1906_Texas_gubernatorial_election References

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

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^[2]
Thomas Mitchell Campbell, attorney and general manager of the International–Great Northern Railroad
Oscar Branch Colquitt, member of the Texas Railroad Commission

Results

1906 Democratic gubernatorial primary^[1]
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)^[3]
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)^[4]
J. W. Pearson (Prohibition)
Arthur S. Dowler, postmaster of Finlay (Socialist Labor)^[5]

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

1906 Texas gubernatorial election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ 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.

[results-1] "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[2] Hazlewood, Claudia (1952). "TSHA | Brooks, Micajah Madison (1856–1934)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[3] Hart, Brian (1952). "TSHA | Acheson, Alexander W. (1842–1934)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[4] Edwards, George (January 1, 1995). "TSHA | Edwards, George Clifton (1876–1961)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

[5] Donell Kohout, Martin (1952). "TSHA | Finlay, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

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