In this post we will looking at Arkansas and its territories, Its present and past governors and House of representative’s members.
INTRODUCTION.
Arkansas is the 29th largest by area and the 34th most populous state, with a population of just over 3 million at the 2020 census. The capital and most populous city are Little Rock, in the central part of the state, a hub for transportation, business, culture, and government. The northwestern corner of the state, including the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Area and Fort Smith metropolitan area, is a population, education, and economic center. The largest city in the state’s eastern part is Jonesboro. The largest city in the state’s southeastern part is Pine Bluff.
Previously part of French Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase, the Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Much of the Delta had been developed for cotton plantations, and landowners there largely depended on enslaved African Americans’ labor. In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. On returning to the Union in 1868, Arkansas continued to suffer economically, due to its overreliance on the large-scale plantation economy. Cotton remained the leading commodity crop, and the cotton market declined. Because farmers and businessmen did not diversify and there was little industrial investment, the state fell behind in economic opportunity. In the late 19th century, the state instituted various Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and segregate the African-American population. During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Arkansas and particularly Little Rock were major battlegrounds for efforts to integrate schools. Following World War II in the 1940s, Arkansas began to diversify its economy and see prosperity. During the 1960s, the state became the base of the Walmart corporation, the world’s largest company by revenue, headquartered in Bentonville. In the 21st century, Arkansas’s economy is based on service industries, aircraft, poultry, steel, and tourism, along with important commodity crops of cotton, soybeans and rice. Arkansas’s culture is observable in museums, theaters, novels, television shows, restaurants, and athletic venues across the state. Notable people from the state include politician and educational advocate William Fulbright; former president Bill Clinton, who also served as the 40th and 42nd governor of Arkansas; general Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander; Walmart founder and magnate Sam Walton; singer-songwriters Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, Jimmy Driftwood, and Glen Campbell; actor-filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton; poet C. D. Wright; physicist William L. McMillan, a pioneer in superconductor research; poet laureate Maya Angelou; Douglas MacArthur; musician Al Green; actor Alan Ladd; basketball player Scottie Pippen; singer Ne-Yo; Chelsea Clinton; actress Sheryl Underwood; and author John Grisham.
ARKANSAS TERRITORIES.
Congress created Arkansas Territory on March 2, 1819, out of the Territory of Missouri after Missouri petitioned for statehood. Missouri’s southern boundary ran from the Mississippi River to the St. Francis River along the line of 36˚ north latitude and then north to 36˚ 30´ and then west along that line. The northern boundary of Arkansas Territory was the southern boundary of Missouri, as defined above, and running west across the Louisiana Purchase. Its eastern boundary was the Mississippi River, and on the south, it was the same line of 33˚ north latitude that had separated the Territory of Missouri from the State of Louisiana. By the terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty negotiated a few months later, the Louisiana Purchase was defined on the west by a line running along the 100th Meridian from the Red River north to the Arkansas River. Thus, Arkansas Territory technically included much of present Oklahoma. According to the census of 1820, there were 14,273 persons in Arkansas, about 11 percent of them slaves. Not included in those figures were about six hundred Quapaw living south of the Arkansas River in the eastern part of the territory and perhaps six thousand Cherokee in the northwest. Prodded by the territorial government, the United States forced the Quapaw to relinquish their claims by a treaty made in 1825 and in 1828 pushed the Cherokee across a line running from west of Fort Smith, Arkansas, to what is now the southwest corner of Missouri. That line is the northern portion of the present boundary between Arkansas and Oklahoma. A treaty made with the Choctaw in 1825 created the southern portion of the Arkansas-Oklahoma line. The boundary tilts slightly to the southwest because the surveyor, who was from Arkansas, wished to include as many white settlers as possible.
LIST OF GOVERNORS AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE’S MEMBERS.
The state has had 46 elected governors, as well as 11 acting governors who assumed powers and duties following the resignation or death of the governor. Before becoming a state, Arkansas Territory had four governors appointed to it by the president of the United States. Orval Faubus (1955-1967) served the longest term as governor, being elected six times to serve 12 years. Bill Clinton (1979-1981; 1983-1992), elected five times over two distinct terms, fell only one month short of 12 years, and Mike Huckabee (1996-2007) served 10 years for two full four-year terms. The shortest term for an elected governor was the 38 days served by John Sebastian Little before his nervous breakdown; one of the acting successors to his term, Jesse M. Martin, took office only three days before the end of the term, the shortest term overall. The current governor of Arkansas is Republican Asa Hutchinson, who was sworn in on January 13, 2015.
