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The 1954 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954.
Incumbent Democratic Governor Francis Cherry was narrowly defeated in the Democratic primary.
Democratic nominee Orval Faubus defeated Republican nominee Pratt C. Remmel with 62.09% of the vote.
Primary elections were held on July 27, 1954, with the Democratic runoff held on August 10, 1954. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Francis Cherry (incumbent) | 154,879 | 47.71 | |
| Democratic | Orval Faubus | 109,614 | 33.77 | |
| Democratic | Guy H. Jones | 41,249 | 12.71 | |
| Democratic | Gus McMillan | 18,857 | 5.81 | |
| Total votes | 324,599 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Orval Faubus | 191,328 | 50.91 | |
| Democratic | Francis Cherry (incumbent) | 184,509 | 49.09 | |
| Total votes | 375,837 | 100.00 | ||
Remmel's showing against Faubus was the best showing by a non-Democrat since 1888 and by a Republican since 1872.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Orval Faubus | 208,121 | 62.09% | −25.32% | |
| Republican | Pratt C. Remmel | 127,004 | 37.89% | +25.30% | |
| Scattering | 51 | 0.02% | +0.02% | ||
| Majority | 81,117 | 24.20% | |||
| Turnout | 335,176 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Orval Eugene Faubus was an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Arkansas from 1955 to 1967, as a member of the Democratic Party. In 1957, he refused to comply with a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education, and ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent black students from attending Little Rock Central High School. This event became known as the Little Rock Crisis. He was elected to six two-year terms as governor.
Joe Edward Purcell was an American politician and attorney who served as Acting Governor of Arkansas for six days in 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 45th Attorney General of Arkansas from 1967 to 1971 and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1981.
The 1966 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1966. Winthrop Rockefeller was elected governor of Arkansas, becoming the first Republican to be elected to the office since Reconstruction in 1872.
Wallace Townsend was an American lawyer who was from 1928 to 1961 the Republican national committeeman for the U.S. state of Arkansas. When he left his party's national committee, he was succeeded by Winthrop Rockefeller, who was elected five years thereafter in 1966 as the state's first Republican governor since the Reconstruction era.
The 1958 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958.
The 1970 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970.
The 1976 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday November 2, Incumbent Democratic governor David Pryor defeated Republican candidate Leon Griffith with 83.24% of the vote.
The 1974 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974.
The 1972 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1972.
The 1964 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964.
The 1962 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962.
The 1960 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1960.
The 1956 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956.
The 1952 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1952.
The 1948 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948.
The 1944 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944.
The 1894 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 3, 1894.
The 1896 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 7, 1896.
The 1900 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 3, 1900.
Pratt Cates Remmel was an American politician, businessman, and public servant. He is best known for serving two terms as the mayor of Little Rock (1952–1956), the first Republican elected to the office since 1887, and for his run for governor of Arkansas in 1954 against Orval Faubus.
