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Arkansas
Arkansas ( /ˈɑrkənsɔː/ (help·info) AR-kən-saw) is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquin name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography...
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James Sevier Conway
James Sevier Conway (9 December 1798 – 3 March 1855) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas, the first elected governor of the state.
James Sevier Conway was born in Greene County, Tennessee and was educated by private tutors and...
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- Nov 4, 1840
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- Sep 13, 1836
Archibald Yell
Archibald Yell (August 9, 1797 – February 23, 1847) was a member of the United States House of Representatives, Governor of the State of Arkansas, and a Brigadier General in the United States Army serving in the Mexican-American War.
Archibald Yell...
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- Apr 29, 1844
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- Nov 4, 1840
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams (June 5, 1805 – February 27, 1850) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas.
Samuel Adams was born in Halifax County, Virginia. Adams was self-taught and moved to Arkansas in 1835. Adams became a planter and became active in...
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- Nov 5, 1844
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- Apr 29, 1844
Thomas Stevenson Drew
Thomas Stevenson Drew (25 August 1802 – January 1879) was a Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. He was born in Wilson County, Tennessee. Drew moved with his family to Louisiana and then in 1818 to Arkansas. He worked as a traveling...
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- Jan 10, 1849
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- Nov 5, 1844
Richard C. Byrd
Richard C. Byrd (1805 – 1 June 1854) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas.
Richard C. Byrd was born in 1805 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Byrd was a merchant and farmer. He moved to Arkansas in 1826.
Byrd became auditor for the...
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- Apr 19, 1849
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- Jan 10, 1849
John Selden Roane
John Selden Roane (January 8, 1817 – April 8, 1867) was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He also served as Governor of the State of Arkansas.
John Selden Roane was born in Lebanon in Wilson County, Tennessee, and was...
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- Nov 15, 1852
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- Apr 19, 1849
Elias Nelson Conway
Elias Nelson Conway (May 17, 1812 – February 28, 1892) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas.
Elias Nelson Conway was brother to James Sevier Conway, the first governor of Arkansas. He and his family moved to Missouri. Conway attended Bonne Femme...
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- Nov 16, 1860
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- Nov 15, 1852
Henry Massey Rector
Henry Massey Rector (May 1, 1816 – August 12, 1899) was a Democratic Governor of the state of Arkansas.
Henry Massey Rector was born near Louisville, Kentucky. Rector was educated by his mother and attended one year of school at Louisville. He moved...
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- Nov 4, 1862
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- Nov 16, 1860
Harris Flanagin
Harris Flanagin (November 3, 1817 – September 23, 1874) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas.
Harris Flanagin was born in Roadstown, New Jersey. Flanagin was educated in Quaker schools in New Jersey. At age 18 he became a professor of...
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- Apr 18, 1864
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- Nov 4, 1862
Isaac Murphy
For the African-American Hall of Fame jockey see: Isaac Burns Murphy
Isaac Murphy (born October 16, 1799 or 1802 - died September 8, 1882) was the first Reconstruction Governor of Arkansas. He was the first reconstruction governor to come to power...
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- Jul 2, 1868
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- Apr 18, 1864
Powell Clayton
Powell Clayton (August 7, 1833 – August 23, 1914) was an engineer, a Union Army general in the American Civil War, the first carpetbag Governor of the State of Arkansas, and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and...
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- Mar 17, 1871
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- Jul 2, 1868
Ozra Amander Hadley
Ozra Amander Hadley (30 June 1826 - 18 July 1915) was a Republican Governor of the State of Arkansas. He was born in Cherry Creek, New York and was educated in the public schools of New York. He attended Fredonia Academy (now SUNY-Fredonia). He...
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- Jan 6, 1873
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- Mar 17, 1871
Elisha Baxter
Elisha Baxter (September 1, 1827 – May 31, 1899) was a Republican Governor of the State of Arkansas.
Elisha Baxter was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Baxter received an appointment to the United States Military Academy but his father...
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- Nov 12, 1874
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- Jan 6, 1873
Augustus Hill Garland
Augustus Hill Garland (June 11, 1832 – January 26, 1899) was an Arkansas lawyer and politician. He was a senator in both the United States and the Confederate States, served as Governor of Arkansas and as Attorney General of the United States in...
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- Jan 11, 1877
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- Nov 12, 1874
William Read Miller
William Read Miller (November 23, 1823 – November 29, 1887) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas.
William Read Miller was born in Batesville, Arkansas. Miller was the first native born Arkansas governor. Miller studied law and was...
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- Jan 11, 1881
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- Jan 11, 1877
Thomas James Churchill
Thomas James Churchill (March 10, 1824 – March 10, 1905) was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War and a governor of the state of Arkansas.
Thomas J. Churchill was born near Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated at St. Mary's...
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- Jan 13, 1883
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- Jan 11, 1881
James Henderson Berry
James Henderson Berry (May 15, 1841 – January 30, 1913) was a Democratic United States Senator and served as Governor of the State of Arkansas.
