Election 1873 Results
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1873 Texas governor election
Richard Coke (Democrat) beat Edmund J. Davis (Republican) in Texas in 1873, 65.8% to 34.2%, a margin of 31.6 points and 48,274 votes.
Texas changed party: in 1869 it went Republican, for Edmund J. Davis.
Democrats led in 107 of the 132 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Harris, cast 5,135 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.5 points. The closest was San Augustine, where 3 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Governor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Coke won | Democratic | 100,415 | 65.8% |
| Edmund J. Davis | Republican | 52,141 | 34.2% |
| Total | 152,556 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | 2,966 57.8% | 2,169 42.2% | 5,135 | D+15.5 | |
| Washington | 1,697 42.2% | 2,324 57.8% | 4,021 | R+15.6 | |
| Travis | 2,167 60.5% | 1,416 39.5% | 3,583 | D+21.0 | |
| Galveston | 2,492 70.9% | 1,023 29.1% | 3,515 | D+41.8 | |
| Harrison | 999 30.9% | 2,239 69.1% | 3,238 | R+38.3 | |
| Fayette | 1,677 52.0% | 1,551 48.0% | 3,228 | D+3.9 | |
| Rusk | 1,796 58.0% | 1,302 42.0% | 3,098 | D+15.9 | |
| Bexar | 1,832 59.8% | 1,234 40.2% | 3,066 | D+19.5 | |
| Grimes | 1,329 45.4% | 1,600 54.6% | 2,929 | R+9.3 | |
| Smith | 1,589 54.3% | 1,339 45.7% | 2,928 | D+8.5 | |
| Grayson | 2,265 82.1% | 495 17.9% | 2,760 | D+64.1 | |
| McLennan | 1,631 65.0% | 878 35.0% | 2,509 | D+30.0 | |
| Lamar | 1,792 75.0% | 598 25.0% | 2,390 | D+50.0 | |
| Dallas | 2,028 85.8% | 336 14.2% | 2,364 | D+71.6 | |
| Red River | 1,321 58.5% | 939 41.5% | 2,260 | D+16.9 | |
| Bastrop | 1,090 48.8% | 1,144 51.2% | 2,234 | R+2.4 | |
| Marion | 1,018 46.0% | 1,195 54.0% | 2,213 | R+8.0 | |
| Robertson | 1,162 53.7% | 1,000 46.3% | 2,162 | D+7.5 | |
| Fannin | 1,531 73.3% | 559 26.7% | 2,090 | D+46.5 | |
| Houston | 1,014 48.9% | 1,058 51.1% | 2,072 | R+2.1 | |
| Hopkins | 1,871 90.6% | 193 9.4% | 2,064 | D+81.3 | |
| Bell | 1,862 90.4% | 198 9.6% | 2,060 | D+80.8 | |
| Anderson | 1,135 55.3% | 916 44.7% | 2,051 | D+10.7 | |
| Brazos | 1,197 59.5% | 816 40.5% | 2,013 | D+18.9 | |
| Cherokee | 1,486 73.8% | 527 26.2% | 2,013 | D+47.6 | |
| Collin | 1,690 85.4% | 288 14.6% | 1,978 | D+70.9 | |
| Tarrant | 1,820 93.0% | 138 7.0% | 1,958 | D+85.9 | |
| Titus | 1,702 87.2% | 250 12.8% | 1,952 | D+74.4 | |
| Austin | 913 50.3% | 902 49.7% | 1,815 | D+0.6 | |
| Upshur | 1,166 65.8% | 605 34.2% | 1,771 | D+31.7 | |
| Guadalupe | 888 52.3% | 810 47.7% | 1,698 | D+4.6 | |
| Navarro | 1,212 72.4% | 462 27.6% | 1,674 | D+44.8 | |
| Freestone | 1,070 64.0% | 602 36.0% | 1,672 | D+28.0 | |
