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*Governor [[Mike Beebe]] (D)
 
*Governor [[Mike Beebe]] (D)
 
*Lt. Governor [[Bill Halter]] (D)
 
*Lt. Governor [[Bill Halter]] (D)
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==List of Governors==
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!#!!Name!!Assumed office!!Left office!!Party!!Lt. Governor!!Major events in term!!Oversaw which historical period
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|1
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|James Sevier Conway
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|September 13 1836
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|November 4 1840
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|[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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|American [[Slavery]]
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|2
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|Archibald Yell
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|November 4 1840
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|April 29 1844
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|Democrat
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|Resigned office; won seat in [[United States House of Representatives]]
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|Slavery
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|—
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|Samuel Adams (governor)|Samuel Adams]]
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|April 29 1844
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|November 5 1844
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|Democrat
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|President of the state senate; served remainder of Yell's term
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|Slavery
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|3
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|Thomas Stevenson Drew
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|November 5 1844
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|January 10 1849
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|Democrat
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|Resigned office
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|Slavery
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|—
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|Richard C. Byrd
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|January 10 1849
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|April 19 1849
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|Democrat
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|President of the state senate; served portion of Drew's term until special election
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|Slavery
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|4
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|John Selden Roane
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|April 19 1849
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|November 15 1852
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|Democrat
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|Special election to serve Drew's unexpired term.
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|Slavery
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|5
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|Elias Nelson Conway
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|November 15 1852
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|November 16 1860
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Slavery
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|6
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|Henry Massey Rector
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|November 16 1860
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|November 4 1862
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|Democrat
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|Oversaw the secession of Arkansas from the Union prior to the [[American Civil War]]
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|Slavery
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|7
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|Harris Flanagin
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|November 4 1862
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|April 18 1864
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|Democrat
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|Flanagin fled Little Rock for Washington, Arkansas to run a government-in-exile during [[American Civil War]], September 10 1863
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|Slavery ended by Union force
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|8
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|Isaac Murphy
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|April 18 1864
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|July 2 1868
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|[[Republican Party|Republican]]
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|Elected provisional governor by pro-Union loyalists, assuming office April 18 1864
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|Ratification of 13th, 14th Amemendments to U.S. Constitution
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|9
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|Powell Clayton
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|July 2 1868
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|March 17 1871
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|Republican
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|Resigned for seat in the [[United States Senate]]
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|Reconstruction
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|Ozra Amander Hadley
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|March 17 1871
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|January 6 1873
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|Republican
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|President of the state senate; served remainder of Clayton's term
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|Reconstruction
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|10
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|Elisha Baxter
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|January 6 1873
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|November 12 1874
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|Republican
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|Removed from office; [[Brooks-Baxter War]].
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|Reconstruction
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|11
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|Augustus Hill Garland
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|November 12 1874
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|January 11 1877
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|Democrat
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|Implementation of [[Jim Crow]] laws
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|12
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|William Read Miller
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|January 11 1877
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|January 11 1881
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|13
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|Thomas James Churchill
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|January 11 1881
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|January 13 1883
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|14
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|James Henderson Berry
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|January 13 1883
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|January 17 1885
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|15
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|Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr.
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|January 17 1885
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|January 8 1889
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|16
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|James Philip Eagle
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|January 8 1889
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|January 10 1893
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|17
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|William Meade Fishback
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|January 10 1893
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|January 8 1895
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|18
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|James Paul Clarke
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|January 8 1895
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|January 12 1897
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|19
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|Daniel Webster Jones
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|January 12 1897
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|January 8 1901
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|20
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|Jeff Davis
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|January 8 1901
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|January 8 1907
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|Democrat
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|
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|21
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|John Sebastian Little
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|January 8 1907
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|February 15 1907
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|Democrat
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|Resigned; [[nervous breakdown]]
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|Jim Crow
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|—
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|John Isaac Moore
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|February 15 1907
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|May 14 1907
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|Democrat
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|President of the state senate; served portion of Clayton's term until legislature adjurned
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|Jim Crow
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|—
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|Xenophon Overton Pindall
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|May 14 1907
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|January 11 1909
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|Democrat
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|New president of the state senate; acted as governor until expiration of his senate term
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|Jim Crow
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|Jesse M. Martin
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|January 11 1909
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|January 14 1909
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|Democrat
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|Acting governor for three days between end of Pindall's senate term and next elected governor
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|Jim Crow
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|22
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|George Washington Donaghey
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|January 14 1909
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|January 16 1913
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|Democrat
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|23
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|Joseph Taylor Robinson
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|January 16 1913
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|March 8 1913
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|Democrat
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|
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|Jim Crow
