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Election 1886 Results

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1886 Texas governor election

Lawrence S. Ross (Democrat) beat A. M. Cochran (Republican) in Texas in 1886, 73.0% to 20.8%, a margin of 52.2 points and 163,540 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1884, when John Ireland won.

Democrats led in 171 of the 182 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 11. The largest, Grayson, cast 7,265 votes and went to the Democrat by 54.3 points. The closest was Victoria, 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
Lawrence S. Ross won Democratic 228,776 73.0%
A. M. Cochran Republican 65,236 20.8%
Ebenezer L. Dohoney Prohibition 19,186 6.1%
All other candidates 102 0.0%
Total313,300

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Grayson 5,184 71.4% 1,239 17.1% 842 7,265 D+54.3
Dallas 5,567 79.3% 1,151 16.4% 305 7,023 D+62.9
Bexar 4,550 65.8% 2,350 34.0% 19 6,919 D+31.8
Tarrant 4,086 64.5% 1,008 15.9% 1,245 6,339 D+48.6
Harris 4,249 68.1% 1,975 31.6% 19 6,243 D+36.4
Galveston 4,699 79.2% 1,229 20.7% 2 5,930 D+58.5
Travis 3,539 60.0% 2,267 38.5% 89 5,895 D+21.6
Collin 4,580 86.9% 249 4.7% 441 5,270 D+82.2
Bell 3,541 70.7% 158 3.2% 1,310 5,009 D+67.5
Fayette 2,931 58.5% 2,046 40.8% 32 5,009 D+17.7
Ellis 4,077 84.8% 419 8.7% 311 4,807 D+76.1
Robertson 2,464 53.6% 2,094 45.6% 37 4,595 D+8.1
McLennan 3,064 69.6% 940 21.3% 400 4,404 D+48.2
Smith 2,490 57.2% 1,856 42.6% 8 4,354 D+14.6
Hunt 3,555 82.2% 170 3.9% 601 4,326 D+78.2
Washington 2,214 52.1% 1,986 46.7% 52 4,252 D+5.4
Hill 3,791 90.1% 132 3.1% 286 4,209 D+86.9
Navarro 2,944 73.8% 685 17.2% 360 3,989 D+56.6
Kaufman 3,447 86.8% 379 9.5% 145 3,971 D+77.3
Cooke 3,220 82.9% 344 8.9% 319 3,883 D+74.1
Harrison 3,018 78.2% 816 21.1% 25 3,859 D+57.1
Milam 2,642 70.1% 759 20.1% 366 3,767 D+50.0
Denton 2,922 79.5% 337 9.2% 416 3,675 D+70.3
Hopkins 3,007 82.2% 590 16.1% 62 3,659 D+66.1
Johnson 3,079 85.7% 9 0.3% 506 3,594 D+85.4
Falls 2,146 59.9% 1,317 36.8% 120 3,583 D+23.1
Wise 2,466 69.0% 167 4.7% 941 3,574 D+64.3
Grimes 1,643 46.1% 1,905 53.4% 18 3,566 R+7.3
Bastrop 1,871 56.7% 1,331 40.3% 99 3,301 D+16.4
Cherokee 2,009 62.8% 885 27.7% 305 3,199 D+35.1
Colorado 1,526 48.9% 1,578 50.6% 17 3,121 R+1.7
Cass 2,060 66.5% 821 26.5% 219 3,100 D+40.0
Parker 2,640 86.2% 9 0.3% 415 3,064 D+85.9
Williamson 2,552 83.3% 142 4.6% 369 3,063 D+78.7
Rusk 2,277 75.0% 707 23.3% 52 3,036 D+51.7
Gonzales 2,135 71.8% 762 25.6% 77 2,974 D+46.2
Brazos 1,581 54.3% 1,331 45.7% 1 2,913 D+8.6
Bowie 1,607 57.7% 1,001 35.9% 177 2,785 D+21.8
Austin 1,589 57.8% 1,143 41.6% 18 2,750 D+16.2
Lamar 2,235 81.8% 410 15.0% 88 2,733 D+66.8
Montague 2,565 95.3% 1 0.0% 125 2,691 D+95.3
Limestone 1,740 64.9% 471 17.6% 470 2,681 D+47.3
Anderson 1,667 62.3% 1,010 37.7% 2,677 D+24.5
Van Zandt 2,533 96.7% 0 0.0% 87 2,620 D+96.7
