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Election returns courtesy of Richard Winger. Biographical data from cited references and from other sources which appear to the Editor to be trustworthy.. Vote totals followed by an asterisk (*) are for elections in which the Prohibition candidate faced only one major-party opponent.

Office

Candidate Name

Vote Total

% Vote

1886:  

Governor

 E.L. Dohoney 19,186 6.12

Lt. Governor

 S.G. Mullins 15,339 4.89

Comptroller

 W.P. Hull 12,321 4.14

Land Commissioner

 C.T. Hogan 12,373 4.02

Treasurer

 W.D. Jackson 14,682 4.85

Congr. Dist. 9
   (Corsicana)

 J.D. Rankin (no data) (no data) R
1888:  

Governor

 Marion Martin 98,447 28.23 *

Lt. Governor

 F.E. Yoakum 7,280 2.11

Comptroller

 C.R. King 6,152 1.83

Land Commissioner

 J.C. Rathburn 6,410 1.90

Treasurer

 W.D. Jackson 6,218 1.86

Attorney  General

 J.B. Goff 6,422 1.90

Supt. Public Instruction

 F.C. McKenzie 6,644 1.97

Jap

 W.K. Homan 7,666 2.89
1890:  

Governor

 E.C. Heath 2,235 0.65  

Comptroller

 S.U. Mullins 1,684 0.50

Land Commissioner

 S.G. Tomlinson 1,813 0.54

Treasurer

 W.D. Jackson 1,889 0.55

Attorney General

 J.B. Goff 1,986 0.59

Supt. Public Instr.

 A. Clark 1,951 0.58

Congr. Dist 3 (Tyler)

 John O. Byrne 325 1.22
1892:  

Governor

 D.M. Prendergast 1,605 0.37  

Lieutenant Governor

 J.P. Newcomb 1,922 0.45

Attorney General

 J.B. Goff 1,820 0.42

Comptroller

 W.T. Clayton 1,825 0.42

Treasurer

 H.G. Damon 1,938 0.45

Land Commissioner

 S.G. Tomlinson 1,928 0.45

Supt. Publ. Instr.

 R. Clark 1,899 0.45
1894:  

Governor

 J.M. Dunn 2,196 0.52  

Lieutenant Governor

 H.G. Damon 2,241 0.51

Comptroller

 E.A. Wing 2,209 0.53

Attorney General

 James B. Goff 2,236 0.52

Treasurer

 Ed Rogers 2,327 0.54

Land Commissioner

 A.B. Dailey 2,214 0.52

Supt. Public Instr.

 B.W. Williams 2,303 0.54
1896:  

Governor

 Randolph Clark 1,876 0.35  

Lieutenant Governor

 H. bradford 2,008 0.37

Attorney General

 James B. Goff 2,148 0.40

Comptroller

 W.T. Clayton 1,762 0.33

Treasurer

 J.W. Henderson 1,800 0.35

Land Commissioner

 H.G. Damon 1,516 0.28
1898:  

Governor

 R.F. Bailey 2,437 0.59

Lieutenant Governor

 D.H. Hancock 2,439 0.61
1900

Governor

 H.G. Damon 3023 0.68

Lieutenant Governor

 J.G. Adams 2845 0.64

Congr. 1 (Houston)

 S.E. traylor 815 4.50
1902:  

Governor

 George W. Carroll 8,708 2.42

Lieutenant Governor

 A.E. Everts 7,463 2.43

Attorney General

 W.P. Mcbride 3,615 1.15

Treasurer

 M.T. bruce 3,278 0.92

Controller

 R.O. Longworthy 3,513 1.13

Land Commissioner

 J.W. Kuykendall 4,592 1.49

Supt. Public Instruct.

 J.E. Gibson 3,641 1.16

Railroad Commis.

 E.G. Cloar 4,231 1.40
1904:  

Governor

 W.D. Jackson 4,509 1.60

Lieutenant Governor

 J.W. Pearson 7,019 2.50

Treasurer

 J.A.L. McFarland 4,510 1.62

Controller

 J.T. Jordan 4,484 1.61

Attorney General

 J.O. Davis 4,485 1.61

Land Commissioner

 S.A. Vernon 4,522 1.63

Supt. Public Instr.

 R. Clark 4,374 1.57

Railroad Commissioner

 E.H. Conibear 4,374 1.57

Justice, Supreme Ct.

 D.M. Prendergast 4,516 1.67

Judge, Appelate Ct.

 W.L. Harrison 4,373 1.66
1906:  

Governor

 J.W. Pearson 5,252 2.83

Lieutenant Governor

 J.C. Gibbons 5,252 2.87

Treasurer

 L.J. Winters 2,149 1.19

Comptroller

 J.P. Crouch 2,119 1.19

Land Commissioner

 H.L. Winchell 2,123 1.18

Attorney General

 J.M. Russell 5,709 3.12

Supt. Public Instr.

 George S. Ely 2,113 1.18

Railroad Commissioner

 John L. Andrews 2,144 1.20

Justice, Supreme Ct.

 William D. Simpson 2,150 1.22
1908:  

Governor

 E.C. Heath 148 write-in

Lieutenant Governor

 Ed Rogers 1,269 0.42
1910:  

Senator

 Andrew Jackson Houston 6,052 2.77

Lieutenant Governor

 Arthur A. Evert 4,771 2.19

Controller

 J.O. Stocking 3,445 1.56

Treasurer

 J.E. McGuire 3,465 1.58

Attorney General

 Millard Patterson 821 0.38

Supt. Public Instruction

 J.M. Perdue 3,332 1.51

Railroad Commissioner

 E.H. Conibear 3,363 1.53

Land Commissioner

 W.H. Jobe 3,348 1.52

Congr. Dist. 12
   (Fort Worth)

 N.C. Pile 206 1.60

Congr. Dist. 13
   (panhandle)

 E.G. Cook 359 1.52

Note:  Prohibition candidates ran for 2 of 16 seats.
1912:  

Governor

 Andrew Jackson Houston 2,356 0.76

Lieutenant Governor

 L.M. Hewitt 2,119 0.70

Representative

 D.H. Conibear 1,736 0.58
1916:  

Senator

 E.H. Conibear 2,313 0.62

Governor

 H.W. Lewis 3,200 0.88

Lieutenant Governor

 J.A. Richardson 1,735 0.45

Comptroller

 L.M. Hewitt 1,725 0.46

Treasurer

 J.A.L. McFarland 1,789 0.48

Supt. Public Instr.

 Oscar Hudson 1,599 0.43

Land Commissioner

 H.L. Winchell 1,711 0.46

Agriculture Commiss.

 L.J. Winters 1,535 0.41

Railroad Commiss.

 J.E. Lindquist 1,757 0.48

Railroad Commiss.
   (short term)

 Frank Jenson 1,569 0.80

Representative

 I.E. Teague 1,514 0.41
 
 E.G. Cook 1,457 0.40

1941:

  

Senator

 Sam Morris 1,654 0.29

1948:

Senator

 Sam Morris

(no data)

Governor

 Gerald Overholt

3,554

 0.29

Lt. Governor

 Ira R. Lowe

3,177

 0.26

Attorney General

 C.V. Compton

3,211

 0.27

Treasurer

 Lucile Dickson

2,424

 0.20
 

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