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Election 1896 Results

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1896 Texas governor election

Charles A. Culberson (Democrat) beat Jerome C. Kearby (independent) in Texas in 1896, 55.4% to 44.2%, a margin of 11.2 points and 60,318 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1894, when Charles A. Culberson also won.

Democrats led in 164 of the 224 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 60. The largest, Dallas, cast 15,869 votes and went to the other candidates by 2.3 points. The closest was Sterling, where 1 vote separated the top two.

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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
Charles A. Culberson won Democratic 298,643 55.4%
Jerome C. Kearby Populist 238,325 44.2%
All other candidates 2,528 0.5%
Total539,496

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dallas 7,750 48.8% 0 0.0% 8,119 15,869 Others
Grayson 7,657 62.7% 0 0.0% 4,546 12,203 D+62.7
Harris 6,473 54.6% 0 0.0% 5,384 11,857 D+54.6
McLennan 6,242 55.4% 0 0.0% 5,028 11,270 D+55.4
Ellis 6,113 58.8% 0 0.0% 4,282 10,395 D+58.8
Tarrant 6,142 60.3% 0 0.0% 4,046 10,188 D+60.3
Bexar 6,267 65.0% 0 0.0% 3,378 9,645 D+65.0
Fannin 5,341 55.4% 0 0.0% 4,304 9,645 D+55.4
Collin 5,708 59.4% 0 0.0% 3,900 9,608 D+59.4
Bell 4,860 54.8% 0 0.0% 4,011 8,871 D+54.8
Hill 4,928 57.4% 0 0.0% 3,656 8,584 D+57.4
Hunt 5,207 61.7% 0 0.0% 3,233 8,440 D+61.7
Galveston 4,207 50.2% 0 0.0% 4,166 8,373 D+50.2
Travis 4,036 48.7% 0 0.0% 4,257 8,293 Others
Navarro 4,225 51.4% 0 0.0% 4,002 8,227 D+51.4
Lamar 4,567 56.6% 0 0.0% 3,498 8,065 D+56.6
Williamson 4,040 54.6% 0 0.0% 3,361 7,401 D+54.6
Milam 3,652 52.2% 0 0.0% 3,342 6,994 D+52.2
Fayette 4,236 63.3% 0 0.0% 2,454 6,690 D+63.3
Smith 3,468 52.0% 0 0.0% 3,202 6,670 D+52.0
Falls 3,567 55.6% 0 0.0% 2,850 6,417 D+55.6
Johnson 3,346 52.9% 0 0.0% 2,979 6,325 D+52.9
Limestone 3,507 55.6% 0 0.0% 2,798 6,305 D+55.6
Washington 2,711 46.1% 0 0.0% 3,170 5,881 Others
Kaufman 3,618 62.3% 0 0.0% 2,185 5,803 D+62.3
Robertson 2,889 51.6% 0 0.0% 2,706 5,595 D+51.6
Wise 3,280 58.7% 0 0.0% 2,310 5,590 D+58.7
Denton 3,781 69.2% 0 0.0% 1,682 5,463 D+69.2
Erath 2,176 41.2% 0 0.0% 3,102 5,278 Others
Red River 2,728 52.0% 0 0.0% 2,515 5,243 D+52.0
Harrison 4,524 86.9% 0 0.0% 681 5,205 D+86.9
Cooke 3,404 65.6% 0 0.0% 1,784 5,188 D+65.6
Parker 2,820 55.1% 0 0.0% 2,297 5,117 D+55.1
Anderson 2,866 56.8% 0 0.0% 2,177 5,043 D+56.8
Montague 3,120 63.3% 0 0.0% 1,811 4,931 D+63.3
Hopkins 2,503 51.5% 0 0.0% 2,357 4,860 D+51.5
Bastrop 1,808 38.2% 0 0.0% 2,922 4,730 Others
