Election Name: | 1863 Texas gubernatorial election |
Country: | Texas |
Election Date: | November 2, 1863 |
Previous Election: | 1861 Texas gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1861 |
Next Election: | 1866 Texas gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1866 |
Type: | presidential |
Image1: | File:Pendleton murrah.jpg |
Nominee1: | Pendleton Murrah |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote1: | 17,511 |
Percentage1: | 56.4% |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote2: | 12,455 |
Percentage2: | 40.1% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Francis Lubbock |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
Posttitle: | Elected Governor |
After Election: | Pendleton Murrah |
After Party: | Independent politician |
The 1863 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1863, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Francis Lubbock did not run for a second term. The election was won by Pendleton Murrah, who received 56% of the vote.
The election was the second of two held in Texas during the American Civil War. Texas was, at the time, a Confederate state.