1882 Arkansas gubernatorial election

1882 Arkansas gubernatorial election

← 1880 4 September 1882 1884 →
 
Nominee James H. Berry W. D. Slack Rufus King Garland Jr.
Party Democratic Republican Greenback
Popular vote 87,669 49,372 10,142
Percentage 59.57% 33.55% 6.89%

County results
Berry:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
Slack:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%
Garland:      40–50%

Governor before election

Thomas James Churchill
Democratic

Elected Governor

James H. Berry
Democratic

The 1882 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on 4 September 1882, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and former member and Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives James H. Berry defeated Republican nominee W. D. Slack and Greenback nominee and former representative from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress from the 2nd District Rufus King Garland Jr..[1]

  1. ^ "Gov. James Henderson Berry". National Governors Association. Retrieved 1 December 2023.