List of Governors of Arkansas
Governors of the State of Arkansas
Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. The state seceded on May 6, 1861, and was admitted to the Confederacy on May 18, 1861.

List of Governors of Arkansas

Section Title: Governors of the State of Arkansas
Table Section Text: Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836. The state seceded on May 6, 1861, and was admitted to the Confederacy on May 18, 1861.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	James Sevier Conway	September 13, 1836 – November 4, 1840 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1836	Office did not exist

2	-	Archibald Yell	November 4, 1840 – April 29, 1844 (resigned)	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 5, 1844 – January 10, 1849 (resigned)	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)

5	-	Elias Nelson Conway	November 15, 1852 – November 15, 1860 (term limited)	Democratic	1852

1856

6	-	Henry Massey Rector	November 16, 1860 – November 4, 1862 (resigned)	Democratic	1860

—	Thomas Fletcher	November 4, 1862 – November 15, 1862 (successor took office)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

7	-	Harris Flanagin	November 15, 1862 – May 26, 1865 (government-in-exile disbanded)	Democratic	1862

8	-	Isaac Murphy	April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868 (not candidate for election)	Unionist	1864	Calvin C. Bliss

9	-	Powell Clayton	July 2, 1868 – March 17, 1871 (resigned)	Republican	1868	James M. Johnson (resigned March 14, 1871)

Vacant

—	-	Ozra Amander Hadley	March 17, 1871 – January 6, 1873 (not candidate for election)	Republican	President of the Senate acting as Governor

10	-	Elisha Baxter	January 6, 1873 – November 12, 1874 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1872	Volney V. Smith

11	-	Augustus Hill Garland	November 12, 1874 – January 11, 1877 (not candidate for election)	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 – January 17, 1889 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1884

1886

16	-	James Philip Eagle	January 17, 1889 – January 14, 1893 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1888

1890

17	-	William Meade Fishback	January 14, 1893 – January 18, 1895 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1892

18	-	James Paul Clarke	January 18, 1895 – January 18, 1897 (not candidate for election)	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 – January 18, 1907 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1900

1902

1904

21	-	John Sebastian Little	January 18, 1907 – February 11, 1907 (resigned)	Democratic	1906

—	-	John Isaac Moore	February 11, 1907 – May 14, 1907 (legislature adjourned)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

—	-	Xenophon Overton Pindall	May 14, 1907 – January 11, 1909 (senate term expired)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

—	Jesse M. Martin	January 11, 1909 – January 14, 1909 (successor took office)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

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)	Democratic	1912

—	William Kavanaugh Oldham	March 8, 1913 – March 13, 1913 (new president of the senate elected)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

—	Junius Marion Futrell	March 13, 1913 – August 6, 1913 (successor took office)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

24	George Washington Hays	August 6, 1913 – January 10, 1917 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1913 (special)

1914

25	-	Charles Hillman Brough	January 10, 1917 – January 11, 1921 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1916

1918

26	-	Thomas Chipman McRae	January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1920

1922

27	Tom Terral	January 13, 1925 – January 11, 1927 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1924

28	-	John Ellis Martineau	January 11, 1927 – March 14, 1928 (resigned)	Democratic	1926	Harvey Parnell

29	Harvey Parnell	March 14, 1928 – 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 Edward Bailey	January 12, 1937 – January 14, 1941 (lost election)	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 mcmath1.JPG	Sid McMath	January 11, 1949 – January 13, 1953 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1948

1950

35	Francis Cherry	January 13, 1953 – January 11, 1955 (not candidate for election)	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)	Democratic	1970	Bob C. Riley

1972

—	Bob C. Riley	January 3, 1975 – January 14, 1975 (successor took office)	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor acting as Governor	Acting as Governor

39	-	David Pryor	January 14, 1975 – January 3, 1979 (resigned)	Democratic	1974	Joe Purcell

1976

—	Joe Purcell	January 3, 1979 – January 9, 1979 (successor took office)	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor acting as Governor	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

42	-	Bill Clinton	January 11, 1983 – December 12, 1992 (resigned)	Democratic	1982

1984

1986

1990	Jim Guy Tucker

43	-	Jim Guy Tucker	December 12, 1992 – July 15, 1996 (resigned)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

Mike Huckabee (elected November 20, 1993)

1994

44	-	Mike Huckabee	July 15, 1996 – January 9, 2007 (term limited)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (elected November 19, 1996) (died July 16, 2006)

1998

2002

Vacant

45	-	Mike Beebe	January 9, 2007 – January 13, 2015 (term limited)	Democratic	2006	Bill Halter

2010	Mark Darr (resigned February 1, 2014)

Vacant

46	-	Asa Hutchinson	January 13, 2015 – present	Republican	2014	Tim Griffin

2018

Sentence(s)

John Sebastian Little was the 21st Governor of Arkansas.
John Sebastian Little was the 21st Governor of Arkansas.
John Sebastian Little served as the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

final_sentence: John Sebastian Little was the 21st Governor of Arkansas.
final_sentence: John Sebastian Little was the 21st Governor of Arkansas.
final_sentence: John Sebastian Little served as the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.