Political party strength in Arkansas

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Arkansas:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Pre-statehood (1819–1836)

YearExecutive offices General Assembly U.S. Congress
Governor Sec. of Terr. Treasurer Senate House Delegate
1819 Robert Crittenden (DR) [a] Robert Crittenden (DR) James Scull [ ? ][ ? ] James Woodson
Bates
(I)
James Miller (I) [b] [c]
1820
1821
1822
1823 Henry W. Conway (DR)
1824
Robert Crittenden (DR) [d]
1825
George Izard (DR) [e]
1826
1827 Ambrose H. Sevier (J)
1828
vacant [f]
1829[ ? ]
John Pope (J)
...
1832
1833 Samuel Morton Rutherford
1834
1835
William S. Fulton (J)
1836

1836–1874

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lt. Governor Sec. of State Attorney
General
Auditor Treasurer State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. Senator
(Class III)
U.S. House
1836 James Sevier
Conway
(D)
no such officeRobert A. Watkinsno such office Elias Nelson
Conway
(D)
W. E. Woodruff 12D, 5W35D, 18W, 1? William S. Fulton (J) Ambrose H. Sevier (J) Archibald Yell (J) Van Buren/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1837 William S. Fulton (D) Ambrose H. Sevier (D) Archibald Yell (D)
1838 John Hutt
1839D majorityD majority Edward Cross (D)
1840 Van Buren (D)Red x.svg
1841 Archibald Yell (D) [g] D. B. Greer A. Boileau 16D, 5W42D, 22W
Elias N. Conway (D)
1842John Winfrey
1843D. B. Greer Robert Ward
Johnson
(D)
J. C. Martin 15D, 6W45D, 20W, 1?
1844 Chester Ashley (D) Polk/
Dallas (D)Green check.svg
Samuel Adams (D) [h]
1845 Thomas S. Drew (D) [i] Samuel Adams (D)21D, 4W62D, 13W Archibald Yell (D)
1846
184722D, 3W52D, 23W Thomas W. Newton (W)
Robert Ward
Johnson
(D)
1848 George C. Watkins William K. Sebastian (D) Solon Borland (D) Cass/
Butler (D)Red x.svg
1849 C. C. Danley William Adams [1] 20D, 5W56D, 19W
Richard C. Byrd (D) [j] John H. Crease
John Selden
Roane
(D) [k]
1850
1851 John J. Clendenin 21D, 4W50D, 25W
1852 Pierce/
King (D)Green check.svg
1853 Elias N. Conway (D)19D, 6W48D, 27Wvacant2D
Robert Ward
Johnson
(D)
1854
1855 A. S. Huey A. H. Rutherford (D)17D, 8W57D, 15W, 3I
1856 Thomas Johnson Buchanan/
Breckinridge (D)Green check.svg
1857 William R. Miller (D)John H. Crease21D, 2KN, 1AW, 1W65D, 9KN, 1W
1858 J. L. Hollowell
1859Alexander Boileau John Quindley 20D, 2KN, 1OSD, 1SR, 1WD majority
1860S. W. Weaver H. C. Lowe Jared C. Martin Breckinridge/
Lane (SD)Red x.svg
John I. Stirman
1861 Henry Massey
Rector
(ID) [l]
P. Jordan Oliver Basham D majority Charles B. Mitchel (D)
William R. Miller (D) Civil War and Reconstruction
1862O. H. Oates Sam W. Williams
1863 Harris Flanagin (I) [m] [n] American Civil War
1864Robert J. T. White (I)C. T. Jordan
Isaac Murphy (I) Calvin C. Bliss (I) J. R. Berry (I) E. D. Ayers no electoral votes
1865 R. S. Gantt
1866 R. H. Deadman William R. Miller (D) L. B. Cunningham 25NP75NP
1867 Henry Page 25D56D, 19R
1868 James M.
Johnson
(R) [o]
J. R. Montgomery J. R. Berry (R)
Powell Clayton (R) [p] Alexander McDonald (R) Benjamin F. Rice (R)3R Grant/
Colfax (R)Green check.svg
186921R, 1D, 4?79R, 1D, 2?2R, 1D
1870
187118R, 8D44R, 29D, 9LR
Ozra A. Hadley (R) [q] vacantJames M. Johnson (R) Powell Clayton (R)
1872 Grant/
Wilson (R)Green check.svg
1873 Elisha Baxter (R) [r] [s] Volney V.
Smith
(R)
Thomas D. W. Yonley (R) Stephen Wheeler (R)20R, 5D52R, 27D, 3? Stephen W. Dorsey (R)3R
1874 J. L. Witherspoon R. E. Newton
Year Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Sec. of State Attorney
General
Auditor Treasurer State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. Senator
(Class III)
U.S. House Electoral votes
Executive offices General Assembly United States Congress

