49th Arkansas General Assembly

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49th Arkansas General Assembly
48th 50th
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Overview
TermJanuary 9, 1933 (1933-01-09) – March 9, 1933 (1933-03-09)
Arkansas Senate
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Senate party standings
Members35 (35 Democratic Party)
President of the Senate Lee Cazort (D)
Party control Democratic Party
House of Representatives
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House party standings
Members100 (100 Democratic Party)
House Speaker H. K. Toney (D)
Party control Democratic Party
Sessions
1stJanuary 9, 1933 – March 9, 1933

The Forty-Ninth Arkansas General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Arkansas in 1933 and 1934. In this General Assembly, all 35 positions in the Arkansas Senate and 100 positions in the Arkansas House of Representatives were both controlled by the Democrats.

Contents

Major events

Democratic hegemony was typical in Arkansas and throughout the American South during the Solid South period.

Vacancies

Senate

The senate was completely controlled the Democratic party. Fifteen freshman senators took seats in the chamber, including John Fred Parish (D-29th), who successfully contested the reelection of incumbent R. A. Nelson, who was seated at the beginning of the session.

Leadership

Senators

DistrictSenatorPartyFirst electedCounties
1 C. B. Gregg Democratic1932Clay, Craighead, Greene
2 Andrew J. Cole Democratic1932Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp
3 Roy Milum Democratic1922Boone, Marion, Newton
4 Robert L. Bailey Democratic1930Johnson, Pope
5 Wilson Cardwell Democratic1932Washington
6 J. Paul Ward Democratic1930Independence, Stone
7 J. L. Shaver Democratic1930Cross, Woodruff
8 Charles I. Evans Democratic1932Logan, Yell
9 Marvin N. Harris Democratic1932Grant, Hot Spring, Saline
10 Ed B. Dillon Democratic1926Perry, Pulaski
10 G. W. Hendricks Democratic1930Perry, Pulaski
11 Sam Levine Democratic1932Jefferson
12 T. P. Atkins Democratic1930Lonoke, Prairie
13 G. C. Carnes Democratic1928Arkansas, Monroe
14 William L. Ward Democratic1932Lee, Phillips
15 J.A. Bennett Democratic1930Ashley, Chicot
16 A. J. Johnson Democratic1932Cleveland, Dallas, Lincoln
17 W. F. Norrell Democratic1930Desha, Drew
18 Tom Marlin Democratic1932Bradley, Union
19 Charles L. Poole Democratic1930Calhoun, Ouachita
20 Lawrence L. Mitchell Democratic1930Hempstead, Nevada
21 Ned A. Stewart Democratic1930Columbia, Lafayette, Miller
22 Winfred Lake Democratic1930Howard, Little River, Sevier
23 John C. Ashley Democratic1932Baxter, Fulton, Izard
24 Mike I. Shuster Democratic1930Carroll, Madison
25 Ivo W. Gilbert Democratic1932Crawford, Franklin
26 Guy Walls Democratic1930Conway, Cleburne, Searcy, Van Buren
27 W. H. Abington Democratic1930White, Faulkner
28 Fred Armstrong Democratic1932Sebastian
29 R. A. Nelson Democratic1928Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett
30 Fletcher McElhannon Democratic1930Clark, Pike
31 L. Walter Wheatley Democratic1932Garland, Montgomery
32 Marvin B. Norfleet Democratic1930Crittenden, St. Francis
33 R. L. Crutchfield Democratic1932Polk, Scott
34 Storm O. Whaley Democratic1930Benton

House of Representatives

The House was almost entirely new, with 73 freshmen members. Only three members had first won election to the House in 1928.

