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1898 Arkansas gubernatorial election Arkansas 1896 Presidential no 1896 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1896 1900 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1900 September 5, 1898 File:Daniel Webster Jones (governor).jpg 150x150px Daniel W. Jones Democratic Party (United States) 75,354 67.35% File:Henry F. Auten.png Henry F. Auten Republican Party (United States) 27,524 24.60% File:W. Scott Morgan.png W. Scott Morgan People's Party (United States) 8,332 7.45% 1898 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px
County resultsJones: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 90–100%Auten: #E27F7F 50–60% Governor Daniel W. Jones Democratic Party (United States) Daniel W. Jones Democratic Party (United States)
The 1898 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 5, 1898. Incumbent Democratic Governor Daniel W. Jones defeated Republican nominee Henry F. Auten and Populist nominee W. Scott Morgan with 67.35% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Daniel W. Jones, Democratic, incumbent Governor of Arkansas
Henry Franklin Auten, Republican, lawyerDillard Tom 23 October 2011 The man who couldn't be still https://www.pressreader.com/usa/arkansas-democrat-gazette/20111023/313828966859101 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Little Rock 23 September 2021
Winfield Scott Morgan, Populist, newspaper editorhttps://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/winfield-scott-morgan-2994/ Winfield Scott Morgan (1851–1928) Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System Hild, Matthew September 5, 2013 23 September 2021
Alexander McKnight, ProhibitionContemporary sources state that McKnight was the Liberty Party nominee. August 25, 1898 Local https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91050004/1898-08-25/ed-1/seq-3/ The Brinkley Argus Brinkley, Ark. 3 23 September 2021 August 26, 1898 Additional Local https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022960/1898-08-26/ed-1/seq-7/ The Forrest City Times Forrest City, Ark. 7 23 September 2021 September 16, 1898 Official Vote https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022980/1898-09-16/ed-1/seq-2/ The Monticellonian Monticello, Ark. 2 23 September 2021
Results
1898 Arkansas gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=265299 AR Governor, 1898 Our Campaigns 23 September 2021Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 41 1-56802-396-0 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 20–21 0-930466-17-9Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I 60 Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 0-379-00665-0Mark Martin Mark Martin (politician) Historical Report of the Secretary of State 2018 978-0-692-03553-5 https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/education/2018_Historical_Report.pdf 404 Little Rock, Arkansas Arkansas Secretary of State's Office 23 September 2021 Ledbetter Calvin R. Jr. Spring 2009 Governor Daniel Webster Jones: An Unexpected Progressive https://www.jstor.org/stable/40543106 The Arkansas Historical Quarterly Arkansas Historical Association 68 1 23–51 23 September 2021 Some sources, including the Arkansas Senate Journal, give Jones' vote as 75,362.Dubin Michael J. 2010 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911 https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC&pg=PA10 20 Jefferson, NC McFarland & Co. 978-0-7864-4722-0 Russell Marvin F. Autumn 1977 The Rise of a Republican Leader: Harmon L. Remmel https://www.jstor.org/stable/40018534 The Arkansas Historical Quarterly 36 3 234–257 10.2307/40018534 40018534 18 November 2020 subscription 1899 Journal of the Senate of Arkansas. Thirty-Second Regular Session https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112118492583&view=1up&seq=310&skin=2021 Little Rock, Ark. Gazette Publishing Company, State Printers 14
Democratic Party (United States) Daniel W. Jones (incumbent) 75,354 67.35% +3.09%
Republican Party (United States) Henry F. Auten 27,524 24.60% -0.67%
People's Party (United States) W. Scott Morgan 8,332 7.45% -2.42%
Prohibition Party Alexander McKnight 679 0.61% +0.01%
47,830 42.75%
111,889
Democratic Party (United States)
Notes
References
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