FIRST NAME LAST NAME PARTY TERM During this period Arkansas was a part of the territory of Louisiana Under French Rule Marquia de Sanville 1699-1701 Bienville 1701-1712 Lamothe Cadillac 1712-1716 De L'Epinay 1717-1718 Bienville 1718-1724 Boisbrant ad interim 1724-1726 Perier 1726-1734 Bienville 1734-1743 Marquis de Vaureuil 1743-1753 Baron de Kelerec 1753-1763 D'Abbadie 1765-1766 Under Spanish Rule Antonia de Ulloa 1767-1768 Alexander O'Reilly 1769-1770 Luis de Unzaga 1770-1777 Bernardo de Galvez 1777-1784 Estevan Miro 1784-1791 Francisco de Luis Hortu - Baron of Carondelet 1791-1797 Gayaoso de Lemos 1797-1799 Sebastian de Caso Calvo y O'Farrell 1799-1801 Juan Manual de Salsedo 1801-1803 Louisiana Territory C.C. Claibourne 1803 District of Upper Louisiana William Henry, Gen. Harrison 1804 Territory of Louisiana James, General Wilkerson 1805-1807 Merriweather Lewis 1807-1809 Benjamin A. Howard 1809-1812 Territory of Missouri Benjamin A. Howard 1812-1813 William, Captain Clark 1813-1819 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Territory of Arkansas Robert Crittenden 1st acting governor of Arkansas Territory James, General Miller 1st governor of Arkansas Territory 3 Mar 1819-1825 George, General Izard 2nd governor of Arkansas Territory 4 Mar 1825-Nov 1829 John Pope 3rd governor of Arkansas Territory 9 Mar 1829-1835 William S. Fulton 4th governor of Arkansas Territory 9 Mar 1835-1836 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Sevier Conway 1st D 1836-1840 Archibald Yell 2nd D 1840 4-29-1844 Samuel Adams 2nd acting D 4-29-1844 11-5-1844 Thomas S. Drew 3rd 1844-1-10-1849 Richard C. Byrd 3rd acting D 11-5-1844 4-19-1849 John Seldon Roane 4th D 1849-1852 Elias Nelson Conway 5th D 1852-1860 Henry Massey Rector 6th D 1860-1862 Harris Flanagin 7th D (Conf) 1862-1864 Isaac Murphy 8th (Union)1864-1868 Powell Clayton 9th R 1868 3-17-1871 Ozra A. Hadley 9th acting R 1871-1873 Elisha Baxter 10th R 1873-1874 Joseph Brooks interim 15 APR 1874 Augustus Hill Garland 11th D 1874-1877 William Reed Miller 12th D 1877-1881 Thomas J. Churchill 13th D 1881-1883 James Henderson Berry 14th D 1883-1885 Simon P. Hughes 15th D 1885-1889 James Philip Eagle 16th D 1889-1893 William Meade Fishback 17th D 1893-1895 James P. Clarke 18th D 1895-1897 Daniel Webster Jones 19th D 1897-1901 Jefferson Davis 20th D 1901-1907 (3 Terms) John Sebastian Little 21st D 1907- (3 days) John Ike Moore 21st acting D Pres. Senate 11 Feb-14 May 1907 X. O. Pindall 21st acting Pres. Senate 5-14-1907 1-14-09 Jesse Martin 21st acting Pres. Senate/gov 3 dys George Washington Donaghey 22nd D 1909-1913 Joseph Taylor Robinson 23rd D 1913 resigned 3-10-13 W. K. Oldham 23rd acting D Pres. Senate/gov 1913 J. M. Futrell 23rd acting D Pres. Senate/gov until 7-23-13 George Washington Hays 24th D 1913-1917 Charles Hillman Dr. Brough 25th D 1917-1921 Thomas Chipman McRae 26th D 1921-1925 Thomas J. Terral 27th D 1925-1927 John Ellis Martineau 28th D 1927 3-4-1928 Harvey Parnell 29th D (1st LG) 1928-1933 Junius Marion Futrell 30th D 1933-1937 Carl E. Bailey 31st D 1937-1941 Homer Martin Adkins 32nd D 1941-1945 Benjamin T. Laney 33rd D 1945-1949 Sidney Sanders McMath 34th D 1949-1953 Francis Cherry 35th D 1953-1955 Orville Eugene Faubus 36th D 1955-1967 (6 terms) Winthrop Rockefeller 37th R 1967-1971 Dale L. Bumpers 38th D 1971-1975 David H. Pryor 39th D 1975-1979 William Jefferson Clinton 40th D Jan 1979-1981 Frank D. White 41st R 1981-1983 William Jefferson Clinton 42nd D 1983 12-12-92 for president Jim Guy Tucker 43rd acting D (LG) 12-12-1992 1994 Jim Guy Tucker 43rd elected D 11-8-94 7-15-96 resigned Mike Huckabee 44th acting R (LG) 15 Jul 1996-1998 Mike Huckabee 44th elected R 3 Nov 1998- Mike Beebe 45th elected D 9 Jan 2007-