Lavaca 2,777 58.9% 0 0.0% 1,938 4,715 D+58.9
Bowie 2,413 52.4% 0 0.0% 2,189 4,602 D+52.4
Houston 2,533 55.1% 0 0.0% 2,068 4,601 D+55.1
Van Zandt 2,203 48.5% 0 0.0% 2,340 4,543 Others
Grimes 1,981 44.0% 0 0.0% 2,524 4,505 Others
Gonzales 1,923 43.2% 0 0.0% 2,530 4,453 Others
Rusk 2,259 52.1% 0 0.0% 2,077 4,336 D+52.1
Cass 2,175 51.2% 0 0.0% 2,076 4,251 D+51.2
Cherokee 1,882 45.4% 0 0.0% 2,262 4,144 Others
Coryell 2,200 54.2% 0 0.0% 1,856 4,056 D+54.2
Colorado 1,726 43.3% 0 0.0% 2,257 3,983 Others
Nacogdoches 1,808 46.4% 0 0.0% 2,091 3,899 Others
Brazos 1,935 49.9% 0 0.0% 1,942 3,877 Others
De Witt 1,696 44.4% 0 0.0% 2,127 3,823 Others
El Paso 2,126 57.3% 0 0.0% 1,585 3,711 D+57.3
Austin 1,932 52.1% 0 0.0% 1,776 3,708 D+52.1
Guadalupe 1,589 44.8% 0 0.0% 1,956 3,545 Others
Caldwell 1,903 54.1% 0 0.0% 1,613 3,516 D+54.1
Wood 1,853 53.9% 0 0.0% 1,588 3,441 D+53.9
Bosque 1,583 47.1% 0 0.0% 1,781 3,364 Others
Freestone 1,873 55.9% 0 0.0% 1,478 3,351 D+55.9
Burleson 1,699 51.2% 0 0.0% 1,617 3,316 D+51.2
Shelby 2,097 64.6% 0 0.0% 1,151 3,248 D+64.6
Henderson 1,658 51.4% 0 0.0% 1,568 3,226 D+51.4
Cameron 1,963 62.9% 0 0.0% 1,159 3,122 D+62.9
Leon 1,475 48.2% 0 0.0% 1,583 3,058 Others
Webb 1,194 40.4% 0 0.0% 1,758 2,952 Others
Brazoria 1,261 42.9% 0 0.0% 1,676 2,937 Others
Montgomery 1,570 55.0% 0 0.0% 1,283 2,853 D+55.0
Eastland 1,471 51.7% 0 0.0% 1,375 2,846 D+51.7
Brown 1,533 54.2% 0 0.0% 1,297 2,830 D+54.2
Waller 1,486 52.9% 0 0.0% 1,324 2,810 D+52.9
Upshur 1,539 54.9% 0 0.0% 1,262 2,801 D+54.9
Comanche 1,312 47.2% 0 0.0% 1,467 2,779 Others
Panola 2,236 81.4% 0 0.0% 510 2,746 D+81.4
Fort Bend 2,296 83.9% 0 0.0% 441 2,737 D+83.9
Lee 962 36.6% 0 0.0% 1,669 2,631 Others
Walker 1,251 48.6% 0 0.0% 1,321 2,572 Others
Hays 1,596 63.4% 0 0.0% 920 2,516 D+63.4
Wilson 1,290 51.4% 0 0.0% 1,222 2,512 D+51.4
Polk 1,284 52.2% 0 0.0% 1,176 2,460 D+52.2
Hamilton 1,131 48.2% 0 0.0% 1,215 2,346 Others
Delta 980 42.6% 0 0.0% 1,320 2,300 Others
Angelina 1,225 55.1% 0 0.0% 998 2,223 D+55.1
Titus 1,155 52.1% 0 0.0% 1,062 2,217 D+52.1
Victoria 860 39.9% 0 0.0% 1,298 2,158 Others
Tyler 1,361 63.7% 0 0.0% 777 2,138 D+63.7
Gregg 1,399 67.0% 0 0.0% 688 2,087 D+67.0
Jefferson 1,016 49.0% 0 0.0% 1,057 2,073 Others
Palo Pinto 976 47.1% 0 0.0% 1,095 2,071 Others
Marion 1,167 56.4% 0 0.0% 902 2,069 D+56.4
Nueces 1,483 71.7% 0 0.0% 584 2,067 D+71.7
Burnet 985 48.5% 0 0.0% 1,045 2,030 Others
Jack 1,016 51.4% 0 0.0% 960 1,976 D+51.4
Wharton 1,471 75.4% 0 0.0% 481 1,952 D+75.4
Starr 1,467 83.1% 0 0.0% 298 1,765 D+83.1
Karnes 885 50.8% 0 0.0% 857 1,742 D+50.8
Hood 900 52.2% 0 0.0% 825 1,725 D+52.2