Territorial (1819–1836)
| Governors of Arkansas Territory | ||||||
| No. | Governor | Term in office | Appointed by | Notes | ||
| 1 | James Miller | March 3, 1819 – December 27, 1824 | James Monroe | |||
| 2 | George Izard | March 4, 1825 – November 22, 1828 | ||||
| John Quincy Adams | ||||||
| 3 | John Pope | March 9, 1829[8] – March 9, 1835 | Andrew Jackson | |||
| 4 | William S. Fulton | March 9, 1835 – September 13, 1836[h] |
State (from 1836)
| Governors of Arkansas[j] | |||||||||
| No.[k] | Governor | Term in office[l] | Party | Election | Lieutenant Governor[m][n] | ||||
| 1 | James Sevier Conway | September 13, 1836[h] – November 4, 1840 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1836 | Office did not exist | ||||
| 2 | Archibald Yell | November 4, 1840 – April 29, 1844 (resigned)[o] | Democratic | 1840 | |||||
| — | Samuel Adams | April 29, 1844 – November 9, 1844 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor | |||||
| 3 | Thomas Stevenson Drew | November 9, 1844[p] – January 10, 1849 (resigned)[q] | Democratic | 1844 | |||||
| 1848 | |||||||||
| — | Richard C. Byrd | January 10, 1849 – April 19, 1849 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor | |||||
| 4 | John Selden Roane | April 19, 1849 – November 15, 1852 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1849 (special)[r] | |||||
| 5 | Elias Nelson Conway | November 15, 1852 – November 16, 1860 (term limited) | Democratic | 1852 | |||||
| 1856 | |||||||||
| 6 | Henry M. Rector | November 16, 1860[s] – November 4, 1862 (resigned)[t] | Independent Democratic[44] | 1860[u] | |||||
| — | Thomas Fletcher | November 4, 1862 – November 15, 1862 (successor took office)[v] | Independent[44] | President of the Senate acting as Governor | |||||
| 7 | Harris Flanagin | November 15, 1862 – May 28, 1865[w] (government in exile disestablished)[x] | Independent[44] | 1862[y] | |||||
| 8 | Isaac Murphy | January 20, 1864 – July 2, 1868 (not candidate for election) | Independent[44] | Appointed Provisional Governor by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln[50] | |||||
| 1864 (Union)[x] | Calvin C. Bliss[51] | ||||||||
| 9 | Powell Clayton | July 2, 1868 – March 17, 1871 (resigned)[z] | Republican | 1868 | James M. Johnson[53] (resigned March 14, 1871)[z] | ||||
| Vacant | |||||||||
| — | Ozra Amander Hadley[aa] | March 17, 1871 – January 6, 1873 (not candidate for election) | Republican | President of the Senate acting as Governor[z] | |||||
| 10 | Elisha Baxter | January 6, 1873 – November 12, 1874 (not candidate for election)[ab] | Republican | 1872[ac][ad] | Volney V. Smith[56] | ||||
| 11 | Augustus Hill Garland | November 12, 1874 – January 11, 1877 (not candidate for election)[ae] | Democratic | 1874 | Office did not exist | ||||
| 12 | William Read Miller | January 11, 1877 – January 13, 1881 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1876 | |||||
| 1878 | |||||||||
| 13 | Thomas James Churchill | January 13, 1881 – January 13, 1883 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1880 | |||||
| 14 | James Henderson Berry | January 13, 1883 – January 15, 1885 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1882 | |||||
| 15 | Simon Pollard Hughes Jr. | January 15, 1885[af] – January 17, 1889 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1884 | |||||
| 1886 | |||||||||
| 16 | James Philip Eagle | January 17, 1889[61] – January 14, 1893 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1888 | |||||
| 1890 | |||||||||
| 17 | William Meade Fishback | January 14, 1893[62] – January 18, 1895 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1892 | |||||
| 18 | James Paul Clarke | January 18, 1895[63] – January 18, 1897 (not candidate for election)[ag] | Democratic | 1894 | |||||
| 19 | Daniel Webster Jones | January 18, 1897 – January 18, 1901 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1896 | |||||
| 1898 | |||||||||
| 20 | Jeff Davis | January 18, 1901[65] – January 18, 1907 (not candidate for election)[ah] | Democratic | 1900 | |||||
| 1902 | |||||||||
| 1904 | |||||||||
| 21 | John Sebastian Little | January 18, 1907 – February 11, 1907 (resigned)[ai] | Democratic | 1906 | |||||
| — | John Isaac Moore | February 11, 1907[aj] – May 14, 1907 (legislature adjourned) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor[ak] | |||||
| — | Xenophon Overton Pindall | May 14, 1907 – January 11, 1909 (senate term expired) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor[ak] | |||||
| — | Jesse M. Martin | January 11, 1909 – January 14, 1909 (successor took office) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor[ak] | |||||
| 22 | George Washington Donaghey | January 14, 1909 – January 16, 1913 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1908 | |||||
| 1910 | |||||||||
| 23 | Joseph Taylor Robinson | January 16, 1913 – March 8, 1913 (resigned)[al] | Democratic | 1912 | |||||
| — | William Kavanaugh Oldham | March 8, 1913[73] – March 13, 1913 (new president of the senate elected) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor[am] | |||||
