1892 Texas gubernatorial election
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 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Jim Hogg (incumbent) | 190,486 | 43.74% |  32.7
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| 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
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| Republican | Andrew Jackson Houston | 1,322 | 0.30% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 326,241 | 100.00% | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Doug (1972). "TSHA | Clark, George W." Texas State Historical Archive. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Miller, Worth Robert (1952). "TSHA | Nugent, Thomas Lewis". Texas State Historical Archive. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2023.