Governors of Arkansas, 1836-2012(May beincomplete!) JamesSevier Conway 1836-40ArchibaldYell 1840-44SamuelAdams 1844ThomasS. Drew 1844-49RichardC. Byrd 1849JohnSelden Roane 1849-52EliasNelson Conway 1852-60HenryMassey Rector 1860-62HarrisFlanagin 1862-64IsaacMurphy 1864-68PowellClayton 1868-71OzraA. Hadley 1871-73ElishaBaxter 1873-74AugustusH. Garland 1874-77WilliamRead Miller 1877-81ThomasJ. Churchill 1881-83JamesH. Berry 1883-85SimonP. Hughes 1885-89JamesP. Eagle 1889-93WilliamMeade Fishback 1893-95JamesP. Clarke 1895-97DanielW. Jones 1897-1901JeffDavis 1901-07JohnS. Little 1907JohnI. Moore 1907XenophonOverton Pindall 1907-09GeorgeW. Donaghey 1909-13JosephT. Robinson 1913WilliamK. Oldham 1913J.Marion Futrell 1913GeorgeW. Hays 1913-17CharlesH. Brough 1917-21ThomasC. McRae 1921-25TomJ. Terral 1925-27JohnE. Martineau 1927-28HarveyParnell 1928-33J.Marion Futrell 1933-37CarlE. Bailey 1937-41HomerM. Adkins 1941-45BenLaney 1945-49SidMcMath 1949-53FrancisAdams Cherry 1953-55OrvalFaubus 1955-67WinthropRockefeller 1967-71DaleBumpers 1971-75BobC. Riley 1975DavidH. Pryor 1975-79JoePurcell 1979BillClinton 1979-81FrankWhite 1981-83BillClinton 1983-92JimGuy Tucker, Jr. 1992-96MikeHuckabee 1996-2007MikeBeebe 2007- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1882:RufusKing Garland, defeated. 1894:H.L. Remmel (Rep), defeated. 1896:H.L. Remmel (Rep), defeated. 1900:H.L. Remmel (Rep), defeated. 1908:StephenBrundidge, Jr., defeated. 1912 Sep 9:JosephT. Robinson (Dem), elected;AndrewI. Roland (Rep), defeated;G.E. Mikel (Socialist), defeated. 1913 Mar 8:JosephT. Robinson, resigned. 1913 Jul 23:GeorgeW. Hays (Dem), elected;HarryH. Myers (Rep), defeated;GeorgeW. Murphy (Progressive), defeated;J.Emil Webber (Socialist), defeated. 1914 Sep 14:GeorgeW. Hays (Dem), elected;AudreyL. Kinney (Rep), defeated;DanHogan (Socialist), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:CharlesH. Brough (Dem), elected;WallaceTownsend (Rep), defeated;WilliamDavis (Socialist), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:CharlesH. Brough (Dem), elected;ClayFaulks (Socialist), defeated. 1920 Aug 10:ThomasC. McRae (Dem), nominated;SmeadPowell (Dem), defeated in primary;TomJ. Terral (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnC. Floyd (Dem), defeated in primary;GeorgeR. Haynie (Dem), defeated in primary;HarryE. Walsh (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnA. Riggs (Dem), defeated in primary;HenryStroupe (Dem), defeated in primary;FrankM. Wells (Dem), defeated in primary. 1920 Nov 2:ThomasC. McRae (Dem), elected;WallaceTownsend (Rep), defeated;J.H. Blount (Negro Independent), defeated;SamButler (Socialist), defeated. 1922 Aug 8:ThomasC. McRae (Dem), nominated;E.P. Toney (Dem), defeated in primary. 1922 Nov 7:ThomasC. McRae (Dem), elected;JohnW. Gabriel (Rep), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:TomJ. Terral (Dem), elected;JohnW. Gabriel (Rep), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:JohnE. Martineau (Dem), elected;M.D. Bowers (Rep), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:HarveyParnell (Dem), elected;M.D. Bowers (Rep), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:HarveyParnell (Dem), elected;J.O. Livesay (Rep), defeated. 1932 Nov 8:J.Marion Futrell (Dem), elected;J.O. Livesay (Rep), defeated;ClayFaulks (Socialist), defeated;H.C. Coney (Communist), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:J.Marion Futrell (Dem), elected;G.C. Ledbetter (Rep), defeated;J.Russell Butler (Socialist), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:CarlE. Bailey (Dem), elected;OsroCobb (Rep), defeated;J.Russell Butler (Socialist), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:CarlE. Bailey (Dem), elected;CharlesS. Cole (Ind), defeated;WalterS. McNutt (Rep), defeated. 1940 Aug 13:HomerM. Adkins (Dem), nominated. 1940 Nov 5:HomerM. Adkins (Dem), elected;HarleyC. Stump (Rep), defeated;WalterS. McNutt (Ind), defeated. 1942 Jul 28:HomerM. Adkins (Dem), nominated. 1942 Nov 3:HomerM. Adkins (Dem), elected;WalterS. McNutt, defeated. 1944 Nov 7:BenLaney (Dem), elected;HarleyC. Stump (Rep), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:BenLaney (Dem), elected;WilliamT. Mills (Rep), defeated. 1948:WilliamT. Mills (Rep), defeated in primary. 1948 Nov 2:SidMcMath (Dem), elected;CharlesR. Black (Rep), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:SidMcMath (Dem), elected;JeffersonW. Speck (Rep), defeated. 1952:SidMcMath (Dem), defeated in primary;BoydTackett (Dem), defeated in primary;BenLaney (Dem), defeated in primary. 1952 Nov 4:FrancisAdams Cherry (Dem), elected;JeffersonW. Speck (Rep), defeated. 1954:GuyH. Jones, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary. 1954:PrattC. Remmel (Rep), defeated. 1956:JamesD. Johnson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1962:DaleAlford (Dem), defeated in primary. 1966:DaleAlford (Dem), defeated in primary. 1966:JamesD. Johnson (Dem), defeated. 1968:VirginiaJohnson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1968:FrankL. Whitbeck (Dem), defeated. 1970:JoePurcell (Dem), defeated in primary. 1974:BobC. Riley (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978:MonroeSchwarzlose (Dem), defeated in primary. 1980:MonroeSchwarzlose (Dem), defeated in primary. 1980:MarshallChrisman (Rep), defeated in primary. 1982:FrankWhite (Rep), defeated. 1986:MauriceL. Britt, defeated;FrankWhite (Rep), defeated. 1990:SheffieldNelson (Rep), defeated;ThomasChipman McRae IV (Dem), defeated. 1994:SheffieldNelson (Rep), defeated. 1998 May 19:MikeHuckabee (Rep), nominated;GeneMcVay (Rep), defeated in primary. 1998 Nov 3:MikeHuckabee (Rep), elected;BillBristow (Dem), defeated;KeithCarle (Reform), defeated. | |