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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Arkansas :
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Pre-statehood (1819–1836) [ edit ]
1836–1874 [ edit ]
Year
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
Electoral votes
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
1836
James Sevier Conway (D)
no such office
Robert A. Watkins
no such office
Elias N. Conway (D)
W. E. Woodruff
12D, 5W
35D, 18W, 1?
William S. Fulton (J)
Ambrose Hundley Sevier (J)
Archibald Yell (J)
Van Buren /Johnson (D) Y
1837
William S. Fulton (D)
Ambrose Hundley Sevier (D)
Archibald Yell (D)
1838
John Hutt
1839
D majority
D majority
Edward Cross (D)
1840
Van Buren (D) N
1841
Archibald Yell (D) [g]
D. B. Greer
A. Boileau
16D, 5W
42D, 22W
Elias N. Conway (D)
1842
John Winfrey
1843
D. B. Greer
Robert Ward Johnson (D)
J. C. Martin
15D, 6W
45D, 20W, 1?
1844
Chester Ashley (D)
Polk /Dallas (D) Y
Samuel Adams (D) [h]
1845
Thomas S. Drew (D) [i]
Samuel Adams (D)
21D, 4W
62D, 13W
Archibald Yell (D)
1846
1847
22D, 3W
52D, 23W
Thomas W. Newton (W)
Robert Ward Johnson (D)
1848
George C. Watkins
William K. Sebastian (D)
Solon Borland (D)
Cass /Butler (D) N
1849
C. C. Danley
William Adams[1]
20D, 5W
56D, 19W
Richard C. Byrd (D) [j]
John H. Crease
John Selden Roane (D) [k]
1850
1851
John J. Clendenin
21D, 4W
50D, 25W
1852
Pierce /King (D) Y
1853
Elias N. Conway (D)
19D, 6W
48D, 27W
vacant
2D
Robert Ward Johnson (D)
1854
1855
A. S. Huey
A. H. Rutherford
17D, 8W
57D, 15W, 3I
1856
Thomas Johnson
Buchanan /Breckinridge (D) Y
1857
William R. Miller (D)
John H. Crease
21D, 2KN, 1AW, 1W
65D, 9KN, 1W
1858
J. L. Hollowell
1859
Alexander Boileau
John Quindley
20D, 2KN, 1OSD , 1SR , 1W
D majority
1860
S. W. Weaver
H. C. Lowe
Jared C. Martin
Breckinridge /Lane (SD ) N
John I. Stirman
1861
Henry Massey Rector (ID)[l]
P. Jordan
Oliver Basham
D majority
Charles B. Mitchel (D)
William R. Miller (D)
Civil War and Reconstruction
1862
O. H. Oates
Sam W. Williams
1863
Harris Flanagin (I) [m] [n]
American Civil War
1864
Robert J. T. White (I)
C. T. Jordan
Isaac Murphy (I)
Calvin C. Bliss (I)
J. R. Berry (I)
E. D. Ayers
no electoral votes
1865
R. S. Gantt
1866
R. H. Deadman
William R. Miller (D)
L. B. Cunningham
25NP
75NP
1867
Henry Page
25D
56D, 19R
1868
James M. Johnson (R) [o]
J. R. Montgomery
J. R. Berry (R)
Powell Clayton (R) [p]
Alexander McDonald (R)
Benjamin F. Rice (R)
3R
Grant /Colfax (R) Y
1869
21R, 1D, 4?
79R, 1D, 2?
2R, 1D
1870
1871
18R, 8D
44R, 29D, 9LR
Ozra A. Hadley (R) [q]
vacant
James M. Johnson (R)
Powell Clayton (R)
1872
Grant /Wilson (R) Y
1873
Elisha Baxter (R) [r] [s]
Volney V. Smith (R)
Thomas D. W. Yonley
Stephen Wheeler (R)
20R, 5D
52R, 27D, 3?
