List of governors of Arkansas

The governor of Arkansas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the Arkansas government and is charged with enforcing state laws. They have the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Arkansas General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.<ref>AR Const. art. VI</ref>

The state has had 46 elected governors, as well as 11 acting governors who assumed powers and duties following the resignation or death of the governor. Before becoming a state, Arkansas Territory had four governors appointed to it by the president of the United States. Orval Faubus (1955–1967) served the longest term as governor, being elected six times to serve 12 years. Bill Clinton (1979–1981; 1983–1992), elected five times over two distinct terms, fell only one month short of 12 years, and Mike Huckabee (1996–2007) served 10 years for two full four-year terms. The shortest term for an elected governor was the 38 days served by John Sebastian Little before his nervous breakdown; one of the acting successors to his term, Jesse M. Martin, took office only three days before the end of the term, the shortest term overall.

The current governor of Arkansas is Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was sworn in on January 10, 2023.

List of governors

Arkansas Territory

Arkansaw Territory (renamed Arkansas Territory, circa 1822)Template:Efn was split from the Missouri Territory on July 4, 1819.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> As territorial secretary from 1819 to 1829, Robert Crittenden served as acting governor whenever the appointed governor was not in the state. This meant that Crittenden was the first person to perform the duties of governor, since James Miller did not arrive in the territory until nine months after his appointment.<ref name="eoa-crittenden">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

State of Arkansas

Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> The state seceded on May 6, 1861,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was admitted to the Confederacy on May 18, 1861.<ref>An Act to admit the State of Arkansas into the Confederacy Template:Webarchive, accessed July 8, 2015</ref> When Little Rock, the state capital, was captured on September 10, 1863, the state government relocated to Washington, Arkansas, and a Union government was installed in its place, causing an overlap in the terms of Confederate governor Harris Flanagin and Union governor Isaac Murphy.<ref name="eoa-flanagin" /> During the post-war Reconstruction period, it was part of the Fourth Military District. Arkansas was readmitted to the Union on June 22, 1868.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref>

The Arkansas Constitution of 1836 established four-year terms for governors,<ref name="1836const-art5sec4">1836 Const. art. V, § 4</ref> which was lowered to two years in the 1874, and current, constitution.<ref name="const-a6-s1">AR Const. art. VI, § 1</ref> An amendment in 1984 increased the terms of both governor and lieutenant governor to four years.<ref name="const-amend63">AR Const. amendment 63</ref> Governors were originally limited only to serving no more than eight out of every twelve years,<ref name="1836const-art5sec4" /> but the 1874 constitution removed any term limit. A referendum in 1992 limited governors to two terms.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Until 1864, the constitutions provided that, should the office of governor be rendered vacant, the president of the senate would serve as acting governor until such time as a new governor was elected or the disability removed, or the acting governor's senate term expired.<ref>1836 Const. art. V, § 18</ref><ref>1861 Const. art. V, § 18</ref> This led to some situations where the governorship changed hands in quick succession, due to senate terms ending or new senate presidents being elected. For example, after John Sebastian Little resigned in 1907, 3 senate presidents acted as governors before the next elected governor took office. Should the president of the senate be similarly incapacitated, the next in line for the governorship was the speaker of the state house of representatives.Template:Cn

The 1864 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor<ref>1864 Const. art. VI, § 19</ref> who would also act as president of the senate,<ref>1864 Const. art. VI, § 20</ref> and who would serve as acting governor in case of vacancy.<ref>1864 Const. art. VI, § 23</ref> The 1868 constitution maintained the position,<ref>1868 Const. art. VI, § 1</ref> but the 1874 constitution removed it and returned to the original line of succession.<ref>AR Const. art. VI, § 12</ref> An amendment to the constitution, passed in 1914 but not recognized until 1925,<ref name="ltgov" /> recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who becomes governor in case of vacancy of the governor's office.<ref>Template:Cite court</ref> The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.Template:Sfn

Arkansas was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the Democratic party. It elected three Republican governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 92 years passed before voters chose another Republican.Template:Cn

