1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election

none March 2021 March 2021 1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election Arkansas 1862 Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863).svg gubernatorial 1862 10 6 no 1860 Arkansas gubernatorial election 1860 1864 Arkansas gubernatorial Union election 1864 (Union) Governor Harris Flanigin.jpg 0.55 Harris Flanagin Independent (United States) Democratic Party (United States) 18,149"Flanagin votes" Flanagin is stated as having received 18,139 votes, however, the number of votes in each county adds up to 18,149. 68.06% Henry Massey Rector.jpg Independent Democrat Henry M. Rector 7,419 27.82% 1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 200px Flanagin: #A5B0FF 40%-50% #7996E2 50%-60% #6674DE 60%-70% #584CDE 70%-80% #3933E5 80%-90% #0D0596 90%-100%Rector: #7DDDDD 40%-50% #51C2C2 50%-60% #2AACAC 60%-70% #008080 80%-90%Patterson: #AAE5AA 30%-40%#808080 No votes Governor Henry M. Rector Independent Democrat Harris Flanagin Independent (politician) The 1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election was the ninth gubernatorial election, held on Monday, October 6, 1862.Ark. Const. art. IV, § 8 (1861)https://www.newspapers.com/image/131016829 For Governor: Harris Flanagin, of Clark County subscription Arkansas State Gazette 44 9 Little Rock 1 September 27, 1862 March 21, 2021 Newspapers.com Election First Monday in October next. 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.Arkansas. General Assembly. Senate. http://archive.org/details/esrp1246553435 Senate journal. Flanagin took office as the seventh governor on November 15, 1862.https://www.newspapers.com/image/273082086 Hon. Harris Flanagin subscription Washington Telegraph XXII 45 Washington, Arkansas 2 November 26, 1862 March 21, 2021 Newspapers.com 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.Moneyhon Carl H. 1999 Flanagin, Harris Garraty John A. John A. Garraty Carnes Mark C. American National Biography 8 New York Oxford University Press 86 0-19-512787-0 772374255 A new state constitution had been adopted, cutting two years off Rector's term. Background Arkansas politics had been dominated by members of the powerful Conway-Johnson family (known as "The Family") since the territorial period. Henry Rector was a member of this family, and owed his ascent in politics to family connections, but The Family passed over him as a candidate in the 1860 Arkansas gubernatorial election. Rector then ran as an outsider candidate, with the support of the anti-Family faction. Rector's election coincided with the secession crisis, and Arkansas left the Union in May, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America shortly thereafter. However, Rector proved an incompetent and unpopular governor, and he failed to manage the military situation in Arkansas effectively.Yearns W. Buck The Confederate Governors 1985 University of Georgia Press 41-52 The Family then focused their efforts on supporting Harris Flanagin in an effort to unseat Rector. Flanagin won by an overwhelming margin. Bitter at being defeated, Rector then resigned from office, leaving Thomas Fletcher to serve the remaining two weeks of his term. Results 1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election Harris Flanagin Independent (United States) 18,149"Flanagin votes" 68.06 Henry M. Rector (incumbent) Independent Democrat 7,419 27.82 John S. H. Rainey Independent (United States) 738"Rainey votes" Rainey is stated as receiving 708 votes, however, the number of votes in each county adds up to 738. 2.77 William K. Patterson Write-in 248 0.93% Scattering Write-in 112 0.42% 26,666 100.0 Results by county +Results by countyCountyFlanaginRectorRaineyPattersonScatteringTotalVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Arkansas33380.63%8019.37%00.00%00.00%00.00%413Ashley45573.03%12520.06%436.90%00.00%00.00%623Benton23553.05%10223.02%00.00%00.00%10623.93%443Bradley25936.89%43862.39%50.71%00.00%00.00%702Calhoun17860.75%10435.49%113.75%00.00%00.00%293Carroll41483.30%8116.30%20.40%00.00%00.00%497Chicot13959.15%9239.15%41.70%00.00%00.00%235Clark73792.59%465.78%131.63%00.00%00.00%796Columbia29334.63%53663.36%172.01%00.00%00.00%846Conway27858.77%16935.73%265.50%00.00%00.00%473Craighead17757.10%5417.42%00.00%7925.48%00.00%310Crawford41378.37%6712.71%478.92%00.00%00.00%527CrittendenNo votesDallas44689.74%489.66%30.60%00.00%00.00%497Desha18764.48%10235.17%10.34%00.00%00.00%290Drew37752.43%32144.65%212.92%00.00%00.00%719Franklin31184.97%4813.11%71.91%00.00%00.00%366Fulton15361.45%9638.55%00.00%00.00%00.00%249GreeneNo votesHempstead54970.47%22328.63%70.90%00.00%00.00%779Hot Spring42488.70%5311.09%10.21%00.00%00.00%478Independence58984.14%11115.86%00.00%00.00%00.00%700Izard31678.22%8821.78%00.00%00.00%00.00%404Jackson60982.52%12717.21%20.27%00.00%00.00%738Jefferson42248.73%43149.77%121.39%00.00%10.12%866Johnson28153.32%24446.30%20.38%00.00%00.00%527Lafayette26356.32%17838.12%255.35%00.00%10.21%467Lawrence43676.22%12121.15%91.57%61.05%00.00%572Madison28983.77%5616.23%00.00%00.00%00.00%345Marion34472.73%12927.27%00.00%00.00%00.00%473MississippiNo votesMonroeNo votesMontgomery25694.12%145.15%20.74%00.00%00.00%272Newton14860.16%9839.84%00.00%00.00%00.00%246Ouachita28431.31%43447.85%18920.84%00.00%00.00%907Perry7764.71%3226.89%108.40%00.00%00.00%119PhillipsNo votesPike19568.90%6422.61%248.48%00.00%00.00%283Poinsett2711.34%20987.82%00.00%00.00%20.84%238Polk24173.70%8525.99%10.31%00.00%00.00%327Pope44783.55%6411.96%244.49%00.00%00.00%535Prairie89279.36%17515.57%575.07%00.00%00.00%1,124Pulaski58169.33%22927.33%273.22%00.00%10.12%838Randolph12229.61%12730.83%00.00%16339.56%00.00%412Saline42375.27%12321.89%162.85%00.00%00.00%562Scott37076.60%8517.60%285.80%00.00%00.00%483Searcy19168.21%8831.43%00.00%00.00%10.36%280Sebastian50070.32%19327.14%182.53%00.00%00.00%711Sevier36049.38%34747.60%223.02%00.00%00.00%729St. Francis17541.97%24258.03%00.00%00.00%00.00%417Union38759.91%22234.37%375.73%00.00%00.00%646Van Buren38986.25%6213.75%00.00%00.00%00.00%451Washington1,18997.38%272.21%50.41%00.00%00.00%1,221White67292.82%527.18%00.00%00.00%00.00%724Yell31661.60%17734.50%203.90%00.00%00.00%513Total18,149"Flanagin votes"68.06%7,41927.82%738"Rainey votes"2.77%2480.93%1120.42%26,666 References Footnotes Citations 30em American Civil War Arkansas North America Politics Category:1860s Arkansas elections Ark Category:1862 in Arkansas Ark Category:Arkansas gubernatorial elections Category:Arkansas in the American Civil War AR gov 1862 Ark Category:Politics of the Confederate States of America