Stephen W. Dorsey (R)
3R
1874
J. L. Witherspoon
R. E. Newton
Year
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral votes
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
1874–1926 [ edit ]
Year
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
Electoral votes
Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer
Land Comm.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
1874
Augustus Hill Garland (D)
Benton B. Beavers (D)
Simon P. Hughes Jr. (D)
William R. Miller (D)
Thomas J. Churchill (D)
J. N. Smithee (D)
D majority[t]
D majority[t]
Powell Clayton (R)
Stephen W. Dorsey (R)
2R, 1D
1875
29D, 2R
82D, 11R
4D
1876
Tilden /Hendricks (D) N
1877
William R. Miller (D)
W. F. Henderson
John Crawford (D)
29D, 2R
75D, 17R, 1OLW
Augustus Hill Garland (D)
1878
1879
Jacob Frolich (D)
D. W. Lear (D)
29D, 1R, 1GL
83D, 6GL , 3R, 1?
James D. Walker (D)
1880
Hancock /English (D) N
1881
Thomas J. Churchill (D)
Charles B. Moore
W. E. Woodruff Jr.
30D, 1GL
80D, 10R, 1GL
1882
1883
James H. Berry (D)
Abner W. Files (D) [2]
William P. Campbell (D)
28D, 2GL , 1R
87D, 2GL , 2IR, 1R, 1ID
1884
Paul M. Cobbs (D)
Cleveland /Hendricks (D) Y
1885
Simon P. Hughes Jr. (D)
Elias B. Moore (D)
D. W. Jones
31D, 1R
80D, 15R
James H. Berry (D)
James K. Jones (D)
5D
1886
1887
William R. Miller (D)
30D, 2R
73D, 14R, 4I, 3AW , 1G
W. S. Dunlop (D)
1888
Cleveland /Thurman (D) N
1889
James Philip Eagle (D)
B. B. Chism (D)
W. E. Atkinson
69D, 15UL , 11R
1890
C. B. Meyers (D)
4D, 1L
1891
R. B. Morrow
29D, 2UL , 1R
81D, 10R, 4UL
5D
1892
Cleveland /Stevenson (D) Y
1893
William M. Fishback (D)
H. B. Armistead (D)
James P. Clarke (D)
C. B. Mills (D)
29D, 2Pop, 1R
85D, 9Pop, 6R
6D
1894
1895
James P. Clarke (D)
E. B. Kinsworthy
Ransom Gulley
J. F. Ritchie (D)
31D, 1R
88D, 9Pop, 3R
1896
5 – Bryan /Sewall (D) N 3 – Bryan /Watson (Pop) N
1897
Daniel Webster Jones (D)
Alexander C. Hull (D)
Clay Sloan (D)
30D, 1R, 1Pop
85D, 13Pop, 2R
1898
1899
Jeff Davis (D)
T. E. Little
J. W. Colquitt (D)
32D
98D, 2R
1900
Bryan /Stevenson (D) N
1901
Jeff Davis (D)
J. W. Crockett (D)
George W. Murphy (D)
T. C. Monroe (D)
H. C. Tipton
97D, 2R, 1Pop
1902
1903
F. E. Conway (D)
35D
100D
James P. Clarke (D)
7D
1904
Parker /Davis (D) N
1905
O. C. Ludwig (D)
Robert L. Rogers
Avery E. Moore (D)
34D, 1R
95D, 5R
1906
1907
Bass Little (D) [u]
William F. Kirby (D)
James L. Yates
Lafayette L. Coffman (D)
96D, 4R
Jeff Davis (D)
John Isaac Moore (D) [v]
X. O. Pindall (D) [w]
1908
Bryan /Kern (D) N
1909
Jesse M. Martin (D) [x]
Hal L. Norwood
John R. Jobe (D)
35D
97D, 3R
George W. Donaghey (D)
1910
1911
Earle W. Hodges (D)
John Crockett
Reuben G. Dye (D)
34D, 1R
95D, 5R
1912
John M. Oathout (D)
Wilson /Marshall (D) Y
1913
Joe T. Robinson (D) [p]
William L. Moose
L. L. Coffman (D)
33D, 1R, 1Prog
96D, 4R
John N. Heiskell (D)
William M. Kavanaugh (D)
William K. Oldham (D) [v]
Joe T. Robinson (D)
J. Marion Futrell (D) [j]
George W. Hays (D) [y]
1914
1915
Wallace Davis
M. F. Dickinson
R. G. McDaniel
William B. Owen (D)
35D
97D, 3R
1916
1917
Charles H. Brough (D)
Tom Terral (D)
John D. Arbuckle
