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The 1906 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Thomas Mitchell Campbell was elected to a two-year term in office.
This was the first election in which a party held a primary to determine its nominee.[1] Thomas Mitchell Campbell won the Democratic nomination over a four-man field including M. M. Brooks, Oscar Branch Colquitt and Charles K. Bell; his victory was tantamount to election with the Republican Party already weak in Texas and deeply divided at the time.
Democratic primary
This marked the first time the Texas Democratic party held a statewide primary election under the "Terrell election law." It was not a primary in the sense that the popular vote directly determined the nominee, instead the vote was used to allocate pledged delegates from each county at the state convention.[2][3]
Candidates
- Charles K. Bell, Attorney General of Texas and former U.S. Representative from Hamilton
- Micajah Madison Brooks, associate justice of the Court of Criminal Appeals[4]
- Thomas Mitchell Campbell, attorney and general manager of the International–Great Northern Railroad
- Oscar Branch Colquitt, member of the Texas Railroad Commission
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 90,345 | 30.72% | |
| Democratic | M. M. Brooks | 70,064 | 23.82% | |
| Democratic | Oscar Branch Colquitt | 68,529 | 23.30% | |
| Democratic | Charles K. Bell | 65,168 | 22.16% | |
| Total votes | 294,106 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
- Alexander W. Acheson, physician and former mayor of Denison (Reorganized Republican)[5]
- Thomas Mitchell Campbell, attorney and general manager of the International–Great Northern Railroad (Democratic)
- C. A. Gray (Republican)
- George Clifton Edwards, editor and publisher of the Laborer (Socialist)[6]
- J. W. Pearson (Prohibition)
- Arthur S. Dowler, postmaster of Finlay (Socialist Labor)[7]
Acheson was the candidate of the "black and tan" faction of the Republicans, while Gray was nominated by the "lily-white movement" which sought to exclude non-white men from the party.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Thomas Mitchell Campbell | 149,105 | 77.59% |  4.02 | |
| Republican | C. A. Gray | 23,771 | 12.37% |  7.92 | |
| Independent Republican | Alex W. Atcheson | 5,395 | 2.81% | N/A | |
| Socialist | George Clifton Edwards | 2,958 | 1.54% | 0.52 | |
| Prohibition | J. W. Pearson | 2,215 | 1.15% | 0.46 | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur S. Dowler | 260 | 0.14% | 0.06 | |
| Total votes | 183,704 | 100.00% | |||
References
- "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- Winkler, Ernest William (September 20, 1916). Platforms of Political Parties in Texas (PDF). University of Texas. pp. 481–497.
- "State and County Elections Will Show Several Surprises". The Daily Express. San Antonio, TX. July 29, 1906. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Hazlewood, Claudia (1952). "TSHA | Brooks, Micajah Madison (1856–1934)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- Hart, Brian (1952). "TSHA | Acheson, Alexander W. (1842–1934)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- Edwards, George (January 1, 1995). "TSHA | Edwards, George Clifton (1876–1961)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- Donell Kohout, Martin (1952). "TSHA | Finlay, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023.