1874–1926

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Sec. of
State
Attorney
General
Auditor Treasurer Land
Comm.
State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. Senator
(Class III)
U.S. House
1874 Augustus H. Garland (D) Benton B.
Beavers
(D)
Simon P.
Hughes Jr.
(D)
William R. Miller (D) Thomas J.
Churchill
(D)
J. N. Smithee (D)D majority [t] D majority [t] Powell Clayton (R) Stephen W.
Dorsey
(R)
2R, 1D
187529D, 2R82D, 11R4D
1876 Tilden/
Hendricks (D)Red x.svg
1877 William R. Miller (D) W. F. Henderson John Crawford (D)29D, 2R75D, 17R, 1OLW Augustus H.
Garland
(D)
1878
1879 Jacob Frolich (D) D. W. Lear (D)29D, 1R, 1GL83D, 6GL, 3R, 1? James D. Walker (D)
1880 Hancock/
English (D)Red x.svg
1881 Thomas J. Churchill (D) Charles B. Moore W. E. Woodruff Jr. 30D, 1GL80D, 10R, 1GL
1882
1883 James H. Berry (D) A. W. Files (D) [2] William P. Campbell (D)28D, 2GL, 1R87D, 2GL, 2IR, 1R, 1ID
1884 Paul M. Cobbs (D) Cleveland/
Hendricks (D)Green check.svg
1885 Simon P. Hughes Jr. (D) Elias B. Moore (D) D. W. Jones 31D, 1R80D, 15R James H.
Berry
(D)
James K.
Jones
(D)
5D
1886
1887 William R. Miller (D)30D, 2R73D, 14R, 4I, 3AW, 1G
W. S. Dunlop (D)
1888 Cleveland/
Thurman (D)Red x.svg
1889 James Philip Eagle (D) B. B. Chism (D) W. E. Atkinson 69D, 15UL, 11R
1890 C. B. Meyers (D)4D, 1L
1891 R. B. Morrow 29D, 2UL, 1R81D, 10R, 4UL5D
1892 Cleveland/
Stevenson (D)Green check.svg
1893 William M. Fishback (D) H. B. Armistead (D) James P. Clarke (D) C. B. Mills (D)29D, 2Pop, 1R85D, 9Pop, 6R6D
1894
1895 James P. Clarke (D) E. B. Kinsworthy Ransom Gulley J. F. Ritchie (D)31D, 1R88D, 9Pop, 3R
18965 – Bryan/
Sewall (D)Red x.svg
3 – Bryan/
Watson (Pop)Red x.svg
1897 Daniel Webster
Jones
(D)
Alexander
C. Hull
(D)
Clay Sloan (D)30D, 1R, 1Pop85D, 13Pop, 2R
1898
1899 Jeff Davis (D) T. E. Little J. W. Colquitt (D)32D98D, 2R
1900 Bryan/
Stevenson (D)Red x.svg
1901 Jeff Davis (D) J. W. Crockett (D) George W. Murphy (D) T. C. Monroe (D) H. C. Tipton 97D, 2R, 1Pop
1902
1903 F. E. Conway (D)35D100D James P. Clarke (D)7D
1904 Parker/
Davis (D)Red x.svg
1905 O. C. Ludwig (D) Robert L. Rogers Avery E. Moore (D)34D, 1R95D, 5R
1906
1907 Bass Little (D) [u] William F. Kirby (D) James L. Yates Lafayette L. Coffman (D)96D, 4R Jeff Davis (D)
John Isaac Moore (D) [v]
X. O. Pindall (D) [w]
1908 Bryan/
Kern (D)Red x.svg
1909 Jesse M. Martin (D) [x] Hal L. Norwood John R. Jobe (D)35D97D, 3R
George W. Donaghey (D)
1910
1911 Earle W. Hodges (D) John Crockett Reuben G. Dye (D)34D, 1R95D, 5R
1912 John M. Oathout (D) Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1913 Joe T. Robinson (D) [p] William L. Moose L. L. Coffman (D)33D, 1R, 1Prog96D, 4R John N. Heiskell (D)
William M.
Kavanaugh
(D)
William K. Oldham (D) [v] Joe T.
Robinson
(D)
J. Marion Futrell (D) [j]
George W. Hays (D) [y]
1914
1915 Wallace Davis M. F. Dickinson R. G. McDaniel William B. Owen (D)35D97D, 3R
1916
1917 Charles H. Brough (D) Tom Terral (D) John D. Arbuckle Hogan Oliver (D)34D, 1I William F. Kirby (D)
1918
1919 Joe Ferguson 35D95D, 5R
1920 Cox/
Roosevelt (D)Red x.svg
1921 Thomas C. McRae (D) Ira C. Hopper (D) J. S. Utley James Guy Tucker (D)Herbert R. Wilson (D)96D, 4R Thaddeus H.
Caraway
(D)
1922
1923
1924 Davis/
Bryan (D)Red x.svg
1925 Tom Terral (D) Jim B. Higgins (D) W. H. Applegate J. Carrol Cone (D) Sam Sloan 97D, 3R
1926 Dwight Blackwood (D)

