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Meet the Governors of Arkansas R Meet the Governors of Arkansas R An educational resource produced by Mark Martin Secretary of State Communications & Education Division State Capitolwww.sos.arkansas.gov • 500 Woodlane Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 The leaders who framed our history, from 1819 through today An educational resource produced by Mark Martin www.soskids.arkansas.govSecretary of State 04.2016 R Meet the Governors of Arkansas R An educational resource produced by Mark Martin Secretary of State Communications & Education Division State Capitol•www.sos.arkansas.gov 500 Woodlane Steet Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 1 R The following pages offer just a glimpse of the people who have shaped Arkansas, both as a territory and as a state. There is much more to know about their fascinating stories. We recommend two sources referenced for this publication: The Governors of Arkansas: Essays in Political Biography, edited by Timothy P. Donovan, Willard B. Gatewood Jr. and Jeannie M. Whayne University of Arkansas Press, 1995 The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, a project of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System, www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net R Fourth Printing 04 2016 Meet the Governors of Arkansas Arkansas of the Governors Meet Table of contents R 5 15 25 James Miller Harris Flanagin William Fishback Served 1819-1825 Served 1862-1864 Served 1893-1895 6 16 26 George Izard Isaac Murphy James Paul Clarke Served 1825-1828 Served 1864-1868 Served 1895-1897 7 17 27 John Pope Powell Clayton Daniel W. Jones Served 1829-1835 Served 1868-1871 Served 1897-1901 8 18 28 William Fulton Elisha Baxter Jeff Davis Served 1835-1836 Served 1873-1874 Served 1901-1907 9 19 29 James Conway Augustus Garland John Little Served 1836-1840 Served 1874-1877 Served 1907 10 20 30 Archibald Yell William Read Miller George Donaghey Served 1840-1844 Served 1877-1881 Served 1909-1913 11 21 31 Thomas S. Drew Thomas Churchill Joe T. Robinson Served 1844-1849 Served 1881-1883 Served 1913 12 22 32 John Roane James Berry George Hays Served 1849-1852 Served 1883-1885 Served 1913-1917 13 23 33 Elias Conway Simon P. Hughes Charles Brough Served 1852-1860 Served 1885-1889 Served 1917-1921 14 24 34 Henry Rector James Eagle Thomas McRae Served 1860-1862 Served 1889-1893 Served 1921-1925 Table of contents, continued 35 43 51 Thomas J. Terral Francis Cherry Jim Guy Tucker Served 1925-1927 Served 1953-1955 Served 1992-1996 36 44 John Martineau Orval Faubus 52 Served 1927-1928 Served 1955-1967 Mike Huckabee 37 45 Served 1996-2007 Harvey Parnell Winthrop Rockefeller Served 1928-1933 Served 1967-1971 53 Mike Beebe 38 46 J. Marion Futrell Dale Bumpers Served 2007-2013 Served 1933-37 Served 1971-1975 54 39 47 Carl Bailey David Pryor Asa Hutchinson Served 1937-1941 Served 1975-1979 Served 2013-Present 40 48 Homer Adkins Bill Clinton 55 Served 1941-1945 Served 1979-1981 Governor Geography 41 49 56 Benjamin Laney Frank White Portrait Artists Served 1945-49 Served 1981-1983 57 42 50 Sid McMath Bill Clinton Alphabetical Index Served 1949-1953 Served 1983-1992 First Territorial Governor James Miller 1819-1836 James Miller studied law but joinedR atthe the U.S. Battle Army of as Lundy’s a major Lane in 1808. (Niagara, He Ontario),fought bravely one of during the bloodiest the War of of the 1812 of Lundy’s Lane,” was promoted to the rankwar. Heof Brigadier-Generalbecame known as and“The received Hero a Congressional Gold Medal. Following the war, he was appointed slowgovernor to arrive of Arkansas in Arkansas in 1819 after and his held that post until 1825. Miller was The Arkansas Territory Territory The Arkansas appointment and spent much time James Miller outside of the territory. In fact, his Attorney, soldier wife did not join him in Arkansas, Served 1819-1825 Born: April 25, 1776 Miller’s administration, however, Peterborough, choosing to remain in New Hampshire. laid the foundation for the territorial New Hampshire government, establishing courts and Died: July 7, 1851 jails, setting tax procedures, and Temple, allowing votes by voice rather than by New Hampshire ballot in general elections. During the Miller administration, the territorial Buried: Temple, capital was removed from Arkansas New Hampshire Post to Little Rock. Poor health and a dislike for frontier life customsled Miller collector to resign for from the office. port of He Salem, refused Massachusetts, a seat in the U.S.serving Congress representing. New Hampshire; instead he accepted the position of untilMiller 1849 County in southwest Arkansas is named in his honor. 