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

November 6, 1956

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

Democratic

Democratic primary results

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

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