| Election Name: | 1852 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Arkansas |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1849 Arkansas gubernatorial special election |
| Previous Year: | 1849 (Special) |
| Next Election: | 1856 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1856 |
| Election Date: | 2 August 1852 |
| Nominee1: | Elias Nelson Conway |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,442 |
| Percentage1: | 55.43% |
| Nominee2: | B. H. Smithson |
| Party2: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,414 |
| Percentage2: | 44.56% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | John Selden Roane |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Elias Nelson Conway |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1852 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on 2 August 1852, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and former Arkansas State Auditor Elias Nelson Conway defeated Whig nominee B. H. Smithson.[1]
On election day, 2 August 1852, Democratic nominee Elias Nelson Conway won the election by a margin of 3,028 votes against his opponent Whig nominee B. H. Smithson, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of Governor. Conway was sworn in as the 5th Governor of Arkansas on 15 November 1852.[2]
| Elias Nelson Conway | B. H. Smithson | C. F. M. Noland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Arkansas | 216 | 56.25% | 168 | 43.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | |
| Ashley | 211 | 64.53% | 116 | 35.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 327 | |
| Benton | 366 | |||||||
| Bradley | 271 | 53.66% | 234 | 46.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 505 | |
| Calhoun | 223 | 75.34% | 73 | 24.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 296 | |
| Carroll | 390 | 50.39% | 384 | 49.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 774 | |
| Chicot | 189 | 75.60% | 61 | 24.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 250 | |
| Clark | 290 | 42.77% | 388 | 57.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 678 | |
| Conway | 422 | 74.56% | 144 | 25.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 566 | |
| Crawford | 87 | 12.59% | 604 | 87.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 691 | |
| Crittenden | 163 | 53.97% | 139 | 46.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 | |
| Dallas | 344 | 63.94% | 194 | 36.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 538 | |
| Desha | 243 | 58.55% | 172 | 41.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 415 | |
| Drew | 247 | 55.26% | 200 | 44.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 447 | |
| Franklin | 164 | 28.03% | 421 | 71.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 585 | |
| Fulton | 230 | 78.50% | 63 | 21.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 293 | |
| Greene | 301 | 86.74% | 46 | 13.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 347 | |
| Hempstead | 352 | 40.79% | 511 | 59.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 863 | |
| Hot Spring | 348 | 59.49% | 237 | 40.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 585 | |
| Independence | 775 | 65.68% | 405 | 34.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 1180 | |
| Izard | 438 | 87.25% | 64 | 12.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 502 | |
| Jackson | 463 | 58.39% | 330 | 41.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 793 | |
| Jefferson | 414 | 63.99% | 233 | 36.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 647 | |
| Johnson | 244 | 33.42% | 486 | 66.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 730 | |
| Lafayette | 285 | 60.64% | 185 | 39.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 470 | |
| Lawrence | 657 | 78.59% | 179 | 21.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 836 | |
| Madison | 345 | 49.86% | 347 | 50.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 692 | |
| Marion | 238 | 57.63% | 175 | 42.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 413 | |
| Mississippi | 200 | 86.58% | 31 | 13.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 231 | |
| Monroe | 173 | 59.25% | 119 | 40.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 292 | |
| Montgomery | 123 | 37.85% | 202 | 62.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | |
| Newton | 145 | 43.94% | 185 | 56.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 330 | |
| Ouachita | 501 | 50.91% | 483 | 49.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 984 | |
| Perry | 155 | 86.11% | 25 | 13.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 180 | |
| Phillips | 490 | 57.24% | 366 | 42.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 856 | |
| Pike | 193 | 62.46% | 116 | 37.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 309 | |
| Poinsett | 390 | 94.43% | 23 | 5.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 413 | |
| Polk | 174 | 72.80% | 65 | 27.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 239 | |
| Pope | 276 | 43.40% | 360 | 56.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 636 | |
| Prairie | 284 | 60.55% | 185 | 39.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 469 | |
| Pulaski | 382 | 48.72% | 401 | 51.15% | 1 | 0.13% | 784 | |
| Randolph | 349 | 89.95% | 39 | 10.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 388 | |
| Saline | 339 | 56.69% | 259 | 43.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 598 | |
| Scott | 211 | 45.09% | 257 | 54.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 468 | |
| Searcy | 165 | 42.09% | 227 | 57.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 392 | |
| Sebastian | 362 | 51.94% | 335 | 48.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 697 | |
| Sevier | 251 | 45.97% | 295 | 54.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 546 | |
| St. Francis | 406 | 62.85% | 240 | 37.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 646 | |
| Union | 673 | 58.07% | 486 | 41.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 1159 | |
| Van Buren | 285 | 77.24% | 84 | 22.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 369 | |
| Washington | 220 | 15.85% | 1168 | 84.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1388 | |
| White | 354 | 69.01% | 159 | 30.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 513 | |
| Yell | 281 | 50.36% | 277 | 49.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 558 | |
| Total | 15,442 | 55.43% | 12,414 | 44.56% | 1 | 0.00% | 27,857 | |