1896 Arkansas gubernatorial election

1896 Arkansas gubernatorial election

← 1894 September 7, 1896 1898 →
 
Nominee Daniel W. Jones Harmon L. Remmel Abner W. Files
Party Democratic Republican Populist
Popular vote 91,114 35,836 13,990
Percentage 64.26% 25.27% 9.87%

Governor before election

James Paul Clarke
Democratic

Elected Governor

Daniel W. Jones
Democratic

The 1896 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 7, 1896.

Incumbent Democratic Governor James Paul Clarke did not stand for re-election, but instead ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.[1]

Democratic nominee Daniel W. Jones defeated Republican nominee Harmon L. Remmel and Populist nominee Abner W. Files with 64.26% of the vote.

  1. ^ "Arkansas Governor James Paul Clarke". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

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