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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.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard Coke won Democratic 100,415 65.8%
Edmund J. Davis Republican 52,141 34.2%
Total152,556

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
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

YearWinnerMargin
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