Table 1

Comparison of Federal and State Balloting

in Harrison County, Texas, 1884-1904

Year	Office	Democratic Party	Republican Party	Major Third Party *	Minor Parties **	Votes Added To Democratic Candidates	Total Votes	Voter Turnout
1884	Governor President	2691 1153	xx 1588	661 0	5 29	1538	3357 2770	57% 47%
1886	Governor Congressman	3018 1313	816 xx	xx 547	25 xx	1705	3834 1887	64% 31%
1888	Governor President	4200 1937	xx 786	xx 0	348 xx	2263	4548 2723	75% 45%
1890	Governor Congressman	3087 979	862 424	xx xx	0 0	2108	3949 1403	64% 23%
1892	Governor President	3988 1047	xx 1440	108 103	805 17	2941	4850 2607	77% 41%
1894	Governor Congressman	4362 4367	109 xx	169 169	0 xx	-5 (3365***)	4640 4536	70% 69%
1896	Governor President	4524 2076	xx 1595	681 54	0 37	2448	5206 3762	76% 55%
1898	Governor Congressman	3803 727	xx 0	61 58	0 0	3076	3864 785	55% 26%
1900	Governor President	1408 1234	822 1122	21 23	55 8	174	2306 2387	32% 33%
1902	Governor Congressman	2834 745	181 119	0 1	45 xx	2089	3060 865	41% 12%
1904	Governor President	707 725	173 158	3 xx	8 xx	-18	891 883	11% 11%

xx No candidate (Republicans supported a Knights of Labor candidate in 1886, a Prohibition candidate also endorsed by the Union Labor Party in 1888, a anti-Railroad Commission Democratic candidate in 1892, Populist candidates in 1894 & 1896, and ran no statewide candidates in 1898).

* Greenback-Labor Party (1884), Union Labor Party (1886-1888), and Populist Party (1892-1904).

** Prohibition Party (1886-1904), Anti-Railroad Commission Democrat (1892), Reform (Lily-White) Republican Party (1892-1894), and National (Gold) Democratic Party (1896).

*** Estimated by R.L. Jenkins in Dallas Morning News, October 10, 1896 .

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