| — | Junius M. Futrell | March 13, 1913 – August 6, 1913 (successor took office) | Democratic | President of the Senate acting as Governor[am] | |||||
| 24 | George Washington Hays | August 6, 1913[an] – January 10, 1917 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1913 (special)[am] | |||||
| 1914 | |||||||||
| 25 | Charles Hillman Brough | January 10, 1917[ao] – January 11, 1921 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1916 | |||||
| 1918 | |||||||||
| 26 | Thomas Chipman McRae | January 11, 1921[ap] – January 13, 1925 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1920 | |||||
| 1922 | |||||||||
| 27 | Tom Terral | January 13, 1925[82] – January 11, 1927 (lost renomination)[aq] | Democratic | 1924 | |||||
| 28 | John Ellis Martineau | January 11, 1927 – March 14, 1928 (resigned)[ar] | Democratic | 1926 | Harvey Parnell | ||||
| 29 | Harvey Parnell | March 14, 1928[as] – January 10, 1933 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant | ||||
| 1928 | Lee Cazort | ||||||||
| 1930 | Lawrence Elery Wilson | ||||||||
| 30 | Junius Marion Futrell | January 10, 1933 – January 12, 1937 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1932 | Lee Cazort | ||||
| 1934 | |||||||||
| 31 | Carl E. Bailey | January 12, 1937 – January 14, 1941 (lost renomination)[at] | Democratic | 1936 | Robert L. Bailey | ||||
| 1938 | |||||||||
| 32 | Homer Martin Adkins | January 14, 1941 – January 9, 1945 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1940 | |||||
| 1942 | James L. Shaver | ||||||||
| 33 | Benjamin Travis Laney | January 9, 1945 – January 11, 1949 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1944 | |||||
| 1946 | Nathan Green Gordon | ||||||||
| 34 | Sid McMath | January 11, 1949 – January 13, 1953 (lost renomination)[au] | Democratic | 1948 | |||||
| 1950 | |||||||||
| 35 | Francis Cherry | January 13, 1953 – January 11, 1955 (lost renomination)[av] | Democratic | 1952 | |||||
| 36 | Orval Faubus | January 11, 1955 – January 10, 1967 (not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1954 | |||||
| 1956 | |||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||
| 1960 | |||||||||
| 1962 | |||||||||
| 1964 | |||||||||
| 37 | Winthrop Rockefeller | January 10, 1967 – January 12, 1971 (lost election) | Republican | 1966 | Maurice Britt | ||||
| 1968 | |||||||||
| 38 | Dale Bumpers | January 12, 1971 – January 3, 1975 (resigned)[aw] | Democratic | 1970 | Bob C. Riley | ||||
| 1972 | |||||||||
| — | Bob C. Riley | January 3, 1975[89] – January 14, 1975 (successor took office) | Democratic | Lieutenant Governor acting as Governor[ax] | Acting as Governor | ||||
| 39 | David Pryor | January 14, 1975 – January 3, 1979 (resigned)[ay] | Democratic | 1974 | Joe Purcell | ||||
| 1976 | |||||||||
| — | Joe Purcell | January 3, 1979 – January 9, 1979 (successor took office) | Democratic | Lieutenant Governor acting as Governor[ax] | Acting as Governor | ||||
| 40 | Bill Clinton | January 9, 1979 – January 19, 1981 (lost election) | Democratic | 1978 | Joe Purcell | ||||
| 41 | Frank D. White | January 19, 1981 – January 11, 1983 (lost election) | Republican | 1980 | Winston Bryant[az] | ||||
| 40 (2) | Bill Clinton | January 11, 1983 – December 12, 1992 (resigned)[ba] | Democratic | 1982 | |||||
| 1984 | |||||||||
| 1986[bb] | |||||||||
| 1990 | Jim Guy Tucker | ||||||||
| 42 | Jim Guy Tucker | December 12, 1992 – July 15, 1996 (resigned)[bc] | Democratic | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant | ||||
| Mike Huckabee[bd] (elected November 20, 1993)[91] | |||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||
| 43 | Mike Huckabee | July 15, 1996 – January 9, 2007 (term limited) | Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor | Vacant | ||||
| Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (elected November 19, 1996)[92] (died July 16, 2006) | |||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||
| Vacant | |||||||||
| 44 | Mike Beebe | January 9, 2007 – January 13, 2015 (term limited) | Democratic | 2006 | Bill Halter | ||||
| 2010 | Mark Darr[bd] (resigned February 1, 2014) | ||||||||
| Vacant | |||||||||
| 45 | Asa Hutchinson | January 13, 2015 – Incumbent[be] | Republican | 2014 | Tim Griffin | ||||
MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. HOUSE FROM ARKANSAS.
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Arkansas. The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete.
List of representatives
| Representative | Years | Party | District | Notes |
| William Vollie Alexander Jr. | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1968. Lost renomination to Lincoln. |
| Dale Alford | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | Democratic | 5th | Elected in 1958 (write-in). Retired to run for governor. |
| Beryl Anthony Jr. | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1978. Lost renomination to Bill McCuen. |
| James Woodson Bates | December 21, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | None | Territory | Elected in 1819. Lost re-election to Conway. |
| Marion Berry | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1996. Retired. |
| Ed Bethune | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 | Republican | 2nd | Re-elected in 1978. Retired. |
