This list provides comprehensive information about the governors of Arkansas, including their respective terms of office, party affiliations, and the specific elections they won. The list is conveniently available in multiple file formats, including MS Excel, CSV, PDF, and a compressed file that contains all the formats.
S.No.,Governor,Term of Office,Party,Election1,"James Sevier Conway(17961855)","September 13, 1836November 4, 1840(did not run)",Democratic,18362,"Archibald Yell(17971847)","November 4, 1840April 29, 1844(resigned)",Democratic,18403,"Samuel Adams(18051850)","April 29, 1844November 9, 1844(did not run)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"4,"Thomas Stevenson Drew(18021879)","November 9, 1844January 10, 1849(resigned)",Democratic,"1844 1848"5,"Richard C. Byrd(18051854)","January 10, 1849April 19, 1849(did not run)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"6,"John Selden Roane(18171867)","April 19, 1849November 15, 1852(did not run)",Democratic,"1849(special)"7,"Elias Nelson Conway(18121892)","November 15, 1852November 15, 1860(term-limited)",Democratic,"1852 1856"8,"Henry Massey Rector(18161899)","November 15, 1860November 3, 1862(resigned)","IndependentDemocratic",18609,"Thomas Fletcher(18171880)","November 3, 1862November 15, 1862(successor took office)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"10,"Harris Flanagin(18171874)","November 15, 1862June 1, 1865(government in exiledisestablished)",Independent,186211,"Isaac Murphy(d. 1882)","January 20, 1864July 2, 1868(did not run)",Independent,"Provisionalgovernorappointed byconstitutionalconvention1864"12,"Powell Clayton(18331914)","July 2, 1868March 17, 1871(resigned)",Republican,186813,"Ozra Amander Hadley(18261915)","March 17, 1871January 6, 1873(did not run)",Republican,"President ofthe Senateacting"14,"Elisha Baxter(18271899)","January 6, 1873November 12, 1874(did not run)",Republican,187215,"Augustus Hill Garland(18321899)","November 12, 1874January 11, 1877(did not run)",Democratic,187416,"William Read Miller(18231887)","January 11, 1877January 13, 1881(lost nomination)",Democratic,"1876 1878"17,"Thomas James Churchill(18241905)","January 13, 1881January 13, 1883(did not run)",Democratic,188018,"James Henderson Berry(18411913)","January 13, 1883January 15, 1885(did not run)",Democratic,188219,"Simon Pollard Hughes Jr.(18301906)","January 15, 1885January 17, 1889(lost nomination)",Democratic,"1884 1886"20,"James Philip Eagle(18371904)","January 17, 1889January 14, 1893(did not run)",Democratic,"1888 1890"21,"William Meade Fishback(18311903)","January 14, 1893January 18, 1895(did not run)",Democratic,189222,"James Paul Clarke(18541916)","January 18, 1895January 18, 1897(did not run)",Democratic,189423,"Daniel Webster Jones(18391918)","January 18, 1897January 18, 1901(did not run)",Democratic,"1896 1898"24,"Jeff Davis(18621913)","January 18, 1901January 18, 1907(did not run)",Democratic,"1900 1902 1904"25,"John Sebastian Little(18511916)","January 18, 1907February 11, 1907(resigned)",Democratic,190626,"John Isaac Moore(18561937)","February 11, 1907May 14, 1907(legislature adjourned)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"27,"Xenophon Overton Pindall(18731935)","May 14, 1907January 11, 1909(senate term expired)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"28,"Jesse M. Martin(18771915)","January 11, 1909January 14, 1909(successor took office)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"29,"George Washington Donaghey(18561937)","January 14, 1909January 16, 1913(lost nomination)",Democratic,"1908 1910"30,"Joseph Taylor Robinson(18721937)","January 16, 1913March 8, 1913(resigned)",Democratic,191231,"William Kavanaugh Oldham(18651938)","March 8, 1913March 13, 1913(new president ofthe senate elected)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"32,"Junius Marion Futrell(18701955)","March 13, 1913August 6, 1913(successor took office)",Democratic,"President ofthe Senateacting"33,"George Washington Hays(18631927)","August 6, 1913January 10, 1917(did not run)",Democratic,"1913(special)1914"34,"Charles Hillman Brough(18761935)","January 10, 1917January 11, 1921(did not run)",Democratic,"1916 1918"35,"Thomas Chipman McRae(18511929)","January 12, 1921January 13, 1925(did not run)",Democratic,"1920 1922"36,"Tom Terral(18821946)","January 14, 1925January 11, 1927(lost nomination)",Democratic,192437,"John Ellis Martineau(18731937)","January 11, 1927March 14, 1928(resigned)",Democratic,192638,"Harvey Parnell(18801936)","March 14, 1928January 10, 1933(did not run)",Democratic,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor1928 1930"39,"Junius Marion Futrell(18701955)","January 10, 1933January 12, 1937(did not run)",Democratic,"1932 1934"40,"Carl E. Bailey(18941948)","January 12, 1937January 14, 1941(lost nomination)",Democratic,"1936 1938"41,"Homer Martin Adkins(18901964)","January 14, 1941January 9, 1945(did not run)",Democratic,"1940 1942"42,"Benjamin T. Laney(18961977)","January 9, 1945January 11, 1949(did not run)",Democratic,"1944 1946"43,"Sid McMath(19122003)","January 11, 1949January 13, 1953(lost nomination)",Democratic,"1948 1950"44,"Francis Cherry(19081965)","January 13, 1953January 11, 1955(lost nomination)",Democratic,195245,"Orval Faubus(19101994)","January 11, 1955January 10, 1967(did not run)",Democratic,"1954 1956 1958 19601962 1964"46,"Winthrop Rockefeller(19121973)","January 10, 1967January 12, 1971(lost election)",Republican,"1966 1968"47,"Dale Bumpers(19252016)","January 12, 1971January 3, 1975(resigned)",Democratic,"1970 1972"48,"Bob C. Riley(19241994)","January 3, 1975January 14, 1975(successor took office)",Democratic,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"49,"David Pryor(b. 1934)","January 14, 1975January 3, 1979(resigned)",Democratic,"1974 1976"50,"Joe Purcell(19231987)","January 3, 1979January 9, 1979(successor took office)",Democratic,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"51,"Bill Clinton (b. 1946)","January 9, 1979January 19, 1981(lost election)",Democratic,197852,"Frank D. White(19332003)","January 19, 1981January 11, 1983(lost election)",Republican,198053,"Bill Clinton (b. 1946)","January 11, 1983December 12, 1992(resigned)",Democratic,"1982 1984 1986 1990"54,"Jim Guy Tucker (b. 1943)","December 12, 1992July 15, 1996(resigned)",Democratic,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor1994"55,"Mike Huckabee (b. 1955)","July 15, 1996January 9, 2007(term-limited)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor1998 2002"56,"Mike Beebe (b. 1946)","January 9, 2007January 13, 2015(term-limited)",Democratic,"2006 2010"57,"Asa Hutchinson (b. 1950)","January 13, 2015January 10, 2023(term-limited)",Republican,"2014 2018"58,"Sarah Huckabee Sanders(b. 1982)","January 10, 2023Incumbent",Republican,2022,,,,https://www.downloadexcelfiles.com/,,,,