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]

Quick facts Candidate, Party ...
1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election
← 1860
October 6, 1862 (1862-10-06)
1864 (Union) â†’
 
Candidate Harris Flanagin Henry M. Rector
Party Independent Independent Democrat
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote 18,149[a] 7,419
Percentage 68.06% 27.82%
Flanagin:      40%-50%      50%-60%      60%-70%      70%-80%      80%-90%      90%-100%
Rector:      40%-50%      50%-60%      60%-70%      80%-90%
Patterson:      30%-40%
     No votes
Governor before election

Henry M. Rector
Independent Democrat

 Elected Governor

Harris Flanagin
Independent

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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] 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.[6] 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.[6]

Results

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1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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
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Results by county

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Results by county[3]
County Flanagin Rector Rainey Patterson Scattering Total
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
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