1886 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

At the time, Texas was a part of the "Solid South" and the Democratic party was overwhelmingly favored in state elections.

Incumbent lieutenant governor Barnett Gibbs declined to run for reelection, choosing instead to run for a congressional seat against Olin Wellborn.^[a]

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]

• Thomas Benton Wheeler, judge of the 12th Judicial District, former mayor of Austin (1872–1877) (Democrat)^[4]
• Lodowick "Lock" McDaniel, former Grimes County judge (Republican)^[5][6][7]
• S. G. Mullins (Prohibition)^[8]

Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1882^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Benton Wheeler	231,950	73.87
	Republican	Lock McDaniel	66,536	21.19
	Prohibition	S. G. Mullins	15,392	4.90
	Write-in		136	0.04
Total votes			314,014	100.00
	Democratic hold