NAME BORN DIED INTERRED Conway, James Sevier 09 DEC 1798 03 MAR 1855 Conway Cemetery State Park-Walnut Hill AR Yell, Archibald 1797 22 FEB 1847 Evergreen Cemetery-Fayetteville AR-Yell Co Adams, Samuel 05 JUN 1805 27 FEB 1850 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Drew, Thomas Stevenson 25 AUG 1802 1879 Lipan TX or Pocahontas AR Byrd, Richard C. 1805 01 JUN 1854 unknown Roane, John Seldon 08 JAN 1817 17 APR 1867 Oakland Cemetery-Little Rock AR Conway, Elias Nelson 17 MAY 1812 28 FEB 1892 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Rector, Henry Massey 01 MAY 1816 12 AUG 1899 unknown Flanagin, Harris 03 NOV 1817 23 SEP 1874 unknown Murphy, Isaac 16 OCT 1802 08 SEP 1882 unknown Clayton, Powell 07 AUG 1833 25 AUG 1914 Arlington National Cemetery-Arlington VA Hadley, Ozra A. 30 JUN 1826 18 JUL 1915 unknown Baxter, Elisha 01 SEP 1827 31 MAY 1899 Oak Lawn Cemetery-Batesville Ark Garland, Augustus Hill 11 JUN 1832 26 JAN 1899 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Miller, William Read 23 NOV 1823 29 NOV 1887 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Churchill, Thomas James 10 MAR 1824 10 MAR 1905 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Berry, James Henderson 15 MAY 1841 30 JAN 1913 Knights of Pythias Cemetery-Bentonville AR Hughes, Simon P. 14 APR 1830 29 JUN 1906 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Eagle, James Philip 10 AUG 1837 20 DEC 1904 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Fishback, William Meade 05 NOV 1831 09 FEB 1903 Oak Hill Cemetery-Fort Smith AR Clarke, James Paul 18 AUG 1854 01 OCT 1916 Oakland Cemetery-Little Rock AR Jones, Daniel Webster 15 DEC 1839 25 DEC 1918 unknown Davis, Jeff 06 MAY 1862 03 JAN 1913 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Little, John Sebastian 15 MAR 1853 29 OCT 1916 City Cemetery-Greenwood AR Moore, John I. 07 FEB 1856 18 MAR 1937 unknown Pindall, Xenophon Overton 21 AUG 1873 02 JAN 1935 unknown Martin, Jesse Donaghey, George W. 01 JUL 1856 15 DEC 1937 unknown Robinson, Joseph Taylor 26 AUG 1872 14 JUL 1937 Roselawn Memorial Park-Little Rock AR Oldham, William Kavanaugh 29 MAY 1865 06 MAY 1938 Oaklawn Cemetery-Little Rock AR Futrell, Junius Marion 14 AUG 1870 20 JUN 1955 Linwood Cemetery-Paragould AR Hays, George Washington 23 SEP 1863 15 SEP 1927 unknown Brough, Charles Hillman 09 JUL 1876 26 DEC 1935 unknown McRae, Thomas Chipman 21 DEC 1851 02 JUN 1929 De Ann Cemetery-Prescott AR Terral, Thomas Jefferson 21 DEC 1882 09 MAR 1946 unknown Martineau, John Ellis 02 DEC 1873 06 MAR 1937 unknown Parnell, Harvey 28 FEB 1880 16 JAN 1936 Roselawn Memorial Park-Little Rock AR Futrell, Junius Marion <see above> Bailey, Carl Edward 08 OCT 1894 23 OCT 1948 Roselawn Memorial Park-Little Rock AR Adkins, Homer Martin 15 OCT 1890 26 FEB 1964 Roselawn Memorial Park-Little Rock AR Laney, Benjamin Travis 25 NOV 1896 21 JAN 1977 Camden AR McMath, Sidney Sanders 14 JUN 1912 (Living) Cherry, Francis Adams 08 SEP 1908 15 JUL 1965 unknown Faubus, Orval Eugene 07 JAN 1910 14 DEC 1994 Combs Cemetery-Combs AR Rockefeller, Winthrop 01 MAY 1912 22 FEB 1973 Cremated-ashes scattered Bumpers, Dale Leon 12 AUG 1925 (Living) Pryor, David Hampton 29 AUG 1934 (Living) Clinton, William Jefferson 19 AUG 1946 (Living) White, Durward Frank Kyle 04 JUN 1933 21 May 2003 Mt. Holly Cemetery-Little Rock AR Clinton, William Jefferson <see above> Tucker, James Guy, Jr. 13 JUN 1943 (Living) Huckabee, Mike 24 AUG 1955 (Living) Beebe, Mike 28 DEC 1946 (Living)
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