Governors of Arkansas

Template:AbbrTemplate:Efn	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. GovernorTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn
1		rowspan="9" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	James Sevier Conway Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-conway-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-conway-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 4, 1840 Template:Small<ref name="eoa-conway-james" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1836	Office did not exist
2	Error creating thumbnail:	Archibald Yell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-yell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-yell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – April 29, 1844 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1840
—	File:Samuel Adams (governor).jpg	Samuel Adams Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-adams">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-adams">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 9, 1844 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
3	File:Thomas Stevenson Drew - Gouverneur von Arkansas.jpg	Thomas Stevenson Drew Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-drew">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-drew">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 10, 1849 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1844
			1848
—	File:No image.svg	Richard C. Byrd Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-byrd">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – April 19, 1849 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
4	File:Gubernatorial portrait of 4th Governor of Arkansas John Selden Roane.jpg	John Selden RoaneTemplate:Efn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-roane">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-roane">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 15, 1852 Template:Small<ref name="eoa-roane" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1849 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
5	File:Portrait of 5th Governor of Arkansas Elias Nelson Conway.jpg	Elias Nelson ConwayTemplate:Efn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-conway-elias">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-conway-elias">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 15, 1860 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1852
			1856
6	File:Henry Massey Rector.jpg	rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Henry Massey Rector Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-rector">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-rector">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 3, 1862 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Independent DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1860Template:Efn
—	File:No image.svg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Thomas Fletcher Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Dts<ref name="fletcher-inaug">Template:Cite news</ref> – November 15, 1862 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
7	File:Governor Harris Flanigin.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Harris Flanagin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-flanagin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-flanagin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – June 1, 1865Template:Efn Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Independent<ref name="eoa-governors">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>			1862Template:Efn
8	File:Portrait of 8th Governor of Arkansas Isaac Murphy.jpg	Isaac Murphy Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-murphy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-murphy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – July 2, 1868 Template:Small	IndependentTemplate:Efn	Template:Small
			1864	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"|			Template:SortnameTemplate:Sfn
9	File:Powell Clayton.jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Powell Clayton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-clayton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-clayton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – March 17, 1871 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1868	Template:SortnameTemplate:Sfn Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
		Vacant
—	File:O. A. Hadley (Arkansas Governor) 2.jpg			Ozra Amander Hadley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hadley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-hadley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 1873 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
10	File:Elisha Baxter.png	Elisha BaxterTemplate:Efn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-baxter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-baxter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 12, 1874 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1872Template:Efn	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Sfn
11	File:Augustus Hill Garland - Brady-Handy.jpg	rowspan="53" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Augustus Hill Garland Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-garland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-garland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1877 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1874	Office did not exist
12	File:Painting, Portrait - Governor William R. Miller.jpg	William Read Miller Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-miller-william">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-miller-william">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1881 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1876
			1878
13	File:Thomas James Churchill.jpg	Thomas James Churchill Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-churchill">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-churchill">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1883 Template:Small<ref name="eoa-churchill" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1880
14	File:Photograph, Cabinet Card - Arkansas Governor James Berry (cropped).jpg	James Henderson Berry Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-berry">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-berry">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1885 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1882
15	File:Simon P. Hughes, Jr - Gouverneur von Arkansas.jpg	Simon Pollard Hughes Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hughes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-hughes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 17, 1889 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1884
			1886
16	File:Photograph, Sepia - James P. Eagle (cropped).jpg	James Philip Eagle Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-eagle">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-eagle">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1893 Template:Small<ref name="eoa-eagle" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1888
			1890
17	File:William Meade Fishback.jpg	William Meade FishbackTemplate:Efn Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-fishback">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-fishback">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1895 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1892
18	File:AR Clarke John.jpg	James Paul Clarke Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-clarke">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-clarke">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1897 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1894
19	File:Daniel Webster Jones (governor).jpg	Daniel Webster Jones Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jones">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-jones">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1901 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1896
			1898
20	File:Photograph, Cabinet Card - Arkansas Govenor Jeff Davis (cropped).jpg	Jeff Davis Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-davis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-davis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 18, 1907 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1900
			1902
			1904
21	File:AR Little John.jpg	John Sebastian Little Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-little">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-little">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – February 11, 1907 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1906
—	File:John Isaac Moore.jpg	John Isaac Moore Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moore">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – May 14, 1907 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
—	File:PindallXO f.jpg	Xenophon Overton Pindall Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pindall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-pindall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1909 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
—	File:Jesse M. Martin.jpg	Jesse M. Martin Template:Small	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1909 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
22	File:Portrait of George Washington Donaghey.jpg	George Washington Donaghey Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-donaghey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-donaghey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 16, 1913 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1908
