1912 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

1912 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election

November 5, 1912

Nominee William Harding Mayes T. A. Hickey Party Democratic Socialist Popular vote 236,284 24,219 Percentage 77.94% 7.99%   Nominee W. C. Averill W. H. Featherstone Party Republican Progressive Popular vote 23,310 16,859 Percentage 7.69% 5.56%

Lieutenant Governor before election Asbury Bascom Davidson Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor William Harding Mayes Democratic

The 1912 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Texas. Democratic nominee William Harding Mayes defeated Socialist nominee T. A. Hickey, Republican nominee W. C. Averill, Progressive nominee W. H. Featherstone, Prohibition nominee L. M. Hewitt and Socialist Labor nominee Robert Strach.

General election

On election day, November 5, 1912, Democratic nominee William Harding Mayes won the election by a margin of 212,065 votes against his foremost opponent Socialist nominee T. A. Hickey, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Mayes was sworn in as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Texas on January 21, 1913.

Results

Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Harding Mayes	236,284	77.94
	Socialist	T. A. Hickey	24,219	7.99
	Republican	W. C. Averill	23,310	7.69
	Progressive	W. H. Featherstone	16,859	5.56
	Prohibition	L. M. Hewitt	2,119	0.70
	Socialist Labor	Robert Strach	351	0.12
Total votes			303,142	100.00
	Democratic hold