# 49th Arkansas General Assembly

The Forty-Ninth Arkansas General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Arkansas in 1933 and 1934. In this General Assembly, all 35 positions in the Arkansas Senate and 100 positions in the Arkansas House of Representatives were both controlled by the Democrats.

## Major events

Democratic hegemony was typical in Arkansas and throughout the American South during the Solid South period.

### Vacancies

* Senator John Fred Parish (D-29th) was contested, and R. A. Nelson was seated on January 9, 1933
* Representative Ethel Cole Cunningham (D-Yell County) resigned at the end of the regular session but is carried as absent non-voting

## Senate

The senate was completely controlled the Democratic party. Fifteen freshman senators took seats in the chamber, including John Fred Parish (D-29th), who successfully contested the reelection of incumbent R. A. Nelson, who was seated at the beginning of the session.

### Leadership

* President of the Senate: Lee Cazort

### Senators

| District | Senator | Party | First elected | Counties |
| 1 | C. B. Gregg | Democratic | 1932 | Clay, Craighead, Greene |
| 2 | Andrew J. Cole | Democratic | 1932 | Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp |
| 3 | Roy Milum | Democratic | 1922 | Boone, Marion, Newton |
| 4 | Robert L. Bailey | Democratic | 1930 | Johnson, Pope |
| 5 | Wilson Cardwell | Democratic | 1932 | Washington |
| 6 | J. Paul Ward | Democratic | 1930 | Independence, Stone |
| 7 | J. L. Shaver | Democratic | 1930 | Cross, Woodruff |
| 8 | Charles I. Evans | Democratic | 1932 | Logan, Yell |
| 9 | Marvin N. Harris | Democratic | 1932 | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline |
| 10 | Ed B. Dillon | Democratic | 1926 | Perry, Pulaski |
| 10 | G. W. Hendricks | Democratic | 1930 | Perry, Pulaski |
| 11 | Sam Levine | Democratic | 1932 | Jefferson |
| 12 | T. P. Atkins | Democratic | 1930 | Lonoke, Prairie |
| 13 | G. C. Carnes | Democratic | 1928 | Arkansas, Monroe |
| 14 | William L. Ward | Democratic | 1932 | Lee, Phillips |
| 15 | J.A. Bennett | Democratic | 1930 | Ashley, Chicot |
| 16 | A. J. Johnson | Democratic | 1932 | Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln |
| 17 | W. F. Norrell | Democratic | 1930 | Desha, Drew |
| 18 | Tom Marlin | Democratic | 1932 | Bradley, Union |
| 19 | Charles L. Poole | Democratic | 1930 | Calhoun, Ouachita |
| 20 | Lawrence L. Mitchell | Democratic | 1930 | Hempstead, Nevada |
| 21 | Ned A. Stewart | Democratic | 1930 | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller |
| 22 | Winfred Lake | Democratic | 1930 | Howard, Little River, Sevier |
| 23 | John C. Ashley | Democratic | 1932 | Baxter, Fulton, Izard |
| 24 | Mike I. Shuster | Democratic | 1930 | Carroll, Madison |
| 25 | Ivo W. Gilbert | Democratic | 1932 | Crawford, Franklin |
| 26 | Guy Walls | Democratic | 1930 | Conway, Cleburne, Searcy, Van Buren |
| 27 | W. H. Abington | Democratic | 1930 | White, Faulkner |
| 28 | Fred Armstrong | Democratic | 1932 | Sebastian |
| 29 | R. A. Nelson | Democratic | 1928 | Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett |
| 30 | Fletcher McElhannon | Democratic | 1930 | Clark, Pike |
| 31 | L. Walter Wheatley | Democratic | 1932 | Garland, Montgomery |
| 32 | Marvin B. Norfleet | Democratic | 1930 | Crittenden, St. Francis |
| 33 | R. L. Crutchfield | Democratic | 1932 | Polk, Scott |
| 34 | Storm O. Whaley | Democratic | 1930 | Benton |

## House of Representatives

The House was almost entirely new, with 73 freshmen members. Only three members had first won election to the House in 1928.

