| Election Name: | 1868 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Arkansas |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1864 Arkansas gubernatorial Union election |
| Previous Year: | 1864 (Union) |
| Next Election: | 1872 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1872 |
| Election Date: | 13 March 1868 |
| Nominee1: | Powell Clayton |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Percentage1: | 100.00% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Isaac Murphy |
| Before Party: | Independent |
| After Election: | Powell Clayton |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1868 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 1868, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Republican nominee and Union Brigadier general Powell Clayton won the election as he ran unopposed.[1]
After the Civil War ended, Arkansas entered a period of reconstruction. It became part of the Fourth Military District until Arkansas was readmitted to the Union on 22 June 1868 (the first rebel state to do so), following congressional acceptance of the gubernatorial election's results and the new 1868 Arkansas constitution.[2]
On election day, 13 March 1868, Republican nominee Powell Clayton won the election unopposed with an unknown number of votes, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of Governor. Clayton was sworn in as the 9th Governor of Arkansas on 2 July 1868.[3]
Book: Sobel, Robert . Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I . Meckler Books . 1978 . 9780930466015 . 1 December 2023.