1927–present

YearExecutive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lieutenant
Governor
Sec. of
State
Attorney
General
Auditor Treasurer Land Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. Senator
(Class III)
U.S. House
1927 John E. Martineau (D) [z] Harvey Parnell (D) Jim B. Higgins (D) W. H. Applegate J. Carrol Cone (D) Ralph Koonce Dwight Blackwood (D)35D96D, 4R Joe T. Robinson (D) Thaddeus Caraway (D)7D
1928 Smith/
Robinson (D)Red x.svg
Harvey Parnell (D) [aa] Lee Cazort (D)
1929Hal L. Norwood J. Oscar Humphrey (D)Belva Martin (D)98D, 2R
1930
1931 Lawrence E.
Wilson
(D)
Ed F. McDonald (D) Roy V. Leonard 99D, 1R
1932 Hattie Caraway (D) Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1933 J. Marion Futrell (D) Lee Cazort (D) George W. Neal (D)100D
1934 Walter L. Pope
1935 Carl E. Bailey (D) Charles E. Parker (D)Earl Page (D)
1936
1937 Carl E. Bailey (D) Robert L. Bailey (D) Crip Hall (D) Jack Holt (D) J. Oscar Humphrey (D) Otis Page (D)98D, 2R
vacant
1938 John E. Miller (D)
1939
1940 Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
1941 Homer M. Adkins (D) Lloyd Spencer (D)
1942
1943 James L. Shaver (D) Guy E. Williams (D) Bish Bentley (D) John L. McClellan (D) [e]
1944 Claude Rankin (D) Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945 Ben Laney (D) Vance Clayton (D) J. William Fulbright (D)
1946
1947 Nathan G.
Gordon
(D)
96D, 3R, 1I
1948 Truman/
Barkley (D)Green check.svg
1949 Sid McMath (D) Ike Murray (D)98D, 2R
1950
1951
1952 Stevenson/
Sparkman (D)Red x.svg
1953 Francis Cherry (D) Tom Gentry (D)97D, 3R6D
1954
1955 Orval Faubus (D) James H. Jones (D)
1956 F. Nolan Humphrey (D) Stevenson/
Kefauver (D)Red x.svg
1957 Bruce Bennett (D) James H. Jones (D) [ab] Sam Jones (D)98D, 2R
1958
1959100D
1960 Kennedy/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1961 Nancy Hall (D) J. Frank Holt (D) Lee A. Clayton (D)99D, 1R
1962 Jack Holt Jr. (D)
1963 Kelly Bryant (D) [e] Bruce Bennett (D)Nancy Hall (D)99D, 1I4D
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
196599D, 1R
1966
1967 Winthrop Rockefeller (R) Maurice Britt (R) Joe Purcell (D)97D, 3R3D, 1R
1968 Wallace/
LeMay (AI)Red x.svg
196934D, 1R96D, 4R
1970
1971 Dale Bumpers (D) [p] Bob C. Riley (D) Ray Thornton (D)98D, 2R
1972 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1973 Jim Guy Tucker (D)99D, 1R
1974
1975 Bob C. Riley (D) [ac] vacant97D, 3R Dale Bumpers (D)
David Pryor (D) [p] Joe Purcell (D) George Jernigan (D)
1976 Carter/
Mondale (D)Green check.svg
1977 Winston Bryant (D) Bill Clinton (D) [ad] 96D, 4R
1978 Kaneaster Hodges (D)
1979 Joe Purcell (D) [ac] vacantPaul Riviere (D) Steve Clark (D)35D94D, 6R David Pryor (D)2D, 2R
Bill Clinton (D) Joe Purcell (D) Jimmie Lou Fisher (D) [ab]
1980 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
1981 Frank D. White (R) Winston Bryant (D) Julia Hughes Jones (D) Jimmie Lou Fisher (D) Bill McCuen (D)34D, 1R93D, 7R
1982
1983 Bill Clinton (D) [ae] [af] 32D, 3R
1984
1985 Bill McCuen (D) Charlie Daniels (D)91D, 9R3D, 1R
1986
198731D, 4R
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
198988D, 12R
2D, 2R
1990
Ron Fields (D)
1991 Jim Guy Tucker (D) Mary Stallcup (D)91D, 9R3D, 1R
Winston Bryant (D)
1992 Jim Guy Tucker (D) [aa] [ag] Mike Huckabee (R) Clinton/
Gore (D)Green check.svg
1993 Gus Wingfield (D)89D, 11R2D, 2R
1994
1995 Sharon Priest (D)30D, 5R88D, 12R
1996
Mike Huckabee (R) [aa] Win
Rockefeller
(R) [ah]
199787D, 13R Tim Hutchinson (R)
1998
1999 Mark Pryor (D)76D, 24R Blanche Lincoln (D)
2000 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
200127D, 8R72D, 28R3D, 1R
2002
2003 Charlie Daniels (D) Mike Beebe (D) Jim Wood (D) Gus Wingfield (D) Mark Wilcox (D)70D, 30R Mark Pryor (D)
2004
200572D, 28R
2006
2007 Mike Beebe (D) Bill Halter (D) Dustin McDaniel (D) Martha Shoffner (D)
2008 McCain/
Palin (R)Red x.svg
200971D, 28R, 1G
201072D, 28R [ai]
2011 Mark Darr (R) [aj] Mark Martin (R) Charlie Daniels (D) John Thurston (R)20D, 15R54D, 46R John Boozman (R)3R, 1D
2012 Romney/
Ryan (R)Red x.svg
201321R, 14D51R, 48D, 1G4R
Charles Robinson (D) [4]
2014vacant22R, 13D
2015 Asa Hutchinson (R) Tim Griffin (R) Leslie Rutledge (R) Andrea Lea (R) Dennis Milligan (R)24R, 11D64R, 36D Tom Cotton (R)
201664R, 35D, 1I [ak] Trump/
Pence (R)Green check.svg
201726R, 9D76R, 24D [al]
2018
2019 John Thurston (R) Tommy Land (R)
2020 Trump/
Pence (R)Red x.svg
202128R, 7D77R, 23D
2022
2023 Sarah Huckabee
Sanders
(R)
Leslie Rutledge (R) Tim Griffin (R) Dennis Milligan (R) Mark Lowery (R) [e] 29R, 6D82R, 18D
Larry Walther (R)
2024 Trump/
Vance (R)Green check.svg
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Acting territorial governor. As secretary of Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1829, Crittenden served as acting governor whenever the appointed governor was not in the state. This meant he was in fact the first person to be governor of the territory, since James Miller did not arrive in the territory until nine months after his appointment.
