas gubernatorial election

1894 Texas gubernatorial election
	County results; Culberson: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90-100%; Nugent: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Makemson: 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%; Schmitz: 40-50% 50-60%; Scattering / Write-in: 30-40%; No Results:
Governor before election; Jim Hogg; Democratic	Governor-elect ; Charles Culberson; Democratic

The 1894 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the

Charles Culberson

was elected Governor with a plurality of the vote over Populist candidate Thomas Nugent.

General election

Charles Culberson
, Attorney General of Texas (Democratic)
J.M. Dunn (Prohibition)
William K. Makemson, writer, historian, and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1892 (Republican)^[1]
Thomas Lewis Nugent, nominee for Governor in 1892 and former judge (Populist)^[2]
John B. Schmitz, undertaker and Republican nominee for Treasurer in 1890 (
Lily White Republican)^[3]

1894 Texas gubernatorial election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles Culberson	207,167	43.74%	5.27
	Populist	Thomas L. Nugent	152,731	36.13%	11.2
	Republican	William K. Makemson	54,520	12.90%	0.35
	Independent Republican	John B. Schmitz	5,026	1.19%	0.89
	Prohibition	J. M. Dunn	2,196	0.37%	0.15
	Write-in		1,076	0.25%	0.21
Total votes			422,716	100.00%

^ Odintz, Mark (1952). "TSHA | Makemson, William K. (1836–1919)". Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ Miller, Worth Robert (1952). "TSHA | Nugent, Thomas Lewis". Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ Minor, John B. (1952). "TSHA | Schmitz, John B. (1858–1941)". Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2023.