1873 Texas gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1873 Texas gubernatorial election Texas December 2, 1873 presidential 1869 Texas gubernatorial election 1869 1876 Texas gubernatorial election 1876 Richard Coke - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg Richard Coke Democratic Party (United States) 100,415 65.77% Edmund J. Davis (14763030245) (cropped).jpg Edmund J. Davis Republican Party (United States) 52,141 34.23% 300px County results 300px Congressional district results 1 Coke #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 >90% Davis #e27f7fff 50–60% #d75d5dff 60–70% #e52729ff 70–80% #c9120fff 80–90% No returns #808080ff Governor Edmund J. Davis Republican Party (United States) Governor-elect Richard Coke Democratic Party (United States) The 1873 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Edmund J. Davis ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Richard Coke. General election Candidates Richard Coke, former associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court (Democratic) Edmund J. Davis, incumbent governor (Republican) Results 1873 Texas gubernatorial electionSources differ as to the vote totals in 1873. The Texas Almanac gives the votes as 85,549 for Coke and 42,633 for Davis (128,182 total).http://texasalmanac.com/topics/elections/elections-texas-governors-1845%E2%80%932010 Texas Almanac 2 Mar 2023 2015-11-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20151119092417/http://texasalmanac.com/topics/elections/elections-texas-governors-1845%E2%80%932010 dead In Republicanism in Reconstruction Texas by Carl H. Moneyhan, the author cites the state archives which gives the vote as shown.Moneyhan, pp. 219–223 Richard Coke Democratic Party (United States) 100,415 65.77% Edmund J. Davis (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 52,141 34.23% 152,556 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) By county + Results by county County CokeDemocratic DavisRepublican Margin Totalvotes Votes % Votes % Votes %Anderson1,13555.34%91644.66%21910.68%2,051Angelina46279.93%11620.07%34659.86%578Aransas12780.38%3119.62%9660.76%158Atascosa38992.62%317.38%35885.24%420Austin91350.30%90249.70%110.61%1,815Bandera15685.25%2714.75%12970.49%183Bastrop1,09048.79%1,14451.21%542.42%2,234Bee11494.21%75.79%10788.43%121Bell1,86290.39%1989.61%1,66480.78%2,060Bexar1,83259.75%1,23440.25%59819.50%3,066Blanco20275.94%6424.06%13851.88%266Bosque75589.45%8910.55%66678.91%844Bowie53066.42%26833.58%26232.83%798Brazoria33623.53%1,09276.47%75652.94%1,428Brazos1,19759.46%81640.54%38118.93%2,013Brown16797.09%52.91%16294.19%172Burleson1,08565.13%58134.87%50430.25%1,666Burnet47481.44%10818.56%36662.89%582Caldwell74060.66%48039.34%26021.31%1,220Calhoun21848.99%22751.01%92.02%445Cameron43366.21%22133.79%21232.42%654Cass86368.55%39631.45%46737.09%1,259Chambers20880.93%4919.07%15961.87%257Cherokee1,48673.82%52726.18%95947.64%2,013Clay7796.25%33.75%7492.50%80Collin1,69185.71%28214.29%1,40971.41%1,973Colorado1,00043.40%1,30456.60%30413.19%2,304Comal36353.62%31446.38%497.24%677Comanche50097.28%142.72%48694.55%514Cooke1,12895.19%574.81%1,07190.38%1,185Coryell1,12196.14%453.86%1,07692.28%1,166Dallas2,62888.66%33611.34%2,29277.33%2,964Delta39690.83%409.17%35681.65%436Denton1,24991.37%1188.63%1,13182.74%1,367DeWitt54549.68%55250.32%70.64%1,097Ellis1,52892.55%1237.45%1,40585.10%1,651El Paso44790.67%469.33%40181.34%493Erath37686.64%5813.36%31873.27%434Falls83453.05%73846.95%966.11%1,572Fannin1,53173.25%55926.75%97246.51%2,090Fayette1,67752.28%1,53147.72%1464.55%3,208Fort Bend26118.38%1,15981.62%89863.24%1,420Freestone1,07064.00%60236.00%46827.99%1,672Frio6984.15%1315.85%5668.29%82Galveston2,49270.86%1,02529.14%1,46741.71%3,517Gillespie10823.89%34476.11%23652.21%452Goliad29156.40%22543.60%6612.79%516Gonzales1,05471.75%41528.25%63943.50%1,469Grayson2,26582.07%49517.93%1,77064.13%2,760Gregg35869.92%15430.08%20439.84%512Grimes1,32945.37%1,60054.63%2719.25%2,929Guadalupe88852.30%81047.70%784.59%1,698Hamilton18796.89%63.11%18193.78%193Hardin13687.18%2012.82%11674.36%156Harris2,96657.76%2,16942.24%79715.52%5,135Harrison99930.85%2,23969.15%1,24038.30%3,238Hays52577.55%15222.45%37355.10%677Henderson76375.40%24924.60%51450.79%1,012Hidalgo6045.45%7254.55%129.09%132Hill1,31289.86%14810.14%1,16479.73%1,460Hood77396.02%323.98%74192.05%805Hopkins1,87190.65%1939.35%1,67881.30%2,064Houston1,01448.94%1,05851.06%442.12%2,072Hunt1,46991.53%1368.47%1,33383.05%1,605Jack11156.92%8443.08%2713.85%195Jackson16440.20%24459.80%8019.61%408Jasper34574.03%12125.97%22448.07%466Jefferson27779.60%7120.40%20659.20%348Johnson1,40797.57%352.43%1,37295.15%1,442Karnes18567.77%8832.23%9735.53%273Kaufman1,07088.28%14211.72%92876.57%1,212Kendall7025.93%20074.07%13048.15%270Kerr14365.00%7735.00%6630.00%220Kinney9445.19%11454.81%209.62%208Lamar1,72474.12%60225.88%1,12248.24%2,326Lampasas37596.65%133.35%36293.30%388Lavaca99771.37%40028.63%59742.73%1,397Leon1,60377.63%46222.37%1,14155.25%2,065Limestone1,23178.51%33721.49%89457.02%1,568Live