Mark Wilcox

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Mark Wilcox
Commissioner of State Lands of Arkansas
In office
January 14, 2003 January 11, 2011
Governor Mike Huckabee (2003-2007) Mike Beebe (2007-2011)
Preceded by Charlie Daniels
Succeeded by John Thurston
Personal details
Political party Democratic
Residence Arkansas

Mark Wilcox is the former Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. A Democrat, he was first elected in November 2002, taking office in January 2003, and was reelected in November 2006 to a second term.

He previously served as a county official in Faulkner County, having been elected justice of the peace in 1990 and tax collector in 1992.


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