1960 Arkansas gubernatorial election

The 1960 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1960.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Orval Faubus won election to a fourth term, defeating Republican nominee Henry M. Britt with 69.21% of the vote.

Primary elections[]

Primary elections were held on July 26, 1960. By winning over 50% of the vote, Faubus avoided a run-off which would have been held on August 9, 1960.^[1]

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Bruce Bennett, incumbent Attorney General of Arkansas
Orval Faubus, incumbent Governor
Joe C. Hardin, businessman, Farm Bureau President, and former natural gas company executive^[2]
Hal Millsap, supermarket owner^[3]
Rev. H. E. Williams, president of Southern Baptist College, Walnut Ridge^[3]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Orval Faubus (incumbent)	238,997	58.75
	Democratic	Joe C. Hardin	66,499	16.35
	Democratic	Bruce Bennett	58,400	14.36
	Democratic	H. E. Williams	33,374	8.20
	Democratic	Hal Millsap	9,547	2.35
Total votes			406,817	100.00

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Henry M. Britt, attorney

Results[]

Republican primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry M. Britt		unopposed

General election[]

Candidates[]

Orval Faubus, Democratic
Henry M. Britt, Republican

Results[]

1960 Arkansas gubernatorial election^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Orval Faubus (incumbent)	292,064	69.21%
	Republican	Henry M. Britt	129,921	30.79%
Majority			162,143	38.42%
Turnout			421,985	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

References[]

^ Compiled by the Senate Library under the direction of Felton M. Johnston, Secretary of the Senate (1960). Factual Campaign Information. Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ Kearney, Kevin E. (1961). "The 1960 campaign speaking of Orval E. Faubus". The Southern Speech Journal. 27 (2): 102–109. doi:10.1080/10417946109371633. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Reed, Roy (1997). Faubus: the Life and Times of an American Prodigal. University of Arkansas Press: Fayetteville, Arkansas. p. 285. ISBN 1-55728-457-1.
^ "AR Governor, 1960 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 100.
^ "AR Governor, 1960". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 42.

Bibliography[]

Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.

[1] Compiled by the Senate Library under the direction of Felton M. Johnston, Secretary of the Senate (1960). Factual Campaign Information. Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[2] Kearney, Kevin E. (1961). "The 1960 campaign speaking of Orval E. Faubus". The Southern Speech Journal. 27 (2): 102–109. doi:10.1080/10417946109371633. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[Reed-3] Reed, Roy (1997). Faubus: the Life and Times of an American Prodigal. University of Arkansas Press: Fayetteville, Arkansas. p. 285. ISBN 1-55728-457-1.

[4] "AR Governor, 1960 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[FOOTNOTECongressional_Quarterly1998100-5] Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 100.

[6] "AR Governor, 1960". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[FOOTNOTECongressional_Quarterly199842-7] Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 42.

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