| Election Name: | 1876 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Arkansas |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1874 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1874 |
| Next Election: | 1878 Arkansas gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1878 |
| Election Date: | 4 September 1876 |
| Nominee1: | William Read Miller |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 69,775 |
| Percentage1: | 65.62% |
| Nominee2: | Albert Webb Bishop |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 36,272 |
| Percentage2: | 34.11% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Augustus H. Garland |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William Read Miller |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1876 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on 4 September 1876, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Democratic nominee and incumbent Arkansas State Auditor William Read Miller defeated Republican nominee Albert Webb Bishop.[1]
On election day, 4 September 1876, Democratic nominee William Read Miller won the election by a margin of 33,503 votes against his opponent Republican nominee Albert Webb Bishop, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of Governor. Miller was sworn in as the 12th Governor of Arkansas on 11 January 1877.[2]
| Albert Webb Bishop | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 921 | 58.11% | 664 | 41.89% | 1,585 | |
| Ashley | 863 | 55.93% | 680 | 44.07% | 1,543 | |
| Baxter | 550 | 90.46% | 58 | 9.54% | 608 | |
| Benton | 2,302 | 90.45% | 243 | 9.55% | 2,545 | |
| Boone | 1,386 | 85.40% | 237 | 14.60% | 1,623 | |
| Bradley | 624 | 78.20% | 174 | 21.80% | 798 | |
| Calhoun | 537 | 81.86% | 119 | 18.14% | 656 | |
| Carroll | 807 | 71.73% | 318 | 28.27% | 1,125 | |
| Chicot | 392 | 19.78% | 1,590 | 80.22% | 1,982 | |
| Clark | 1,301 | 68.37% | 602 | 31.63% | 1,903 | |
| Clay | 720 | 97.96% | 15 | 2.04% | 735 | |
| Columbia | 1,268 | 69.33% | 561 | 30.67% | 1,829 | |
| Conway | 761 | 59.22% | 524 | 40.78% | 1,285 | |
| Craighead | 851 | 95.30% | 42 | 4.70% | 893 | |
| Crawford | 1,270 | 58.85% | 888 | 41.15% | 2,158 | |
| Crittenden | 323 | 21.66% | 1,168 | 78.34% | 1,491 | |
| Cross | 679 | 72.93% | 252 | 27.07% | 931 | |
| Dallas | 581 | 77.88% | 165 | 22.12% | 746 | |
| Desha | 380 | 30.35% | 872 | 69.65% | 1,252 | |
| Dorsey | 783 | 76.76% | 237 | 23.24% | 1,020 | |
| Drew | 1,208 | 61.01% | 772 | 38.99% | 1,980 | |
| Faulkner | 1,076 | 88.78% | 136 | 11.22% | 1,212 | |
| Franklin | 1,485 | 85.49% | 252 | 14.51% | 1,737 | |
| Fulton | 619 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 619 | |
| Garland | 875 | 64.67% | 478 | 35.33% | 1,353 | |
| Grant | 614 | 87.84% | 85 | 12.16% | 699 | |
| Greene | 1,019 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,019 | |
| Hempstead | 1,717 | 56.39% | 1,328 | 43.61% | 3,045 | |
| Hot Spring | 508 | 75.60% | 164 | 24.40% | 672 | |
| Howard | 856 | 70.57% | 357 | 29.43% | 1,213 | |
| Independence | 1,737 | 79.75% | 441 | 20.25% | 2,178 | |
| Izard | 1,369 | 98.14% | 26 | 1.86% | 1,395 | |
| Jackson | 1,390 | 81.52% | 315 | 18.48% | 1,705 | |
| Jefferson | 1,002 | 21.98% | 3,556 | 78.02% | 4,558 | |
| Johnson | 1,128 | 83.74% | 219 | 16.26% | 1,347 | |
| Lafayette | 381 | 39.40% | 586 | 60.60% | 967 | |
| Lawrence | 1,004 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,004 | |
| Lee | 808 | 37.39% | 1,353 | 62.61% | 2,161 | |
| Lincoln | 874 | 46.17% | 1,019 | 53.83% | 1,893 | |
| Little River | 367 | 45.65% | 437 | 54.35% | 804 | |
| Logan | 1,022 | 74.65% | 347 | 25.35% | 1,369 | |
| Lonoke | 1,352 | 66.63% | 677 | 33.37% | 2,029 | |
| Madison | 928 | 60.73% | 600 | 39.27% | 1,528 | |
| Marion | 708 | 89.39% | 84 | 10.61% | 792 | |
| Miller | 685 | 51.58% | 643 | 48.42% | 1,328 | |
| Mississippi | 827 | 82.70% | 173 | 17.30% | 1,000 | |
| Monroe | 758 | 50.43% | 745 | 49.57% | 1,503 | |
| Montgomery | 403 | 85.56% | 68 | 14.44% | 471 | |
| Nevada | 1,085 | 73.91% | 383 | 26.09% | 1,468 | |
| Newton | 349 | 46.60% | 400 | 53.40% | 749 | |
| Ouachita | 1,056 | 51.34% | 1,001 | 48.66% | 2,057 | |
| Perry | 324 | 71.21% | 131 | 28.79% | 455 | |
| Phillips | 1,010 | 27.43% | 2,672 | 72.57% | 3,682 | |
| Pike | 411 | 62.56% | 246 | 37.44% | 657 | |
| Poinsett | 347 | 99.71% | 1 | 0.29% | 348 | |
| Polk | 586 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 586 | |
| Pope | 1,267 | 87.26% | 185 | 12.74% | 1,452 | |
| Prairie | 840 | 66.56% | 422 | 33.44% | 1,262 | |
| Pulaski | 2,624 | 51.81% | 2,441 | 48.19% | 5,065 | |
| Randolph | 1,369 | 96.75% | 46 | 3.25% | 1,415 | |
| Saline | 926 | 80.80% | 220 | 19.20% | 1,146 | |
| Scott | 857 | 98.39% | 14 | 1.61% | 871 | |
| Searcy | 389 | 55.65% | 310 | 44.35% | 699 | |
| Sebastian | 1,659 | 69.74% | 720 | 30.26% | 2,379 | |
| Sevier | 559 | 85.74% | 93 | 14.26% | 652 | |
| Sharp | 1,018 | 85.47% | 173 | 14.53% | 1,191 | |
| St. Francis | 971 | 64.82% | 527 | 35.18% | 1,498 | |
| Stone | 604 | 93.21% | 44 | 6.79% | 648 | |
| Union | 1,201 | 58.10% | 866 | 41.90% | 2,067 | |
| Van Buren | 1,011 | 91.58% | 93 | 8.42% | 1,104 | |
| Washington | 2,318 | 76.43% | 715 | 23.57% | 3,033 | |
| White | 2,084 | 89.06% | 256 | 10.94% | 2,340 | |
| Woodruff | 922 | 58.21% | 662 | 41.79% | 1,584 | |
| Yell | 1,306 | 78.39% | 360 | 21.61% | 1,666 | |
| Total | 69,775 | 65.62% | 36,272 | 34.11% | 106,336 |