1906 Texas gubernatorial election
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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.
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November 8, 1906
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This was the first election in which a party held a primary to determine its nominee.[1] 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
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 Appeals[2]
- Thomas Mitchell Campbell, attorney and general manager of the InternationalâGreat Northern Railroad
- Oscar Branch Colquitt, member of the Texas Railroad Commission
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 90,345 | 30.72% | |
| Democratic | M. M. Brooks | 70,064 | 23.82% | |
| Democratic | Oscar Branch Colquitt | 68,529 | 23.30% | |
| Democratic | Charles K. Bell | 65,168 | 22.16% | |
| Total votes | 294,106 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
- Alexander W. Acheson, physician and former mayor of Denison (Reorganized Republican)[3]
- Thomas Mitchell Campbell, attorney and general manager of the InternationalâGreat Northern Railroad (Democratic)
- C. A. Gray (Republican)
- George Clifton Edwards, editor and publisher of the Laborer (Socialist)[4]
- J. W. Pearson (Prohibition)
- Arthur S. Dowler, postmaster of Finlay (Socialist Labor)[5]
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 149,105 | 77.59% |  4.02 | |
| Republican | C. A. Gray | 23,771 | 12.37% |  7.92 | |
| Independent Republican | Alex W. Atcheson | 5,395 | 2.81% | N/A | |
| Socialist | George Clifton Edwards | 2,958 | 1.54% | 0.52 | |
| Prohibition | J. W. Pearson | 2,215 | 1.15% | 0.46 | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur S. Dowler | 260 | 0.14% | 0.06 | |
| Total votes | 183,704 | 100.00% | |||