Election Name: | 1912 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
Country: | Arkansas |
Flag Year: | 1913 |
Flag Image: | Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1910 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1910 |
Next Election: | 1913 Arkansas gubernatorial special election |
Next Year: | 1913 (special) |
Turnout: | 10.78% 1.21 |
Image1: | Joseph t robinson.jpg |
Image Upright: | 0.55 |
Nominee1: | Joseph Taylor Robinson |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 109,825 |
Percentage1: | 64.74% |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Nominee2: | Andrew I. Roland |
Popular Vote2: | 46,440 |
Percentage2: | 27.37% |
Image3: | No image.svg |
Party3: | Socialist Party of America |
Nominee3: | G. E. Mikel |
Popular Vote3: | 13,384 |
Percentage3: | 7.89% |
Map Size: | 200px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | George Washington Donaghey |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Joseph Taylor Robinson |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1912 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on September 9, 1912.[1] [2]
Democratic Representative Joseph Taylor Robinson defeated the Republican and Socialist candidates Andrew I. Roland and G. E. Mikel with 64.74% of the vote.
Robinson would later leave his position after he was elected by the state legislature to fill the vacant Senate seat after Jefferson Davis died and would be succeeded by William Kavanaugh Oldham.