Arkansas Votes Demo

Welcome to the landing page for the Arkansas Votes Project, which aims to offer Arkansas election returns by county from 1836-1980.

Project Status

As of July 2019, the project has compiled election results from 1836-1926 for the offices of President, House of Representatives, and Governor. These data were drawn from the Arkansas Gazette, Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas and various reference compilations.

Nexy steps are to improve website functionaly with filters for congressional districts and data download options as well as enhancing the database structure to add election source citations and links to source documents.

Explore Election Results

These are proof-of-concept pages still in active development.

• All years - view statewide totals or filter for county

About the Project

This pilot project was funded by an Arts and Humanities Seed Grant from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Economic Development in 2017 (now Office of Research and Innovation).

Grant recipients include:

• Beth Juhl, Web Services Librarian
• Martha Anderson, Digital Services Librarian
• Joshua Youngblood, Research and Outreach Services Librarian

Consultants for the project include:

• Lora Lennertz, Data Services Librarian
• Trent Garner, SQL Server Administrator
• Dylan Hurd, Web Developer
• Janine Parry, Political Science
• Michael Pierce, History
• Jeannie Whayne, History
• Patrick Williams, History

The project team is deeply grateful to Professor Williams and to his research assistants, Michael Bohlen and B. Jared Pack.

• Michael Bohlen compiled election returns from newspapers and periodicals 1836-1880, a period not available in Secretary of State reports.
• Jared Pack transcribed data from Arkansas Secretary of State Biennial Reports covering 1880-1926, assisted with reconfiguring the project data structure, and helped track down biographical details on candidates.

Contact Us

Please send your questions or comments to libweb@uark.edu.