### Leadership

* Speaker of the House: H. K. Toney

### Representatives

| County | Representative | Party | First elected |
| Arkansas | Louis K. Burkle | Democratic | 1932 |
| Ashley | T. G. Morgan | Democratic | 1932 |
| Baxter | M. R. Pryor | Democratic | 1932 |
| Benton | John W. Nance | Democratic | 1932 |
| Benton | Clyde T. Ellis | Democratic | 1932 |
| Boone | Louis Dowell | Democratic | 1930 |
| Bradley | Carroll Hollensworth | Democratic | 1930 |
| Calhoun | Marcus W. Proctor | Democratic | 1930 |
| Carroll | Ted P. Coxsey | Democratic | 1930 |
| Chicot | E. B. Cone | Democratic | 1932 |
| Clark | C. R. Huie | Democratic | 1932 |
| Clark | George H. Wells | Democratic | 1932 |
| Clay | C. O. Raley | Democratic | 1932 |
| Cleburne | Eddie J. Dunn | Democratic | 1932 |
| Cleveland | O. E. Gates | Democratic | 1932 |
| Columbia | Joe L. Davis | Democratic | 1932 |
| Columbia | S. A. Crumpler | Democratic | 1930 |
| Conway | J. H. Reynolds | Democratic | 1932 |
| Conway | Steve Combs | Democratic | 1932 |
| Craighead | Orris B. Elgin | Democratic | 1932 |
| Crawford | James W. Smith | Democratic | 1932 |
| Crawford | Jim Scott | Democratic | 1930 |
| Crittenden | W. W. Harris | Democratic | 1932 |
| Cross | Sam A. Gooch | Democratic | 1930 |
| Dallas | W. M. Caraway | Democratic | 1932 |
| Desha | Scott McGehee | Democratic | 1932 |
| Drew | Charles H. Killian | Democratic | 1932 |
| Faulkner | J. C. Dawson | Democratic | 1932 |
| Franklin | John Bollinger | Democratic | 1930 |
| Franklin | W. R. Bumpers | Democratic | 1932 |
| Fulton | H. A. Northcutt | Democratic | 1932 |
| Garland | Elmer Tackett | Democratic | 1930 |
| Garland | C. A. Stanfield | Democratic | 1932 |
| Grant | A. J. Stephens | Democratic | 1932 |
| Greene | J. Ed Thompson | Democratic | 1928 |
| Hempstead | Luke F. Monroe | Democratic | 1932 |
| Hempstead | Ernest G. Steed | Democratic | 1932 |
| Hot Spring | H. S. Thomas | Democratic | 1932 |
| Howard | Jack Owen | Democratic | 1932 |
| Independence | Virgil James Butler | Democratic | 1930 |
| Independence | W. P. Detherow | Democratic | 1932 |
| Izard | W. W. Copeland | Democratic | 1932 |
| Jackson | Henry S. Grant | Democratic | 1932 |
| Jefferson | H. Kemp Toney | Democratic | 1930 |
| Jefferson | Hendrix Rowell | Democratic | 1932 |
| Jefferson | Carleton Harris | Democratic | 1932 |
| Johnson | Armil Taylor | Democratic | 1932 |
| Lafayette | R. T. Boulware | Democratic | 1932 |
| Lawrence | E. E. Kelley | Democratic | 1932 |
| Lee | A. L. Wilsford | Democratic | 1932 |
| Lee | Eugene Hampton | Democratic | 1932 |
| Lincoln | Joe C. Hardin | Democratic | 1930 |
| Little River | W. D. Waldrop | Democratic | 1930 |
| Logan | John M. Willems | Democratic | 1932 |
| Logan | Joseph O. Horton | Democratic | 1932 |
| Lonoke | John M. Bransford | Democratic | 1930 |
| Lonoke | A. J. Walls | Democratic | 1932 |
| Madison | Charles L. McElhaney | Democratic | 1930 |
| Marion | Earl Berry | Democratic | 1932 |
| Miller | Ben E. Carter | Democratic | 1932 |
| Mississippi | Curtis J. Little | Democratic | 1932 |
| Monroe | Fred N. McCollum | Democratic | 1932 |
| Montgomery | Harold Watkins | Democratic | 1930 |
| Nevada | Alfred E. Cross | Democratic | 1932 |
| Newton | Ernest Cheatham | Democratic | 1932 |
| Ouachita | Richard K. Mason | Democratic | 1930 |
| Perry | G. B. Colvin | Democratic | 1932 |
| Phillips | Leo Nyberg | Democratic | 1932 |
| Phillips | Luther J. Wilkes | Democratic | 1932 |
| Pike | Fletcher B. Clement | Democratic | 1930 |
| Poinsett | H. B. Thorn | Democratic | 1930 |
| Polk | Marcus L. Miller | Democratic | 1932 |
| Pope | John G. Rye | Democratic | 1932 |
| Pope | Neal King | Democratic | 1932 |
| Prairie | J. W. Watson | Democratic | 1932 |
| Pulaski | Morgan Smith | Democratic | 1928 |
| Pulaski | J. S. Murphy | Democratic | 1932 |
| Pulaski | Ellis M. Fagan | Democratic | 1932 |
| Pulaski | David D. Terry | Democratic | 1932 |
| Randolph | J. E. Smith | Democratic | 1930 |
| St. Francis | B. McCollum | Democratic | 1932 |
| Saline | B. B. McCall | Democratic | 1932 |
| Scott | Lorenzo D. Duncan | Democratic | 1930 |
| Searcy | Zeb V. Ferguson | Democratic | 1932 |
| Sebastian | Henry Kaufman | Democratic | 1930 |
| Sebastian | Earl Dunn | Democratic | 1932 |
| Sebastian | Means Wilkinson | Democratic | 1932 |
| Sevier | Minor W. Millwee | Democratic | 1932 |
| Sharp | James M. Simpson | Democratic | 1932 |
| Stone | William O. Edmondson | Democratic | 1932 |
| Union | Sam D. Crawford | Democratic | 1932 |
| Van Buren | Joe S. Hall | Democratic | 1930 |
| Washington | Irvin R. Rothrock | Democratic | 1928 |
| Washington | Rufus J. Nelson | Democratic | 1932 |
| Washington | W. H. Norton | Democratic | 1932 |
| White | J. A. Choate | Democratic | 1932 |
| White | Oscar L. Akin | Democratic | 1932 |
| Woodruff | Roger Williams | Democratic | 1932 |
| Yell | Ethel Cole Cunningham | Democratic | 1930 |
| Yell | Neill Bohlinger | Democratic | 1932 |