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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The1892 Texas gubernatorial electionwas held to elect theGovernor of Texas.Incumbent GovernorJim Hoggwas 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.RetrievedMarch 10,2023.
- ^Miller, Worth Robert (1952)."TSHA | Nugent, Thomas Lewis".Texas State Historical Archive.RetrievedMarch 10,2023.
- ^"Texas Almanac".Archived fromthe originalon November 19, 2015.RetrievedMarch 2,2023.