Harris Flanagin

Harris Flanagin
7th Governor of Arkansas
In office
November 15, 1862 – April 18, 1864
In exile
April 18, 1864 – June 1, 1865[a]
Preceded byThomas Fletcher (acting)
Succeeded byIsaac Murphy
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from Ouachita and Clark counties
In office
November 6, 1848 – November 4, 1850
Preceded byB. W. Pearce
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the
Arkansas House of Representatives
from Clark County
In office
November 7, 1842 – November 4, 1844
Serving with Joshua D. Stewart
Preceded bySimeon Buckner
Archibald H. Rutherford
Succeeded byJoseph Gray
William Owens
Personal details
Born(1817-11-03)November 3, 1817
Roadstown, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedOctober 23, 1874(1874-10-23) (aged 56)
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting placeRose Hill Cemetery,
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S.
34°7′8.3″N 93°3′42.6″W / 34.118972°N 93.061833°W / 34.118972; -93.061833
Political partyDemocratic (from 1856)
Other political
affiliations
Whig (until 1856)
Spouse
Martha Eliza Flanagin
(m. 1851)
Children3
Military service
AllegianceConfederate States
BranchArmy
Years of service1861–1862
RankColonel
Commands2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles
Battles

Harris Flanagin (November 3, 1817 – October 23, 1874) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 7th governor of Arkansas from 1862 to 1864, and in exile from 1864 to 1865. Prior to this he was a Confederate States Army officer who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

  1. ^ Minute Book of the Military Board of Arkansas, 1862-1865. Washington, Arkansas. p. 228.


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