Governors of Arkansas

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GOVERNORS OF ARKANSAS

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Before becoming a state, Arkansas Territory had four governors appointed to it by the president of the United States. Since achieving statehood in 1836, Arkansas has had 47 elected governors, as well as 11 acting governors who assumed powers and duties following the resignation or death of the governor. Governors Junius Marion Futrell and Bill Clinton each held the position twice, in non-consecutive terms. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, daughter of Governor Mike Huckabee, is the state's first and only female governor.

In the below list, columns can be sorted by clicking on the arrow button in any category heading box. A "C" in the final column denotes a Notable who has been successfully connected to the Big Tree. "N/C" stands for Not Connected.

GOVERNORS OF ARKANSAS TERRITORY

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	James Miller	1776	1851	1819-1824		C
2	George Izard	1776	1828	1825-1828		C
3	John Pope	1770	1845	1829-1835		C
4	William S. Fulton	1795	1844	1835-1836		C

GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS

#	Governor	Born	Died	Term	Photo	C
1	James Sevier Conway	1796	1855	1836-1840		C
2	Archibald Yell	1797	1847	1840-1844		C
Act	Samuel Adams	1805	1850	1844		C
3	Thomas Stevenson Drew	1802	1879	1844-1849		C
Act	Richard C. Byrd	1805	1854	1849		C
4	John Selden Roane	1817	1867	1849-1852		C
5	Elias Nelson Conway	1812	1892	1852-1860		C
6	Henry M. Rector	1816	1899	1860-1862		C
Act	Thomas Fletcher	1817	1880	1862		C
7	Harris Flanagin	1817	1874	1862-1865		C
8	Isaac Murphy	1799	1882	1864-1868		C
9	Powell Clayton	1833	1914	1868-1871		C
Act	Ozra A. Hadley	1826	1915	1871-1873		C
10	Elisha Baxter	1827	1899	1873-1874		C
11	August Hill Garland	1832	1899	1874-1877		C
12	William Reed Miller	1823	1887	1877-1881		C
13	Thomas James Churchill	1824	1905	1881-1883		C
14	James Henderson Berry	1841	1913	1883-1885		C
15	Simon Pollard Hughes Jr.	1830	1906	1885-1889		C
16	James Philip Eagle	1837	1904	1889-1893		C
17	George Fishbeck	1831	1903	1893-1895		C
18	James Paul Clarke	1854	1916	1895-1897		C
19	Daniel Webster Jones	1839	1918	1897-1901		C
20	Jeff Davis	1862	1913	1901-1907		C
21	John Sebastian Little	1851	1916	1907		C
Act	John Isaac Moore	1856	1937	1907		C
Act	Xenophon Overton Pindall	1873	1935	1907-1909		C
Act	Jesse M. Martin	1877	1915	1909		C
22	George Washington Donaghey	1856	1937	1909-1913		C
23	John Taylor Robinson	1872	1937	1913		C
Act	William Kavanaugh Oldham	1865	1938	1913		C
Act	Junius Marion Futrell	1870	1955	1913		C
24	George Washington Hayes	1863	1927	1913-1917		C
25	Charles Hillman Brough	1876	1935	1917-1921		C
26	Thomas Chipman McRea	1851	1929	1921-1925		C
27	Tom Terral	1882	1946	1925-1927		C
28	John Elllis Martineau	1873	1937	1927-1928		C
29	Harvey Parnell	1880	1936	1928-1933		C
30	Junius Marion Futrell	1870	1955	1933-1937		C
31	Carl E. Bailey	1894	1948	1937-1941		C
32	Homer Martin Adkins	1890	1964	1941-1945		C
33	Benjamin Travis Laney Jr.	1896	1977	1945-1949		C
34	Sid McMath	1912	2003	1949-1953		C
35	Francis Cherry	1908	1965	1953-1955		C
36	Orval Faubus	1910	1994	1955-1967		C
37	Winthrop Rockefeller	1912	1973	1967-1971		C
38	Dale Bumpers	1925	2016	1971-1975		C
Act	Bob C. Riley	1924	1994	1975		C
39	David Pryor	1934	LIVING	1975-1979		N/C
Act	Joe Purcell	1923	1987	1979		C
40	Bill Cilnton	1946	LIVING	1979-1981		C
41	Frank D. White	1933	2003	1981-1983		C
42	Bill Cilnton	1946	LIVING	1983-1992		C
43	Jim Guy Tucker	1943	LIVING	1992-1996		N/C
44	Mike Huckabee	1955	LIVING	1996-2007		N/C
45	Mike Beebe	1946	LIVING	2007-2015		N/C
46	Asa Hutchinson	1950	LIVING	2015-2023		N/C
47	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	1982	LIVING	2023--present		N/C