Election Name: | 1922 Texas gubernatorial election |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1920 Texas gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1920 |
Next Election: | 1924 Texas gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1924 |
Election Date: | 7 November 1922 |
Nominee1: | Pat Morris Neff |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 334,199 |
Percentage1: | 82.0% |
Nominee2: | William Hawley Atwell |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 73,327 |
Percentage2: | 18.0% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Pat Morris Neff |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Pat Morris Neff |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Country: | Texas |
The 1922 Texas gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 1922 in order to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Morris Neff won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican candidate William Hawley Atwell in a landslide.[1]
Governor Neff won in the Democratic party against three different challengers relatively comfortably, and narrowly avoided a runoff.[2]
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On election day, 7 November 1922, Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor Pat Morris Neff won the election by a margin of 260,872 votes against his opponent Republican nominee William Hawley Atwell, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of Governor.[3] He was sworn in for his second term on January 20, 1923.