Governors of Arkansas-Deceased Nov.28,2012
Adams, Samuel 7421625 b. Jun. 5, 1805 d. Feb. 27, 1850	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Adkins, Homer Martin 10397 b. Oct. 15, 1890 d. Feb. 26, 1964	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Bailey, Carl Edward 10396 b. Oct. 8, 1894 d. Oct. 23, 1948	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Baxter, Elisha 20850 b. Sep. 1, 1827 d. May 31, 1899	Oaklawn Cemetery Independence County Arkansas, USA
Berry, James Henderson 19637 b. May 15, 1841 d. Jan. 30, 1913	Bentonville Cemetery Bentonville Benton County Arkansas, USA
Brough, Charles Hillman 19638 b. Jul. 9, 1876 d. Dec. 26, 1935	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Byrd, Richard C. 101404728 b. 1805 d. Jun. 1, 1854	No cemetery Click name for details
Cherry, Francis Adams 19639 b. Sep. 5, 1908 d. Jul. 15, 1965	Oaklawn Cemetery Jonesboro Craighead County Arkansas, USA
Churchill, Thomas James 10402 b. Mar. 10, 1824 d. May 14, 1905	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Clarke, James Paul 2317 b. Aug. 18, 1854 d. Oct. 1, 1916	Oakland Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Clayton, Powell 6998 b. Aug. 7, 1833 d. Aug. 25, 1914	Arlington National Cemete... Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA
Conway, Elias Nelson 9756 b. May 17, 1812 d. Feb. 28, 1892	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Davis, Jeff 10403 b. May 6, 1862 d. Jan. 3, 1913	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Donaghey, George Washington 10398 b. Jul. 1, 1856 d. Dec. 15, 1937	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Drew, Thomas Stevenson 11788156 b. Aug. 25, 1802 d. Jan., 1879	Masonic Cemetery Pocahontas Randolph County Arkansas, USA
Eagle, James Philip 19640 b. Aug. 10, 1837 d. Dec. 20, 1904	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Faubus, Orval Eugene 20021 b. Jan. 7, 1910 d. Dec. 14, 1994	Combs Cemetery Combs Madison County Arkansas, USA
Fishback, William Meade 20855 b. Nov. 5, 1831 d. Feb. 9, 1903	Oak Cemetery Fort Smith Sebastian County Arkansas, USA
Flanagin, Harris T 18487 b. Nov. 3, 1817 d. Oct. 23, 1874	Rose Hill Cemetery Arkadelphia Clark County Arkansas, USA
Fletcher, Thomas 11679208 b. Apr. 8, 1817 d. Feb. 26, 1880	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
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Fulton, William Savin 22363 b. Jun. 2, 1795 d. Aug. 15, 1844	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Futrell, J. M. 90669635 b. Oct. 2, 1919 d. Jan. 29, 1991	Greene County Memorial Ga... Paragould Greene County Arkansas, USA
Futrell, Junius Marion 20856 b. Aug. 14, 1870 d. Jun. 20, 1955	Linwood Cemetery Paragould Greene County Arkansas, USA
Garland, Augustus Hill 18488 b. Jun. 11, 1832 d. Jan. 26, 1899	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Hadley, Ozro Amander 45554906 b. Jun. 26, 1826 d. Jul. 18, 1915	No cemetery Click name for details
Hays, George Washington 19644 b. Sep. 23, 1863 d. Sep. 15, 1927	Greenwood Cemetery Camden Ouachita County Arkansas, USA
Hughes, Simon P. 19647 b. Apr. 14, 1830 d. Jun. 29, 1906	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Izard, George 10399 b. Oct. 21, 1776 d. Nov. 22, 1828	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Jones, Daniel Webster 19649 b. Dec. 15, 1839 d. Dec. 25, 1918	Oakland Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Laney, Benjamin Travis 19650 b. Nov. 25, 1886 d. Jan. 21, 1977	Memorial Park Cemetery Camden Ouachita County Arkansas, USA
Little, John Sebastian 26794361 b. Mar. 15, 1851 d. Oct. 29, 1916	Greenwood Memorial Cemete... Greenwood Sebastian County Arkansas, USA
Martin, Judge Jess M. 57194115 b. Mar. 1, 1877 d. Jan. 22, 1915	Oakland Cemetery Russellville Pope County Arkansas, USA
Martineau, John E. 19651 b. Dec. 2, 1873 d. Mar. 6, 1937	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
McMath, Sidney Sanders "Sid" 7948118 b. Jun. 12, 1912 d. Oct. 5, 2003	Pinecrest Memorial Park a... Alexander Saline County Arkansas, USA
McRae, Thomas Chipman 19652 b. Dec. 21, 1851 d. Jun. 2, 1929	De Ann Cemetery Prescott Nevada County Arkansas, USA
Miller, James 13605093 b. Apr. 25, 1776 d. Jul. 7, 1851	Harmony Grove Cemetery Salem Essex County Massachusetts, USA
Miller, William Read 19653 b. Nov. 23, 1823 d. Nov. 29, 1887	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Moore, John Issac "Ike" 101402551 b. Feb. 7, 1856 d. Mar. 18, 1937	No cemetery Click name for details
Murphy, Isaac 6861223 b. Oct. 16, 1799 d. Sep. 8, 1882	Huntsville Cemetery Huntsville Madison County Arkansas, USA
Oldham, William Kavanaugh 7789172 b. May 9, 1866 d. May 6, 1938	Oakland Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Parnell, Harvey 19655 b. Feb. 28, 1880 d. Jan. 16, 1936	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Phelps, John Smith 5840441 b. Dec. 22, 1814 d. Nov. 20, 1886	Hazelwood Cemetery Springfield Greene County Missouri, USA
Pindall, Xenaphon Overton 46087886 b. Aug. 21, 1873 d. Jan. 2, 1935	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Pope, John "One-Arm Pope" 7781373 b. 1770 d. Jul. 12, 1845	Cemetery Hill Springfield Washington County Kentucky, USA
Purcell, Joe Edward 25336126 b. Jul. 29, 1923 d. Mar., 1987	New Rosemont Cemetery Benton Saline County Arkansas, USA
Rector, Henry Massie 10401 b. May 1, 1816 d. Aug. 12, 1899	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Riley, Bob C. 6384720 b. Sep. 18, 1924 d. Feb. 16, 1994	Rest Haven Memorial Garde... Arkadelphia Clark County Arkansas, USA
Roane, John S. 11061 b. Jan. 18, 1817 d. Apr. 8, 1867	Oakland Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Robinson, Joseph Taylor 9824 b. Aug. 26, 1872 d. Jul. 14, 1937	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Rockefeller, Winthrop 18489 b. May 1, 1912 d. Feb. 22, 1973	Winrock Farms Petit Jean Conway County Arkansas, USA
Terral, Thomas Jefferson 19658 b. Dec. 21, 1882 d. Mar. 9, 1946	Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
White, Frank Durward 7476596 b. Jun. 4, 1933 d. May 21, 2003	Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock Pulaski County Arkansas, USA
Yell, Archibald 18490 b. 1799 d. Feb. 23, 1847	Evergreen Cemetery Fayetteville Washington County Arkansas, USA

