1894 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election
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The 1894 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1894, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Texas. Democratic nominee and state senator George Taylor Jester defeated former lieutenant governor Francis Marion Martin who had changed parties to run as the Populist candidate, and Republican nominee Robert Byron Rentfro.
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November 6, 1894
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 County results Jester: 30â40% 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% 80â90% >90% Martin: 30â40% 40â50% 50â60% 60â70% 70â80% Rentfro: 30â40% 40â50% 60â70% Mann: 40â50% 50â60% No data | |||||||||||||||||||||
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General election
On election day, November 6, 1894, Democratic nominee George Taylor Jester won the election by a margin of 62,743 votes against his foremost opponent Populist candidate Francis Marion Martin, retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Jester was sworn in as the 19th lieutenant governor of Texas on January 15, 1895.[1]
Candidates
- George Taylor Jester, incumbent State Senator from Corsicana (Democrat)
- Francis Marion Martin, former Lieutenant Governor of Texas (Populist)
- Robert Byron Rentfro, judge and former State Representative from Brownsville (Republican)[2]
- W. M. Mann, of Dallas (Lily White Republican)[3]
- Henry G. Damon, lawyer and civil war veteran from Corsicana (Prohibition)[4]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | George Taylor Jester | 210,794 | 49.88 |  6.59 | |
| Populist | Francis Marion Martin | 148,051 | 35.03 | 10.48 | |
| Republican | Robert Byron Rentfro | 56,253 | 13.31 | N/A | |
| Independent Republican | W. M. Mann | 4,786 | 1.13 | 0.68 | |
| Prohibition | Henry G. Damon | 2,241 | 0.53 | 0.13 | |
| Scattering | 511 | 0.12 |  0.29 | ||
| Total votes | 422,636 | 100.00 | |||
