Election Name: | 1886 Texas gubernatorial election |
Country: | Texas |
Election Date: | November 2, 1886 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1884 Texas gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1884 |
Next Election: | 1888 Texas gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1888 |
Image1: | File:Half portrait of Lawrence Sullivan Ross.jpg |
Candidate1: | Lawrence Sullivan Ross |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 228,776 |
Percentage1: | 73.0% |
Candidate2: | Archelaus M. Cochran |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 65,236 |
Percentage2: | 20.8% |
Image3: | File:Ebenezer L. Dohoney.jpg |
Candidate3: | Ebenezer L. Dohoney |
Party3: | Prohibition Party |
Popular Vote3: | 19,186 |
Percentage3: | 6.1% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John Ireland |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
After Election: | Lawrence Sullivan Ross |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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.