1886 Texas gubernatorial election

The 1886 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Lawrence Sullivan Ross was elected in a landslide over opposition from the Republican and Prohibition parties.

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Lawrence Sullivan Ross, State Senator and former Sheriff from McLennan County (Democratic)
Archelaus M. Cochran, internal revenue collector and former postmaster of Dallas^[1]
Ebenezer Lafayette Dohoney, former judge and State Senator from Lamar County (Prohibition)^[2]

Results[edit]

1886 Texas gubernatorial election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lawrence Sullivan Ross	228,776	73.02%	7.97
	Republican	Archelaus M. Cochran	65,236	20.82%	14.7
	Prohibition	Ebenezer L. Dohoney	19,186	6.12%	N/A
	Write-in		102	0.03%	N/A
Total votes			313,300	100.00%

References[edit]

^ Hart, Brian (1952). "TSHA | Cochran, Archelaus M. (1839–1910)". Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ McKay, S.S.; Johnson, Brian (1952). "TSHA | Dohoney, Ebenezer Lafayette (1832–1919)". Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2023.

[1] Hart, Brian (1952). "TSHA | Cochran, Archelaus M. (1839–1910)". Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[2] McKay, S.S.; Johnson, Brian (1952). "TSHA | Dohoney, Ebenezer Lafayette (1832–1919)". Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[3] "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2023.

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