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The1898 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect theGovernor of Texas.Joseph D. Sayers was elected overBarnett Gibbs, a Populist running with Republican support.
Lafayette L. Foster was the Chairman of the Sayers Central Campaign Committee. In the summer of 1898, he was appointed as thePresident of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas by the Board of Directors of the college. He was succeeded as chairman byEdward M. House.[2]
Gibbs, a moderate Populist, primarily campaigned on the issue of building a state-owned "relief railroad" from the Red River to the Gulf of Mexico.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Joseph D. Sayers | 291,548 | 71.19% |  15.83 | |
| Populist | Barnett Gibbs | 114,955 | 28.07% |  16.11 | |
| Prohibition | R. P. Bailey | 2,437 | 0.60% | 0.26 | |
| Socialist Labor | G. H. Royal | 552 | 0.13% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 62 | 0.02% | 0.11 | ||
| Total votes | 409,554 | 100.00% | |||
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