Clay 1,035 60.0% 0 0.0% 689 1,724 D+60.0
Taylor 897 53.0% 0 0.0% 795 1,692 D+53.0
Trinity 922 54.7% 0 0.0% 764 1,686 D+54.7
San Jacinto 660 39.2% 0 0.0% 1,022 1,682 Others
Madison 873 53.9% 0 0.0% 748 1,621 D+53.9
Rockwall 1,075 66.6% 0 0.0% 539 1,614 D+66.6
Coleman 989 61.3% 0 0.0% 624 1,613 D+61.3
Bee 1,146 74.4% 0 0.0% 394 1,540 D+74.4
Morris 893 58.7% 0 0.0% 628 1,521 D+58.7
San Augustine 657 43.7% 0 0.0% 848 1,505 Others
Gillespie 905 61.1% 0 0.0% 576 1,481 D+61.1
Callahan 827 56.5% 0 0.0% 637 1,464 D+56.5
Franklin 937 64.0% 0 0.0% 527 1,464 D+64.0
Medina 644 44.1% 0 0.0% 816 1,460 Others
Lampasas 565 38.9% 0 0.0% 886 1,451 Others
Camp 719 50.4% 0 0.0% 707 1,426 D+50.4
Goliad 551 39.2% 0 0.0% 855 1,406 Others
Atascosa 863 61.8% 0 0.0% 533 1,396 D+61.8
Comal 1,186 87.1% 0 0.0% 175 1,361 D+87.1
Liberty 759 56.5% 0 0.0% 585 1,344 D+56.5
Mills 596 44.9% 0 0.0% 731 1,327 Others
Llano 755 57.0% 0 0.0% 570 1,325 D+57.0
San Saba 630 48.2% 0 0.0% 676 1,306 Others
Orange 803 61.8% 0 0.0% 497 1,300 D+61.8
Tom Green 726 58.2% 0 0.0% 521 1,247 D+58.2
Stephens 627 51.1% 0 0.0% 601 1,228 D+51.1
Hidalgo 1,216 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,216 D+100.0
Young 764 63.3% 0 0.0% 443 1,207 D+63.3
Jasper 748 62.6% 0 0.0% 446 1,194 D+62.6
Duval 340 30.0% 0 0.0% 794 1,134 Others
Rains 438 40.1% 0 0.0% 655 1,093 Others
Jackson 425 39.7% 0 0.0% 646 1,071 Others
Uvalde 515 49.1% 0 0.0% 534 1,049 Others
Wilbarger 641 63.5% 0 0.0% 368 1,009 D+63.5
Mason 451 44.7% 0 0.0% 557 1,008 Others
Matagorda 471 47.5% 0 0.0% 520 991 Others
Sabine 404 41.3% 0 0.0% 575 979 Others
Newton 585 60.4% 0 0.0% 383 968 D+60.4
Wichita 621 64.6% 0 0.0% 341 962 D+64.6
Kerr 539 56.5% 0 0.0% 415 954 D+56.5
Hardin 703 74.0% 0 0.0% 247 950 D+74.0
Jones 478 50.5% 0 0.0% 469 947 D+50.5
Presidio 538 57.5% 0 0.0% 397 935 D+57.5
Blanco 449 48.1% 0 0.0% 484 933 Others
Frio 486 55.7% 0 0.0% 386 872 D+55.7
Maverick 658 79.8% 0 0.0% 167 825 D+79.8
Kendall 275 37.9% 0 0.0% 451 726 Others
Runnels 405 55.9% 0 0.0% 320 725 D+55.9
Somervell 356 49.2% 0 0.0% 368 724 Others
Bandera 464 65.3% 0 0.0% 247 711 D+65.3
McCulloch 367 53.3% 0 0.0% 322 689 D+53.3
Val Verde 475 72.0% 0 0.0% 185 660 D+72.0
Reeves 576 88.3% 0 0.0% 76 652 D+88.3
Kinney 177 28.5% 0 0.0% 445 622 Others
San Patricio 475 77.1% 0 0.0% 141 616 D+77.1
Chambers 317 53.7% 0 0.0% 273 590 D+53.7
Archer 426 76.5% 0 0.0% 131 557 D+76.5
Hardeman 393 70.8% 0 0.0% 162 555 D+70.8
Live Oak 401 73.0% 0 0.0% 148 549 D+73.0
Fisher 297 57.1% 0 0.0% 223 520 D+57.1
Mitchell 297 57.6% 0 0.0% 219 516 D+57.6
Shackelford 247 48.2% 0 0.0% 265 512 Others
Coke 251 49.6% 0 0.0% 255 506 Others