James Henderson Berry was born in Jackson County, Alabama to Isabella Jane (neé Orr) and James McFerrin...
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- Jan 17, 1885
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- Jan 13, 1883
Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr.
Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. (April 14, 1830 - June 29, 1906) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas and an officer in the American Civil War.
Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. was born in Carthage, Tennessee the son of Simon P. Hughes and Mary...
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- Jan 8, 1889
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- Jan 17, 1885
James Philip Eagle
James Philip Eagle (August 10, 1837 – December 19, 1904) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas.
James Philip Eagle was born in Maury County, Tennessee. His family moved to Arkansas early in his life and he was educated in the public...
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- Jan 10, 1893
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- Jan 8, 1889
William Meade Fishback
William Meade Fishback (November 5, 1831 – February 9, 1903) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas and selected to be a member of the United States Senate but was not allowed to serve.
William Meade Fishback was born in Jeffersonton, Culpeper County...
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- Jan 8, 1895
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- Jan 10, 1893
James Paul Clarke
James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a Democratic United States Senator and Governor of Arkansas.
James Paul Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clarke attended public schools as well as Tutwilder's Academy in Greenbrier...
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- Jan 12, 1897
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- Jan 8, 1895
Daniel Webster Jones
Daniel Webster Jones (December 15, 1839 – December 25, 1918) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Daniel Webster Jones was born in Bowie County, Texas. His family moved to Washington, Arkansas in 1840. Jones attended Washington...
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- Jan 8, 1901
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- Jan 12, 1897
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis (May 6, 1862 – January 3, 1913), commonly known as Jeff Davis, was a Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and also served as governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Jeff Davis was born near Richmond, Arkansas in Little...
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- Jan 8, 1907
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- Jan 8, 1901
John Isaac Moore
John Isaac "Ike" Moore (7 February 1856–18 March 1937) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Moore was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Moore graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1881. He studied law and was admitted...
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- Feb 15, 1907
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- Jan 8, 1907
John Isaac Moore
John Isaac "Ike" Moore (7 February 1856–18 March 1937) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Moore was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Moore graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1881. He studied law and was admitted...
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- May 14, 1907
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- Feb 15, 1907
Xenophon Overton Pindall
Xenophon Overton Pindall (21 August 1873 - 2 January 1935) was a Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Xenophon Overton Pindall was born at Middle Grove in Monroe County, Missouri. He attended Central College in Missouri and earned his...
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- Jan 11, 1909
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- May 14, 1907
Jesse M. Martin
Jesse M. Martin was a Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Jesse M. Martin served as Governor of Arkansas from January 11, 1909 to January 14, 1909 after the expiration of the state senate term of Xenophon Overton Pindall, who was...
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- Jan 14, 1909
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- Jan 11, 1909
George Washington Donaghey
George Washington Donaghey (1 July 1856 - 15 December 1937) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913.
George W. Donaghey was born in Oakland, Union Parish, Louisiana. From 1882 to 1883, Donaghey attended the...
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- Jan 16, 1913
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- Jan 14, 1909
Joseph Taylor Robinson
Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937) was an American politician from Arkansas, of the Democratic Party. He was a state representative, a U.S. Representative, Governor of Arkansas, U.S. Senator, and Senate Majority Leader, and he...
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- Mar 8, 1913
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- Jan 16, 1913
William Kavanaugh Oldham
William Kavanaugh Oldham (20 May 1865-6 May 1938) was the acting Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas for six days in 1913.
William Kavanaugh Oldham was born in Richmond, Kentucky. He was educated at Central University in Richmond....
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- Mar 13, 1913
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- Mar 8, 1913
Junius Marion Futrell
Junius Marion Futrell (14 August 1870–20 June 1955) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1933 to 1937, and for a short stint in 1913.
Marion Futrell was born in Jones Ridge, Greene County, Arkansas. Futrell attended the University of...
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- Jul 23, 1913
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- Mar 13, 1913
George Washington Hays
George Washington Hays (September 23, 1863 – September 15, 1927) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
George Washington Hays was born in Camden, Arkansas. He attended public schools in Camden and worked as a farmer. Hays...
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- Jan 10, 1917
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- Jul 23, 1913
Charles Hillman Brough
Charles Hillman Brough (9 July 1876 – 26 December 1935) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1917 to 1921.
Charles Brough was born in Clinton, Mississippi. In 1894, he graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton. He...
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- Jan 11, 1921
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- Jan 10, 1917
Thomas Chipman McRae
Thomas Chipman McRae (21 December 1851 - 2 June 1929) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was Governor of Arkansas from 1921 to 1925.
Thomas Chipman McRae was born at Mount Holly in Union County, Arkansas. He...
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- Jan 13, 1925
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- Jan 11, 1921
Tom Jefferson Terral
Thomas Jefferson Terral (21 December 1882 – 9 March 1946) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1925 to 1927.
Thomas Jefferson Terral was born in Union Parish, Louisiana. The attended the University of Kentucky and in 1910 graduated from the...
