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| | *Governor [[Mike Beebe]] (D) | | *Governor [[Mike Beebe]] (D) |
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| − | ==List of Governors==
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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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |Jim Crow
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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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| − | |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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| − | |Jim Crow
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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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| − | |Jim Crow
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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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| − | |Jim Crow
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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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| − | |Jim Crow
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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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |Jim Crow
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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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| − | |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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |
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| − | |Jim Crow
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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |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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| − | |[[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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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