Hogan Oliver (D)
34D, 1I
William F. Kirby (D)
1918
1919
Joe Ferguson
35D
95D, 5R
1920
Cox /Roosevelt (D) N
1921
Thomas C. McRae (D)
Ira C. Hopper (D)
J. S. Utley
James Guy Tucker (D)
Herbert R. Wilson (D)
96D, 4R
Thaddeus H. Caraway (D)
1922
1923
1924
Davis /Bryan (D) N
1925
Tom Terral (D)
Jim B. Higgins (D)
W. H. Applegate
J. Carrol Cone (D)
Sam Sloan
97D, 3R
1926
Dwight Blackwood (D)
Year
Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer
Land Comm.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral votes
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
1927–present [ edit ]
Year
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
Electoral votes
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer
Land Comm.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
1927
John E. Martineau (D) [z]
Harvey Parnell (D)
Jim B. Higgins (D)
W. H. Applegate
J. Carrol Cone (D)
Ralph Koonce
Dwight Blackwood (D)
35D
96D, 4R
Joe T. Robinson (D)
Thaddeus Caraway (D)
7D
1928
Smith /Robinson (D) N
Harvey Parnell (D) [aa]
Lee Cazort (D)
1929
Hal L. Norwood
J. Oscar Humphrey (D)
Belva Martin (D)
98D, 2R
1930
1931
Lawrence E. Wilson (D)
Ed F. McDonald (D)
Roy V. Leonard
99D, 1R
1932
Hattie Caraway (D)
Roosevelt /Garner (D) Y
1933
J. Marion Futrell (D)
Lee Cazort (D)
George W. Neal (D)
100D
1934
Walter L. Pope
1935
Carl E. Bailey (D)
Charles E. Parker (D)
Earl Page (D)
1936
1937
Carl E. Bailey (D)
Robert L. Bailey (D)
Crip Hall (D)
Jack Holt (D)
J. Oscar Humphrey (D)
Otis Page (D)
98D, 2R
vacant
1938
John E. Miller (D)
1939
1940
Roosevelt /Wallace (D) Y
1941
Homer M. Adkins (D)
Lloyd Spencer (D)
1942
1943
James L. Shaver (D)
Guy E. Williams (D)
Bish Bentley (D)
John L. McClellan (D) [e]
1944
Claude Rankin (D)
Roosevelt /Truman (D) Y
1945
Ben Laney (D)
Vance Clayton (D)
J. William Fulbright (D)
1946
1947
Nathan G. Gordon (D)
96D, 3R, 1I
1948
Truman /Barkley (D) Y
1949
Sid McMath (D)
Ike Murray (D)
98D, 2R
1950
1951
1952
Stevenson /Sparkman (D) N
1953
Francis Cherry (D)
Tom Gentry (D)
97D, 3R
6D
1954
1955
Orval Faubus (D)
James H. Jones (D)
1956
F. Nolan Humphrey (D)
Stevenson /Kefauver (D) N
1957
Bruce Bennett (D)
James H. Jones (D) [ab]
Sam Jones (D)
98D, 2R
1958
1959
100D
1960
Kennedy /Johnson (D) Y
1961
Nancy Hall (D)
J. Frank Holt (D)
Lee A. Clayton (D)
99D, 1R
1962
Jack Holt Jr. (D)
1963
Kelly Bryant (D) [e]
Bruce Bennett (D)
Nancy Hall (D)
99D, 1I
4D
1964
Johnson /Humphrey (D) Y
1965
99D, 1R
1966
1967
Winthrop Rockefeller (R)
Maurice Britt (R)
Joe Purcell (D)
97D, 3R
3D, 1R
1968
Wallace /LeMay (AI) N
1969
34D, 1R
96D, 4R
1970
1971
Dale Bumpers (D) [p]
Bob C. Riley (D)
Ray Thornton (D)
98D, 2R
1972
Nixon /Agnew (R) Y
1973
Jim Guy Tucker (D)
99D, 1R
1974
1975
Bob C. Riley (D) [ac]
vacant
97D, 3R
Dale Bumpers (D)
David Pryor (D) [p]
Joe Purcell (D)
George Jernigan (D)
1976
Carter /Mondale (D) Y
1977
Winston Bryant (D)
Bill Clinton (D) [ad]
96D, 4R
1978
Kaneaster Hodges (D)
1979
Joe Purcell (D) [ac]
vacant
Paul Riviere (D)
Steve Clark (D)
35D
94D, 6R
David Pryor (D)
2D, 2R
Bill Clinton (D)
Joe Purcell (D)
Jimmie Lou Fisher (D) [ab]
