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1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election
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 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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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] A new state constitution had been adopted, cutting two years off Rector's term.
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- ^ 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.
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- ^ 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.
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