Oak13591.22%138.78%12282.43%148Llano10893.91%76.09%10187.83%115Madison44971.73%17728.27%27243.45%626Marion1,01846.00%1,19554.00%1778.00%2,213Mason8266.67%4133.33%4133.33%123Matagorda18632.40%38867.60%20235.19%574Maverick7057.38%5242.62%1814.75%122McLennan1,63165.01%87834.99%75330.01%2,509Medina7618.91%32681.09%25062.19%402Menard7457.81%5442.19%2015.63%128Milam99787.84%13812.16%85975.68%1,135Montague42689.31%5110.69%37578.62%477Montgomery68949.32%70850.68%191.36%1,397Nacogdoches98771.42%39528.58%59242.84%1,382Navarro1,21272.40%46227.60%75044.80%1,674Newton26573.41%9626.59%16946.81%361Nueces19938.87%31361.13%11422.27%512Orange17179.53%4420.47%12759.07%215Palo Pinto26298.87%31.13%25997.74%265Panola1,11480.61%26819.39%84661.22%1,382Parker95583.85%18416.15%77167.69%1,139Polk44773.76%15926.24%28847.52%606Rains25186.25%4013.75%21172.51%291Red River1,32158.45%93941.55%38216.90%2,260Refugio13987.97%1912.03%12075.95%158Robertson1,16253.75%1,00046.25%1627.49%2,162Rockwall22987.40%3312.60%19674.81%262Rusk1,79657.97%1,30242.03%49415.95%3,098Sabine34075.22%11224.78%22850.44%452San Augustine38150.20%37849.80%30.40%759San Jacinto26137.18%44162.82%18025.64%702San Patricio9188.35%1211.65%7976.70%103San Saba29199.32%20.68%28998.63%293Shelby67662.71%40237.29%27425.42%1,078Smith1,58954.27%1,33945.73%2508.54%2,928Starr10050.76%9749.24%31.52%197Tarrant1,82092.95%1387.05%1,68285.90%1,958Titus1,70287.19%25012.81%1,45274.39%1,952Travis2,16760.65%1,40639.35%76121.30%3,573Trinity45086.54%7013.46%38073.08%520Tyler55697.72%132.28%54395.43%569Upshur1,16665.84%60534.16%56131.68%1,771Uvalde14887.06%2212.94%12674.12%170Van Zandt65172.74%24427.26%40745.47%895Victoria45046.54%51753.46%676.93%967Walker77446.88%87753.12%1036.24%1,651Waller43339.26%67060.74%23721.49%1,103Washington1,69742.20%2,32457.80%62715.59%4,021Webb9115.09%51284.91%42169.82%603Williamson1,12780.79%26819.21%85961.58%1,395Wilson33078.01%9321.99%23756.03%423Wise58489.85%6610.15%51879.69%650Wood68180.12%16919.88%51260.24%850Zapata4944.14%6255.86%1311.71%111Total 100,415 65.77% 52,141 34.15% 48,274 31.62% 152,556 By congressional district Coke won all four of Texas' (non-at-large) congressional districts, each of which were held by Democrats since 1871. District Coke Davis RepresentativeTexas 1 1st 61.7% 38.3%William S. HerndonTexas 2 2nd 81.8% 18.2%William P. McLeanTexas 3 3rd 57.9% 42.1%Dewitt C. GiddingsTexas 4 4th 62.5% 37.5%John Hancock Aftermath Within the month, the Texas Supreme Court ruled the election invalid in Ex parte Rodriguez, an extraordinary habeas corpus writ holding that the election had been unconstitutional because the polls were open for only one day. The new Constitution of 1869 had provided in Article III, Section 6, that all elections would be held "at the county seats of the several counties until otherwise provided by law; and the polls shall be opened for four days." Since the decision hinged crucially on the interpretation of the semi-colon, Texan historians have referred to the Court during this period as the "Semicolon Court," following its use by Oran Milo Roberts in his history of the Reconstruction period in the state.TSHA Semicolon Court https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/semicolon-court 2 Mar 2023 www.tshaonline.org The Ex parte Rodriguez ruling was never enforced.TSHA Coke-Davis Controversy https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/coke-davis-controversy 2021-09-14 www.tshaonline.org On January 15, disregarding the court's ruling and on the belief that Davis had stationed militiamen on the first floor of the Texas State Capitol, a group of Democrats entered using keys through the second to have Coke sworn into office. Davis summoned state troops to his defense, but upon their arrival, they joined Coke. Coke was sworn in and Davis swore for a truce; after President Ulysses S. Grant declined to send federal troops to aid his hold on the Capitol, Davis left office peacefully on January 19, bringing an effective end to the Reconstruction era in Texas. The Democratic Party would control Texas for more than a century; the next Republican governor of the state was Bill Clements in 1979. References Further reading Moneyhan, Carl H. (1980). Republicanism in Reconstruction Texas. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-77553-4. 1873 Texas Category:1873 Texas elections