Election Name: | 1884 Texas gubernatorial election |
Country: | Texas |
Election Date: | November 4, 1884 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1882 Texas gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1882 |
Next Election: | 1886 Texas gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1886 |
Image1: | File:John ireland.jpg |
Candidate1: | John Ireland |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 212,234 |
Percentage1: | 65.1% |
Candidate2: | George Washington Jones |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Alliance2: | Greenback Party |
Popular Vote2: | 88,450 |
Percentage2: | 27.1% |
Image3: | File:Anthony Banning Norton (1860).jpg |
Candidate3: | Anthony Banning Norton |
Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 25,557 |
Percentage3: | 7.8% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John Ireland |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
After Election: | John Ireland |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1884 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. John Ireland was re-elected over former U.S. Representative George Washington "Wash" Jones, an independent with Greenback support, and Republican newspaper publisher Anthony Banning Norton.