List of All Governors for Arkansas per Wikipedia:Nov.28,2012

Governors of the Territory of Arkansas

For the period before Arkansas Territory was formed, see the list of Governors of Missouri Territory.

Arkansaw Territory (renamed Arkansas Territory around 1822^[a]) was split from Missouri Territory on July 4, 1819. It lost land twice, on November 15, 1824, and May 6, 1828, with the land being made unorganized territory both times; this land eventually became part of Oklahoma.

As secretary of the territory from 1819 to 1829, Robert Crittenden served as acting governor whenever the appointed governor was not in the state. This meant he was in fact the first person to perform the office of Governor of Arkansas Territory, since James Miller did not arrive in the territory until nine months after his appointment.^[3]

Picture	Governor	Took office	Left office	Appointed by	Notes
	James Miller	March 3, 1819	December 27, 1824	James Monroe	^[b][c]
	George Izard	March 4, 1825	November 22, 1828	James Monroe	^[d][e]
				John Quincy Adams
	John Pope	March 9, 1829^[7]	March 9, 1835	Andrew Jackson	^[f][g]
	William S. Fulton	March 9, 1835	June 15, 1836	Andrew Jackson	^[h]

Governors of the State of Arkansas

Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. It seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America on May 18, 1861; there was no Union government in exile, so there was a single line of governors, though as the state fell to Union forces there was a loyalist government put in place with an insignificant Confederate government in exile. Following the end of the American Civil War, it was part of the Fourth Military District. Arkansas was readmitted to the Union on June 22, 1868.