5 Second Territorial Governor zard 1819-1836 George I RBorn near London, England, to an American diplomat from South Carolina, George Izard moved to the United worked throughout New England and States at the age of 16. He studied and and commanded several posts, including Europe. He became a military engineer commanded the Second Regiment of Artillery,West Point. and During later the the Northern War of 1812, Army he on Lake Champlain. One historian wrote thateducated Izard in“was the the schools.” only officer of the George Izard War of 1812 who had been completely The Arkansas Territory Territory The Arkansas Scholar, military engineer General Izard resigned from the army Served 1825-1828 Born: October 21, 1776 family in Philadelphia before being in January 1815 and lived with his London, England appointed governor of Arkansas in Died: October 22, 1828 government with no accurate Little Rock, Arkansas 1825. He arrived to find a disorganized Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery Little Rock, Arkansas record keeping. He quickly brought (Reinterred 1843 from administrative and financial order to another site in Little Rock) stagecoachthe new government. routes through He strengthened the state andthe militia, relocated built the roads Choctaw for the and first Quapaw nations to the Indian Territory. —Izard even made those few held friends in his in honor Arkansas — preferring and was frequently time with hisat odds extensive with the legislature and other territory officials. He avoided most social events following an attack of gout. library. Izard died in 1828 during his second term from complications Izard County in Northeast Arkansas is named in his honor. 6 Third Territorial Governor ohn Pope 1819-1836 J As a boy, John Pope moved fromR Virginia to Kentucky, where an accident on his family’s farm resulted in the loss of his went on to study law and was admitted to arm and a change in his life plans. He the Kentucky bar in 1794. He was elected presidentto that state’s pro Generaltempore. Assembly in 1798 and to the U.S. Senate in 1807, serving as term but remained active in politics, He lost his bid for a second Senate Presidentnotably as Jackson a rival of appointed Henry Clay Pope and as a John Pope The Arkansas Territory Territory The Arkansas supporter of Andrew Jackson. In 1829, Attorney Served 1829-1835 governor of Arkansas Territory. With policy,” he focused on improving roads, Born: February 1770 a vision of “a wise and just course of expanding mail service and improving Prince William County, the territory’s rustic reputation in order Virginia to attract new settlers to the land. Died: July 12, 1845 Springfield, Kentucky building, Pope blocked a move by Buried: Springfield Cemetery While planning a new capitol Springfield Kentucky to offer his mansion in exchange for publicTerritorial lands. Secretary Pope insisted Robert the Crittenden capitol should be in the heart of Little Rock on a bluff overlooking the Arkansas River. The statehouse was eventuallyAfter expressing completed his disagreement in 1842 on the with site policies he selected. of the Jackson returned to Kentucky, practiced law and was elected to Congress, administration, Pope was not appointed to a third term. He servingPope County from in1837 western until 1843.Arkansas is named in his honor. 7 Fourth Territorial Governor William Fult 1819-1836 S. on R RRWilliam Savin Fulton studied law as an aide to Colonel Armistead, and served during the War of 1812 Baltimore, birthplace of the National commander of Fort McHenry in before becoming private secretary to GeneralAnthem. Andrew He returned Jackson briefly during to law his campaign against the Seminoles of Florida. At the campaign’s close, he settled in Alabama for the practice of law. William S. Fulton Fulton as Secretary of Arkansas The Arkansas Territory Territory The Arkansas Attorney, Soldier In 1829, President Jackson appointed Served 1835-1836 held the governorship until the territory Born: June 2, 1795 Territory, then Governor in 1835. He Cecil County, Maryland becameDuring Fulton’s a state in brief 1836. governorship, Died: August 15, 1844 he opposed the drafting of a proposed Little Rock, Arkansas state constitution without prior Buried: Mount Holly Cemetery approval by Congress. Over his Little Rock, Arkansas objections, the document was drafted, adopted by the constitutional convention, submitted to Congress and approved. Fulton was then chosen as one of Arkansas’ first two U. S. Senators, serving from December 1836 until his death in 1844. Rosewood, his new mansion, which was located on the site of the present-day Governor’s Mansion in LittleHe died Rock’s soon Quapaw after moving Quarter. into Fulton County in Northern Arkansas was named for him when it formed in 1842. 8 First Governor 1836 James S . Conwa y James Sevier Conway came to R and established a cotton farm along theArkansas Red River in 1820 in present-day as a federal Lafayette surveyor surveyed the western boundary of ArkansasCounty. From from 1825 the Red to 1831, River Conway to the Arkansas River and negotiated with Louisiana to set the southern boundary. Surveyor.
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