| Burleson | 1,085 65.1% | 581 34.9% | 1,666 | D+30.3 | |
| Walker | 774 46.9% | 877 53.1% | 1,651 | R+6.2 | |
| Ellis | 1,528 92.6% | 122 7.4% | 1,650 | D+85.2 | |
| Hunt | 1,469 91.5% | 136 8.5% | 1,605 | D+83.1 | |
| Falls | 834 53.1% | 738 46.9% | 1,572 | D+6.1 | |
| Limestone | 1,231 78.5% | 337 21.5% | 1,568 | D+57.0 | |
| Leon | 1,103 70.5% | 462 29.5% | 1,565 | D+41.0 | |
| Gonzales | 1,054 71.7% | 415 28.3% | 1,469 | D+43.5 | |
| Hill | 1,302 89.8% | 148 10.2% | 1,450 | D+79.6 | |
| Johnson | 1,407 97.6% | 35 2.4% | 1,442 | D+95.1 | |
| Brazoria | 336 23.5% | 1,092 76.5% | 1,428 | R+52.9 | |
| Fort Bend | 261 18.4% | 1,159 81.6% | 1,420 | R+63.2 | |
| Panola | 1,114 79.7% | 284 20.3% | 1,398 | D+59.4 | |
| Lavaca | 997 71.4% | 400 28.6% | 1,397 | D+42.7 | |
| Montgomery | 689 49.3% | 708 50.7% | 1,397 | R+1.4 | |
| Nacogdoches | 987 71.4% | 395 28.6% | 1,382 | D+42.8 | |
| Denton | 1,249 91.4% | 118 8.6% | 1,367 | D+82.7 | |
| Williamson | 1,127 84.4% | 208 15.6% | 1,335 | D+68.8 | |
| Cass | 863 68.5% | 396 31.5% | 1,259 | D+37.1 | |
| Caldwell | 740 60.7% | 480 39.3% | 1,220 | D+21.3 | |
| Kaufman | 1,070 88.3% | 142 11.7% | 1,212 | D+76.6 | |
| Cooke | 1,128 95.2% | 57 4.8% | 1,185 | D+90.4 | |
| Coryell | 1,121 96.1% | 45 3.9% | 1,166 | D+92.3 | |
| Parker | 955 83.8% | 184 16.2% | 1,139 | D+67.7 | |
| Milam | 997 87.8% | 138 12.2% | 1,135 | D+75.7 | |
| Waller | 433 39.3% | 670 60.7% | 1,103 | R+21.5 | |
| De Witt | 545 49.6% | 553 50.4% | 1,098 | R+0.7 | |
| Shelby | 676 62.7% | 402 37.3% | 1,078 | D+25.4 | |
| Henderson | 763 75.4% | 249 24.6% | 1,012 | D+50.8 | |
| Victoria | 450 46.5% | 517 53.5% | 967 | R+6.9 | |
| Van Zandt | 651 72.7% | 244 27.3% | 895 | D+45.5 | |
| Wood | 681 80.1% | 169 19.9% | 850 | D+60.2 | |
| Bosque | 755 89.5% | 89 10.5% | 844 | D+78.9 | |
| Hood | 773 96.0% | 32 4.0% | 805 | D+92.0 | |
| Bowie | 530 66.4% | 268 33.6% | 798 | D+32.8 | |
| San Augustine | 381 50.2% | 378 49.8% | 759 | D+0.4 | |
| Comal | 363 51.3% | 345 48.7% | 708 | D+2.5 | |
| San Jacinto | 261 37.2% | 441 62.8% | 702 | R+25.6 | |
| Hays | 525 77.5% | 152 22.5% | 677 | D+55.1 | |
| Cameron | 433 66.2% | 221 33.8% | 654 | D+32.4 | |
| Wise | 584 89.8% | 66 10.2% | 650 | D+79.7 | |
| Madison | 449 71.7% | 177 28.3% | 626 | D+43.5 | |
| Polk | 447 73.8% | 159 26.2% | 606 | D+47.5 | |
| Webb | 91 15.1% | 512 84.9% | 603 | R+69.8 | |
| Burnet | 474 81.4% | 108 18.6% | 582 | D+62.9 | |
| Angelina | 462 79.9% | 116 20.1% | 578 | D+59.9 | |
| Matagorda | 186 32.4% | 388 67.6% | 574 | R+35.2 | |
| Tyler | 556 97.7% | 13 2.3% | 569 | D+95.4 | |
| Trinity | 450 86.5% | 70 13.5% | 520 | D+73.1 | |