The first state constitution of 1836 established four-year terms for governors,^[11] which was lowered to two years in the 1874, and current, constitution.^[12]Amendment 63 to the Arkansas Constitution, passed in 1984, increased the terms of both governor and lieutenant governor to four years.^[13] Governors were originally limited only to serving no more than eight out of every twelve years,^[11] but the 1874 constitution removed any term limit. A referendum in 1992 limited governors to two terms.^[14]

Until 1864, the constitutions provided that, should the office of governor be rendered vacant, the president of the senate would serve as acting governor until such time as a new governor were elected or the disability removed, or the acting governor's senate term expired.^[15][16] This led to some situations where the governorship changed hands in quick succession, due to senate terms ending or new senate presidents being elected. For example, after John Sebastian Littleresigned in 1907, three senate presidents acted as governor before the next elected governor took office. Should the president of the senate be similarly incapacitated, the next in line for the governorship was the speaker of the state house of representatives.

The 1864 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor^[17] who would also act as president of the senate,^[18] and who would serve as acting governor in case of vacancy.^[19] The 1868 constitution maintained the position,^[20] but the 1874 constitution removed it and returned to the original line of succession.^[21]Amendment 6 to the state constitution, passed in 1914 but not recognized until 1925,^[22] recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who becomes governor in case of vacancy of the governor's office.^[23] The governor and lieutenant governor are not elected on the same ticket.

Arkansas was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the Democratic party. It elected three Republican governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 92 years passed before voters chose another Republican.

Democratic (48)^[i] Republican (7)^[j]

