Election Name: | 1892 Texas gubernatorial election |
Country: | Texas |
Election Date: | November 8, 1892 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1890 Texas gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1890 |
Next Election: | 1894 Texas gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1894 |
Image1: | File:Jim hogg.jpg |
Candidate1: | Jim Hogg |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 190,486 |
Percentage1: | 43.74% |
Candidate2: | George W. Clark |
Party2: | Independent Democrat |
Alliance2: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 133,395 |
Percentage2: | 30.6% |
Image3: | File:Thomas L. Nugent.jpg |
Candidate3: | Thomas L. Nugent |
Party3: | Populist Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 108,483 |
Percentage3: | 24.9% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Jim Hogg |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
After Election: | Jim Hogg |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1892 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Jim Hogg was re-elected to a second term with a plurality of the vote over George W. Clark, an independent Democrat with the backing of the Republican Party and state railroad interests, and Populist judge T. L. Nugent.