1980
Reagan /Bush (R) Y
1981
Frank D. White (R)
Winston Bryant (D)
Julia Hughes Jones (D)
Jimmie Lou Fisher (D)
Bill McCuen (D)
34D, 1R
93D, 7R
1982
1983
Bill Clinton (D) [ae] [af]
32D, 3R
1984
1985
Bill McCuen (D)
Charlie Daniels (D)
91D, 9R
3D, 1R
1986
1987
31D, 4R
1988
Bush /Quayle (R) Y
1989
88D, 12R
2D, 2R
1990
Ron Fields (D)
1991
Jim Guy Tucker (D)
Mary Stallcup (D)
91D, 9R
3D, 1R
Winston Bryant (D)
1992
Jim Guy Tucker (D) [aa] [ag]
Mike Huckabee (R)
Clinton /Gore (D) Y
1993
Gus Wingfield (D)
89D, 11R
2D, 2R
1994
1995
Sharon Priest (D)
30D, 5R
88D, 12R
1996
Mike Huckabee (R) [aa]
Win Rockefeller (R) [ah]
1997
87D, 13R
Tim Hutchinson (R)
1998
1999
Mark Pryor (D)
76D, 24R
Blanche Lincoln (D)
2000
Bush /Cheney (R) Y
2001
27D, 8R
72D, 28R
3D, 1R
2002
2003
Charlie Daniels (D)
Mike Beebe (D)
Jim Wood (D)
Gus Wingfield (D)
Mark Wilcox (D)
70D, 30R
Mark Pryor (D)
2004
2005
72D, 28R
2006
2007
Mike Beebe (D)
Bill Halter (D)
Dustin McDaniel (D)
Martha Shoffner (D)
2008
McCain /Palin (R) N
2009
71D, 28R, 1G
2010
72D, 28R[ai]
2011
Mark Darr (R) [aj]
Mark Martin (R)
Charlie Daniels (D)
John Thurston (R)
20D, 15R
54D, 46R
John Boozman (R)
3R, 1D
2012
Romney /Ryan (R) N
2013
21R, 14D
51R, 48D, 1G
4R
Charles Robinson (D) [4]
2014
vacant
22R, 13D
2015
Asa Hutchinson (R)
Tim Griffin (R)
Leslie Rutledge (R)
Andrea Lea (R)
Dennis Milligan (R)
24R, 11D
64R, 36D
Tom Cotton (R)
2016
64R, 35D, 1I[ak]
Trump /Pence (R) Y
2017
26R, 9D
76R, 24D[al]
2018
2019
John Thurston (R)
Tommy Land (R)
2020
Trump /Pence (R) N
2021
28R, 7D
77R, 23D
2022
2023
Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R)
Leslie Rutledge (R)
Tim Griffin (R)
Dennis Milligan (R)
Mark Lowery (R) [e]
29R, 6D
82R, 18D
Larry Walther (R)
2024
[to be determined ]
Year
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer
Land Comm.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class II)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral votes
Executive offices
General Assembly
United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
^ Acting territorial governor. As secretary of Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1829, Crittenden served as acting governor whenever the appointed governor was not in the state. This meant he was in fact the first person to be governor of the territory, since James Miller did not arrive in the territory until nine months after his appointment.
^ President James Monroe appointed Miller territorial governor on March 3, 1819, the same date the bill organizing Arkansaw Territory was signed. However, to avoid the hot southern summer, he delayed his departure from New Hampshire until September and took a non-direct route, finally arriving in the territory on December 26, 1819.
^ Resigned citing poor health. At the time of his resignation, he had been absent from the territory for 18 months.
^ Territorial Governor George Izard did not arrive in Arkansas Territory until May 31, 1825; Crittenden, Secretary of the territory, acted as governor in his stead, though Crittenden himself was out of the territory when Izard arrived.
