The 1851 Texas gubernatorial election was held on August 4, 1851, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Peter Hansborough Bell was reelected to a second term, receiving 48% of the vote. His nearest challenger, Middleton T. Johnson, won just 19%.
General election
Candidates
Peter Hansborough Bell, incumbent governor, veteran of the Mexican-American War, former Texas Rangers captain, veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto (Democratic) Thomas J. Chambers, former chief justice of Texas, land speculator and real estate developer (Democratic) Benjamin H. Epperson, lawyer, former state representative (Whig) John Alexander Greer, incumbent lieutenant governor, former Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas, President pro tempore of the Senate in the Congress of the Republic of Texas (Democratic) Middleton T. Johnson, unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 1849, Texas Ranger and militia leader, former representative in Alabama House of Representatives (Democratic)
Withdrew
Elisha M. Pease, state senator, former Comptroller of Public Accounts of the Republic of Texas (Democratic)
Results
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