| Goliad | 292 56.6% | 224 43.4% | 516 | D+13.2 | |
| Comanche | 500 97.3% | 14 2.7% | 514 | D+94.6 | |
| Nueces | 199 38.9% | 313 61.1% | 512 | R+22.3 | |
| El Paso | 447 90.7% | 46 9.3% | 493 | D+81.3 | |
| Montague | 426 89.3% | 51 10.7% | 477 | D+78.6 | |
| Jasper | 345 74.0% | 121 26.0% | 466 | D+48.1 | |
| Gregg | 308 66.7% | 154 33.3% | 462 | D+33.3 | |
| Sabine | 340 75.2% | 112 24.8% | 452 | D+50.4 | |
| Gillespie | 104 23.2% | 344 76.8% | 448 | R+53.6 | |
| Calhoun | 218 49.0% | 227 51.0% | 445 | R+2.0 | |
| Delta | 396 90.8% | 40 9.2% | 436 | D+81.7 | |
| Erath | 376 86.6% | 58 13.4% | 434 | D+73.3 | |
| Wilson | 330 78.0% | 93 22.0% | 423 | D+56.0 | |
| Atascosa | 389 92.6% | 31 7.4% | 420 | D+85.2 | |
| Jackson | 164 40.2% | 244 59.8% | 408 | R+19.6 | |
| Medina | 76 18.9% | 326 81.1% | 402 | R+62.2 | |
| Lampasas | 375 96.6% | 13 3.4% | 388 | D+93.3 | |
| Newton | 265 73.4% | 96 26.6% | 361 | D+46.8 | |
| Jefferson | 277 79.6% | 71 20.4% | 348 | D+59.2 | |
| San Saba | 291 99.3% | 2 0.7% | 293 | D+98.6 | |
| Rains | 251 86.3% | 40 13.7% | 291 | D+72.5 | |
| Karnes | 185 67.8% | 88 32.2% | 273 | D+35.5 | |
| Kendall | 70 25.9% | 200 74.1% | 270 | R+48.1 | |
| Blanco | 202 75.9% | 64 24.1% | 266 | D+51.9 | |
| Palo Pinto | 262 98.9% | 3 1.1% | 265 | D+97.7 | |
| Rockwall | 229 87.4% | 33 12.6% | 262 | D+74.8 | |
| Chambers | 208 80.9% | 49 19.1% | 257 | D+61.9 | |
| Kerr | 143 65.0% | 77 35.0% | 220 | D+30.0 | |
| Orange | 171 79.5% | 44 20.5% | 215 | D+59.1 | |
| Kinney | 94 45.2% | 114 54.8% | 208 | R+9.6 | |
| Aransas | 172 85.6% | 29 14.4% | 201 | D+71.1 | |
| Starr | 100 50.8% | 97 49.2% | 197 | D+1.5 | |
| Jack | 111 56.9% | 84 43.1% | 195 | D+13.8 | |
| Hamilton | 187 96.9% | 6 3.1% | 193 | D+93.8 | |
| Bandera | 156 85.2% | 27 14.8% | 183 | D+70.5 | |
| Brown | 167 97.1% | 5 2.9% | 172 | D+94.2 | |
| Uvalde | 148 87.1% | 22 12.9% | 170 | D+74.1 | |
| Refugio | 139 88.0% | 19 12.0% | 158 | D+75.9 | |
| Hardin | 136 87.2% | 20 12.8% | 156 | D+74.4 | |
| Maverick | 71 52.2% | 65 47.8% | 136 | D+4.4 | |
| Hidalgo | 60 45.5% | 72 54.5% | 132 | R+9.1 | |
| Live Oak | 115 89.8% | 13 10.2% | 128 | D+79.7 | |
| Menard | 74 57.8% | 54 42.2% | 128 | D+15.6 | |
| Mason | 82 66.7% | 41 33.3% | 123 | D+33.3 | |
| Bee | 114 94.2% | 7 5.8% | 121 | D+88.4 | |
| Llano | 108 93.9% | 7 6.1% | 115 | D+87.8 | |
| Zapata | 49 44.1% | 62 55.9% | 111 | R+11.7 | |
| San Patricio | 91 88.3% | 12 11.7% | 103 | D+76.7 | |
| Frio | 69 84.1% | 13 15.9% | 82 | D+68.3 | |
| Clay | 76 100.0% | 0 0.0% | 76 | D+100.0 |