			1910
23	File:Joseph T. Robinson cropped.jpg	Joseph Taylor Robinson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-robinson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-robinson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – March 8, 1913 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1912
—	File:W. K. Oldham 2.jpg	William Kavanaugh Oldham Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-oldham">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – March 13, 1913 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
—	File:Junius Marion Futrell.jpg	Junius Marion Futrell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-futrell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-futrell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – August 6, 1913 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
24	File:George W. Hays (Arkansas governor).jpg	George Washington Hays Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hays">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-hays">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 10, 1917 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1913 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
			1914
25	File:Charles Hillman Brough in 1916 (cropped).jpg	Charles Hillman Brough Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brough">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-brough">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1921 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1916
			1918
26	File:AR McRae Thomas.jpg	Thomas Chipman McRae Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcrae">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-mcrae">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1925 Template:Small<ref name="eoa-mcrae" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1920
			1922
27	File:Gov. T.J. Terrell of Ark., 6-4-25 LCCN2016850440 (cropped).jpg	Tom Terral Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-terral">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-terral">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1927 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1924
28	File:JohnEllisMartineau.jpg	John Ellis Martineau Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-martineau">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-martineau">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – March 14, 1928 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1926	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
29	File:Harvey Parnell.jpg	Harvey Parnell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-parnell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-parnell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 10, 1933 Template:Small<ref name="eoa-parnell" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
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30	File:Junius Marion Futrell.jpg	Junius Marion Futrell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-futrell" /><ref name="eoa-futrell" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1937 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1932	Template:Sortname
					1934
31	File:Carl E. Bailey (cropped).jpg	Carl E. Bailey Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bailey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-bailey">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1941 Template:Small<ref name="eoa-bailey" />	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1936	Template:Sortname
			1938
32	File:Homer M. Adkins.jpg	Homer Martin Adkins Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-adkins">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-adkins">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1945 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1940
			1942	Template:Sortname
33	File:Ben Laney.jpg	Benjamin T. Laney Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-laney">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-laney">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1949 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1944
			1946	Template:Sortname
34	File:Sid mcmath1.JPG	Sid McMath Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcmath">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-mcmath">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1953 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1948
			1950
35	File:Francis Cherry.jpg	Francis Cherry Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-cherry">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-cherry">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1955 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1952
36	File:Orval Faubus.jpg	Orval Faubus Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-faubus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-faubus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 10, 1967 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1954
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37	File:Winthrop Rockefeller Razorback 1969 (cropped).jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Winthrop Rockefeller Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-rockefeller">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-rockefeller">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 1971 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1966	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1968
38	File:Dale Bumpers (AR).png	rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Dale Bumpers Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bumpers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-bumpers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1975 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1970	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1972
—	File:Bob C. Riley (Arkansas governor).jpg	Bob C. Riley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="eoa-riley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1975 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
39	File:David Pryor (AR).png	David Pryor Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pryor">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-pryor">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1979 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1974	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1976
—	File:Joe Purcell (1975).png	Joe Purcell Template:Small <ref name="eoa-purcell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 1979 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="eoa-purcell" />	Template:Small	Vacant
40	File:Bill Clinton (37899881792) (cropped2).jpg	Bill Clinton Template:Small <ref name="nga-clinton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-clinton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 1981 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="eoa-clinton" />	1978	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
41	File:Frank D. White 1995 (cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Frank D. White Template:Small <ref name="nga-white">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-white">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 11, 1983 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="eoa-white" />	1980	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
42	File:Bill Clinton 1986.jpg	rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Bill Clinton Template:Small <ref name="nga-clinton" /><ref name="eoa-clinton" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 12, 1992 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="eoa-clinton" />	1982
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			1994
44	File:Mike Huckabee, August 2002 (cropped).jpg	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Mike Huckabee Template:Small <ref name="nga-huckabee">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-huckabee">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 2007 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="eoa-huckabee" />	Template:Small	Vacant
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		2002
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45	File:MikeBeebe2009 (cropped) (cropped).jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Mike Beebe Template:Small <ref name="nga-beebe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-beebe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 13, 2015 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="eoa-beebe" />	2006	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
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46	File:Asa Hutchinson by Gage Skidmore.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Asa Hutchinson Template:Small <ref name="nga-hutchinson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-hutchinson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 10, 2023 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="eoa-hutchinson" />	2014	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		2018
47	File:Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (cropped).jpg	Sarah Huckabee Sanders Template:Small <ref name="nga-sanders">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="eoa-sanders">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – IncumbentTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="eoa-sanders" />	2022	Template:Sortname

