Editing Madison County, Arkansas (section)

=== Politics ===
During the Secession Convention of 1861, Arkansas voted to leave the Union and join the [[Confederate States of America]]. When Chairman [[David Walker (Arkansas politician)|David Walker]] called for a second vote seeking a unanimous decision, only Madison County representative [[Isaac Murphy]] refused to change his vote.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Edge of Conflict: Arkansas in the Civil War.|publisher=PBS|year=1995}}</ref> Murphy would later be appointed [[Governor of Arkansas]] during [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]] under [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s conciliatory policy.

Madison County is strongly Republican, and voted for the Republican candidate several times even when Arkansas was part of the "[[Solid South]]". A Democrat has carried the county only four times since 1940.
{{PresHead|place=Madison County, Arkansas|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,885|1,491|125|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,658|1,563|130|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,928|1,588|325|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,263|2,099|206|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,972|2,144|212|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,873|2,421|90|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,387|2,055|186|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,303|2,504|548|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,238|2,415|624|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,067|2,106|50|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,516|2,133|54|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,180|2,434|221|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,502|2,926|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,372|1,889|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,320|1,574|1,028|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,997|2,715|14|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,445|1,702|54|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,525|2,186|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,868|2,110|9|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,201|2,041|55|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,120|1,788|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,107|2,196|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,484|1,679|4|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,197|2,803|95|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,760|1,717|23|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,263|1,335|98|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,715|1,463|52|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,332|1,456|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|786|932|302|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,541|1,441|83|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,160|1,072|45|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,289|1,475|7|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|1,260|1,689|33|Arkansas}}