Counties as they stood in 1873; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Texas governor elections we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Greg Abbott (R) | R+10.9 |
| 2018 | Abbott (R) | R+13.3 |
| 2014 | Greg Abbott (R) | R+20.4 |
| 2010 | Rick Perry (R) | R+12.7 |
| 2006 | Rick Perry (R) | R+9.2 |
| 2002 | Rick Perry (R) | R+17.8 |
| 1998 | George W. Bush (R) | R+37.1 |
| 1994 | George W. Bush (R) | R+7.6 |
| 1990 | Ann Richards (D) | D+2.6 |
| 1986 | William P. Clements (R) | R+6.7 |
| 1982 | Mark White (D) | D+7.3 |
| 1978 | William P. Clements (R) | R+0.7 |
| 1974 | Dolph Briscoe (D) | D+30.3 |
| 1972 | Dolph Briscoe (D) | D+2.9 |
| 1970 | Preston Smith (D) | D+6.9 |
| 1968 | Preston Smith (D) | D+14.0 |
| 1966 | John B. Connally (D) | D+47.0 |
| 1964 | John B. Connally (D) | D+47.8 |
| 1962 | John B. Connally (D) | D+8.4 |
| 1960 | Price Daniel (D) | D+45.5 |
| 1958 | Price Daniel (D) | D+76.2 |
| 1956 | Price Daniel (D) | D+63.2 |
| 1954 | Allan Shivers (D) | D+79.0 |
| 1952 | Allan Shivers (D) | D+98.1 |
| 1950 | Allan Shivers (D) | D+79.9 |
| 1948 | Beauford H. Jester (D) | D+70.0 |
| 1946 | Beauford H. Jester (D) | D+82.5 |
| 1944 | Coke R. Stevenson (D) | D+81.7 |
| 1942 | Coke R. Stevenson (D) | D+93.7 |
| 1940 | W. Lee O'Daniel (D) | D+88.9 |
| 1938 | W. Lee O'Daniel (D) | D+93.8 |
| 1936 | James V. Allred (D) | D+85.9 |
| 1934 | James V. Allred (D) | D+93.4 |
| 1932 | Miriam A. Ferguson (D) | D+24.2 |
| 1930 | Ross Sterling (D) | D+60.4 |
| 1928 | Dan Moody (D) | D+65.0 |
| 1926 | Dan Moody (D) | D+73.8 |
| 1924 | Miriam A. Ferguson (D) | D+17.8 |
| 1922 | Pat M. Neff (D) | D+63.8 |
| 1920 | Pat Morris Neff (D) | D+41.2 |
| 1918 | William P. Hobby (D) | D+68.9 |
| 1916 | James E. Ferguson (D) | D+68.1 |
| 1914 | James E. Ferguson (D) | D+76.7 |
| 1912 | Oscar Branch Colquitt (D) | D+70.5 |
| 1910 | Oscar Branch Colquitt (D) | D+67.8 |
| 1908 | Thomas Mitchell Campbell (D) | D+48.4 |
| 1906 | Thomas M. Campbell (D) | D+68.1 |
| 1904 | S. W. T. Lanham (D) | D+53.3 |
| 1902 | Samuel W.T. Lanham (D) | D+56.5 |
| 1900 | Joseph D. Sayers (D) | D+42.4 |
| 1898 | Joseph D. Sayers (D) | D+71.2 |
| 1896 | Charles A. Culberson (D) | D+55.4 |
| 1894 | Charles A. Culberson (D) | D+36.1 |
| 1892 | James S. Hogg (D) | D+43.4 |
| 1890 | James S. Hogg (D) | D+53.8 |
| 1888 | Lawrence S. Ross (D) | D+71.8 |
| 1886 | Lawrence S. Ross (D) | D+52.2 |
| 1884 | John Ireland (D) | D+57.2 |
| 1882 | John Ireland (D) | D+59.5 |
| 1880 | Oran M. Roberts (D) | D+38.5 |
| 1878 | Oran M. Roberts (D) | D+56.8 |
| 1876 | Richard Coke (D) | D+50.0 |
| 1873 | Richard Coke (D) | D+31.6 |
| 1869 | Edmund J. Davis (R) | R+50.2 |
| 1866 | James W. Throckmorton (D) | D+60.3 |