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Texas gubernatorial election, 1863

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November 2, 1863
  
1866 →

56.4%
  
40.1%

17,511
  
12,455

Texas gubernatorial election, 1863

Winner
  
Pendleton Murrah

The 1863 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1863 to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Francis Lubbock did not run for a second term. The election was won by Pendleton Murrah, who received 56% of the vote.

The election was the second of two held in Texas during the American Civil War. Texas was, at the time, a Confederate state.

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Texas gubernatorial election, 1863 Wikipedia