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 The Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives is the speaker (presiding officer) of the Arkansas House of Representatives, the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly. They serve as the leader and head of the Arkansas House, and can ...

from January 1891 to January 1893.

Political career

Elias William Rector was a member of the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House has 100 members elected from an equal number of constituencies across the state. Each distr ...

, serving from 1886 to 1900. A member of the Democratic Party, He was an elector for

Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms and the first Hist ...

in the presidential election of 1892, and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for

Governor of Arkansas The governor of Arkansas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Governor (United States), governor is the head of the Executive (government), executive branch of the Politics and government of Arkansas, Arkansas government a ...

in 1889 and 1902.

Personal life

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

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* 1849 births 1917 deaths People from Garland County, Arkansas People of the Brooks–Baxter War Politicians from Little Rock, Arkansas Speakers of the Arkansas House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly {{Arkansas-politician-stub