1940 Arkansas gubernatorial election
November 5, 1940
 
Nominee Homer Adkins Harley C. Stump
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 184,578 16,600
Percentage 91.36% 8.22%
Governor before election

Carl E. Bailey
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Homer Martin Adkins
Democratic

The 1940 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Carl E. Bailey was defeated in the Democratic primary.

Democratic nominee Homer Adkins defeated Republican nominee Harley C. Stump with 91.36% of the vote.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election was held on August 13, 1940.

Candidates

The anti-Bailey "federal faction" coalesced around Homer Adkins in early 1940.[1] Loathing the idea of turning the statehouse over to Adkins, Bailey decided to break Arkansas tradition and seek a third term.[2]

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Homer Adkins 142,247 55.93
Democratic Carl E. Bailey (incumbent) 110,613 43.49
Democratic Frank Witte 828 0.33
Democratic J. Rosser Venable 653 0.26
Total votes 254,344 100.00

General election

Candidates

  • Homer Adkins, Democratic
  • Harley C. Stump, mayor of Stuttgart.[8] Stump was nominated at the Republican State Convention on May 11, 1940.[9]
  • Walter Scott McNutt, Independent, candidate for Governor in 1938

Results

1940 Arkansas gubernatorial election[10][11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Homer Adkins 184,578 91.36%
Republican Harley C. Stump 16,600 8.22%
Independent Walter S. McNutt 866 0.43%
Majority 167,978 83.14%
Turnout 202,044 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Walsh, Pat (October 12, 1939). "Under the Dome". Camden News. No. 257. Camden: Camden News Publishing Company. p. 6. OCLC 16997701. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  2. ↑ "Governors" (1995), pp. 196.
  3. ↑ "Political Races". Northwest Arkansas Times. Fayetteville, Arkansas. August 10, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ "J. Rosser Venable Taken By Death". The Camden News. Camden, Arkansas. October 7, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ "State Politics Opening Up". Northwest Arkansas Times. Fayetteville, Arkansas. July 3, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ "AR Governor, 1940 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 99.
  8. ↑ "G.O.P. Mayor Gives Demos a Break". Daily Illini. Urbana-Champaign. July 28, 1940. p. 3. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ "State Republicans Select Delegates". Northwest Arkansas Times. Fayetteville, Arkansas. May 13, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  10. ↑ "AR Governor, 1940". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  11. ↑ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 42.
  12. ↑ Glashan 1979, pp. 22–23.
  13. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1932-1952: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7864-7034-1.

Bibliography

  • Smith, C. Calvin (1995) [1981]. Donovon, Timothy P.; Gatewood Jr., Willard B.; Whayne, Jeannie M. (eds.). The Governors of Arkansas (2nd ed.). Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-331-1. LCCN 94-45806. OCLC 988572226.
  • Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
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