  2. President James Monroe appointed Miller territorial governor on March 3, 1819, the same date the bill organizing Arkansaw Territory was signed. However, to avoid the hot southern summer, he delayed his departure from New Hampshire until September and took a non-direct route, finally arriving in the territory on December 26, 1819.
  3. Resigned citing poor health. At the time of his resignation, he had been absent from the territory for 18 months.
  4. Territorial Governor George Izard did not arrive in Arkansas Territory until May 31, 1825; Crittenden, Secretary of the territory, acted as governor in his stead, though Crittenden himself was out of the territory when Izard arrived.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Died in office.
  6. The office was vacant from November 22, 1828, until March 9, 1829. By the time notice of Izard's death reached Washington, D.C., Andrew Jackson had been elected president, and the U.S. Senate refused to approve Adams' choice for governor, preferring to wait until Jackson took office.
  7. Resigned to run for the United States House of Representatives, winning the election.
  8. As president of the Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  9. Resigned due to the low salary he received as governor.
  10. 1 2 As president of the state Senate, acted as governor until special election.
  11. Elected in a special election to fill unexpired term.
  12. The 1861 constitution was enacted during Rector's term; while term lengths remained at four years, a new election schedule was created, calling for elections in 1862, two years into his term.
  13. Flanagin fled Little Rock as it fell to Union forces on September 10, 1863, leading a largely inept government in exile in Washington, Arkansas, until 1865. Isaac Murphy was elected provisional governor by a loyalist government set up after Union control of the state was established, taking office on April 18, 1864, causing a slight overlap in terms, though due to the collapse of the Confederate effort in Arkansas, Flanagin had no authority over the state.
  14. The 1864 constitution was enacted during Flanagin's term; however, it was drafted by the Union occupation and had no effect on his government. While term lengths remained at four years, a new election schedule was created, calling for elections in 1864.
  15. Resigned to take office as state secretary of state.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  17. As president pro tempore of the state Senate, acted as governor for unexpired term; the office of lieutenant governor at the time was vacant.
  18. Removed from office for a short time due to the Brooks–Baxter War.
  19. The 1874 state constitution, enacted during Baxter's term, shortened his tenure to two years as new elections were scheduled.
  20. 1 2 More than a dozen Republicans resigned to take jobs in the Baxter administration. Democrats won a majority in the special elections that followed.
  21. Resigned after suffering a nervous breakdown soon after taking office.
  22. 1 2 As president of the state Senate, acted as governor until the legislature adjourned.
  23. As the new president pro tempore of the state Senate, became acting governor until his senate term expired.
  24. As the new president pro tempore of the state Senate, became acting governor for three days until the next elected governor took office.
  25. Elected in special election to fill unexpired term.
  26. Resigned to become a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
  27. 1 2 3 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was subsequently elected in his own right.
  28. 1 2 Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
  29. 1 2 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  30. Resigned after being elected governor in 1978.
  31. Gubernatorial terms changed from two years to four years during Clinton's term; he was elected for two-year terms in 1982 and 1984, and for four-year terms in 1986 and 1990.
  32. Resigned to become president of the United States.
  33. Resigned after being convicted of mail fraud in the Whitewater scandal.
  34. First elected in special election following Huckabee's elevation to governorship.
  35. Richard Carroll switched parties from Green to Democratic.
  36. Resigned February 1, 2014 after being fined for ethics violations. [3]
  37. Rep. Nate Bell left the Republican Party to sit as an Independent in June 2015. [5] Mike Holcomb (District 10) changed parties from Democratic to Republican in August 2015. [6]
  38. Reps. Joe Jett, Jeff Wardlaw, and David Hillman all switched parties from Democratic to Republican before the 2017 legislative session. [7]