| Thomas Boles | June 22, 1868 – March 3, 1871 | Republican | 3rd | Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term. Lost re-election to Edwards. |
| February 9, 1872 – March 3, 1873 | Successfully contested Edwards’s election. Retired. | |||
| John Boozman | November 20, 2001 – January 3, 2011 | Republican | 3rd | Elected to finish Hutchinson’s term. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| Clifton R. Breckinridge | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Democratic | At-large | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
| March 4, 1885 – September 5, 1890 | 2nd | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1884. Lost contested election to Clayton. | ||
| November 4, 1890 – August 14, 1894 | Elected after John M. Clayton was assassinated while contest was pending. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia. | |||
| Stephen Brundidge Jr. | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 | Democratic | 6th | Elected in 1896. Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
| March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 | 2nd | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1902. Retired to run for governor. | ||
| Thaddeus H. Caraway | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1912. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| William H. Cate | March 4, 1889 – March 5, 1890 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1888. Lost contested election to Featherstone. |
| March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1890. Retired. | |||
| Henry Wharton Conway | March 4, 1823 – November 9, 1827 | None | Territory | Elected in 1823. Died. |
| Tom Cotton | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | Republican | 4th | Elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Jordan E. Cravens | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | Independent Democratic | 3rd | Elected in 1876. Joined Democratic Party. |
| March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | Democratic | Re-elected in 1878 as a Democrat. Lost renomination to Rogers. | ||
| William B. Cravens | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1906. Retired. |
| March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Elected in 1932. Died. | |||
| William Fadjo Cravens | September 12, 1939 – January 3, 1949 | Democratic | 4th | Elected to finish his father’s term. Retired. |
| Rick Crawford | January 3, 2011 – present | Republican | 1st | Elected in 2010. Incumbent. |
| Edward Cross | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845 | Democratic | At-large | Elected in 1838. Retired. |
| Jay Dickey | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 | Republican | 4th | Elected in 1992. Lost re-election to Ross. |
| Hugh A. Dinsmore | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 | Democratic | 5th | Elected in 1892. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
| March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | 3rd | Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1902. Lost renomination to Floyd. | ||
| William J. Driver | March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1939 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1920. Lost renomination to Gathings. |
| Poindexter Dunn | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1889 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1878. Retired. |
| John Edwards | March 4, 1871 – February , 1872 | Liberal Republican | 3rd | Elected in 1870. Lost contested election to Boles. |
| James T. Elliott | January 13, 1869 – March 3, 1869 | Republican | 2nd | Elected to finish Hinds’s term. Retired. |
| Clyde T. Ellis | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 | Democratic | 3rd | Elected in 1938. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| Lewis P. Featherstone | March 5, 1890 – March 3, 1891 | Union Labor | 1st | Successfully contested Cate’s 1888 election. Lost re-election to Cate. |
| John C. Floyd | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1915 | Democratic | 3rd | Elected in 1904. Retired. |
| J. William Fulbright | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | Democratic | 3rd | Elected in 1942. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| Claude A. Fuller | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1939 | Democratic | 3rd | Elected in 1928. Lost renomination to Ellis. |
| Ezekiel C. Gathings | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1969 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1938. Retired. |
| Lucien C. Gause | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1874. Retired. |
| David Delano Glover | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935 | Democratic | 6th | Elected in 1928. Lost renomination to McClellan. |
| William S. Goodwin | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921 | Democratic | 7th | Elected in 1910. Lost renomination to Parks. |
| Alfred B. Greenwood | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1853. Retired. |
