Elias W. Rector

{{Short description|28th speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives}}

{{About|the 28th speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives|his father, the 6th governor of Arkansas|Henry Massey Rector}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Elias W. Rector

| office = 28th Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives

| term = 1891–1893

| predecessor = B. B. Hudgins

| successor = T. C. Humphrey

| office1 = Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives

| term1 = 1887–1893

| birth_name = Elias William Rector

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1849|6|11}}

| birth_place = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1917|1|29|1849|6|11}}

| death_place = Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.

| resting_place = Hollywood Cemetery,
Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.

| resting_place_coordinates = {{coord|34|29|08.3|N|93|02|38.6|W|region:US-AR_type:landmark|display=inline}}

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Rosebud Alcorn

| father = Henry M. Rector

| profession = Politician, lawyer

}}

Elias William Rector (June 11, 1849 – January 29, 1917) was an American politician who served as the 28th speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives from January 1891 to January 1893.

Political career

Elias William Rector was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, serving from 1886 to 1900. A member of the Democratic Party,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkUUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22HUMPHREY,+THOMAS+C.+(Arkansas,+1893)%22|title=American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910|first1=Charles F.|last1=Ritter|first2=Jon L.|last2=Wakelyn|date=September 22, 1989|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=9780313239434|access-date=September 22, 2019|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/about-the-house/past-speakers-of-the-house|title=Arkansas House Of Representatives|publisher=arkansashouse.org|access-date=2015-05-10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/historical_report1210.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.sos.arkansas.gov |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813043345/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/historical_report1210.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2014 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAYuAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Elias+William+Rector%22+Governor+arkansas&pg=PA391|title=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|publisher=The Western Historical Association|year=1904|editor-last=Godspeed|editor-first=Weston Arthur|volume=VII|location=Madison, Wisconsin|pages=391–392}}

Personal life

Rector was the son of former Arkansas governor Henry M. Rector.

References

External links

{{Find a Grave|23175189}}

Category:1849 births

Category:1917 deaths

Category:People from Garland County, Arkansas

Category:People of the Brooks–Baxter War

Category:Politicians from Little Rock, Arkansas

Category:Speakers of the Arkansas House of Representatives

Category:Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives

Category:19th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly