1898 Arkansas gubernatorial election
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The1898 Arkansas gubernatorial electionwas held on September 5, 1898. IncumbentDemocraticGovernorDaniel W. JonesdefeatedRepublicannominee Henry F. Auten andPopulistnominee W. Scott Morgan with 67.35% of the vote.
General election[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Daniel W. Jones,Democratic, incumbentGovernor of Arkansas
- Henry Franklin Auten, Republican, lawyer[1]
- Winfield Scott Morgan, Populist, newspaper editor[2]
- Alexander McKnight, Prohibition[a]
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Daniel W. Jones(incumbent) | 75,354 | 67.35% | +3.09% | |
Republican | Henry F. Auten | 27,524 | 24.60% | −0.67% | |
Populist | W. Scott Morgan | 8,332 | 7.45% | −2.42% | |
Prohibition | Alexander McKnight | 679 | 0.61% | +0.01% | |
Majority | 47,830 | 42.75% | |||
Turnout | 111,889 | ||||
Democratichold | Swing |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Dillard, Tom (October 23, 2011)."The man who couldn't be still".Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.Little Rock.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
- ^Hild, Matthew (September 5, 2013)."Winfield Scott Morgan (1851–1928)".Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture.Butler Center for Arkansas Studiesat theCentral Arkansas Library System.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
- ^"Local".The Brinkley Argus.Brinkley, Ark. August 25, 1898. p. 3.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
- ^"Additional Local".The Forrest City Times.Forrest City, Ark. August 26, 1898. p. 7.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
- ^"Official Vote".The Monticellonian.Monticello, Ark. September 16, 1898. p. 2.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
- ^"AR Governor, 1898".Our Campaigns.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
- ^Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997.Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 41.ISBN1-56802-396-0.
- ^Glashan, Roy R. (1979).American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978.Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 20–21.ISBN0-930466-17-9.
- ^Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977).American State Governors, 1776-1976.Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 60.ISBN0-379-00665-0.
- ^Martin, Mark(2018).Historical Report of the Secretary of State(PDF).Little Rock, Arkansas:Arkansas Secretary of State's Office. p. 404.ISBN978-0-692-03553-5.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
- ^Ledbetter, Calvin R. Jr. (Spring 2009)."Governor Daniel Webster Jones: An Unexpected Progressive".The Arkansas Historical Quarterly.68(1). Arkansas Historical Association: 23–51.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
- ^Dubin, Michael J. (2010).United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911.Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 20.ISBN978-0-7864-4722-0.
- ^Russell, Marvin F. (Autumn 1977)."The Rise of a Republican Leader: Harmon L. Remmel".The Arkansas Historical Quarterly.36(3): 234–257.doi:10.2307/40018534.JSTOR40018534.RetrievedNovember 18,2020.
- ^Journal of the Senate of Arkansas. Thirty-Second Regular Session.Little Rock, Ark.: Gazette Publishing Company, State Printers. 1899. p. 14.
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