Timeline

Timeline of Arkansas governors

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from:1819.17 till:1824.99 color:noparty text:"James Miller"
from:1825.17 till:1828.89 color:noparty text:"George Izard"
from:1829.19 till:1835.19 color:noparty text:"John Pope"
from:1835.19 till:1836.7 color:noparty text:"William S. Fulton"
from:1836.7 till:1840.84 color:dem text:"James Sevier Conway"
from:1840.84 till:1844.33 color:dem text:"Archibald Yell"
from:1844.33 till:1844.86 color:dem text:"Samuel Adams"
from:1844.86 till:1849.03 color:dem text:"Thomas S. Drew"
from:1849.03 till:1849.3 color:dem text:"Richard C. Byrd"
from:1849.3 till:1852.87 color:dem text:"John Selden Roane"
from:1852.87 till:1860.87 color:dem text:"Elias Nelson Conway"
from:1860.87 till:1862.84 color:inddem text:"Henry Rector"
from:1862.84 till:1862.87 color:dem text:"Thomas Fletcher"
from:1862.87 till:1865.42 color:noparty text:"Harris Flanagin"
from:1864.05 till:1868.5 color:noparty text:"Isaac Murphy"
from:1868.5 till:1871.21 color:rep text:"Powell Clayton"
from:1871.21 till:1873.02 color:rep text:"Ozra Amander Hadley"
from:1873.02 till:1874.87 color:rep text:"Elisha Baxter"
from:1874.87 till:1877.03 color:dem text:"Augustus H. Garland"
from:1877.03 till:1881.04 color:dem text:"William Read Miller"
from:1881.04 till:1883.04 color:dem text:"Thomas James Churchill"
from:1883.04 till:1885.04 color:dem text:"James H. Berry"
from:1885.04 till:1889.05 color:dem text:"Simon P. Hughes Jr."
from:1889.05 till:1893.04 color:dem text:"James Philip Eagle"
from:1893.04 till:1895.05 color:dem text:"William Meade Fishback"
from:1895.05 till:1897.05 color:dem text:"James P. Clarke"
from:1897.05 till:1901.05 color:dem text:"Daniel Webster Jones"
from:1901.05 till:1907.05 color:dem text:"Jeff Davis"
from:1907.05 till:1907.12 color:dem text:"John S. Little"
from:1907.12 till:1907.37 color:dem text:"John Isaac Moore"
from:1907.37 till:1909.03 color:dem text:"Xenophon Overton Pindall"
from:1909.03 till:1909.04 color:dem text:"Jesse M. Martin"
from:1909.04 till:1913.04 color:dem text:"George Washington Donaghey"
from:1913.04 till:1913.18 color:dem text:"Joseph T. Robinson"
from:1913.18 till:1913.2 color:dem text:"William Kavanaugh Oldham"
from:1933.03 till:1937.03 color:dem text:"Junius Marion Futrell"
from:1913.6 till:1917.03 color:dem text:"George Washington Hays"
from:1917.03 till:1921.03 color:dem text:"Charles Hillman Brough"
from:1921.03 till:1925.04 color:dem text:"Thomas C. McRae"
from:1925.04 till:1927.03 color:dem text:"Tom Terral"
from:1927.03 till:1928.2 color:dem text:"John Ellis Martineau"
from:1928.2 till:1933.03 color:dem text:"Harvey Parnell"
from:1937.03 till:1941.04 color:dem text:"Carl E. Bailey"
from:1941.04 till:1945.02 color:dem text:"Homer Martin Adkins"
from:1945.02 till:1949.03 color:dem text:"Benjamin T. Laney"
from:1949.03 till:1953.04 color:dem text:"Sid McMath"
from:1953.04 till:1955.03 color:dem text:"Francis Cherry"
from:1955.03 till:1967.03 color:dem text:"Orval Faubus"
from:1967.03 till:1971.03 color:rep text:"Winthrop Rockefeller"
from:1971.03 till:1975.01 color:dem text:"Dale Bumpers"
from:1975.01 till:1975.04 color:dem text:"Bob C. Riley"
from:1975.04 till:1979.01 color:dem text:"David Pryor"
from:1979.01 till:1979.02 color:dem text:"Joe Purcell"
from:1983.03 till:1992.95 color:dem text:"Bill Clinton"
from:1981.04 till:1983.03 color:rep text:"Frank D. White"
from:1992.95 till:1996.54 color:dem text:"Jim Guy Tucker"
from:1996.54 till:2007.02 color:rep text:"Mike Huckabee"
from:2007.02 till:2015.04 color:dem text:"Mike Beebe"
from:2015.04 till:2023.03 color:rep text:"Asa Hutchinson"
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See also

• List of Arkansas General Assemblies

References

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External links

• Office of the Governor of Arkansas