1888 Texas gubernatorial election

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.

General election[edit]

Lawrence Sullivan Ross, incumbent governor (Democratic)
Francis Marion Martin, former lieutenant governor and candidate for governor in 1886 (Prohibition-Fusion)^[1]

1888 Texas gubernatorial election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lawrence Sullivan Ross (incumbent)	250,338	71.77%	2.25
	Prohibition	Francis Marion Martin	98,447	28.23%	22.11
Total votes			348,785	100.00%

^ Miller, Worth Robert (1952). "TSHA | Marion, Francis Martin". Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2023.