1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election
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The 1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election was the ninth gubernatorial election, held on Monday, October 6, 1862.[1][2] In the midst of the American Civil War, Colonel Harris Flanagin easily defeated incumbent Governor Henry M. Rector and Independent candidate John S. H. Rainey with 68.06% of the vote.[3] Flanagin took office as the seventh governor on November 15, 1862.[4]
It was the only gubernatorial election conducted following the adoption of Arkansas's second constitution. The Democratic Party did not field a candidate and endorsed Flanagin.[5]
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | Harris Flanagin | 18,149[a] | 68.06 | |
Independent Democrat | Henry M. Rector (incumbent) | 7,419 | 27.82 | |
Independent | John S. H. Rainey | 738[b] | 2.77 | |
Write-in | William K. Patterson | 248 | 0.93% | |
Write-in | Scattering | 112 | 0.42% | |
Total votes | 26,666 | 100.0 |
Results by county
[edit]County | Flanagin | Rector | Rainey | Patterson | Scattering | Total | |||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Arkansas | 333 | 80.63% | 80 | 19.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 413 |
Ashley | 455 | 73.03% | 125 | 20.06% | 43 | 6.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 623 |
Benton | 235 | 53.05% | 102 | 23.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 106 | 23.93% | 443 |
Bradley | 259 | 36.89% | 438 | 62.39% | 5 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 702 |
Calhoun | 178 | 60.75% | 104 | 35.49% | 11 | 3.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 293 |
Carroll | 414 | 83.30% | 81 | 16.30% | 2 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 497 |
Chicot | 139 | 59.15% | 92 | 39.15% | 4 | 1.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 235 |
Clark | 737 | 92.59% | 46 | 5.78% | 13 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 796 |
Columbia | 293 | 34.63% | 536 | 63.36% | 17 | 2.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 846 |
Conway | 278 | 58.77% | 169 | 35.73% | 26 | 5.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 473 |
Craighead | 177 | 57.10% | 54 | 17.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 25.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 310 |
Crawford | 413 | 78.37% | 67 | 12.71% | 47 | 8.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 527 |
Crittenden | No votes | ||||||||||
Dallas | 446 | 89.74% | 48 | 9.66% | 3 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 497 |
Desha | 187 | 64.48% | 102 | 35.17% | 1 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 290 |
Drew | 377 | 52.43% | 321 | 44.65% | 21 | 2.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 719 |
Franklin | 311 | 84.97% | 48 | 13.11% | 7 | 1.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 366 |
Fulton | 153 | 61.45% | 96 | 38.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 249 |
Greene | No votes | ||||||||||
Hempstead | 549 | 70.47% | 223 | 28.63% | 7 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 779 |
Hot Spring | 424 | 88.70% | 53 | 11.09% | 1 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 478 |
Independence | 589 | 84.14% | 111 | 15.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 700 |
Izard | 316 | 78.22% | 88 | 21.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 404 |
Jackson | 609 | 82.52% | 127 | 17.21% | 2 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 738 |
Jefferson | 422 | 48.73% | 431 | 49.77% | 12 | 1.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.12% | 866 |
Johnson | 281 | 53.32% | 244 | 46.30% | 2 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 527 |
Lafayette | 263 | 56.32% | 178 | 38.12% | 25 | 5.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.21% | 467 |
Lawrence | 436 | 76.22% | 121 | 21.15% | 9 | 1.57% | 6 | 1.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 572 |
Madison | 289 | 83.77% | 56 | 16.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 345 |
Marion | 344 | 72.73% | 129 | 27.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 473 |
Mississippi | No votes | ||||||||||
Monroe | No votes | ||||||||||
Montgomery | 256 | 94.12% | 14 | 5.15% | 2 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 272 |
Newton | 148 | 60.16% | 98 | 39.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 246 |
Ouachita | 284 | 31.31% | 434 | 47.85% | 189 | 20.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 907 |
Perry | 77 | 64.71% | 32 | 26.89% | 10 | 8.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 119 |
Phillips | No votes | ||||||||||
Pike | 195 | 68.90% | 64 | 22.61% | 24 | 8.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 283 |
Poinsett | 27 | 11.34% | 209 | 87.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.84% | 238 |
Polk | 241 | 73.70% | 85 | 25.99% | 1 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 327 |
Pope | 447 | 83.55% | 64 | 11.96% | 24 | 4.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 535 |
Prairie | 892 | 79.36% | 175 | 15.57% | 57 | 5.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,124 |
Pulaski | 581 | 69.33% | 229 | 27.33% | 27 | 3.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.12% | 838 |
Randolph | 122 | 29.61% | 127 | 30.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 163 | 39.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 412 |
Saline | 423 | 75.27% | 123 | 21.89% | 16 | 2.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 562 |
Scott | 370 | 76.60% | 85 | 17.60% | 28 | 5.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 483 |
Searcy | 191 | 68.21% | 88 | 31.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.36% | 280 |
Sebastian | 500 | 70.32% | 193 | 27.14% | 18 | 2.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 711 |
Sevier | 360 | 49.38% | 347 | 47.60% | 22 | 3.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 729 |
St. Francis | 175 | 41.97% | 242 | 58.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 417 |
Union | 387 | 59.91% | 222 | 34.37% | 37 | 5.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 646 |
Van Buren | 389 | 86.25% | 62 | 13.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 451 |
Washington | 1,189 | 97.38% | 27 | 2.21% | 5 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,221 |
White | 672 | 92.82% | 52 | 7.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 724 |
Yell | 316 | 61.60% | 177 | 34.50% | 20 | 3.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 513 |
Total | 18,149[a] | 68.06% | 7,419 | 27.82% | 738[b] | 2.77% | 248 | 0.93% | 112 | 0.42% | 26,666 |
References
[edit]- ^ Ark. Const. art. IV, § 8 (1861)
- ^ "For Governor: Harris Flanagin, of Clark County". Arkansas State Gazette. Vol. 44, no. 9. Little Rock. September 27, 1862. p. 1. Retrieved March 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
Election First Monday in October next.
- ^ a b c Arkansas. General Assembly. Senate. Senate journal.
- ^ "Hon. Harris Flanagin". Washington Telegraph. Vol. XXII, no. 45. Washington, Arkansas. November 26, 1862. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Moneyhon, Carl H. (1999). "Flanagin, Harris". In Garraty, John A.; Carnes, Mark C. (eds.). American National Biography. Vol. 8. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 86. ISBN 0-19-512787-0. OCLC 772374255.