Leadership

Representatives

CountyRepresentativePartyFirst elected
Arkansas Louis K. Burkle Democratic1932
Ashley T. G. Morgan Democratic1932
Baxter M. R. Pryor Democratic1932
Benton John W. Nance Democratic1932
Benton Clyde T. Ellis Democratic1932
Boone Louis Dowell Democratic1930
Bradley Carroll Hollensworth Democratic1930
Calhoun Marcus W. Proctor Democratic1930
Carroll Ted P. Coxsey Democratic1930
Chicot E. B. Cone Democratic1932
Clark C. R. Huie Democratic1932
Clark George H. Wells Democratic1932
Clay C. O. Raley Democratic1932
Cleburne Eddie J. Dunn Democratic1932
Cleveland O. E. Gates Democratic1932
Columbia Joe L. Davis Democratic1932
Columbia S. A. Crumpler Democratic1930
Conway J. H. Reynolds Democratic1932
Conway Steve Combs Democratic1932
Craighead Orris B. Elgin Democratic1932
Crawford James W. Smith Democratic1932
Crawford Jim Scott Democratic1930
Crittenden W. W. Harris Democratic1932
Cross Sam A. Gooch Democratic1930
Dallas W. M. Caraway Democratic1932
Desha Scott McGehee Democratic1932
Drew Charles H. Killian Democratic1932
Faulkner J. C. Dawson Democratic1932
Franklin John Bollinger Democratic1930
Franklin W. R. Bumpers Democratic1932
Fulton H. A. Northcutt Democratic1932
Garland Elmer Tackett Democratic1930
Garland C. A. Stanfield Democratic1932
Grant A. J. Stephens Democratic1932
Greene J. Ed Thompson Democratic1928
Hempstead Luke F. Monroe Democratic1932
Hempstead Ernest G. Steed Democratic1932
Hot Spring H. S. Thomas Democratic1932
Howard Jack Owen Democratic1932
Independence Virgil James Butler Democratic1930
Independence W. P. Detherow Democratic1932
Izard W. W. Copeland Democratic1932
Jackson Henry S. Grant Democratic1932
Jefferson H. Kemp Toney Democratic1930
Jefferson Hendrix Rowell Democratic1932
Jefferson Carleton Harris Democratic1932
Johnson Armil Taylor Democratic1932
Lafayette R. T. Boulware Democratic1932
Lawrence E. E. Kelley Democratic1932
Lee A. L. Wilsford Democratic1932
Lee Eugene Hampton Democratic1932
Lincoln Joe C. Hardin Democratic1930
Little River W. D. Waldrop Democratic1930
Logan John M. Willems Democratic1932
Logan Joseph O. Horton Democratic1932
Lonoke John M. Bransford Democratic1930
Lonoke A. J. Walls Democratic1932
Madison Charles L. McElhaney Democratic1930
Marion Earl Berry Democratic1932
Miller Ben E. Carter Democratic1932
Mississippi Curtis J. Little Democratic1932
Monroe Fred N. McCollum Democratic1932
Montgomery Harold Watkins Democratic1930
Nevada Alfred E. Cross Democratic1932
Newton Ernest Cheatham Democratic1932
Ouachita Richard K. Mason Democratic1930
Perry G. B. Colvin Democratic1932
Phillips Leo Nyberg Democratic1932
Phillips Luther J. Wilkes Democratic1932
Pike Fletcher B. Clement Democratic1930
Poinsett H. B. Thorn Democratic1930
Polk Marcus L. Miller Democratic1932
Pope John G. Rye Democratic1932
Pope Neal King Democratic1932
Prairie J. W. Watson Democratic1932
Pulaski Morgan Smith Democratic1928
Pulaski J. S. Murphy Democratic1932
Pulaski Ellis M. Fagan Democratic1932
Pulaski David D. Terry Democratic1932
Randolph J. E. Smith Democratic1930
St. Francis B. McCollum Democratic1932
Saline B. B. McCall Democratic1932
Scott Lorenzo D. Duncan Democratic1930
Searcy Zeb V. Ferguson Democratic1932
Sebastian Henry Kaufman Democratic1930
Sebastian Earl Dunn Democratic1932
Sebastian Means Wilkinson Democratic1932
Sevier Minor W. Millwee Democratic1932
Sharp James M. Simpson Democratic1932
Stone William O. Edmondson Democratic1932
Union Sam D. Crawford Democratic1932
Van Buren Joe S. Hall Democratic1930
Washington Irvin R. Rothrock Democratic1928
Washington Rufus J. Nelson Democratic1932
Washington W. H. Norton Democratic1932
White J. A. Choate Democratic1932
White Oscar L. Akin Democratic1932
Woodruff Roger Williams Democratic1932
Yell Ethel Cole Cunningham Democratic1930
Yell Neill Bohlinger Democratic1932

See also

References

  1. "SOS" (1998) , p. 287.
  2. "SOS" (1998) , p. 288.
  3. "SOS" (1998) , p. 287.