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1876 Texas governor election

Richard Coke (Democrat) beat William Chambers (Republican) in Texas in 1876, 75.0% to 25.0%, a margin of 50.0 points and 99,980 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1873, when Richard Coke also won.

Democrats led in 133 of the 149 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 16. The largest, Harris, cast 5,794 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.3 points. The closest was Montgomery, where 13 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 149,974 75.0%
William Chambers Republican 49,994 25.0%
Total199,968

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 3,426 59.1% 2,368 40.9% 5,794 D+18.3
Dallas 4,476 88.2% 601 11.8% 5,077 D+76.3
Washington 2,201 45.8% 2,600 54.2% 4,801 R+8.3
Grayson 4,248 89.4% 503 10.6% 4,751 D+78.8
Galveston 3,147 74.3% 1,090 25.7% 4,237 D+48.5
Travis 2,315 55.5% 1,858 44.5% 4,173 D+11.0
Harrison 1,122 29.6% 2,664 70.4% 3,786 R+40.7
Fayette 2,180 58.8% 1,530 41.2% 3,710 D+17.5
Bexar 2,552 69.8% 1,104 30.2% 3,656 D+39.6
Robertson 1,874 52.5% 1,698 47.5% 3,572 D+4.9
Smith 1,797 55.4% 1,445 44.6% 3,242 D+10.9
Collin 3,131 98.9% 35 1.1% 3,166 D+97.8
McLennan 2,041 69.3% 906 30.7% 2,947 D+38.5
Colorado 1,376 48.8% 1,441 51.2% 2,817 R+2.3
Rusk 1,727 62.1% 1,053 37.9% 2,780 D+24.2
Grimes 1,311 47.3% 1,462 52.7% 2,773 R+5.4
Bell 2,702 99.2% 22 0.8% 2,724 D+98.4
Ellis 2,653 99.9% 2 0.1% 2,655 D+99.8
Falls 1,573 59.4% 1,076 40.6% 2,649 D+18.8
Tarrant 2,593 98.3% 45 1.7% 2,638 D+96.6
Anderson 1,529 60.6% 995 39.4% 2,524 D+21.2
Bastrop 1,434 58.6% 1,014 41.4% 2,448 D+17.2
Austin 1,677 69.1% 750 30.9% 2,427 D+38.2
Milam 2,305 97.7% 55 2.3% 2,360 D+95.3
Red River 1,446 62.3% 875 37.7% 2,321 D+24.6
Brazos 1,330 57.8% 973 42.2% 2,303 D+15.5
Johnson 2,269 99.5% 12 0.5% 2,281 D+98.9
Hunt 2,205 97.4% 58 2.6% 2,263 D+94.9
Houston 1,276 56.4% 986 43.6% 2,262 D+12.8
Cherokee 1,896 85.1% 333 14.9% 2,229 D+70.1
Lamar 1,891 85.4% 324 14.6% 2,215 D+70.7
Fannin 1,929 88.3% 255 11.7% 2,184 D+76.6
Gonzales 1,841 85.5% 313 14.5% 2,154 D+70.9
Hopkins 1,987 94.1% 124 5.9% 2,111 D+88.3
Hill 2,103 100.0% 1 0.0% 2,104 D+99.9
Denton 2,055 99.9% 3 0.1% 2,058 D+99.7
Cooke 2,038 99.6% 8 0.4% 2,046 D+99.2
Limestone 1,755 87.9% 242 12.1% 1,997 D+75.8
Navarro 1,641 83.0% 337 17.0% 1,978 D+65.9
Freestone 1,399 71.8% 549 28.2% 1,948 D+43.6
Kaufman 1,860 97.6% 45 2.4% 1,905 D+95.3
Marion 729 38.8% 1,150 61.2% 1,879 R+22.4
Cass 1,459 80.7% 350 19.3% 1,809 D+61.3
Coryell 1,784 99.7% 6 0.3% 1,790 D+99.3
Panola 1,370 81.0% 321 19.0% 1,691 D+62.0
Walker 798 47.2% 891 52.8% 1,689 R+5.5
Williamson 1,478 89.9% 166 10.1% 1,644 D+79.8
Montgomery 827 50.4% 814 49.6% 1,641 D+0.8
Leon 1,495 91.4% 141 8.6% 1,636 D+82.8
Nacogdoches 1,236 77.1% 368 22.9% 1,604 D+54.1
Guadalupe 840 54.1% 713 45.9% 1,553 D+8.2
Fort Bend 300 19.4% 1,244 80.6% 1,544 R+61.1
Lavaca 1,206 78.6% 328 21.4% 1,534 D+57.2
Brazoria 413 28.0% 1,060 72.0% 1,473 R+43.9
Burleson 912 62.1% 556 37.9% 1,468 D+24.3
Caldwell 1,010 69.8% 437 30.2% 1,447 D+39.6
Waller 656 45.9% 774 54.1% 1,430 R+8.3
Lee 1,121 80.1% 278 19.9% 1,399 D+60.3
Upshur 1,139 84.2% 213 15.8% 1,352 D+68.5
Parker 1,307 96.7% 44 3.3% 1,351 D+93.5
De Witt 883 66.2% 451 33.8% 1,334 D+32.4
Cameron 1,190 92.9% 91 7.1% 1,281 D+85.8
Wood 1,272 99.7% 4 0.3% 1,276 D+99.4