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- Jan 11, 1927
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- Jan 13, 1925
John Ellis Martineau
John Ellis Martineau (2 December 1873–6 March 1937) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas, U.S., from 1927 to 1928.
John Ellis Martineau was born in Clay County, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1896 and obtained his law...
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- Mar 4, 1928
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- Jan 11, 1927
Harvey Parnell
Harvey Parnell (28 February 1880–16 January 1936) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1928 to 1933.
Harvey Parnell was born in Orlando in Cleveland County, Arkansas. Parnell attended public schools and graduated from Warren High School in...
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- Jan 10, 1933
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- Mar 4, 1928
Junius Marion Futrell
Junius Marion Futrell (14 August 1870–20 June 1955) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1933 to 1937, and for a short stint in 1913.
Marion Futrell was born in Jones Ridge, Greene County, Arkansas. Futrell attended the University of...
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- Jan 12, 1937
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- Jan 10, 1933
Carl Edward Bailey
Carl Edward Bailey (8 October 1894 – 23 October 1948) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1937 to 1941.
Carl Edward Bailey was born in Bernie, Missouri. He attended Missouri public schools and graduated from high school in Campbell,...
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- Jan 14, 1941
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- Jan 12, 1937
Homer Martin Adkins
Homer Martin Adkins (15 October 1890 – 26 February 1964) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas. He was born in Jacksonville near Little Rock. In 1908, he attended Draughon's Business College and graduated from the Little Rock College of Pharmacy in...
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- Jan 9, 1945
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- Jan 14, 1941
Benjamin Travis Laney
Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr. (25 November 1896 – 21 January 1977), was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1945-1949.
Laney was born in Camden, where he attended Ouachita County public schools but never graduated from high school. He was, however...
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- Jan 11, 1949
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- Jan 9, 1945
Sid McMath
Sidney Sanders McMath (June 14, 1912 – October 4, 2003) was a decorated U.S. Marine, attorney and progressive Democratic reform Governor of Arkansas (1949–1953) who, in defiance of his state's political establishment, championed rapid rural...
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- Jan 13, 1953
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- Jan 11, 1949
Francis Cherry
Francis Adams Cherry (5 September 1908 – 15 July 1965) was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas for a single two-year term from 1953 to 1955. He was only the second governor in Arkansas history to have been denied a second term—the first was Tom...
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- Jan 11, 1955
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- Jan 13, 1953
Orval Faubus
Orval Eugene Faubus (January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994) was a six-term Democratic Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of Little Rock public schools during the Little Rock...
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- Jan 10, 1967
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- Jan 11, 1955
Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop A. Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973) was a politician and philanthropist who served as the first Republican Governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He was a third-generation member of the Rockefeller family.
Winthrop...
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- Jan 12, 1971
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- Jan 10, 1967
Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (born August 12, 1925) is an American politician who served as Governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975; and then in the United States Senate from 1975 until his retirement in January 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
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- Jan 3, 1975
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- Jan 12, 1971
Bob C. Riley
Bob Cowley Riley (September 18, 1924 – February 16, 1994) was an American educator and politician who served as the Governor of Arkansas for eleven days in 1975. He had previously been a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1946 to...
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- Jan 14, 1975
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- Jan 3, 1975
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of...
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- Jan 3, 1979
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- Jan 14, 1975
Joe Purcell
Joseph Edward Purcell (July 29, 1923 – March 1987) was the Democratic acting Governor of Arkansas for six days in 1979 as well as Arkansas Attorney General from 1967-1971 and its Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from 1975-1981.
Purcell was born in...
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- Jan 9, 1979
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- Jan 3, 1979
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when...
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- Jan 19, 1981
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- Jan 9, 1979
Frank D. White
Frank Durward White (June 4, 1933 – May 21, 2003) was only the second Republican governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He served a single two-year term from 1981 to 1983. He is one of only two people to have defeated future...
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- Jan 11, 1983
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- Jan 19, 1981
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when...
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- Dec 12, 1992
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- Jan 11, 1983
Jim Guy Tucker
James "Jim" Guy Tucker, Jr. (born June 13, 1943) is an Arkansas political figure. He served as Governor of Arkansas, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, Arkansas Attorney General, and U.S. Representative.
Tucker resigned the governorship on July 16,...
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- Jul 15, 1996
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- Dec 12, 1992
Mike Huckabee
Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is a former Republican Governor of Arkansas and current host of the Fox News Channel talk show Huckabee. He was a candidate for President in 2008, finishing second in delegate count as a result of...
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- Jan 9, 2007
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- Jul 15, 1996
Mike Beebe
Mickey Dale Beebe (born December 28, 1946) is the current Governor of Arkansas and a Democrat.
Beebe was born in Amagon, a small town in Jackson County, Arkansas. He was raised by his mother, a waitress, and never met his father. As a child, he...
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- Jan 9, 2007
George Kell
George Clyde Kell (August 23, 1922 – March 24, 2009) was an American baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1943–46), Detroit Tigers (1947–52), Boston Red Sox (1952–54), Chicago White Sox (1954–56), and Baltimore Orioles ...
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- 1983
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- 1973
