Elias W. Rector

Elias William Rector
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1887–1893
Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1891–1893
Preceded by B. B. Hudgins
Succeeded by T. C. Humphrey
Personal details
Born (1849-06-11)June 11, 1849
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Died January 29, 1917(1917-01-29) (aged 67)
Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Residence Garland County, Arkansas

Elias William Rector (June 11, 1849 January 29, 1917) was an American politician. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, serving from 1886 to 1900. He was a member of the Democratic Party.[1][2][3] He was an elector for Grover Cleveland in the presidential election of 1892, and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Arkansas in 1889 and 1902.[4] He was the son of former Arkansas governor Henry Massey Rector.

References

  1. "Arkansas House Of Representatives". arkansashouse.org. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  2. http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/historical_report1210.pdf
  3. Godspeed, Weston Arthur, ed. (1904). The Province and the States: A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, and of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom — In Seven Volumes. VII. Madison, Wisconsin: The Western Historical Association. pp. 391–392.


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