Coryell 1,869 72.6% 13 0.5% 692 2,574 D+72.1
Fannin 2,159 85.8% 141 5.6% 216 2,516 D+80.2
Houston 1,512 61.1% 958 38.7% 3 2,473 D+22.4
Caldwell 1,575 63.9% 769 31.2% 122 2,466 D+32.7
Bosque 2,297 94.2% 50 2.1% 92 2,439 D+92.1
Erath 1,890 79.6% 1 0.0% 482 2,373 D+79.6
Guadalupe 1,346 57.2% 951 40.4% 58 2,355 D+16.8
Leon 1,545 67.4% 746 32.6% 2,291 D+34.9
Burleson 1,181 53.8% 950 43.3% 65 2,196 D+10.5
Lavaca 2,139 99.4% 6 0.3% 7 2,152 D+99.1
Upshur 1,419 66.4% 582 27.2% 137 2,138 D+39.1
Red River 1,515 71.2% 456 21.4% 158 2,129 D+49.7
Freestone 1,361 64.1% 745 35.1% 18 2,124 D+29.0
El Paso 1,620 76.9% 486 23.1% 2,106 D+53.8
Nacogdoches 2,069 99.8% 0 0.0% 5 2,074 D+99.8
Lee 1,405 69.8% 551 27.4% 56 2,012 D+42.4
Hays 1,336 66.4% 374 18.6% 301 2,011 D+47.8
Brown 1,731 86.3% 23 1.1% 252 2,006 D+85.1
Panola 1,563 79.3% 409 20.7% 1,972 D+58.5
Comanche 1,909 97.9% 15 0.8% 25 1,949 D+97.2
Wood 1,331 69.0% 269 13.9% 330 1,930 D+55.0
Henderson 1,243 64.6% 318 16.5% 362 1,923 D+48.1
Marion 694 37.3% 1,157 62.2% 8 1,859 R+24.9
Waller 632 34.2% 1,175 63.7% 39 1,846 R+29.4
Fort Bend 252 14.1% 1,532 85.9% 1,784 R+71.7
Shelby 1,661 93.8% 110 6.2% 1,771 D+87.6
Webb 1,724 97.6% 43 2.4% 1,767 D+95.1
Wilson 1,590 90.5% 166 9.4% 1 1,757 D+81.0
Walker 869 50.0% 854 49.1% 15 1,738 D+0.9
Gregg 1,061 65.8% 489 30.3% 62 1,612 D+35.5
Hamilton 1,381 86.7% 16 1.0% 196 1,593 D+85.7
Burnet 1,301 84.0% 34 2.2% 214 1,549 D+81.8
Lampasas 1,031 67.7% 33 2.2% 460 1,524 D+65.5
Cameron 1,503 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,503 D+100.0
De Witt 936 63.0% 500 33.6% 50 1,486 D+29.3
Victoria 731 49.7% 734 49.9% 7 1,472 R+0.2
Brazoria 382 26.2% 1,073 73.6% 3 1,458 R+47.4
Titus 1,092 77.6% 225 16.0% 91 1,408 D+61.6
Nueces 1,240 89.0% 147 10.6% 6 1,393 D+78.5
Jack 921 68.4% 335 24.9% 90 1,346 D+43.5
Eastland 982 73.7% 11 0.8% 339 1,332 D+72.9
Polk 946 72.9% 351 27.0% 1 1,298 D+45.8
Tyler 1,061 83.0% 201 15.7% 17 1,279 D+67.2
Tom Green 942 75.7% 276 22.2% 26 1,244 D+53.5
Delta 999 81.8% 1 0.1% 221 1,221 D+81.7
Duval 1,168 97.0% 36 3.0% 1,204 D+94.0
Llano 1,169 98.7% 0 0.0% 15 1,184 D+98.7
Hood 1,061 90.3% 0 0.0% 114 1,175 D+90.3
Trinity 912 77.9% 258 22.0% 1 1,171 D+55.8
Morris 715 63.0% 412 36.3% 8 1,135 D+26.7
Camp 542 48.5% 537 48.0% 39 1,118 D+0.4
San Augustine 723 65.1% 388 34.9% 1,111 D+30.2
Palo Pinto 745 68.2% 1 0.1% 347 1,093 D+68.1
Franklin 1,005 92.9% 69 6.4% 8 1,082 D+86.5
San Saba 976 91.6% 0 0.0% 89 1,065 D+91.6
San Jacinto 401 37.7% 660 62.0% 3 1,064 R+24.3
Angelina 1,021 97.0% 32 3.0% 1,053 D+93.9
Madison 775 76.6% 230 22.7% 7 1,012 D+53.9
Wharton 183 18.2% 820 81.5% 3 1,006 R+63.3
Gillespie 830 82.6% 175 17.4% 1,005 D+65.2
Clay 875 88.5% 71 7.2% 43 989 D+81.3
Hidalgo 934 96.0% 39 4.0% 973 D+92.0
Blanco 830 87.6% 76 8.0% 41 947 D+79.6
Comal 615 65.8% 315 33.7% 4 934 D+32.1
Medina 676 72.4% 251 26.9% 7 934 D+45.5
Mason 839 90.5% 48 5.2% 40 927 D+85.3
