Pat Morris Neff Democratic Miriam A. Ferguson Democratic The 1924 Texas gubernatorial election was held on 4 November 1924 in order to elect the Governor of Texas.

No one candidate received greater than 50% of the vote, so a run-off was held.

The runoff was a proxy battle between pro-Klan political forces backing Klansman Felix Robertson and anti-Klan political forces backing Ma Ferguson.

[9] The general election saw the Ku Klux Klan back Republican George C. Butte, seeing him as a more acceptable alternative to the anti-Klan Ferguson, despite the state Republican platform's stated "unalterable opposition to the Ku Klux Klan.

[14] By contrast, Democratic nominee John W. Davis received 73.70% of the vote in his three-way race against Calvin Coolidge (19.78%) and Robert M. La Follette (6.52%).