See also

Notes

  1. Rolfe, Maro O. (1904). "Chapter 3: Arkansas in Ante-Bellum Days". In Jones, Daniel Webster (ed.). The Province and the States. Vol. III. Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association. p. 317. William Adams was state treasurer January 2, 1849, to January 10, 1849
  2. "Former State Auditor Dead". The Prescott daily news. Prescott, Ark. March 24, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. Staff, Arkansas Times (2014-02-06). "It was a bad week for Mark Darr (again)". Arkansas Times. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  4. Waldon, George (2013-05-29). "Mike Beebe Names Charles Robinson State Treasurer". Arkansas Business. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  5. Lyon, John (2015-06-03). "Nate Bell Drops GOP Affiliation; Now Independent". Arkansas News Bureau. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08 via Times Record .
  6. "Rep. Mike Holcomb Switches Parties". Talk Business & Politics. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  7. "Rep. Jett switches to GOP; Arkansas Democrats lose lone committee majority". Talk Business & Politics. KATV. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2021-06-20.

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Washington ratified its constitution and held its first state elections in 1889, the year it was admitted to the union as a state. It established the positions of governor, lieutenant governor, Secretary of State, attorney general, state treasurer, state auditor, Commissioner of Public Lands, and Superintendent of Public Instruction. The position of insurance commissioner was legislatively established in 1907. All positions are elected to four-year terms, concurrent with presidential elections. Washington is one of three states that elects nine separate statewide officials, while six others elect ten.

The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, including: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction. The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the State Senate, State Assembly, the State delegation to the United States Senate, and the State delegation to the United States House of Representatives. For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.