Harris Flanagin | The 7th Governor of Arkansas

This episode of the 1836 Podcast continues the Governors of Arkansas series. Harris Flanagin, born in Roadstown, New Jersey, rose from Quaker-educated teacher and Illinois lawyer to Arkadelphia attorney, Whig legislator, Confederate colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, and seventh governor of Arkansas. Elected in 1862 over Henry Rector, he governed through invasion, shortages, and the fall of Little Rock, then led the Confederate state government in exile at Washington, Arkansas, until 1865. After the war he helped draft the 1874 Arkansas Constitution and died in Arkadelphia, where he is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Sources:

Encyclopedia of Arkansas, “Flanagin, Harris”

Encyclopedia of Arkansas, “Flanagin Law Office”

Find a Grave, “Harris Flanagin (1817–1874)”

Genealogy Trails, “Harris Flanagin of Arkansas”

National Governors Association, “Gov. Harris Flanagin”

National Register of Historic Places nomination, Flanagin Law Office

Southwest Times Record, “Gov. Harris Flanagin and the end of the Civil War in Arkansas”

Wikipedia, “1862 Arkansas gubernatorial election”

Wikipedia, “Harris Flanagin”

Wikipedia, “List of governors of Arkansas”