#^[k]	Governor		Term start	Term end	Party	Lt. Governor^[l][m]		Terms^[n]
1		James Sevier Conway	September 13, 1836	November 4, 1840	Democratic	None		1
2		Archibald Yell	November 4, 1840	April 29, 1844	Democratic			^1⁄2^[o]
—		Samuel Adams	April 29, 1844	November 5, 1844	Democratic			^1⁄2^[p]
3		Thomas Stevenson Drew	November 5, 1844	January 10, 1849	Democratic			1 ^1⁄3^[q]
—		Richard C. Byrd	January 10, 1849	April 19, 1849	Democratic			^1⁄3^[r]
4		John Selden Roane	April 19, 1849	November 15, 1852	Democratic			^1⁄3^[s]
5		Elias Nelson Conway	November 15, 1852	November 16, 1860	Democratic			2
6		Henry Massey Rector	November 16, 1860	November 4, 1862	Democratic			1^[t]
7		Harris Flanagin	November 4, 1862	April 18, 1864	Democratic			1^[u][v]
8		Isaac Murphy	April 18, 1864	July 2, 1868	Republican		Calvin C. Bliss^[31]	1^[u]
							James M. Johnson^[32]
9		Powell Clayton	July 2, 1868	March 17, 1871	Republican		James M. Johnson^[w]	^1⁄2^[x]
—		Ozra Amander Hadley^[y]	March 17, 1871	January 6, 1873	Republican	Vacant		^1⁄2^[z]
10		Elisha Baxter	January 6, 1873	November 12, 1874	Republican		Volney V. Smith^[34]	1^[aa][ab]
11		Augustus Hill Garland	November 12, 1874	January 11, 1877	Democratic	None		2
12		William Read Miller	January 11, 1877	January 11, 1881	Democratic			2
13		Thomas James Churchill	January 11, 1881	January 13, 1883	Democratic			1
14		James Henderson Berry	January 13, 1883	January 17, 1885	Democratic			1
15		Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr.	January 17, 1885	January 8, 1889	Democratic			2
16		James Philip Eagle	January 8, 1889	January 10, 1893	Democratic			2
17		William Meade Fishback	January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Democratic			1
18		James Paul Clarke	January 8, 1895	January 12, 1897	Democratic			1
19		Daniel Webster Jones	January 12, 1897	January 8, 1901	Democratic			2
20		Jeff Davis	January 8, 1901	January 8, 1907	Democratic			3
21		John Sebastian Little	January 8, 1907	February 15, 1907	Democratic			^1⁄4^[ac]
—		John Isaac Moore	February 15, 1907	May 14, 1907	Democratic			^1⁄4^[ad]
—		Xenophon Overton Pindall	May 14, 1907	January 11, 1909	Democratic			^1⁄4^[ae]
—		Jesse M. Martin	January 11, 1909	January 14, 1909	Democratic			^1⁄4^[af]
22		George Washington Donaghey	January 14, 1909	January 16, 1913	Democratic			2
23		Joseph Taylor Robinson	January 16, 1913	March 8, 1913	Democratic			^1⁄4^[x]
—		William Kavanaugh Oldham	March 8, 1913	March 13, 1913	Democratic			^1⁄4^[ag]
—		Junius Marion Futrell	March 13, 1913	July 23, 1913	Democratic			^1⁄4^[ah]
24		George Washington Hays	July 23, 1913	January 10, 1917	Democratic	Vacant		^1⁄4^[ai]
25		Charles Hillman Brough	January 10, 1917	January 11, 1921	Democratic			2
26		Thomas Chipman McRae	January 11, 1921	January 13, 1925	Democratic			2
27		Tom Jefferson Terral	January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927	Democratic			1
28		John Ellis Martineau	January 11, 1927	March 4, 1928	Democratic		Harvey Parnell	^1⁄2^[aj]
29		Harvey Parnell	March 4, 1928	January 10, 1933	Democratic		William Lee Cazort	2 ^1⁄2^[ak]
							Lawrence Elery Wilson
30		Junius Marion Futrell	January 10, 1933	January 12, 1937	Democratic		William Lee Cazort	2
31		Carl Edward Bailey	January 12, 1937	January 14, 1941	Democratic		Robert L. Bailey	2
32		Homer Martin Adkins	January 14, 1941	January 9, 1945	Democratic		Robert L. Bailey	2
							James L. Shaver
33		Benjamin Travis Laney	January 9, 1945	January 11, 1949	Democratic		James L. Shaver	2
							Nathan Green Gordon
34		Sid McMath	January 11, 1949	January 13, 1953	Democratic		Nathan Green Gordon	2
35		Francis Cherry	January 13, 1953	January 11, 1955	Democratic		Nathan Green Gordon	1
36		Orval Faubus	January 11, 1955	January 10, 1967	Democratic		Nathan Green Gordon	6
37		Winthrop Rockefeller	January 10, 1967	January 12, 1971	Republican		Maurice Britt	2
38		Dale Bumpers	January 12, 1971	January 3, 1975	Democratic		Bob C. Riley	1 ^1⁄2^[x]
—		Bob C. Riley	January 3, 1975	January 14, 1975	Democratic	Acting as governor		^1⁄2^[al]
39		David Pryor	January 14, 1975	January 3, 1979	Democratic		Joe Purcell	1 ^1⁄2^[x]
—		Joe Purcell	January 3, 1979	January 9, 1979	Democratic	Acting as governor		^1⁄2^[al]
40		Bill Clinton	January 9, 1979	January 19, 1981	Democratic		Joe Purcell	1
41		Frank D. White	January 19, 1981	January 11, 1983	Republican		Winston Bryant^[am]	1
42		Bill Clinton	January 11, 1983	December 12, 1992	Democratic		Winston Bryant	3 ^1⁄2^[an][ao]
							Jim Guy Tucker
43		Jim Guy Tucker	December 12, 1992	July 15, 1996	Democratic		Mike Huckabee^[ap]	^1⁄2+^1⁄2^[ak][aq]
44		Mike Huckabee	July 15, 1996	January 9, 2007	Republican		Winthrop P. Rockefeller^[e]	2 ^1⁄2^[ak]
45		Mike Beebe	January 9, 2007	Incumbent	Democratic		Bill Halter	2^[ar]
							Mark Darr^[ap]