1845 Texas gubernatorial election
gubernatorial election
The 1845 Texas gubernatorial election was held on December 15, 1845, to elect the first governor of Texas. The election was held in preparation for the annexation of Texas by the United States. As such the election actually predated Texas' entry into the Union by 14 days. James Pinckney Henderson was elected over James B. Miller with 83% of the vote and became the first governor of the new state.
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Organized political parties did not exist in the Republic, with factions generally revolving around presidents Sam Houston and Mirabeau B. Lamar. Both Henderson and Miller had served in Houston's cabinet during his times in office. The first political party in state history, the Democrats, would not be organized for another year and both candidates ran nominally independent campaigns.
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