Taylor 757 83.6% 0 0.0% 148 905 D+83.6
Coleman 866 96.3% 1 0.1% 32 899 D+96.2
Goliad 621 70.9% 255 29.1% 876 D+41.8
Callahan 638 79.1% 18 2.2% 151 807 D+76.8
Atascosa 749 94.5% 39 4.9% 5 793 D+89.5
Jefferson 490 64.9% 260 34.4% 5 755 D+30.5
Matagorda 272 36.2% 479 63.8% 751 R+27.6
Rains 704 99.3% 2 0.3% 3 709 D+99.0
Uvalde 633 91.3% 43 6.2% 17 693 D+85.1
Rockwall 616 90.1% 0 0.0% 68 684 D+90.1
Jasper 668 100.0% 0 0.0% 668 D+100.0
Sabine 532 79.8% 134 20.1% 1 667 D+59.7
Newton 502 75.7% 160 24.1% 1 663 D+51.6
Young 620 93.7% 39 5.9% 3 662 D+87.8
Bandera 613 98.6% 4 0.6% 5 622 D+97.9
Kerr 492 80.5% 117 19.1% 2 611 D+61.4
Liberty 345 56.7% 264 43.3% 609 D+13.3
Kendall 216 36.1% 383 63.9% 599 R+27.9
Starr 546 93.0% 39 6.6% 2 587 D+86.4
Wilbarger 507 89.1% 41 7.2% 21 569 D+81.9
Orange 437 77.8% 125 22.2% 562 D+55.5
Mitchell 505 90.2% 0 0.0% 55 560 D+90.2
Maverick 376 67.3% 183 32.7% 559 D+34.5
Somervell 517 94.0% 0 0.0% 33 550 D+94.0
Stephens 529 98.1% 0 0.0% 10 539 D+98.1
Jackson 263 50.4% 250 47.9% 9 522 D+2.5
Hardin 373 74.6% 103 20.6% 24 500 D+54.0
Frio 379 78.3% 1 0.2% 104 484 D+78.1
McCulloch 468 98.5% 2 0.4% 5 475 D+98.1
Wheeler 410 87.6% 56 12.0% 2 468 D+75.6
Kinney 379 82.4% 79 17.2% 2 460 D+65.2
Runnels 377 92.0% 26 6.3% 7 410 D+85.6
Wichita 339 86.0% 55 14.0% 394 D+72.1
Chambers 261 66.6% 127 32.4% 4 392 D+34.2
Jones 381 97.2% 0 0.0% 11 392 D+97.2
Shackelford 299 80.6% 69 18.6% 3 371 D+62.0
Kimble 368 99.7% 0 0.0% 1 369 D+99.7
Presidio 321 90.7% 33 9.3% 354 D+81.4
Val Verde 274 77.4% 80 22.6% 354 D+54.8
Live Oak 342 100.0% 0 0.0% 342 D+100.0
La Salle 327 99.4% 0 0.0% 2 329 D+99.4
Baylor 320 97.6% 2 0.6% 6 328 D+97.0
Howard 316 98.8% 0 0.0% 4 320 D+98.8
Bee 304 99.0% 0 0.0% 3 307 D+99.0
Hardeman 304 100.0% 0 0.0% 304 D+100.0
Oldham 285 100.0% 0 0.0% 285 D+100.0
Karnes 260 94.2% 16 5.8% 276 D+88.4
Reeves 269 98.2% 4 1.5% 1 274 D+96.7
Pecos 258 94.5% 15 5.5% 273 D+89.0
Menard 261 99.6% 0 0.0% 1 262 D+99.6
Concho 238 100.0% 0 0.0% 238 D+100.0
Edwards 195 89.9% 0 0.0% 22 217 D+89.9
Zapata 217 100.0% 0 0.0% 217 D+100.0
Zavala 190 88.8% 0 0.0% 24 214 D+88.8
Dimmit 212 100.0% 0 0.0% 212 D+100.0
McMullen 193 96.0% 0 0.0% 8 201 D+96.0
Nolan 189 96.4% 0 0.0% 7 196 D+96.4
Scurry 164 92.1% 0 0.0% 14 178 D+92.1
Midland 139 79.4% 33 18.9% 3 175 D+60.6
Throckmorton 170 99.4% 0 0.0% 1 171 D+99.4
San Patricio 163 99.4% 1 0.6% 164 D+98.8
Haskell 152 100.0% 0 0.0% 152 D+100.0
Fisher 150 100.0% 0 0.0% 150 D+100.0
Calhoun 139 100.0% 0 0.0% 139 D+100.0
Archer 93 68.4% 43 31.6% 136 D+36.8
Donley 135 100.0% 0 0.0% 135 D+100.0
Aransas 125 96.9% 1 0.8% 3 129 D+96.1
Knox 116 99.1% 0 0.0% 1 117 D+99.1
Martin 113 99.1% 0 0.0% 1 114 D+99.1
Refugio 95 96.9% 0 0.0% 3 98 D+96.9
Crosby 51 71.8% 1 1.4% 19 71 D+70.4
Encinal (Ext) 35 100.0% 0 0.0% 35 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1886; 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