1890 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1890 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election Texas Presidential no 1888 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election 1888 1892 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election 1892 November 4, 1890 George_Cassety_Pendleton.jpg George C. Pendleton Democratic Party (United States) 263,525 77.21% William K. Makemson.jpg William K. Makemson Republican Party (United States) 75,154 22.02% Lieutenant Governor Thomas Benton Wheeler Democratic Party (United States) George C. Pendleton Democratic Party (United States) The 1890 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Texas. Democratic nominee and former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives George C. Pendleton defeated Republican nominee William Makemson and Prohibition nominee J. M. Thompson. General election On election day, November 4, 1890, Democratic nominee George C. Pendleton won the election by a margin of 188,371 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee William Makemson, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Pendleton was sworn in as the 17th lieutenant governor of Texas on January 21, 1891.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=48&year=1890&f=0&off=6&elect=0 1890 Lt. Gubernatorial General Election Results - Texas uselectionatlas.org May 1, 2025 2025-11-17 Candidates George C. Pendleton, former state representative and Speaker of the Texas House, Private in the 19th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Democrat)hart Brian 1952 George Cassety Pendleton: Life and Legacy of a Texas Politician https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/pendleton-george-cassety May 1, 2026 Texas State Historical Association enSoldier Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm May 1, 2026 www.nps.gov en William K. Makemson, lawyer from Georgetown, former district attorney for the Seventeenth Judicial District, former sheriff of Williamson County, civil war veteran of the 5th Texas Partisan Rangers (Republican)https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/makemson-william-k TSHA William K. Makemson: Lawyer, Politician, and Civil War Soldier Odintz Mark 1952 2026-02-14Grear Charles D. March 31, 2011 The History of the Fifth Texas Partisan Rangers https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/fifth-texas-partisan-rangers May 1, 2026 Texas State Historical Association en J. M. Thompson, of Carson (Prohibition)The State Prohibs Meet May 22, 1890 Brenham Weekly Banner 4 Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers at the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86089443/1890-05-22/ed-1/?sp=4&q=j.m.+thompson&r=0.419,0.118,0.403,0.192,0 2026-02-14Minor David 1952 Carson, Texas: A Historical Overview of the Community https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/carson-tx May 1, 2026 Texas State Historical Association en Results Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1890 Democratic Party (United States) George C. Pendleton 263,525 77.21 4.85 Republican Party (United States) William K. Makemson 75,154 22.02 N/A Prohibition Party J. M. Thompson 2,028 0.59 1.52 Scattering 593 0.18 0.00 341,300 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) References Category:1890 Texas elections Category:Texas lieutenant gubernatorial elections Category:November 1890 in the United States Category:Government of Texas