1956 Texas gubernatorial election

The 1956 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Allan Shivers did not run for a fourth term. Senator Price Daniel won the election with over 78% of the vote.

1956 Texas gubernatorial election

← 1954 November 6, 1956 1958 →
 
Nominee Price Daniel William R. Bryant W. Lee O'Daniel (write-in)
Party Democratic Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,350,736 261,283 110,234
Percentage 78.3% 15.2% 6.4%

County results
Daniel:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
No Vote:      


Governor before election

Allan Shivers
Democratic


Elected Governor

Price Daniel
Democratic

Primaries

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Democratic

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel 628,914 39.88%
Democratic Ralph Yarborough 463,416 29.39%
Democratic W. Lee O'Daniel 347,757 22.05%
Democratic J. Evetts Haley 88,772 5.63%
Democratic Reuben Senterfitt 37,774 2.40%
Democratic J. J. Holmes 10,165 0.64%
Total votes 1,576,870 100.00%
 
Runoff results by county
Daniel
  •   Daniel—80–90%
  •   Daniel—70–80%
  •   Daniel—60–70%
  •   Daniel—50–60%
Yarborough
  •   Yarborough—50–60%
  •   Yarborough—60–70%
  •   Yarborough—70–80%
  •   Yarborough—80–90%
  •   Yarborough—>90%
Democratic runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel 698,001 50.11%
Democratic Ralph Yarborough 694,830 49.89%
Total votes 1,392,831 100.00%

Results

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General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Price Daniel 1,350,736 78.34%
Republican William R. Bryant 261,283 15.15%
Write-In W. Lee O'Daniel 110,234 6.39%
Total votes 1,724,091 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "Texas Almanac". Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2016.