Election for Governor of Texas
1908 Texas gubernatorial election
The 1908 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas . Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell was re-elected to a second term in office.
Campbell defeated State Representative Robert R. Williams in the Democratic primary by a wide margin, which was tantamount to victory in the general election.
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Thomas Mitchell Campbell , incumbent Governor (Democratic)W. B. Cook (Socialist Labor)
Ephraim Charles Heath, former State Representative from Rockwall County and nominee in 1890 (Prohibition)[3]
Charles L. Martin (Independence)
John C. Rhodes (Socialist)
John Nicholas Simpson, banker and cattleman (Republican)[4] Charles L. Martin was a late substitute as the Independence candidate, so his name did not appear on the ballot.[2]
Results [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ Kroh, Robert F. (1952). "TSHA | Williams, Robert R. (1839–1941)" . Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023 . ^ a b c "Texas Almanac" (PDF) . Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2023 .^ Bass, Elizabeth Lee (1952). "TSHA | Heath, Ephraim Charles (1850–1924)" . Retrieved March 17, 2023 . ^ Hatton Kincaid, Naomi (1952). "TSHA | Simpson, John Nicholas (1845–1920)" . Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 17, 2023 .
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