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1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election Arkansas 1913 Presidential no 1916 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1916 1920 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1920 November 5, 1918 File:Charles Hillman Brough in 1916.jpg 150x150px Charles Hillman Brough Democratic Party (United States) 68,192 93.43% 3x4.svg Clay Fulks Socialist Party of America 4,792 6.57% 1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px
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The 1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Charles Hillman Brough won re-election to a second term, defeating Socialist nominee Clay Fulks with 93.43% of the vote.
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on May 28, 1918. Women are voting https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1918-05-28/ed-1/seq-7 The Topeka state journal Topeka, Kansas 28 May 1918 7 16 November 2020
Candidates
Charles Hillman Brough, incumbent Governor
Lewis Cass "Shotgun" Smith, judge DeWitt ladies denounce Brough https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/143036348/ Daily Arkansas Gazette Little Rock, Arkansas 28 May 1918 13 16 November 2020
Results
Democratic primary results Little Rock letter https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89051338/1918-06-14/ed-1/seq-8/ The courier-index Marianna, Ark. 14 June 1918 8 16 November 2020 Robinson won by 40,000 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90050307/1918-06-05/ed-1/seq-1/ The Prescott daily news Prescott, Ark. 5 June 1918 1 16 November 2020
Charles Hillman Brough (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 102,383 66.84
L. C. Smith Democratic Party (United States) 50,791 33.16
153,174 100.00
Socialist nomination
Candidate
Clay Fulk, of Searcy
Withdrew
Dan Hogan, Socialist candidate for Governor in 1906, 1910 and 1914 Socialists select a nominee for Governor https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/media/dan-hogan-withdrawal-14561/ Arkansas Democrat Little Rock, Arkansas 29 June 1918 17 November 2020
General election
Candidates
Charles Hillman Brough, Democratic
Clay Fulks, Socialist
The Republican Party did not field a candidate and endorsed Brough.Widener Jr. Ralph W. Summer 1975 Charles Hillman Brough https://www.jstor.org/stable/40022634 The Arkansas Historical Quarterly 34 2 99–121 Arkansas Historical Association 10.2307/40022634 40022634 16 November 2020 subscription Charles Hillman Brough (1876–1935) 2 November 2019 Dougan Michael B. Encyclopedia of Arkansas Central Arkansas Library System https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/charles-hillman-brough-89/
Results
1918 Arkansas gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265311 AR Governor, 1918 Our Campaigns 16 November 2020Congressional Quarterly 1998 41Glashan 1979 20–21
Democratic Party (United States) Charles Hillman Brough (incumbent) 68,192 93.43% +23.99%
Socialist Party of America Clay Fulks 4,792 6.57% +1.03%
63,400 86.86%
72,984 100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
References
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Bibliography
Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9
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