| Timothy Griffin | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | Republican | 2nd | Elected in 2010. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. |
| Thomas M. Gunter | June 16, 1874 – March 3, 1875 | Democratic | 3rd | Successfully contested Wilshire’s election. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
| March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 | 4th | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1874. Retired. | ||
| John Paul Hammerschmidt | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1993 | Republican | 3rd | Elected in 1966. Retired. |
| James M. Hanks | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1870. Retired. |
| Oren Harris | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1953 | Democratic | 7th | Elected in 1940. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
| January 3, 1953 – February 2, 1966 | 4th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1952. Resigned to become US District judge for the Eastern and Western District of Arkansas. | ||
| Brooks Hays | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959 | Democratic | 5th | Elected in 1942. Lost re-election to Alford (write-in). |
| French Hill | January 3, 2015 – present | Republican | 2nd | Elected in 2014. Incumbent. |
| Thomas C. Hindman | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860 but resigned due to Civil War. |
| James M. Hinds | July 22, 1868 – October 22, 1868 | Republican | 2nd | Elected in 1868 to vacant finish term. Died. |
| Asa Hodges | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Republican | 1st | Elected in 1872. Retired. |
| Asa Hutchinson | January 3, 1997 – August 6, 2001 | Republican | 3rd | Elected in 1996. Resigned after being appointed Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration. |
| Tim Hutchinson | January 3, 1993 – January 2, 1997 | Republican | 3rd | Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator and resigned early when elected. |
| William Joseph Hynes | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Liberal Republican | At-large | Elected in 1872. Lost re-election. |
| Henderson M. Jacoway | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923 | Democratic | 5th | Elected in 1910. Retired. |
| Robert Ward Johnson | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 | Democratic | At-large | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
| James Kimbrough Jones | March 4, 1881 – February 19, 1885 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1880. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. |
| Wade H. Kitchens | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941 | Democratic | 7th | Elected in 1936. Lost renomination to Harris. |
| Blanche Lincoln | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1992. Retired. |
| John Sebastian Little | December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected to finish Breckinridge’s term. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
| March 3, 1903 – January 14, 1907 | 4th | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1902. Retired to run for governor and resigned early. | ||
| Robert B. Macon | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1902. Lost renomination to Caraway. |
| John Little McClellan | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | Democratic | 6th | Elected in 1934. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Philip D. McCulloch Jr. | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 | Democratic | 1st | Elected in 1892. Retired. |
| Thomas Chipman McRae | December 7, 1885 – March 3, 1903 | Democratic | 3rd | Elected to finish Jones’s term.[a] Retired. |
| John E. Miller | March 4, 1931 – November 14, 1937 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1930. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. |
| Wilbur Mills | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1977 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1938. Retired. |
| Robert Neill | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | Democratic | 6th | Elected in 1892. Lost renomination to Brundidge Jr. |
| Thomas Willoughby Newton | February 6, 1847 – March 3, 1847 | Whig | At-large | Elected to finish Yell’s term. Retired. |
| Catherine Dorris Norrell | April 18, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | Democratic | 6th | Elected to finish her husband’s term. Retired. |
| William F. Norrell | January 3, 1939 – February 15, 1961 | Democratic | 6th | Elected in 1938. Died. |
| Pearl Peden Oldfield | January 9, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected to finish husband’s term. Retired. |
| William Allan Oldfield | March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1928 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1908. Died. |
| Tilman Bacon Parks | March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1937 | Democratic | 7th | Elected in 1920. Retired. |
| Samuel W. Peel | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
| March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893 | 5th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1884. Lost renomination to Dinsmore. | ||