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|—
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|William Kavanaugh Oldham
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|March 8 1913
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|March 13 1913
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|Democrat
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|President of the state senate; acting governor for six days until election of new senate president
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|Jim Crow
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|—
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|Junius Marion Futrell
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|March 13 1913
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|July 23 1913
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|Democrat
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|President of the senate; acting governor until special election
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|Jim Crow
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|24
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|George Washington Hays
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|July 23 1913
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|January 10 1917
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|Democrat
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|Office created; left vacant
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|Elected in special election to fill remainder of term.
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|Jim Crow
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|25
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|Charles Hillman Brough
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|January 10 1917
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|January 11 1921
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|Democrat
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|vacant
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|Jim Crow; [[World War I]]
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|26
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|Thomas Chipman McRae
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|January 11 1921
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|January 13 1925
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|Democrat
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|vacant
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|Jim Crow
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|27
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|Tom Jefferson Terral
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|January 13 1925
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|January 11 1927
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|Democrat
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|vacant
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|Jim Crow
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|28
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|John Ellis Martineau
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|January 11 1927
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|March 4 1928
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|Democrat
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|Harvey Parnell (1st Lt. Gov)
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|Resigned; Appointed federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
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|Jim Crow
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|29
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|Harvey Parnell
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|March 4 1928
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|January 10 1933
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|Democrat
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|William Lee Cazort
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|Became first Lt. Governor to act as governor
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|Jim Crow; beginning of [[Great Depression]]
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|30
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|Junius Marion Futrell
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|January 10 1933
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|January 12 1937
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|Democrat
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|William Lee Cazort
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|Jim Crow
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|31
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|Carl Edward Bailey
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|January 12 1937
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|January 14 1941
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|Democrat
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|Robert L. Bailey
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|Jim Crow
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|32
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|Homer Martin Adkins
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|January 14 1941
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|January 9 1945
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|Democrat
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|Robert L. Bailey, James L. Shaver
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|Jim Crow
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|33
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|Benjamin Travis Laney
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|January 9 1945
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|January 11 1949
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|Democrat
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|James L. Shaver, Nathan Green Gordon
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|Jim Crow
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|34
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|Sid McMath
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|January 11 1949
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|January 13 1953
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|Democrat
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|Nathan Green Gordon
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|Jim Crow
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|35
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|Francis Cherry
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|January 13 1953
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|January 11 1955
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|Democrat
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|Nathan Green Gordon
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|Jim Crow
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|36
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|Orval Faubus
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|January 11 1955
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|January 10 1967
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|Democrat
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|Nathan Green Gordon
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|Prevented [[Little Rock Nine]] from entering Central High School, Little Rock; his segregation policies prompted President Eisenhower to send in 101st Airborne to ensure the Nine's safety
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|Jim Crow (ends late 1960's); beginnings of [[Civil Rights Movement]] in state
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|37
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|Winthrop Rockefeller
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|January 10 1967
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|January 12 1971
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|Republican
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|Maurice Britt
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|38
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|Dale Bumpers
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|January 12 1971
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|January 3 1975
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|Democrat
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|Bob C. Riley
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|Bob C. Riley
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|January 3 1975
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|January 14 1975
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|Democrat
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|Acting governor for unexpired term.
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|39
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|David Pryor
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|January 14 1975
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|January 3 1979
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|Democratic
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|Joe Purcell
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|—
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|Joe Purcell
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|January 3 1979
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|January 9 1979
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|Democrat
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|Acting as governor for six days
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|40
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|[[Bill Clinton]]
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|January 9 1979
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|January 19 1981
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|Democrat
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|Joe Purcell
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|41
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|Frank D. White
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|January 19 1981
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|January 11 1983
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|Republican
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|Winston Bryant
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|42
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|Bill Clinton
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|January 11 1983
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|December 12 1992
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|Democrat
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|Winston Bryant, Jim Guy Tucker
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|Resigned; elected [[President of the United States]]
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|43
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|Jim Guy Tucker
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|December 12 1992
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|July 15 1996
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|Democrat
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|[[Mike Huckabee]]
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|Resigned; [[felony]] conviction ([[mail fraud]]) in the [[Whitewater scandal]]
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|44
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|Mike Huckabee
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|July 15 1996
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|January 9 2007
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|Republican
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|Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
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|Created "Tax-Me-More" fund to highlight Democrat/liberal hypocrisy on tax contributions
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|45
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|Mike Beebe
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|January 9 2007
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|Current
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|Democrat
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|Bill Halter
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|Term expires in 2011
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