Edwards 281 56.2% 0 0.0% 219 500 D+56.2
Baylor 363 74.1% 0 0.0% 127 490 D+74.1
Aransas 226 48.7% 0 0.0% 238 464 Others
Menard 206 44.6% 0 0.0% 256 462 Others
Kimble 261 61.1% 0 0.0% 166 427 D+61.1
Calhoun 224 57.9% 0 0.0% 163 387 D+57.9
Nolan 233 60.2% 0 0.0% 154 387 D+60.2
Howard 200 52.2% 0 0.0% 183 383 D+52.2
Scurry 162 42.4% 0 0.0% 220 382 Others
Childress 284 76.3% 0 0.0% 88 372 D+76.3
Crockett 148 40.0% 0 0.0% 222 370 Others
Sutton 196 53.8% 0 0.0% 168 364 D+53.8
La Salle 205 58.7% 0 0.0% 144 349 D+58.7
Potter 215 62.1% 0 0.0% 131 346 D+62.1
Midland 261 77.4% 0 0.0% 76 337 D+77.4
Donley 198 59.6% 0 0.0% 134 332 D+59.6
Haskell 238 72.6% 0 0.0% 90 328 D+72.6
Throckmorton 173 53.4% 0 0.0% 151 324 D+53.4
Refugio 192 60.2% 0 0.0% 127 319 D+60.2
Knox 221 72.7% 0 0.0% 83 304 D+72.7
Foard 136 45.3% 0 0.0% 164 300 Others
Floyd 177 59.6% 0 0.0% 120 297 D+59.6
Hale 204 69.4% 0 0.0% 90 294 D+69.4
Hall 227 77.5% 0 0.0% 66 293 D+77.5
Brewster 232 80.0% 0 0.0% 58 290 D+80.0
Pecos 193 75.4% 0 0.0% 63 256 D+75.4
Dimmit 80 37.9% 0 0.0% 131 211 Others
Sterling 106 50.2% 0 0.0% 105 211 D+50.2
Stonewall 117 55.5% 0 0.0% 94 211 D+55.5
Swisher 111 53.1% 0 0.0% 98 209 D+53.1
Irion 160 78.8% 0 0.0% 43 203 D+78.8
McMullen 140 70.4% 0 0.0% 59 199 D+70.4
Collingsworth 137 69.2% 0 0.0% 61 198 D+69.2
Armstrong 102 53.1% 0 0.0% 90 192 D+53.1
Ward 78 45.6% 0 0.0% 93 171 Others
Briscoe 72 42.9% 0 0.0% 96 168 Others
Motley 101 64.7% 0 0.0% 55 156 D+64.7
Roberts 116 74.4% 0 0.0% 40 156 D+74.4
Jeff Davis 84 54.9% 0 0.0% 69 153 D+54.9
Zavala 115 79.3% 0 0.0% 30 145 D+79.3
Kent 81 56.3% 0 0.0% 63 144 D+56.3
Hemphill 110 78.0% 0 0.0% 31 141 D+78.0
Lipscomb 99 74.4% 0 0.0% 34 133 D+74.4
Randall 85 64.9% 0 0.0% 46 131 D+64.9
Cottle 93 76.2% 0 0.0% 29 122 D+76.2
Martin 90 76.9% 0 0.0% 27 117 D+76.9
Dickens 70 60.9% 0 0.0% 45 115 D+60.9
Hartley 80 69.6% 0 0.0% 35 115 D+69.6
Carson 93 81.6% 0 0.0% 21 114 D+81.6
Crosby 93 83.0% 0 0.0% 19 112 D+83.0
Deaf Smith 81 74.3% 0 0.0% 28 109 D+74.3
Wheeler 74 73.3% 0 0.0% 27 101 D+73.3
Lubbock 89 89.9% 0 0.0% 10 99 D+89.9
Borden 50 51.0% 0 0.0% 48 98 D+51.0
Glasscock 33 34.4% 0 0.0% 63 96 Others
King 84 89.4% 0 0.0% 10 94 D+89.4
Castro 82 89.1% 0 0.0% 10 92 D+89.1
Oldham 64 81.0% 0 0.0% 15 79 D+81.0
Zapata 31 42.5% 0 0.0% 42 73 Others
Ector 60 87.0% 0 0.0% 9 69 D+87.0
Concho 58 89.2% 0 0.0% 7 65 D+89.2
Dallam 36 83.7% 0 0.0% 7 43 D+83.7
Moore 15 38.5% 0 0.0% 24 39 Others
Ochiltree 25 65.8% 0 0.0% 13 38 D+65.8
Hansford 15 45.5% 0 0.0% 18 33 Others
Sherman 6 42.9% 0 0.0% 8 14 Others

Counties as they stood in 1896; 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