1886 Texas gubernatorial election
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The 1886 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Lawrence Sullivan Ross was elected in a landslide over opposition from the Republican and Prohibition parties.
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November 2, 1886
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General election
During this period Texas was a part of the "Solid South" and the Democratic party was heavily favored in state elections.
The Greenback party which had seen success in the state as one of the main opposition parties against the Democrats had lost support and failed to call a convention to nominate any candidates, effectively ending the party's existence in Texas.[1]
The prohibition of alcohol was becoming a major political issue in the state and, after failing to secure a plank in the Democratic party platform calling for a vote on the issue, the Prohibition Party nominated its first slate of statewide candidates.[2][3]
Candidates
- Lawrence Sullivan Ross, state senator, delegate at the State Constitutional Convention of 1875, former Sheriff from McLennan County, Brigadier General in the CSA Cavalry, former Texas Ranger (Democratic)[4][5]
- Dr. Archelaus M. Cochran, internal revenue collector, former postmaster, former member of the Dallas City Council, former state representative, Captain in Terry's Texas Rangers[6][7]
- Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney, Greenback candidate for the 4th Congressional district in 1882, delegate at the State Constitutional Convention of 1875, former state senator from Lamar County, former district attorney of the Eighth Judicial district, Captain in the confederate army (Prohibition)[8][3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Lawrence Sullivan Ross | 228,776 | 73.02% |  7.97 | |
| Republican | Archelaus M. Cochran | 65,236 | 20.82% | 14.7 | |
| Prohibition | Ebenezer L. Dohoney | 19,186 | 6.12% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 102 | 0.03% | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 313,300 | 100.00% | |||
