1906 Texas gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1906 Texas gubernatorial election Texas November 8, 1906 presidential 1904 Texas gubernatorial election 1904 1908 Texas gubernatorial election 1908 File:T.M. Campbell, Governor, Bain portrait bust.jpg Thomas Mitchell Campbell Democratic Party (United States) 149,105 77.6% File:3x4.svg C. A. Gray Republican Party (United States) 23,771 12.4% 1906 Texas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 310px County resultsCampbell: #7996E2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c 90–100%Gray: #e27f7f 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #A80000 90–100%No Data/Vote: #808080 Governor S. W. T. Lanham Democratic Party (United States) Governor-elect Thomas Mitchell Campbell Democratic Party (United States) The 1906 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Thomas Mitchell Campbell was elected to a two-year term in office. This was the first election in which a party held a primary to determine its nominee.http://texasalmanac.com/topics/elections/elections-texas-governors-1845%E2%80%932010 Texas Almanac 17 Mar 2023 2015-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119092417/http://texasalmanac.com/topics/elections/elections-texas-governors-1845%E2%80%932010 dead Thomas Mitchell Campbell won the Democratic nomination over a four-man field including M. M. Brooks, Oscar Branch Colquitt and Charles K. Bell; his victory was tantamount to election with the Republican Party already weak in Texas and deeply divided at the time. Democratic primary This marked the first time the Texas Democratic party held a statewide primary election under the "Terrell election law." It was not a primary in the sense that the popular vote directly determined the nominee, instead the vote was used to allocate pledged delegates from each county at the state convention.Winkler Ernest William https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Platforms_of_political_parties_in_Texas_%28IA_platformsofpolit00winkrich%29.pdf?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original Platforms of Political Parties in Texas September 20, 1916 University of Texas 481-497July 29, 1906 State and County Elections Will Show Several Surprises https://www.newspapers.com/image/1270221932/ The Daily Express San Antonio, TX 1 Newspapers.com Candidates Charles K. Bell, Attorney General of Texas and former U.S. Representative from Hamilton Micajah Madison Brooks, associate justice of the Court of Criminal AppealsTSHA Brooks, Micajah Madison (1856–1934) https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/brooks-micajah-madison 1952 17 Mar 2023 Hazlewood Claudia Texas State Historical Association Thomas Mitchell Campbell, attorney and general manager of the International–Great Northern Railroad Oscar Branch Colquitt, member of the Texas Railroad Commission Results 1906 Democratic gubernatorial primary Thomas Mitchell Campbell Democratic Party (United States) 90,345 30.72% M. M. Brooks Democratic Party (United States) 70,064 23.82% Oscar Branch Colquitt Democratic Party (United States) 68,529 23.30% Charles K. Bell Democratic Party (United States) 65,168 22.16% 294,106 100.00% General election Candidates Alexander W. Acheson, physician and former mayor of Denison (Reorganized Republican)https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/acheson-alexander-w TSHA Acheson, Alexander W. (1842–1934) Texas State Historical Association Hart Brian 1952 17 Mar 2023 Thomas Mitchell Campbell, attorney and general manager of the International–Great Northern Railroad (Democratic) C. A. Gray (Republican) George Clifton Edwards, editor and publisher of the Laborer (Socialist)https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/edwards-george-clifton TSHA Edwards, George Clifton (1876–1961) Texas State Historical Association Edwards George January 1, 1995 17 Mar 2023 J. W. Pearson (Prohibition) Arthur S. Dowler, postmaster of Finlay (Socialist Labor)https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/finlay-tx Donell Kohout Martin 1952 TSHA Finlay, TX Texas State Historical Association 17 Mar 2023 Acheson was the candidate of the "black and tan" faction of the Republicans, while Gray was nominated by the "lily-white movement" which sought to exclude non-white men from the party. Results 1906 Texas gubernatorial election Thomas Mitchell Campbell Democratic Party (United States) 149,105 77.59% 4.02 C. A. Gray Republican Party (US) 23,771 12.37% 7.92 Alex W. Atcheson Independent Republican (United States) 5,395 2.81% N/A George Clifton Edwards Socialist Party (US) 2,958 1.54% 0.52 J. W. Pearson Prohibition Party 2,215 1.15% 0.46 Arthur S. Dowler Socialist Labor Party (US) 260 0.14% 0.06 183,704 100.00% References 1906 Texas Category:1906 Texas elections