1906 Tennessee gubernatorial election
Malcolm R. Patterson narrowly defeated governor Cox for the Democratic nomination.In the general election, Patterson defeated Republican nominee Henry Clay Evans with 54.42% of the vote.In April 1905, a few weeks after Cox took office, the current Flag of Tennessee, designed by Colonel LeRoy Reeves of Johnson City, was adopted.Taylor accused James B. Frazier, along with John I. Cox and Senator Edward W. Carmack, of conspiring to control the Democratic Party.[2] Patterson's Republican opponent, Henry Clay Evans, had been gerrymandered out of Congress in 1890, and had long accused state Democrats of fraudulent tactics.