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In doing so, Clements became the first Republican to be elected governor since Reconstruction in 1869. Besides Clements' upset victory in the gubernatorial election, Republican Senator John Tower was re-elected to a third full six-year term in the Texas U.S. Senate race. However, the majority of the down-ballot statewide offices remained with ...
Briscoe was sworn in for his second term on January 21, 1975. As the Constitution of Texas had been amended in 1972 to extend the governor's term from 2 years to 4 years, Briscoe became the first governor to be sworn in for a four-year term since Edmund J. Davis. Briscoe carried 249 out of 254 counties in his landslide reelection victory.
After her death two years later, he was sent to live with his grandmother Antonia Minor. [15] In the year 30, Tiberius had Caligula's brothers, Drusus and Nero, declared public enemies by the Senate, and exiled. [20] [21] Caligula and his three sisters remained in Italy as hostages of Tiberius, kept under close watch. [22]
The governor is inaugurated on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with the lieutenant governor, and serves a term of four years. Prior to the present laws, in 1845, the state's first constitution established the office of governor, serving a term of two years, but no more than four years of every six. [5]
The 1970 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic governor Preston Smith was reelected to a second term, winning 53% of the vote to Republican Paul Eggers ' 47% in a rematch of the gubernatorial race of two years earlier .
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The 1892 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Jim Hogg was re-elected to a second term with a plurality of the vote over George W. Clark, an independent Democrat with the backing of the Republican Party and state railroad interests, and Populist judge T. L. Nugent.
Vinson Allen Collins, former State Senator and member of the Ku Klux Klan. [4] [6] Lynch Davidson, former Lieutenant Governor of Texas. [4] Thomas Whitfield Davidson, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Texas [4] George W. Dixon, lawyer and prison reform activist. [4] [7] Miriam A. Ferguson, former First Lady of Texas [4]