Arkansas

Arkansas is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was admitted to the U.S. on June 15, 1836 as the twenty-fifth state. Arkansas was also one of the eleven states to secede from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America in 1861. It was formally readmiited to th U.S. on June 22, 1868. Arkansas is the twenty-ninth largest state by area, and the thirty-third largest state by population.
==State Facts==
Name 	Arkansas
Capital City 	Little Rock
Population 	3, 017, 804  (33/50)
Area 	53, 179  square miles  (29/50)
Counties 	75
Largest Cities	Little Rock, Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springdale, Jonesboro
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party	Term 	Spouse
1 	
James Sevier Conway
(1796-1855)	Dem. 	1836-40 	Mary Conway
2 	
Archibald Yell
(1797-1847)	Dem. 	1840-44 	N/A
3 	
Samuel Adams
(1805-50)	Dem. 	1844 	Catherine Adams
4 	
Thomas Stevenson Drew
(1802-79)	Dem. 	1844-49 	Cinderella Drew
5 	
Richard C. Byrd
(1805-54)	Dem. 	1849 	Mary Byrd
6 	
John Selden Roane
(1817-67)	Dem. 	1849-52 	N/A
7 	
Elias Nelson Conway
(1812-92)	Dem. 	1852-60 	N/A
8 	
Henry Massey Rector
(1816-99)	Dem. 	1860-62 	N/A
9 	
Thomas Fletcher
(1817-80)	Dem. 	1862 	Harriett Fletcher
10 	
Harris Flanagin
(1817-74)	Dem. 	1862-64 	Martha Flanagin
11 	
Isaac Murphy
(1799-1882)	Union	1864-68 	N/A
12 	
Powell Clayton
(1833-1914)	Rep. 	1868-71 	Adeline Clayton
13 	
Ozro Amander Hadley
(1826-1915)	Rep. 	1871-73 	Mary Hadley
14 	
Elisha Baxter
(1827-99)	Rep. 	1873-74 	Harriet Baxter
15 	
Augustus Hill Garland
(1832-99)	Dem. 	1874-77 	Sarah Garland
16 	
William Read Miller
(1823-87)	Dem. 	1877-81 	Susan Miller
17 	
Thomas James Churchill
(1824-1905)	Dem. 	1881-83 	Anna Churchill
18 	
James Henderson Berry
(1841-1913)	Dem. 	1883-85 	Elizabeth Berry
19 	
Simon Pollard Hughes Jr.
(1830-1906)	Dem. 	1885-89 	Ann Hughes
20 	
James Philip Eagle
(1837-1904)	Dem. 	1889-93 	Mary Eagle
21 	
William Meade Fishback
(1831-1903)	Dem. 	1893-95 	N/A
22 	
James Paul Clarke
(1854-1916)	Dem. 	1895-97 	Sallie Clarke
23 	
Daniel Webster Jones
(1839-1918)	Dem. 	1897-1901	Margaret Jones
24 	
Jeff Davis
(1862-1913)	Dem. 	1901-07 	Ina Davis
25 	
John Sebastian Little
(1851-1916)	Dem. 	1907 	Elizabeth Little
26 	
John Isaac Moore
(1856-1937)	Dem. 	1907 	Maie Moore
27 	
Xenophon Overton Pindall
(1873-1935)	Dem. 	1907-09 	N/A
28 	
Jesse M. Martin
(1877-1915)	Dem. 	1909 	Mollie Martin
29 	
George Washington Donaghey
(1856-1937)	Dem. 	1909-13 	Louvenia Donaghey
30 	
Joseph Taylor Robinson
(1872-1937)	Dem. 	1913 	Ewilda Robinson
31 	
William Kavanaugh Oldham
(1865-1938)	Dem. 	1913 	Lillian Oldham
32 	
Junius Marion Futrell
(1870-1955)	Dem. 	1913 	Tera Futrell
33 	
George Washington Hays
(1863-1927)	Dem. 	1913-17 	N/A
34 	
Charles Hillman Brough
(1876-1935)	Dem. 	1917-21 	Anne Brough
35 	
Thomas Chipman McRae
(1851-1929)	Dem. 	1921-25 	Amelia McRae
36 	
Tom Terral
(1882-1946)	Dem. 	1925-27 	Eula Terral
37 	
John Ellis Martineau
(1873-1937)	Dem. 	1927-28 	Mabel Martineau
38 	
Harvey Parnell
(1880-1936)	Dem. 	1928-33 	Mabel Parnell
39 	
Junius Marion Futrell
(1870-1955)	Dem. 	1933-37 	Tera Futrell
40 	
Carl E. Bailey
(1894-1948)	Dem. 	1937-41 	Marjorie Bailey
41 	
Homer Martin Adkins
(1890-1964)	Dem. 	1941-45 	Estelle Adkins
42 	
Benjamin Travis Laney
(1896-1977)	Dem. 	1945-49 	Lucille Laney
43 	
Sid McMath
(1912-2003)	Dem. 	1949-53 	Anne McMath
44 	
Francis Cherry
(1908-65)	Dem. 	1953-55 	Margaret Cherry