^ a b c d Died in office.
^ The office was vacant from November 22, 1828, until March 9, 1829. By the time notice of Izard's death reached Washington, D.C. , Andrew Jackson had been elected president, and the U.S. Senate refused to approve Adams' choice for governor, preferring to wait until Jackson took office.
^ Resigned to run for the United States House of Representatives , winning the election.
^ As president of the Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
^ Resigned due to the low salary he received as governor.
^ a b As president of the state Senate, acted as governor until special election.
^ Elected in a special election to fill unexpired term.
^ The 1861 constitution was enacted during Rector's term; while term lengths remained at four years, a new election schedule was created, calling for elections in 1862, two years into his term.
^ Flanagin fled Little Rock as it fell to Union forces on September 10, 1863, leading a largely inept government in exile in Washington, Arkansas , until 1865. Isaac Murphy was elected provisional governor by a loyalist government set up after Union control of the state was established, taking office on April 18, 1864, causing a slight overlap in terms, though due to the collapse of the Confederate effort in Arkansas, Flanagin had no authority over the state.
^ The 1864 constitution was enacted during Flanagin's term; however, it was drafted by the Union occupation and had no effect on his government. While term lengths remained at four years, a new election schedule was created, calling for elections in 1864.
^ Resigned to take office as state secretary of state.
^ a b c d Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate .
^ As president pro tempore of the state Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term; the office of lieutenant governor at the time was vacant.
^ Removed from office for a short time due to the Brooks–Baxter War .
^ The 1874 state constitution, enacted during Baxter's term, shortened his tenure to two years as new elections were scheduled.
^ a b More than a dozen Republicans resigned to take jobs in the Baxter administration. Democrats won a majority in the special elections that followed.
^ Resigned after suffering a nervous breakdown soon after taking office.
^ a b As president of the state Senate, acted as governor until the legislature adjourned.
^ As the new president pro tempore of the state Senate, became acting governor until his senate term expired.
^ As the new president pro tempore of the state Senate, became acting governor for three days until the next elected governor took office.
^ Elected in special election to fill unexpired term.
^ Resigned to become a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas .
^ a b c As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was subsequently elected in his own right.
^ a b Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
^ a b As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
^ Resigned after being elected governor in 1978.
^ Gubernatorial terms changed from two years to four years during Clinton's term; he was elected for two-year terms in 1982 and 1984, and for four-year terms in 1986 and 1990.
^ Resigned to become president of the United States .
^ Resigned after being convicted of mail fraud in the Whitewater scandal .
^ First elected in special election following Huckabee's elevation to governorship.
^ Richard Carroll switched parties from Green to Democratic.
^ Resigned February 1, 2014 after being fined for ethics violations.[3]
^ Rep. Nate Bell left the Republican Party to sit as an Independent in June 2015.[5] Mike Holcomb (District 10) changed parties from Democratic to Republican in August 2015.[6]
^ Reps. Joe Jett, Jeff Wardlaw, and David Hillman all switched parties from Democratic to Republican before the 2017 legislative session.[7]
See also [ edit ]
^ Rolfe, Maro O. (1904). "Chapter 3: Arkansas in Ante-Bellum Days" . In Jones, Daniel Webster (ed.). The Province and the States . Vol. III. Madison, Wisconsin : Western Historical Association. p. 317. William Adams was state treasurer January 2, 1849, to January 10, 1849
^ "Former State Auditor Dead" . The Prescott daily news . Prescott, Ark. March 24, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 17 September 2021 .
^ Staff, Arkansas Times (2014-02-06). "It was a bad week for Mark Darr (again)" . Arkansas Times . Retrieved 2021-06-20 .
^ Waldon, George (2013-05-29). "Mike Beebe Names Charles Robinson State Treasurer" . Arkansas Business . Retrieved 2013-06-15 .
^ Lyon, John (2015-06-03). "Nate Bell Drops GOP Affiliation; Now Independent" . Arkansas News Bureau. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08 – via Times Record .
^ "Rep. Mike Holcomb Switches Parties" . Talk Business & Politics . 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2021-06-20 .
^ "Rep. Jett switches to GOP; Arkansas Democrats lose lone committee majority" . Talk Business & Politics. KATV . 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2021-06-20 .