| David Pryor | November 8, 1966 – January 3, 1973 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1966. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| Heartsill Ragon | March 4, 1923 – June 16, 1933 | Democratic | 5th | Elected in 1922. Resigned after being appointed judge for the US District Court for the Western district of Arkansas. |
| James B. Reed | October 6, 1923 – March 3, 1929 | Democratic | 6th | Elected to finish Sawyer’s term. Lost renomination to Glover. |
| Charles C. Reid | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
| March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | 5th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1902. Retired. | ||
| Joseph Taylor Robinson | March 4, 1903 – January 14, 1913 | Democratic | 6th | Elected in 1902. Resigned after being elected Governor of Arkansas. |
| Tommy F. Robinson | January 3, 1985 – July 28, 1989 | Democratic | 2nd | Re-elected in 1984. Switched parties and retired to run for governor. |
| July 28, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | Republican | |||
| Anthony A. C. Rogers | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1868. Lost re-election to O. Snyder. |
| John H. Rogers | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Democratic | 3rd | Elected in 1882. Redistricted to the 4th district. |
| March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 | 4th | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1884. Retired. | ||
| Logan Holt Roots | June 22, 1868 – March 3, 1871 | Republican | 1st | Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term. Lost re-election to Hanks. |
| Mike Ross | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 2000. Retired to run for Governor. |
| Albert Rust | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1854. Lost renomination to Warren. |
| March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1858. Retired. | |||
| Lewis E. Sawyer | March 4, 1923 – May 5, 1923 | Democratic | 6th | Elected in 1922. Died. |
| Ambrose Hundley Sevier | February 13, 1828 – June 15, 1836 | None | Territory | Elected to finish Conway’s term. Retired to run for U.S. senator upon statehood. |
| William Ferguson Slemons | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1874. Retired. |
| Oliver P. Snyder | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | Republican | 2nd | Elected in 1870. Lost renomination to John Middleton Clayton. |
| Vic Snyder | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1996. Retired. |
| Boyd Anderson Tackett | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1948. Retired to run for governor. |
| Chester W. Taylor | October 25, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | Democratic | 6th | Elected to finish S. Taylor’s term. Retired. |
| Samuel M. Taylor | January 15, 1913 – September 13, 1921 | Democratic | 6th | Elected to finish Robinson’s term, having already been elected to the next term. Died. |
| David D. Terry | December 19, 1933 – January 3, 1943 | Democratic | 5th | Elected to finish Ragon’s term. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| William L. Terry | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1890. Lost renomination to Reid. |
| Ray Thornton | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1972. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| January 3, 1991 – January 1, 1997 | 2nd | Elected in 1990. Resigned to become Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. | ||
| John N. Tillman | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929 | Democratic | 3rd | Elected in 1914. Retired. |
| James William Trimble | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1967 | Democratic | 3rd | Elected in 1944. Lost re-election to Hammerschmidt. |
| Jim Guy Tucker | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1976. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
| Robert M. Wallace | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | Democratic | 7th | Elected in 1902. Lost renomination to Goodwin. |
| Edward A. Warren | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Democratic | 2nd | Elected in 1853. Retired. |
| March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Elected in 1856. Retired. | |||
| Bruce Westerman | January 3, 2015 – present | Republican | 4th | Elected in 2014. Incumbent |
| William W. Wilshire | March 4, 1873 – June 16, 1874 | Republican | 3rd | Elected in 1872. Lost contested election to Gunter. |
| March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Democratic | Elected in 1874. Retired. | ||
| Effiegene Locke Wingo | November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933 | Democratic | 4th | Elected to finish her husband’s term. Retired. |
| Otis Wingo | March 4, 1913 – October 21, 1930 | Democratic | 4th | Elected in 1912. Died. |
| Steve Womack | January 3, 2011 – present | Republican | 3rd | Elected in 2010. Incumbent. |
| Archibald Yell | December 14, 1836 – March 3, 1839 | Democratic | At-large | Elected in 1836 to finish the short term. Re-elected in 1837. Retired. |
| March 4, 1845 – July 1, 1846 | Elected in 1844. Resigned to serve in the United States Volunteers. |
