Election Name: | 1888 Texas gubernatorial election |
Country: | Texas |
Election Date: | November 6, 1888 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1886 Texas gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1886 |
Next Election: | 1890 Texas gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1890 |
Image1: | File:Half portrait of Lawrence Sullivan Ross.jpg |
Candidate1: | Lawrence Sullivan Ross |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 250,338 |
Percentage1: | 71.8% |
Candidate2: | Francis Marion Martin |
Party2: | Prohibition Party |
Alliance2: | Republican Union Labor Non-Partisan |
Popular Vote2: | 98,447 |
Percentage2: | 28.2% |
Map Size: | 330px |
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 1888 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross was re-elected to a second term in a landslide over Francis Marion Martin, running on a fusion opposition ticket.