45 	
Orval Faubus
(1910-94)	Dem. 	1955-67 	Alta Faubus
46 	
Winthrop Rockefeller
(1912-73)	Rep. 	1967-71 	Jeanette Rockefeller
47 	
Dale Bumpers
(1925-2016)	Dem. 	1971-75 	Betty Bumpers
48 	
Bob C. Riley
(1924-94)	Dem. 	1975 	Claudia Riley
49 	
David Pryor
(1934-)	Dem. 	1975-79 	Barbara Pryor
50 	
Joe Purcell
(1923-87)	Dem. 	1979 	Helen Purcell
51 	
Bill Clinton
(1946-)	Dem. 	1979-81 	Hillary Clinton
53 	
Frank D. White
(1933-2003)	Rep. 	1981-83 	Gay White
54 	
Bill Clinton
(1946-)	Dem. 	1983-92 	Hillary Clinton
55 	
Jim Guy Tucker
(1943-)	Dem. 	1992-96 	Betty Tucker
56 	
Mike Huckabee
(1955-)	Rep. 	1996-2007	Janet Huckabee
57 	
Mike Beebe
(1946-)	Dem. 	2007-15 	Ginger Beebe
58 	
Asa Hutchinson
(1950-)	Rep. 	2015-Pr. 	Susan Hutchinson
==U.S. Senators (Class 2 and Class 3)==
Class 2: 1836-61 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	William S. Fulton
(1795-1844)	Democratic 	1836-44
(8 years)
2. 	Chester Ashley
(1790-1848)	Democratic 	1844-48
(4 years)
3. 	William K. Sebastian
(1812-65)	Democratic 	1848-61
(13 years)
There were no U.S. Senators from Arkansas from July 11, 1861 until June 22, 1868, due to the secession of Arkansas from the United States.
Class 2: 1868-Present
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
4. 	Alexander McDonald
(1832-1903)	Republican 	1868-71
(3 years)
5. 	Powell Clayton
(1833-1914)	Republican 	1871-77
(6 years)
6. 	Augustus Hill Garland
(1832-99)	Democratic 	1877-85
(8 years)
7. 	James Henderson Berry
(1841-1913)	Democratic 	1885-1907
(22 years)
8. 	Jeff Davis
(1862-1913)	Democratic 	1907-13
(6 years)
9. 	John N. Heiskell
(1872-1972)	Democratic 	1913
(23 days)
10. 	William Marmaduke Kavanaugh
(1866-1915)	Democratic 	1913
(1 month)
11. 	Joseph Taylor Robinson
(1872-1937)	Democratic 	1913-37
(24 years)
12. 	John E. Miller
(1888-1981)	Democratic 	1937-41
(4 years)
13. 	Lloyd Spencer
(1893-1981)	Democratic 	1941-43
(2 years)
14. 	John L. McClellan
(1896-1977)	Democratic 	1943-77
(34 years)
15. 	Kaneaster Hodges Jr.
(1938-)	Democratic 	1977-79
(2 years)
16. 	David Pryor
(1934-)	Democratic 	1979-97
(18 years)
17. 	Tim Hutchinson
(1949-)	Republican 	1997-2003
(6 years)
18. 	Mark Pryor
(1963-)	Democratic 	2003-15
(12 years)
19. 	Tom Cotton
(1977-)	Republican 	2015-Present
(6 years)
Class 3: 1836-61 (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	Ambrose Hundley Sevier
(1801-48)	Democratic 	1836-48
(12 years)
2. 	Solon Borland
(1808-64)	Democratic 	1848-53
(5 years)
3. 	Robert Ward Johnson
(1814-79)	Democratic 	1853-61
(8 years)
4. 	Charles B. Mitchel
(1815-64)	Democratic 	1861
(4 months)
Class 3: 1868-Present
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
5. 	Benjamin F. Rice
(1828-1905)	Republican 	1868-73
(5 years)
6. 	Stephen Wallace Dorsey
(1842-1916)	Republican 	1873-79
(6 years)
7. 	James D. Walker
(1830-1908)	Democratic 	1879-85
(6 years)
8. 	James Kimbrough Jones
(1839-1908)	Democratic 	1885-1903
(18 years)
9. 	James Paul Clarke
(1854-1916)	Democratic 	1903-16
(13 years)
10. 	William F. Kirby
(1867-1934)	Democratic 	1916-21
(5 years)
11. 	Thaddeus H. Caraway
(1871-1931)	Democratic 	1921-31
(10 years)
12. 	Hattie Wyatt Caraway
(1878-1950)	Democratic 	1931-45
(14 years)
13. 	J. William Fulbright
(1905-95)	Democratic 	1945-74
(29 years)
14. 	Dale Bumpers
(1925-2016)	Democratic 	1975-99
(24 years)
15. 	Blanche Lincoln
(1960-)	Democratic 	1999-2011
(12 years)
16. 	John Boozman
(1950-)	Republican 	2011-Present
(10 years)