Henderson 951 77.3% 279 22.7% 1,230 D+54.6
Gregg 764 63.8% 433 36.2% 1,197 D+27.7
Nueces 1,007 84.8% 181 15.2% 1,188 D+69.5
Bosque 1,168 99.5% 6 0.5% 1,174 D+99.0
Van Zandt 1,131 98.4% 18 1.6% 1,149 D+96.9
Wise 1,086 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,086 D+100.0
Victoria 656 60.8% 423 39.2% 1,079 D+21.6
Erath 1,065 99.3% 8 0.7% 1,073 D+98.5
Shelby 757 71.3% 305 28.7% 1,062 D+42.6
Wilson 886 86.6% 137 13.4% 1,023 D+73.2
Montague 973 100.0% 0 0.0% 973 D+100.0
Hays 873 94.1% 55 5.9% 928 D+88.1
Bowie 873 95.6% 40 4.4% 913 D+91.2
Polk 760 85.3% 131 14.7% 891 D+70.6
San Augustine 495 56.3% 385 43.8% 880 D+12.5
Comanche 878 100.0% 0 0.0% 878 D+100.0
Titus 865 98.9% 10 1.1% 875 D+97.7
San Jacinto 328 38.5% 524 61.5% 852 R+23.0
Hood 821 100.0% 0 0.0% 821 D+100.0
Madison 616 77.0% 184 23.0% 800 D+54.0
Camp 511 64.5% 281 35.5% 792 D+29.0
Comal 437 55.2% 354 44.8% 791 D+10.5
Liberty 413 52.9% 367 47.1% 780 D+5.9
Wharton 116 14.9% 663 85.1% 779 R+70.2
Goliad 592 76.7% 180 23.3% 772 D+53.4
Tyler 767 99.5% 4 0.5% 771 D+99.0
Burnet 752 97.8% 17 2.2% 769 D+95.6
Franklin 714 100.0% 0 0.0% 714 D+100.0
Hamilton 698 100.0% 0 0.0% 698 D+100.0
Matagorda 277 40.4% 409 59.6% 686 R+19.2
Trinity 564 82.5% 120 17.5% 684 D+64.9
Morris 672 98.4% 11 1.6% 683 D+96.8
Lampasas 667 99.9% 1 0.1% 668 D+99.7
Webb 646 99.1% 6 0.9% 652 D+98.2
Angelina 642 99.1% 6 0.9% 648 D+98.1
El Paso 628 97.1% 19 2.9% 647 D+94.1
Jasper 633 99.8% 1 0.2% 634 D+99.7
Gillespie 222 35.1% 411 64.9% 633 R+29.9
Delta 610 99.2% 5 0.8% 615 D+98.4
Brown 600 99.8% 1 0.2% 601 D+99.7
Sabine 454 75.5% 147 24.5% 601 D+51.1
San Saba 574 100.0% 0 0.0% 574 D+100.0
Medina 234 44.1% 297 55.9% 531 R+11.9
Atascosa 511 98.3% 9 1.7% 520 D+96.5
Blanco 425 86.7% 65 13.3% 490 D+73.5
Newton 471 100.0% 0 0.0% 471 D+100.0
Jackson 220 47.8% 240 52.2% 460 R+4.3
Llano 413 99.5% 2 0.5% 415 D+99.0
Calhoun 237 59.0% 165 41.0% 402 D+17.9
Jefferson 291 74.0% 102 26.0% 393 D+48.1
Somervell 390 100.0% 0 0.0% 390 D+100.0
Rains 382 99.5% 2 0.5% 384 D+99.0
Palo Pinto 380 100.0% 0 0.0% 380 D+100.0
Maverick 302 80.3% 74 19.7% 376 D+60.6
Kendall 122 35.0% 227 65.0% 349 R+30.1
Karnes 331 100.0% 0 0.0% 331 D+100.0
Shackelford 287 87.8% 40 12.2% 327 D+75.5
Chambers 221 67.8% 105 32.2% 326 D+35.6
Starr 248 78.0% 70 22.0% 318 D+56.0
Jack 296 93.4% 21 6.6% 317 D+86.8
Clay 313 100.0% 0 0.0% 313 D+100.0
Rockwall 303 98.1% 6 1.9% 309 D+96.1
Refugio 301 99.0% 3 1.0% 304 D+98.0
Orange 224 79.2% 59 20.8% 283 D+58.3
Bee 276 97.9% 6 2.1% 282 D+95.7
Mason 248 88.9% 31 11.1% 279 D+77.8
Young 276 100.0% 0 0.0% 276 D+100.0
Kerr 205 75.1% 68 24.9% 273 D+50.2
Bandera 263 96.7% 9 3.3% 272 D+93.4
Pecos 267 100.0% 0 0.0% 267 D+100.0
Live Oak 262 98.9% 3 1.1% 265 D+97.7
Presidio 238 91.5% 22 8.5% 260 D+83.1
Uvalde 252 98.8% 3 1.2% 255 D+97.6
Kinney 203 89.0% 25 11.0% 228 D+78.1
Aransas 208 93.7% 14 6.3% 222 D+87.4
San Patricio 206 97.2% 6 2.8% 212 D+94.3
Eastland 188 100.0% 0 0.0% 188 D+100.0
Tom Green 180 100.0% 0 0.0% 180 D+100.0
Frio 158 94.6% 9 5.4% 167 D+89.2
Hidalgo 141 91.6% 13 8.4% 154 D+83.1
McCulloch 143 100.0% 0 0.0% 143 D+100.0
Zapata 132 98.5% 2 1.5% 134 D+97.0
Hardin 107 84.9% 19 15.1% 126 D+69.8
Coleman 90 100.0% 0 0.0% 90 D+100.0
Menard 79 100.0% 0 0.0% 79 D+100.0
Kimble 72 100.0% 0 0.0% 72 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1876; 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