| Election Name: | 1848 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Arkansas |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1844 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1844 |
| Next Election: | 1849 Arkansas gubernatorial special election |
| Next Year: | 1849 (Special) |
| Election Date: | 7 August 1848 |
| Nominee1: | Thomas S. Drew |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,866 |
| Percentage1: | 94.81% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Thomas S. Drew |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Thomas S. Drew |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1848 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on 7 August 1848, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor Thomas S. Drew won re-election as he ran unopposed.[1]
On election day, 7 August 1848, Democratic nominee Thomas S. Drew won re-election with 15,866 votes as he ran unopposed, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of Governor. However, over five percent of the vote went to various write-in candidates, including Reuben T. Redman, who carried Crittenden County and received nearly 2% of the popular vote. Franklin, Fulton, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Marion and Pulaski counties did not report results. The results from Pike County were rejected.[2]
| County | Drew | Redman | Biscoe | Gibson | Pike | Others | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Arkansas | 101 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 101 | |
| Benton | 472 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 472 | |
| Bradley | 192 | 81.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 19 | 8.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 25 | 10.59% | 236 | |
| Carroll | 577 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 577 | |
| Chicot | 197 | 95.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 4.83% | 207 | |
| Clark | 293 | 76.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 | 21.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 1.31% | 381 | |
| Conway | 308 | 86.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 29 | 8.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 5.07% | 355 | |
| Crawford | 860 | 95.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 38 | 4.23% | 898 | |
| Crittenden | 315 | 48.69% | 332 | 51.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 647 | |
| Dallas | 388 | 82.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 17.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 468 | |
| Desha | 369 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 369 | |
| Drew | 242 | 89.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 28 | 10.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 270 | |
| Franklin | No data | |||||||||||||
| Fulton | No data | |||||||||||||
| Greene | 277 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 277 | |
| Hempstead | 560 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 560 | |
| Hot Spring | 305 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 305 | |
| Independence | 678 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 678 | |
| Izard | No data | |||||||||||||
| Jackson | No data | |||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 234 | 95.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 4.10% | 244 | |
| Johnson | 687 | 94.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 3.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 13 | 1.79% | 726 | |
| Lafayette | 173 | 98.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 1.14% | 175 | |
| Lawrence | No data | |||||||||||||
| Madison | 541 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 541 | |
| Marion | No data | |||||||||||||
| Mississippi | 258 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 258 | |
| Monroe | 245 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 245 | |
| Montgomery | 167 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 167 | |
| Newton | 226 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | |
| Ouachita | 497 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 497 | |
| Perry | 110 | 99.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 | |
| Phillips | 517 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 517 | |
| Pike | 96 | 98.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 1.03% | 97 | |
| Poinsett | 260 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 260 | |
| Polk | 92 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 92 | |
| Pope | 515 | 99.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.39% | 519 | |
| Prairie | 207 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 207 | |
| Pulaski | No data | |||||||||||||
| Randolph | 406 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 406 | |
| Saline | 442 | 97.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 2.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 452 | |
| Scott | 344 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 344 | |
| Searcy | 182 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 182 | |
| Sevier | 466 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 466 | |
| St. Francis | 559 | 98.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 1.76% | 569 | |
| Union | 759 | 86.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 104 | 11.87% | 13 | 1.48% | 876 | |
| Van Buren | 312 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 312 | |
| Washington | 910 | 99.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.33% | 913 | |
| White | 239 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 239 | |
| Yell | 384 | 98.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 1.54% | 390 | |
| Total | 15,866 | 94.81% | 332 | 1.98% | 163 | 0.97% | 115 | 0.69% | 104 | 0.62% | 155 | 0.93% | 16735 | |